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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-1286 BR11-476

Jefferson County, Kentucky Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-08-06 Legal/Financial English 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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State of Kentucky Jefferson County

Charles Bollinger states that he is a German by birth resided in Germany till about the year 1850 knew Jacob Medard (who was sentenced to 5 years service in the Penitentiary of this state at the last January term of the Jefferson circuit court) in the old country. He also knew the father & mother & the whole of their family in Germany he lived & taught school in their immediate neighborhood the children of the old folks were sent to school to him, but he was unable to teach them any thing owing to their mental incapacity to receive it. This mental incapacity ran through their whole family. That he knows said family here & he can say the same thing of them here They have never been able to learn to speak or understand the language of this country. The affiant is a teacher in the city schools of the city of Louisville.

Charles Bollinger

Subscribed & sworn to before me by Charles Bollinger this 6 Aug 1864

N. W. Walker J. P. J. C.