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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Enrolled Militia Records 1864 - 1865 ; Adair, Allen, Boyle, Daviess, Garrard, Owen, Pendleton, and Shelby counties KYR-0002-079-0026 Flat Box 7, Folder 1861 ADAIR COUNTY - 3d Regt Home Guards organized 1 Jun 1861 Cpt Thomas E. Bramlette

Adair County, Kentucky 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 Tyler Alexander (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal) N00002587 1823-07-30 1888-03-24 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal. Henry County, Virginia, native. Son of Joseph Alexander and Sarah Bouldin Alexander. Married to Ellen C. Alexander. Graduated from Princeton College and the University of Louisville Law School. Attorney in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Cumberland County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865. Provost marshal of the 4th District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from May 1863 to December 1863. Judge of the 15th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1864 to 1874.

Relationships Legal: Adair County Court Legal: Green Johnson (Adair County murderer) Legal: Adair Circuit Court Political: William H. Woods (Green County, Kentucky, Presbyterian minister) Social: Edward K. Owsley (Edmonson County Postmaster) Political: Charles P. Gray (Clinton County, KY, teacher and clerk) Political: John C. Burchett (Clinton County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Social: Eli Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge) Social: John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) Social: Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Social: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 279A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, page 153. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, page 1A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 53B. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878) p. 32. "Will Arrive To-day: The Remains of Judge Alexander to be Interred in Cave Hill," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 26, 1888, p. 5. Reports of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D. C. McCallum, Director and General Manager of the Military Railroads of the United States, and The Provost Marshal General (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), p. 151. Michael C. Watson, comp., An Adair County, Kentucky History (Columbia, Ky.: Watson Publications, 2001), p. 56. "Thomas Tyler Alexander (1823-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 88555432, accessed March 16, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88555432. KYR-0001-004-1309. KYR-0001-029-0557. Eli Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge) N00013635 1805? Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge. Botetourt County, Virginia, native. Son of Joseph Wheat. Married to Elizabeth Allen Wheat in Adair County, Kentucky, on June 19, 1824. Father of Elizabeth E. Wheat, C. M. Wheat, John R. Wheat, Sophia S. Wheat, Benjamin F. Wheat, and Mattie E. Wheat. Married to Melia R. Moore Wheat in Adair County on May 28, 1863. Saddler in Adair County in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Appointed county judge by Governor John L. Helm in Adair County in 1851. Saddler in Adair County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860. Held one enslaved person in trust in Adair County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) Social: Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Social: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 2b. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 13. The Adair County News (Columbia, Kentucky), January 8, 1908, p. 1 of 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 93. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 12. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 43. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film #000830576, p. 57 of 167 microfilm. Charles F. Epperson (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) N00013636 1816-12-30 1863-04-21 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha "Patsy" A. Carter Epperson in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on November 17, 1856. Father of William P. Epperson and Nancy McAfee Epperson. Farmer in Adair County in 1850. Owned one enslaved individual in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Employed Benjamin F. Powell as a laborer in Adair County in 1860. Owned five enslaved individuals in Adair County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas Tyler Alexander (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal) Social: Eli Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge) Social: John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) Social: Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Social: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 83A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 33. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 52. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 6. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lincoln County Marriages, Film #001904131, p. 369. Find A Grave, "Charles Francis Epperson (Dec 30, 1816-Apr 21, 1863)," Memorial #86947834, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86947834 (accessed October 27, 2020). Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge) N00002682 1825-10-10 1871-12-19 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky farmer and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline M. Garnett. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Presiding judge of Adair County Court in 1865.

Relationships Legal: John S. Miller (farm laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 27. Find A Grave, "Richard T. Garnett (1825-1871)," Memorial #94688830, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94688830 (accessed May, 24, 2017). KYR-0001-005-0064. George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) N00013632 1813-12-27 1885-07-29 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Irvine Page in Adair County on December 14, 1837. Father of Mary J. Page, James T. Page, John J. Page, Lucy Page, Anne E. Page, William J. Page, Walter Page, and George Page. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Owned two enslaved individuals in Adair County in 1850. Owned four enslaved individuals in Adair County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 68A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, County, District 2, p. 27-28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 51B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film #000830575, p. 46. Find A Grave, "George Robert Page (Dec 27, 1813-Jull 29, 1885)," Memorial #55448588, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/ 55448588 (accessed October 27, 2020). Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) N00012691 1808? Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Son of Edmund Terrill Willis, Sr. Married to Nancy A. B. Willis. Father of S. H. B. Willis, A. G. Willis, Harriet F. Willis, Hershel P. Willis, Joseph P. Willis, Mary V. Willis, Martha C. Willis, William T. Willis, Frances Willis, Benjamin F. Willis, and Nancy Willis. Farmer in Adair County in 1850. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Presiding judge in Adair County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Charles F. Epperson (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Thomas Tyler Alexander (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal) Political: Eli Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge) Political: John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) Political: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Adair County Home Guard Political: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge) Political: Adair County Court Social: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 60A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 172. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Second District, p. 24. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, First District, p. 5A. Find A Grave, "Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (1808-1866)," Memorial #180914277, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180914277 (accessed May 20, 2020). John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) N00013633 1841? 1920-04-25 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Eli Wheat and Elizabeth Wheat. Married to Sophia Palmer Wheat in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on June 25, 1863. Father of Palmer Wheat. Student in Adair County in 1850. Merchant in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from November 16, 1861, to December 15, 1864.

Relationships Social: Edmund Terrill Willis, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Social: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, District 1, p. 2B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 93. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Davis County, Junction City, p. 514A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 235. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1156.391, Certificate #889822. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819617, p. 102 of 419 microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com). California, Death Index, 1905-1939 Surnames R-Z, p. 11674. Adair County, Kentucky P001017 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Columbia.

37.0764, -85.3136 “Adair County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 2. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Adair County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 30, 2019). 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. Columbia, Kentucky P001014 Categories: Places

Seat of Adair County, Kentucky.

37.1028, -85.3064 “Columbia,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 216. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Columbia, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on June 25, 2020). Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. State Arsenal O00010811 1850? 1933? Categories: Organizations

Located in Frankfort, Kentucky. Kentucky legislature allocated funds for construction in 1850. Designed by Nathanial C. Cook. Served as the site for storing weapons and munitions during the Civil War.

Relationships Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: M. D. West (Quartermaster-general of Kentucky in 1861) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

William B. Scott, Jr., "Old State Arsenal" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 695. Tim Talbott, “State Arsenal,” ExploreKYHistory, accessed June 24, 2019, https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/225. Adair County Home Guard O00013591 1861-06-01 Categories: Organizations

State militia organization from Adair County, Kentucky. Organized at Columbia, Kentucky. Commander(s): Captain Thomas E. Bramlette.

Relationships Military: Charles F. Epperson (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Thomas Tyler Alexander (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, judge, and provost marshal) Military: Eli Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, saddler and judge) Military: John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain) Military: George R. Page (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge)

Report of the Military Board of Kentucky, made to the General Assembly, September 10, 1861 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 6. KYR-0002-079-0028. Adair County Court O00000590 Categories: Organizations

Located in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Richard T. Garnett. Clerk(s): Sinclair Wheat and John W. Butler.

Relationships Legal: Richard T. Garnett (Adair County Judge) Legal: Green Johnson (Adair County murderer) Legal: Thomas Turner (stub Adair Co) Legal: Henry Logan (Adair County) Legal: Henry J. Payne (Adair County) Legal: Nathaniel M. Collins (Adair County)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Adair County, Kentucky 1861-06-01 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Commonwealth of KyAdair Co SS

We Thomas E Bramlette Captain of Home Guards, of Adair Co. principle T. T. Alexander, Eli Wheat, C. F. Epperson, Richd Garnett G. R. Page

sureties -- undertake that Thomas E Bramlette shall safely keep & return to the State Arsenal at Frankfort at the expiration of five years or sooner if his company be dissolved all the Arms which may be drawn by him as Captain of the Home Guard aforesaid or make compensation to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for a failure and to the extent of any failure so to do this 1st June 1861.

Tho. E. Bramlette R. T. Garnett T T Alexander Geo, R, Page Chas F Epperson Eli Wheat

attest E. T Willis P J A C. C

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Commonwealth of Ky

I E. T. Willis Presiding Judge of the Adair County Court, certify that a Company of Home Guards was this day organized in Adair County at the Court house, in Columbia, and the officers were all duly elected in my presence & under my supervision. Thos E Bramlette was duly elected Captain. The officers & men took the Oath prescribed by the act entitled "An act for the regulations & to provide for the army of the state" "approved May 24th 1861".

The said Thos. E Bramlette extends bond as required by the act aforesaid which he certify to be a good bond & the surety sufficient to secure the performance of this covenant or to answer for the breach,

Given under my hand this 1st day of June, 1861

E. T Willis. P. J. A. C. C

For Captain Tho. E. Bramlette 1st Lieutenant John. R. Wheat 2nd