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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0036 Box 45, Bundle 7

Grainger 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. 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. 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. Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) N00005792 1825-05-29 1902-09-02 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier. Erie County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Drusilla Hite Alexander in Nelson County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1852. Father of Archibald V. Alexander, Emma Alexander, Guy D. Alexander, and Lowry Alexander. Lumber merchant in Louisville in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from May 7, 1862, to October 6, 1863. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from October 7, 1863, to June 9, 1864. Resigned on account of disability on June 9, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Familial: [Unknown] Alexander (Brother of AJ Alexander) Military: United States Army Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John A. Brady (Washington County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon. 1st Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Confederate States Army Military: Alexander Wake Holeman (Owen County, Kentucky, machinist, hotelkeeper, and Maj OH River Batt KSG; capt, maj, lt col in 12th KY Cav, Col. 11th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Government of the United States of America Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Samuel P. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: George J. Burgess (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: United States War Department Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Samuel L. Alexander (Kenton County, KY, laborer and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: William H. Ritchey (Owen County, KY, trader and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: Phidello W. Hall (Limestone County, Texas, attorney and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalary) Military: George H. Wheeler (Mason County, KY, carriage maker and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: Duval English (Owen County, KY, attorney and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: John G. Pond (Madison County, KY, minister and soldier) Military: Joseph M. Willemin (Covington, Kentucky, tailor and soldier) Military: Daniel Edward Woodford Smith (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John J. Curtis (Mason County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st. Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Dunn R. Stage (Dearborn County, Indiana, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James F. Peyton (Lincoln County, Kentucky, physician and soldier - Surgeon 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: John Milton Cotton (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 56. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 271B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Two Mile House Precinct, p. 477B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0001. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0105. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 001929414. "Death Came Today," The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), September 24, 1902, p. 4. "Col. A. J. Alexander Dead," The Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), September 25, 1902, p. 8. Blaine's Crossroads, Tennessee P00006161 Categories: Places

Town in Grainger County, Tennessee.

36.1543, -83.7041 Kevin D. Collins, "Grainger County," in Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/grainger-county/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Blaine Crossroads, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 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. Grainger County, Tennessee 1863-12-21 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": 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 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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Head Quarters 1st Div Cav Corp

Blains Cross. Tenn. December 21st 1863.

Gov Bramlette Sir

I have the honor to recommend to you for promotion, to fill the existing vacancies in Company "K" 1st Ky Cav. 2nd Lieut Phillip Roberts to be made 1st Lieut and orderly Sergt Tilford ^N.^ Bruner to be made 2nd Lieut. Both in Company "K" 1st Ky Cav.

I am very Resptly your obt Servt Frank Wolford Col of 1st Ky Cav

2 Lieut Phillip Roberts Coy K. com 1 Lieut same Coy. 1 CavyDecr 21. 1863 vice A. J. Alexander promo. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8

Serg. Tilford N. Bruner com 2 Lieut Coy K. 1 Cavy. Decr 21. 1863 vice Philip Roberts pro 1. 2. 3 4. 5 6.

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Lts Roberts & Lt. Bruner
Com issd & Fowrd Jany 13. 1864
Resig: of Alexander not yet received.