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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0047 Box 46, Bundle 1

Nashville, Davidson 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. Ellijah S. Watts (Kentucky attorney) N00006185 1811? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth C. Watts. Father of Kate W. Watts, Mattie H. Watts, Eli M. Watts, Thomas P. Watts, and Elijah P. Watts. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Captain, major, and lieutenant colonel of 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from January 31, 1863, to August 30, 1864.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46-47. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Fourth Ward, p. 13. John F. Finley (surgeon for 2nd Regiment Kentucky Cab) N00006175 1842 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William F. Finley and Cynthia Finley. Resident in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Enlisted as a surgeon in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on October 7, 1861.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) 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: United States War Department

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 215A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46. S. J. Layman (Assistant surgeon for 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) N00006187 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Assistant surgeon in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.

Relationships Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John F. Finley (surgeon for 2nd Regiment Kentucky Cab) Military: Ellijah S. Watts (Kentucky attorney)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46. Nashville, Tennessee P001004 Categories: Places

Capital of Tennessee. Seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.1627, -86.7816 Ophelia Paine and John Lawrence Connelly, "Nashville (Metropolitan Nashville/ Davidson County)," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2016, http://www.tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=964 (accessed July 19, 2016). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Nashville, Tennessee" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on December 11, 2019). 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00006165 1861-09-09 1865-07-27 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh’s Hill, Kentucky. Mustered into service from September 9, 1861, to February 13, 1862. Mustered out of service from July 9, 1863, to July 27, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Buckner Board, Colonel Thomas P, Nicholas, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B. Cochran, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah S. Watts, Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Eifort, Lieutenant Colonel Owen Starr.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 46. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1190. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1864-09-20 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Nashville, Tenn, Sept, 20th, 1864. To his Excellency

Governor Bramlett, Sir,

I am informed that Col, Watts, and Surgeon Finley of the 2d K,Y, Cav'l, recommended myself to you for the position Ass't, Surgeon in there Regiment. I would therefore respectfully ask if a commission for Said position has been forwarded from your office, and if So to whom was it Sent,

I have the honor to be very Respectfully your obediant Servant.

S, J, Layman, Act'g, Ass't, Surg. U. S. A. Nashville, Tenn,

address P, O, Box 86,

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Nashville Tenn Sept 20" 1864.

Layman S. J. A. A. Surg.

says he is informed that Col Watts and Surg. Finley recommended him to position of Asst Surg. of their regt. Desires to know if a commission for said position has been forwarded and to whom sent --

L B No 6 -- 1864 P. 489

Recd A. G. O. Sept 22" 1864.