Nicholas Simon to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-12-20
- Date of Creation
- December 20, 1864
- Document Genre
- Petition
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR12-128 to BR12-129
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1373
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204260
- People
- Stoll, B.
- Abartle, Dionyius
- Frische, Frederick A.
- Schweiss, George
- Craig, J. R.
- Connell, John
- Bax, Lawrence
- Streber, Leander
- Schuster, Leopold
- Simon, Maria Steller
- Simon, Nicholas
- Follmer, Philip
- Colter, Philipp A.
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Lynch, Thomas
- Gilder, W. W.
- Reasor, William Gatton
- Places
- Louisville, Kentucky
Citation
Nicholas Simon to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-12-20, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-1373 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette
Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky—
The undersigned Nicholas Simon a German, and resident of of Louisville, and having a family consisting of a wife and four children all residing with him and dependent upon him for a support, was fined Fifty Dollars at the late Term of the city Court of Louisvillefor an alleged assault & Battery upon one Philip Follmer also of this city —
Folmer made an insulting remark to petitioner in regard toaneiceofsaidPetitioner, said remark being a very gross insult to Petitioner, and said remark wholly uncalled-for, and unjustifiable— Petitioner was constrained to resent it, and hed did curse said Folmer— Folmer retaliated and Petitioner jerked Folmer to the ground and in the scuffle bit the forefinger of said Follmer— Folmer, was the chief witness and had the testimony pretty much his own way and your Petitioner was fined in the sum of Fifty Dollars as aforesaid — He relies on Executive clemency and prays a remission of said fine —
Nicholas Simon
The persons who have signed the foregoing petition are the neighbors of the Mr Simons & the statements Contained in the petition, are about as the facts occured
W G, Reasor atto
Louisville City Ct
vs
Nicholas Simon
$50,
Remit
sent for fee
We the undersigned are friends and acquaintances of Nicholas Simon the Petitioner and pray a remission of said fine —
Fred. Frishe
John Connell J P J C
Rev. Lewis Abarthpastor of St. Boniface's church
Revd Bax pastr
St John's
Geo. P. McFaddin, Lt 2" Ky,
Rev. L. Streben
W Bax
Leopold Schuster
B Stoll
Wm J. Slee
Thomas Lynch
W— O.Connor
Gilder C Craig
Joseph [McKinley]
Philip Fisher
H. Bohmer
T [...]
R Mercke
Michal Dirkson
Simon Lonon
Ludwig Weiss
C Hurst
John Block
Philipp A Colter,
G Schweiss Bro
J Hackett
M Wunderlin
F. H. Gohmann
James Ryan
P J [...]
Joseph Prohman
J Stork
Th. McWassan
C [Trockman]
G Weber,
H. Rohmann
Joseps Lames
Henry Gohmann
Anthony Hechinger
Henry Haagen
John Meagher
Oliver H Myers
George Tracy
Henry [Kashen]
John Wahll
Henry Simon
Alex. Joseph
C. J. L, Reidhar
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