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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0024 Box 45, Bundle 1

Georgia 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. Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) N00005140 1832? Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Winneford Rowland. Resident in Cumberland County in 1850. First sergeant, second lieutenant, captain, and major in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 12, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland District, p. 334A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) N00005237 1843? Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky soldier. Casey County native. Son of George Drye, Jr., and Rowena D. Drye. Resident of Casey County in 1850. Household owned twenty-one enslaved persons in 1850. Student in Casey County in 1860. Household owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant, adjutant, captain and major from July 18, 1861, to June 9, 1864. Wounded at Rockford, Tennessee on November 14, 1862.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 316B Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 935 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District no. 5, p. 418. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, p. 251. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Phillip Roberts (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005166 Categories: People

Enlisted and served as a private, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on November 15, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: George Ames (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 38-39. Tilford N. Bruner (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005167 Categories: People

Kentucky native. Enlisted and served as first sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 28, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 38-39. James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005163 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Enlisted and served as a first sergeant, second lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on October 20, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 32-33. Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005165 1840? Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, corporal, first sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from October 28, 1861, to September 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0011. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 31-32. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 948. Thomas J. Graves (Russell County, KY, 1st sgt & 1st Lieut 1st Ky Cav USA) N00005771 1839? Categories: People

Russell County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin W. Graves and Margaret Graves. Resident in Russell County in 1850. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first sergeant and first lieutenant from September 20, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 230B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 32-33. Josiah "Joe" D. Beatie (Pulaski Co, KY, corp, 2d Lieut, & Capt1st ky cav USA) N00005168 1841-01-15 1867-04-29 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, soldier. Missouri native. Son of Kizziah Farris. Student in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1850. College student in Pulaski County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal, second lieutenant, and captain from October 28, 1861, to September 30, 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: George Ames (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 42B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 1, p. 269. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0001. "Josiah D. Beatie (1841-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100369608, accessed January 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100369608. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 42-43. John Brent Fishback (Louisville/Garrard/Pulaski /1st KY Cav) N00000518 1841? Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and notary public. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Norval Fishback and Harriet McClary Fishback. Laborer in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant, first lieutenant, and captain from October 28, 1861, to June 14th, 1864. Notary public in Garrard County in 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Legal: Crawford Hart Barkley (Jefferson County, Kentucky, collector, pension agent, and notary public)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 160. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 240. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0004. "Capt. John Brent Fishback (1841-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial #14985996, accessed March 16, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14985996. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America The Descendants of John Fishback, The Emigrant, With An Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914 (New York: Thomas Madison Taylor, 1914), 151. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 42-43. KYR-0001-007-0301. Granville Jasper Vaught (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005794 1836-01-07 1913-03-03 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Pulaski County native. Married to Edna Vaught. Married to Maria M. Gragg Vaught in Pulaski County on March 2, 1865. Father of Sarah Vaught and George A. Vaught. Sergeant, first sergeant, and second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 11, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 42-43. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 1, p. 279-80. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pulaski County Marriages, Film #000804052, p. 216-17. Indiana Death Certificates (1899-2011), Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana, Roll #294, Boone County Deaths. Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) N00005138 1839-02-09 1896-05-05 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Pulaski County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Adams and Malinda Adams. Attended school in Casey County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Casey County in 1860. Attended Kentucky University in Mercer County. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant, captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from July 22, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William Mangan (Richmond, Cass County, Illinois, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 1, p. 346B-347A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 393. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0001. "Adams, Silas G." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed May 6, 2017, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000047. "Silas Adams (1839-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7182511, accessed October 9, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7182511. George H. Norton (Private and hospital steward in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ) N00005795 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Private, hospital steward, and assistant surgeon in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from August 13, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. KYR-0002-033-0024. KYR-0002-033-0025. Albert G. Huffman (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005796 1808? Categories: People

Stanford, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Married to Permelia Huffman. Father of Montgomery Huffman, Richard C. Huffman, Mary Jane Huffman, Thomas M. Huffman, and Sophia Huffman. Physician in Stanford in 1860. Assistant surgeon in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from March 14, 1863, to June 9, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 8. Georgia P001008 Categories: Places

State in southeastern United States. Capital at Milledgeville from 1804 to 1868. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

33.0801, -83.2321 Robert J. Norrell, Louis De Vorsey, and George Hendricks, "Georgia" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Georgia-state) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Georgia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 9, 2020). 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. Georgia 1864-06-14 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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Hd Qrs1st Ky Cav Camp Near Lost Mountain Geo June 14" 1864. Gov Bramlette

Sir -- I have the honor to recommend to you for promotion the following officers --

Captain Thomas RowlandCo "K" 1st Ky Cav to be promoted to Major vice Maj DryeResigned, this for Gallant Conduct in many battles & skirmishes.

1st Lt Phillip Roberts Co "K" 1st Ky Cav to be made Captain same "Co" vice Rowland promoted. Tilford N Bruner 2nd Lt Co "K" 1st Ky Cav to be made 1st Lt same "Co" vice Roberts promoted, 2nd Lt James S Pankey Co "I" 1st Ky Cav to be made Capt Co "I" vice Capt SmithRisigned. Thomas Graves orderly Sergt Co "I" 1st Ky Cav to be made 1st Lt same "Co" vice Pankey promoted. 2nd Lt Joseph D BeatieCo "L"

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1st Ky Cav to be made Captain same "Co" vice Capt FishbackResigned. Granville. I. Vaught orderly Sergt Co "L" to be made 2nd Lt vice Beatie promoted,

I am Sir Very Resptly your obt Servt S Adams Lt Col 1st Ky Cav

P. S George H Norton^asst Surgeon^ vice A. G Huffman resigned

S Adams