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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Misc. QM Expenditures, 1863-1865 KYR-0002-222-0138 QMG Box 10; Folder Some 1862, 1863, Misc. Correspondence, Recommendation for Jobs, Claims for Pay, Vouchers for Expenses...Few on Ordinance

Lebanon, Marion 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. George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) N00005760 1822-12-26 1899-11-18 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mildred Bailey Sweeney. Father of James W. Sweeney, Marion Sweeney, Allice Sweeney, Elvira Sweeney, Aliva Sweeney, and Edward Sweeney. Brickmason in Casey County in 1850. Bricklayer in Casey County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from July 17, 1861, to April 14, 1862. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major from January 15, 1864, to January 10, 1865.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: United States War Department Military: Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 289A Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 1, p. 476. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Jenkins Precinct, p. 199B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 3229. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3, 352-53. "George Washington Sweeney (1822-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 45169112, accessed October 25, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45169112. Fielding P. Bland (Hustonville, Lincoln County, Kentucky, barkeeper and reg QM (U.S.A.)) N00011652 1837? Categories: People

Hustonville, Kentucky, bar keeper and soldier. Kentucky native. Bar keeper in Hustonville in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as regimental quartermaster from September 5, 1863 to January 10, 1865.

Relationships Military: George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) Military: United States Army Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Hustonville, p. 119. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 352. KYR-0002-222-0134. James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) N00005327 1837-01-18 1889-08-17 Categories: People

Bradfordsville, Kentucky, conductor and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Weatherford. Father of John Weatherford and George Weatherford. Conductor in Brandfordsville in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from December 23, 1863, to January 10, 1865.

Relationships Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Feland (Christian Co, Ky, attorney and quarter master (U.S.A.)) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Bradfordsville, p. 696. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866) 352-53. Find A Grave, "James Wallace Weatherford, Sr (January 18, 1837-August 17, 1889)," Memorial #44371058, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44371058 (accessed October 25, 2018). Lebanon, Kentucky P00002553 Categories: Places

Seat of Marion County, Kentucky.

37.5698, -85.2527 "Lebanon, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 30, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 168. 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. Clinton, Kentucky P00006772 Categories: Places

Seat of Hickman County.

36.6673, -88.9934 Virginia Honchell Jewell, "Clinton," in John E. Kleber, ed., The Kentucky Encyclopedia, (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 207. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Clinton, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 18, 2020). 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00008608 1862-08-13 1863-09-23 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Russellville, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 13, 1862, and mustered out on September 23, 1863. Officer(s): Colonel Benjamin H. Bristow, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Holloway, and Colonel James M. Shackleford.

Relationships Economic: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: United States Army Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: John Feland (Christian Co, Ky, attorney and quarter master (U.S.A.)) Military: Robert M. Martin (Muhlenberg County, KY. laborer and soldier (C.S.A.))

Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1193. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky Volume 2 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 209. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

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8th Cav Head Quarters U. S. Forces. Lebanon Ky. Sept 16~ 1863. Gov T. E. Bramlette Frankfort Ky.

I send you enclosed Certificates of Election of officers and organization of four Companies Complete and ask that commissions be issued on them also for G. W. Sweeney as Major. and one for F. P. Bland as Qr. Master I need the Qr. Master Very much. as I have to Recpt for every thing myself now. I have several other companies that are very nearly full but I wish to get this Batialion arms mounted &C. as I have work for them to do and plenty of it

Could you furnish me ordnance equipments Complete for four Hundred men I will have a full Company in today from Clinton and I learn from men from that part of the Country that guerillas are thick and they have to get their men out in squads. therefore it is very necesary that I should have them Equiped as soon as possible to get the other Companies out that are organizing.

I have been Set back a great deal by not getting my old men Mustered out the Mustering officer is here

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and I hope to get them out in a Very few days. when I think I will have no trouble in filling up the Regiment in a Very Short time I would also like to have an Ast Surgeon comd. please write to me what is necessary for me to do to get the arms &C.

Yours, Very Resply J W Weatherford Maj 8 -- Ky Cav Comd. Post