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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Misc. QM Expenditures, 1863-1865 KYR-0002-222-0140 QMG Box 10; Folder Some 1862, 1863, Misc. Correspondence, Recommendation for Jobs, Claims for Pay, Vouchers for Expenses...Few on Ordinance

Lawrenceburg, Anderson 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 F. Cunningham (Lincoln County, KY, 1st Lieut., 8th KY Cav. USA) N00009954 1845? 1865 Categories: People

Lincoln County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Student in Lincoln County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment as a first lieutenant from September 8, 1862, to September 17, 1863. Killed by alleged guerrillas in Hustonville, Kentucky, in January 1865.

Relationships Social: George Drye, Jr. (Casey County, KY, farmer) Social: A. Hicks (Lincoln county, KY, shoe and boot maker) Social: B. F. Brown (Lincoln County KY carpenter and farmer) Social: James S. Robertson (Lincoln County, KY, constable) Social: Andrew Alexander Campbell (Lincoln County, KY, physician, 1st Ky Cav Reg) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) 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), 222. (Listed as John F. Cunningham) Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 088. KYR-0002-022-0084. Abell C. Weatherford (Casey County, Kentucky, physician and veteran surgeon (U.S.A.)) N00011689 1823? Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Physician in Casey County in 1860. Mustered in as veteran surgeon in 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on December 23, 1863.

Relationships Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: George F. Cunningham (Lincoln County, KY, 1st Lieut., 8th KY Cav. USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 3, p. 390. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 352. 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). John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) N00000879 1839-08-16 1913-12-13 Categories: People

Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General. Illinois native. Son of James Madison Boyle and Sarah Ann Decker Boyle. Married to Jane "Jennie" Porter Looney Boyle in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1863. Attended school in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1850. Attended Centre College in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1858. Attorney in Edgar County in 1860. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as assistant adjutant general. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863. Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to August 1, 1864.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: Madison Conyers Johnson (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and banker, RR director, pres of UK Law Dept) Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: Louis W. Little (2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Caperton (Richmond, KY, attorney and soldier) Military: [unknown] Shanks (Major, U.S.A.) Military: Cornelius G. Bradshaw (Douglas County, Illinois, chaplain (U.S.A.)) Military: 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Economic: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf ) Military: Robert C. Hewett (Louisville, KY, physician ) Military: William Baker Swisher (Kansas Territory physician and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Howard (Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer, deputy sheriff; 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: John M. Cook (Clay County, KY, farmer; pvt 6th KY Cav US, cpt 49th KY Inf USA, capt 6th KY Cav USA) Military: William T. Bryant (Laurel County, Kentucky farm laborer; 2nd lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Military: Walter M. Prentice (Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier) Military: Stephen Golden (Knox County, Kentucky, captain 49th KY Inf USA ) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Isaac Jones Black (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer; agent, 1st lieut & capt 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA ) Military: 2nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Military: William Jackson Atkins (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Pvt, sgt, & lieut 13th KY Vol Inf USA) Military: Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Military: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Military: Andrew S. Bloom (Hamilton, Ohio, daguerreotype artist and soldier (52nd OH Inf and 7th KY Cav)) Military: Green Clay Smith (Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky attorney, politician, and soldier) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army 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: William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, District 19, p. 146B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Buck Township, p. 675. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 170A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095. John Boyle, Boyle Genealogy: John Boyle of Virginia and Kentucky (St. Louis, MO: Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1909), 63-65. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. vii. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Centre College, at Danville, Kentucky, 1858 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth Office, 1858), 9. "Youngest General," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 17, 1913, p. 1. Lawrenceburg, Kentucky P00001867 Categories: Places

Seat of Anderson County, Kentucky.

38.0373, -84.8966 “Lawrenceburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 167. 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). United States Congress O00005496 1789 Categories: Organizations

Organized in the Constitution of the United States, Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.

Relationships Political: Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) Political: P. N. Smith (Jessamine County) Political: Woodson Dickerson (Nicholasville, Kentucky, druggist) Political: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Political: Melvin T. Lowry (Jessamine County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Political: William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public) Political: John B. Cook (Nicholasville, Kentucky, grocery keeper) Political: William H. Daniel (Jessamine County, Kentucky, resident, prov govt)

United States Senate, Origins and Development, https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/OriginsDevelopment.htm. United States House of Representatives, _House History Timeline, 1700-1799, http://history.house.gov/Education/Timeline/1700s/; United States Constitution, Article I. 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009471 1863-12-23 1865-01-10 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Columbia, Kentucky. Mustered into service on December 23, 1863, and mustered out on January 10, 1865. Officer(s): Colonel James W. Weatherford.

Relationships Military: John R. Curry (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain, 13th KY Cavalry (USA)) Military: Cambell Rousey (Boyle County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Military: Thomas Rousey (Boyle County) Military: James W. Weatherford (Colonel in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ) Military: Jesse Chappell Newell (Pulaski County, Kentucky, blacksmith and First Lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: Joseph Cartwright (Adair County, Kentucky, farm laborer and 2nd lieut (U.S.A.) ) Military: Benjamon F. Branson (Casey Co, Ky, farmer and first lieut (U.S.A.)) Military: Thomas Wood (Jamestown, Ky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: James M. Giboney (Casey Co, Ky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: William D. Lowe (Monticello, Ky, laborer and first lieut (U.S.A.)) Military: William M. Northrip (Russell Co, Ky, farmer and captain (U.S.A.)) Military: James R. Howard (Lebanon, Ky, sgt 1st Ky Cav & captain 13th Ky Cav USA) Military: Moses Hudleston (Cumberland Co, Ky, farm laborer and second lieutenant) Military: George T. Rigney (Casey County, Ky, farmer and second lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: Thomas Watson (Adams' Mills, Ky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: Harrison M. Hurt (Clinton County, Kentucky, captain (U.S.A.)) Military: F. Rolly W. Chapman (Adair County, Kentucky, carpenter and Second Lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Military: Ferdinand D. Rigney (Adair Co, Ky, farmer and major (U.S.A.)) Military: William G. Gabbert (Russell Co, Ky, farmer and second lieut (U.S.A.)) Military: John A. B. Morrison (Clinton Co, Ky, lieut col) Military: George Washington Sweeney (Casey County, KY, bricklayer and sold) Military: Daniel S. Parker (Ky, captain and adj gen (U.S.A.))

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 352-373. Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky 1863-10-14 Correspondence 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 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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Lawrenceburg. Oct 14th 1863.

Gov Thos. E. Bramlet.

In my hurry to get off this morning I neglected to finish my business with you.

I need the Regt Comisary Comisioned and recomend to you George. F. Cunningham who was a first Lt in the old Regiment and a No one business man he has been acting for some time but cannot Rect for any thing until Comisiond

also recomend that you send to Dr A, C. Weatherford at Lebanon authority to be examined as an ast Surgeon by a Act of Congress passed in Jan Last Regiments are alled One Surgeon and two asts Dr W. has been attending to my sick for a month back. I will shape the Regiment up now as soon

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as posible and hope to Come out with as good acharater as I have heretofore done.

Yours. Very. Resply. J. W. Weatherford Comd. 13.th Ky Vol. Cav.

Lebanon Ky.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. George F. Cunningham Comy. 13 CavyOctr. 16. 1863

13th Cavy

1 Lieut & Comy. Cunnigham
Com. issd. & forwdOctr 16th 1863

Issue desired commission and give letter.

Boyle