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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0017 Box 45, Bundle 1

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Frank Lane Wolford (Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and colonel 1st KY cav (USA)) N00005137 1817-09-02 1895-08-02 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Adair County native. Married to Nancy Dever Wolford in Casey County on November 2, 1849. Married to Elizabeth Walford. Father of George Walford, Mary Walford, John Walford, Kate Walford, Samuel Walford, and Jermia Walford. Attorney in Liberty, Kentucky. Member of the State House of Representatives in 1847, 1848, and 1865. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from October 28, 1861, to 1864. Dishonorably discharged in 1864 for vehement protest against recruitment of black soldiers.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: Samuel Duncan (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: James G. Dick (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Jenkins, p. 10. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000907997, p. 61. "Wolford, Frank Lane," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000681 (accessed May 6, 2017). Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T289, Roll 170. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Find A Grave, "Frank Lane Wolford (September 2, 1817-August 2, 1895)," Memorial #6727116, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6727116 (accessed October 9, 2018). Marion B. Lucas, A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891 (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1992 and 2003), 153. Louis Douglas Watkins (Colonel of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)) N00005765 1835? 1868-03-28 Categories: People

Kentucky, soldier. Florida native. Married to Mary E. Rousseau Watkins in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 4, 1864. Served in the 14th United States Infantry Regiment as a first lieutenant from May 14, 1861 to June 22, 1861. Served in the 5th United States Cavalry Regiment as a first lieutenant and captain from June 22, 1861 to January 1863. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from February 1, 1863 to June 24, 1864. Brevetted brigadier general on June 24, 1864.

Relationships Military: 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Department of the Cumberland

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482710, p. 26-27. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 136-37. "Louis Douglas Watkins," Appleton’s Cyclopædia of American Biography, Vol. 6, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, (New York: Appleton, 1889), 388. [unknown] Bowen (Captain in U.S. Navy at Cinti) N00005766 Categories: People

Captain in U.S. Navy at Cinti. Mentioned in a letter from Henry S. Robson to Thomas E. Bramlette from Memphis, Tennessee, on March 30, 1865.

KYR-0002-033-0017. Adam Calderwood Keenon (Frankfort, Kentucky, book binder) N00003472 1799-05-15 1883-03-26 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, bookbinder. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Clark Keenon in 1823. Father of John G. Keenon, Edgar Keenon, Elgitha Keenon, Uberto Keenon, Irene Keenon, Zenaida Kennon, Jon Kennon, and Roualeyn Kennon. First Public Binder of Kentucky in 1822. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Bookbinder in Franklin County in 1850. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Owned Joseph [Unknown] and Mary [Unknown] in Franklin County in 1855. Bookbinder in Franklin County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order in Frankfort.

Relationships Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 76A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 316. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 498A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, Court House, p. 61B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births. "Death of Mr. A. C. Keenon," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), March 31, 1883. Joseph Clark (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) N00009567 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, resident. Resident in Franklin County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2. John B. Akin (Frankfort ) N00009566 1843? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn District, p. 23. James R. Page (Frankfort, KY, merchant, capt 9th KY Cav USA & asst. sec. state) N001778 1827? 1875? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and statesman. New York native. Married to Susan Page in 1850. Father of Isaac R. Page, Henry C. Page, and John H. Page. Married to Mary T. Hodges Page in Franklin County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1858. Father of James R. Page, Albert M. Page, and Lizzie D. Page. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from August 22, 1862, to February 14, 1863. Assistant Secretary of State under Ephraim L. Van Winkle, who served from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District N. 1, p. 39B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 914. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 241-42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Denver Township, p. 517B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0098. “Decoration Day,” The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), May 28, 1892, p. 3. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages. "Memorandum," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 31, 1867, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 228-29, 251. Henry S. Robson (Second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ) N00005768 1837? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth J. Robson. Resident in Frankfort in 1850. Second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 28, 1861 to June 15, 1862.

Relationships Military: Pinkney Hospital Military: 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Navy Military: [unknown] Bowen (Captain in U.S. Navy at Cinti) Military: Louis Douglas Watkins (Colonel of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frank Lane Wolford (Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and colonel 1st KY cav (USA)) Social: Joseph Clark (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Adam Calderwood Keenon (Frankfort, Kentucky, book binder) Social: John B. Akin (Frankfort ) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 2, p. 197B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 21-22. Memphis, Tennessee P001003 Categories: Places

Seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Located on the Mississippi River.

35.1495, -90.049 John E. Harkins, "Memphis" in Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2016, http://www.tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=889 (accessed July 19, 2016). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Memphis, Tennessee" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Lancaster, Kentucky P001842 Categories: Places

Seat of Garrard County, Kentucky.

37.6195, -84.578 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 165. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Lancaster, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on November 23, 2020). Pinkney Hospital O00009564 1863 Categories: Organizations

Naval hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Operated from 1863 to c1865.

Myron J. Smith, Jr., Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2015), p. 188-89. KYR-0002-033-0017. 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005136 1861-10-28 1865-09-20 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Liberty, Kentucky; Burkesville, Kentucky; and Monticello, Kentucky. Mustered into service on October 28, 1861. And mustered out of service on September 20, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Frank Wolford, Colonel Silas Adams, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Letcher, and Lieutenant Colonel Francis N. Helveti.

Relationships Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: William C. Root (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John R. Foster (Washington County soldier, murdered by guerillas) Military: Samuel Green (Washington County soldier) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1189-90. 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009378 1861-12-23 1865-07-14 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Irvine in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Companies A, B, C, D, and E mustered into service on December 23, 1861. Companies F, G, H, I, K, L, and M mustered into service on in August 1862. All companies mustered out of service on July 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Dennis J. Halisy and Colonel Lewis D. Watkins.

Relationships Military: George Washington Morgan (Brig Gen'l USA, Minister to Portugal, Ohio) Military: Edmund Kirby Smith (Confederate General) Military: S. E. Smith (Jail in Lexington) Military: Reuben B. Munday (Major in the 6th Kentucky Cavalry.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 136-179. United States Navy O00005307 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of marine units and ships in the United States government. Commander(s): Charles Stewart, David Farragut.

Craig L. Symonds, The U.S. Navy: A Concise History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002616 1862-08-22 1863-09-11 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Eminence, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 22, 1862, and mustered out on September 11, 1863. Commander(s): Colonel Richard T. Jacob.

Relationships Military: Joseph N. Luckett (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Michael Foley (Kentucky soldier and railroad worker) Military: Charles A. Clarke (Henry County, KY, farmer & lieut & QM in 9th KY) Military: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Harvey Jackson Burns (Mercer County, KY, farmer and captain 9th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 228-251. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1865-03-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Hospital Pinkney

Memphis Ten. March 30th 65 To His Excellency

Thos. E Bramlette

Gov. of Ky Dear Sir

Permit Me to trouble you with a few lines, at the same time making a request. I am a Native of Frankfort Ky. and a resident of Lancaster Ky. I served under Col. Woolford in the first Ky. cavalry about one year as second Lt. and then under Col Watkins in the Sixth cavalry for nearly two years as a first Lieut. I am now in the Navy as a private enlisted with the positive understanding from Cap. Bowen at Cinti, that I was to be promoted in a very short time. I enlisted for two years but have heard nothing of promotion since. I was transfered to this Hospital in Sep. last sick and when I was well enough they placed me on duty as clerk I have a family to support and my pay is only $20 -- pr month and that will not support any one anperson

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My object in writing was to request that you would commission me in some Ky Regt where there is a vacancy. I think after having served as long as I did in the army and then one year in the navy that I either might be relieved either with a commission or discharge and their is no probability of my getting a discharge under one year, unless I get a Commission I must remain where I am at. and in that case my family must suffer. for I can not ever get the small amount of pay that is promised me until my time is out. I think Gov. if you could grant me a commission however small you would never regret it. and Sir I would owe you a debt of Gratitude that I could never repay. as for my character &c I would refer you to A. C. Keenon Joseph Clark J. B. Akin of Frankfort. Also Major J. R. Page of the 9th Ky cavalry Hoping Gov. that you will decide in my favor and send me a commission at theyour earliest possibleconvinence I am Sir

your most obdt. Svt

Henry S. Robson Hospital Pinkney Memphis Tenn.

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Hospital Pinckney Memphis Tenn. Mar. 30. 1865

Robson Henry S. To The Gov.

Applies for a commission in some Kentucky Regiment-

Give the rule upon which Coms are issued

LB No 11 -- 1865 P. 281

Recd A. G. O. Ky 3 April 1865