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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Guerilla Letters KYR-0002-225-0083 Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1865

Midway, Woodford 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. William W. Harper (Woodford County petitioner) N00002977 1841? Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph W. Harper and Elizabeth J. Harper. Married Elizabeth T. Norwood Harper in Woodford County on January 20, 1863. Resident of Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Provost Marshal and recruiting officer in Midway during the Civil War.

Relationships Social: Marcus E. Poynter (Woodford County, physician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 444B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 102. Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), Film 000252336. KYR-0001-004-0182. Henry Clay McLeod (Woodford County, soldier, lawyer, and state representative) N00008859 1831-06-03 1905-02-27 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, soldier, attorney, and state representative. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of George McLeod and Catherine Miller McLeod. Married to Alice Todd Field McLeod in Woodford County on November 24, 1864. Graduate of Transylvania University Law School in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1857. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Attorney in Woodford County in 1860. Entered partnership to practice law with J. E. Hoskins in Versailles, Kentucky, until 1861. Elected county attorney of Woodford County in 1861 and in 1865. Enrolled in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 23, 1861. Promoted to captain from November 28, 1861. Resigned from service from December 15, 1862. Elected state representative for Woodford County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Marcus E. Poynter (Woodford County, physician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 14. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 19. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0205. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252336. The Biographical EncyclopÊdia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 640. "Gallant Soldier and Able Lawyer Dies," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.), March 4, 1905, p. 7. Find A Grave, "Capt Henry C. McLeod (1831-1905)," Memorial #132015819, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132015819 (accessed on July 6, 2018). Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) N00008843 1838-08-14 1896-07-30 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier. Montgomery County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry G. Poynter and Ann M. Poynter. Married to Pattie N. Poston Poynter in Clark County on November 24, 1857. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and quartermaster from September 1862 to January 1863. Served as colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General of Kentucky from January 7, 1865 to March 14, 1865. Cashier of the Clark County National Bank in 1865.

Relationships Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 869. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 295. "Death of Dr. W. T. Poynter," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 31, 1896, p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Clark County Marriages. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), vii, 926. "Dr Wiley Taul Poynter (1838-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100783027, accessed on July 13, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100783027. Marcus E. Poynter (Woodford County, physician) N00002951 1836 1889-04 Categories: People

Woodford County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Kate Poynter. Resident of Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Graduate of the University of the City of New York School of Medicine in 1860. Assistant surgeon for the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from May 27, 1862, to February 7, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 11. “Catalogue of the University of the City of New York March, 1860” (New York: Hosford & Co., Stationers, 1860), 16. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 370. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 164. Find A Grave, "Dr M. E. Poynter (1836-1889)," Memorial #97963977, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97963977# (accessed July 12, 2018). Midway, Kentucky P00002993 Categories: Places

Town in Woodford County, Kentucky.

38.1509, -84.6838 "Midway, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 7, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 197. Woodford County, Kentucky P00002992 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Versailles.

38.0526, -84.7299 Ron D. Bryant, "Woodford County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 966-67. "Versailles, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky O00000388 1793 Categories: Organizations

The office of the chief military officer and advisor to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era Adjutant Generals: Scott Brown (1859-1861); John W. Finnell (1861-1863); John Boyle (1863-1864); Daniel W. Lindsey (1864-1867).

Relationships Military: Hall's Gap Battalion Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: John L. Lamb (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Douglas Jones (Union County, laborer and soldier) Military: Charles W. Quiggins (Hardin County, KY, carpenter and soldier) Military: Houston L. Keesee (Union County, farmer and soldier) Military: Alderson T. Keen (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.) Military: Francis M. Helveti (1st ky cavalry and professor) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Albert G. Huffman (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George H. Norton (Private and hospital steward in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ) Military: Granville Jasper Vaught (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Brent Fishback (Louisville/Garrard/Pulaski /1st KY Cav) Military: Josiah "Joe" D. Beatie (Pulaski Co, KY, corp, 2d Lieut, & Capt1st ky cav USA) Military: Thomas J. Graves (Russell County, KY, 1st sgt & 1st Lieut 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Tilford N. Bruner (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Phillip Roberts (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Thomas Rowland (Cumberland Co, Ky; sgt, lieut, maj in 1st Ky Cav USA) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: S. J. Layman (Assistant surgeon for 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Robert Armstrong Athey (Kenton County, lawyer, asst. adjutant general for KY vols (U.S.A.)) Military: Joel H. Roach (Corporal, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Robert L. Wilson (Crittenden County, KY, farmer) Military: Kentucky Home Guard Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: William Pope Anderson (Cincy OH, assistant Adj General to General Ambrose Burnside) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Political: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Julius Fosses (Louisville, Kentucky, aide-de-camp, asst inspector general of cavalry, and Bvt Maj. of Vols. (U.S.A.)) 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: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

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Midway Feby 15" 65 Gov. Bramlette Dear Sir

I trouble you with a line in regard to the recruiting officer for the State Service at this place who professes to have authority from you to raise a company &c, I refer to W. W. Harper -- and as a citizen and a union man in behalf of the cause -- the community, Your own good name and of common decency I protest against such an appointment -- As badly as the service demands men and as much as we have

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suffered from guerrillas we as a community had rather Quantrell would pay an occasional visit than be annoyed by this man in "brief authority" -- all the time,

This is not malice -- I am one of the very few who are on friendly terms with Harper in town, but in Heavens name dont give any such man a commission,

I do not think he caught a single recruit yet assuming authority from you damages the cause very much with decent people

I do not care to have my name known in this tho if necessary I shall not shrink from it one jot- but he is

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not the Kind of man to have in the place nor a desirableenemy,

Col McLeod or W. T. Poynter can represent his case to you

Very Truly Yrs &c

M. E. Poynter

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Midway Ky February 15th 1865

Poynter M. E
To Gov. B-

Asks in the name of heaven &c that the authority of W. W Harper at that place be revoked- as he is unfit, & will damage the cause -- refers to W. T. Poynter and Col McLeod -- member from Woodford Co --

L. B. No. 10. 1865 P 113

Recd A. G. O. Feby 16th 1865