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Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 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. Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) N00020034 1828-09-25 1916-08-11 Categories: People

Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier. Native of Germany. Son of Frederick Slater and Matilda Slater. Married to Sarah Slater. Father of William Slater and Frederick Slater, III. Laborer in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1860. Member of the Democratic Party. Mayor of Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, from 1861 to 1862. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from September 22, 1862 to December 18, 1864. Captured at the Battle of Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee on December 7, 1862. Paroled on December 9, 1862.

Relationships Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Samuel L. Alexander (Kenton County, KY, laborer and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: William H. Ritchey (Owen County, KY, trader and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: Phidello W. Hall (Limestone County, Texas, attorney and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalary) Military: George H. Wheeler (Mason County, KY, carriage maker and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: Duval English (Owen County, KY, attorney and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: John G. Pond (Madison County, KY, minister and soldier) Military: Joseph M. Willemin (Covington, Kentucky, tailor and soldier) Military: Daniel Edward Woodford Smith (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John J. Curtis (Mason County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st. Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Dunn R. Stage (Dearborn County, Indiana, farmer and soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James F. Peyton (Lincoln County, Kentucky, physician and soldier - Surgeon 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Charles H. Harris (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: John Milton Cotton (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Norton (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and 2nd lieutenant in 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.)) Military: James W. Robinson (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier) Military: Thomas W. Hewitt (Frankfort, Kentucky, medical student and surgeon (U.S.A.). ) Military: Solomon B. Bennett (Wayne County, Tennessee, farm laborer and soldier) Military: Howard Warren (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.) Military: Tennis W. Wade (Covington, Kentucky, painter apprentice and soldier. ) Military: Harrison Franklin Davis (Mercer County, Kentucky, farm hand and soldier (U.S.A.) ) Military: Sabritt Scruggs (Washington County, Kentucky, soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Benjamin F. Lewis (Hancock County, Kentucky, soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Harry Gee (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: John J. Rose (Mercer County, Kentuck, merchant and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Solomon Huffman (Dearborn County, IN, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky Cav) Military: William Perry Pierce (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier - Cpt. 11th + 12th Ky. Cav.) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, District 2, p. 128A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora, p. 406. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0111. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0477. "City Ordinances," The Aurora Journal (Aurora, Indiana), December 26, 1861, p. 3. "Council Proceedings," The Aurora Journal (Aurora, Indiana), July 10, 1862, p. 3. "Democratic Township Meeting," The Aurora Journal (Aurora, Indiana), March 21, 1861, p. 2. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 270, 286. "Frederick Slater (1828-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial 33614832, accessed May 18, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33614832. Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav) N00020035 1837-03-01 1893-09-07 Categories: People

Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier. Dearborn County, Indiana, native. Son of Stephen Green and Martha J. Green. Married to Sarah Elizabeth Shirley Green in Jefferson County, Indiana, on June 23, 1862. Father of Cora B. Green. Attended Franklin College in Johnson County, Indiana. Read law under Judge Jesse L. Holman and Judge John D. Haynes in Dearborn County. Attorney in Dearborn County in 1860. Served in the 16th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from April 23, 1861, to May 23, 1862. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain, from September 22, 1862, to May 13, 1865. Discharged on account of disability on May 13, 1865.

Relationships Political: Lucian Anderson (Graves County, KY, attorney and politician) Political: John Law (Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, attorney, judge, and representative) Political: Henry William Harrington (Jefferson County, Indiana, attorney and representative) Political: James Addison Cravens (Washington County, Indiana, farmer and representative) Political: Thomas Andrew Hendricks (Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, attorney) Political: William S. Holman (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and representative) Political: Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Vigo County, Indiana, U.S. representative and attorney, D.A.) Political: Brutus Junius Clay (Representative) Political: Henry Grider (Warren County, KY, attorney) Political: Robert Mallory (Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician) Political: Aaron Harding (Taylor County) Political: Garrett Davis (Kentucky attorney, farmer, and politician) Political: Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: William H. Bell (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora, p. 217A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora, p. 425. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville Ward 1, p. 447B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0108. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482709. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 4, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1866), 319. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 286. U. S. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, NARA RG 92, Microfilm Series M1845. History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, Indiana (Chicago: Weakley, Harraman & Co., 1885), pp. 733-4. Jeffersonville, Indiana P00013820 Categories: Places

City in Clark County, Indiana. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2776, -85.7372 Lewis C. Baird, Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1909), 49. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Jeffersonville, Indiana," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on December 7, 2020). Indiana P001818 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.

39.7684, -86.158 Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 52. William Vincent D'Antonio and Robert L. Beck, "Indiana," Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed September 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state. "Indianapolis, Indiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). 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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Jeffersonville, Indiana January 27" 1865 Govenor Thos E. Bramlette. Sir.

I received to day the recommendation herewith transmitted. This recommendation was kindly furnished me without soliciation on my part, which, coming from the distinguished source it does, is rendered doubly valuable to me. The position refered to in the Petition has been filled by your Excellency, and the sellection of Major Frederick Slater, was an excellent one. He is not only a perfect Gentleman but a gallant and honerable Officer.

I however forward the recommendation to your Excellency, and if a position of a higher rank than the one I now occupy should become vacant, and you deem me worthy, I wshould be pleased to have the Petition recognized by my appointment thereto.

I am Govenor Very Respectfully Your Obt Sv't

Edward H. Green

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Jeffersonville Ind. Jany. 27" 1865

Green Edward H.

To the Gov --

Says the position refered to in the encolsed peitition has been filled, but asks that you will consider the petition, if a position of a higher rank than the one he now occupies, should become vacant --

Recd A. G. O. Ky 30 Jany 1865