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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-0001-004-1373 BR12-128 to BR12-129

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. Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker) N00009974 1823 1904-07-19 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier and shoemaker. Native of Bavaria. Married to Maria Steller Simon in Jefferson County on May 3, 1849. Father of Caroline Simon, John Simon, Frank Simon, Mary Simon, and S. Simon. Served in the 9th United States Infantry Regiment as a private from October 27, 1847 to August 22, 1848. Shoemaker in Louisville in 1850. Shoemaker in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Philip Follmer (Louisville, Kentucky, teamster and grocer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 227A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 339. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 205B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p.241. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records on Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #7007130, Jefferson County Deaths, Books 12-13, p. 3249. Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, NARA Microfilm Publication M233, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group Number 94, 231-2, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Maria Steller Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) N00009975 1829? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Native of Bavaria. Married to Nicholas Simon in Jefferson County in Jefferson County on May 3, 1849. Mother of Caroline Simon, John Simon, Frank Simon, Mary Simon, and S. Simon. Resident in Louisville in 1850. Resident in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 227A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 339. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 205B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p.241. Philip Follmer (Louisville, Kentucky, teamster and grocer) N00009978 1816-02-02 1868-06-15 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, teamster and grocer. Native of Germany. Married to Phoeba Follmer. Father of Catherine Follmer, Elizabeth Follmer, Rachael Follmer, Louisa Follmer, and Philapena Follmer. Teamster in Louisville in 1850. Grocer in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 72B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 20-1. Find A Grave, "Philip Follmer (1816-1868)," Memorial #21461980, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21461980 (accessed December 27, 2018). William Gatton Reasor (Louisville, KY, attorney, city council, and notary public) N002029 1830? 1870-10-26 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda Goss Reasor in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 1, 1862. Father of William T. Reasor and Catharine L. Reasor. Member of the City Council of Louisville from the 2nd Ward in 1859. Attorney in Louisville from 1860 to 1861. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1861. City attorney of Louisville from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 579. Annual Communication of the Mayor, and Reports of Departments, of the City of Louisville, (Louisville: Bradley & Gilbert, 1867), p. 1. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 291. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819615. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1859, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1859), 308. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 307. KYR-0001-017-0062. Frederick A. Frische (Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk and notary public) N00002420 1839? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk and notary public. Kentucky native. Son of Frederick Frische and Elizabeth Frische. Clerk in Jefferson County in 1860. Notary Public in Jefferson County in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker) Social: Franciska Kleiber Eye (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident.) Social: John Adam Eye (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 1st Ward, p. 150. KYR-0001-004-1373 KYR-0001-017-0062 John Connell (Louisville, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00004842 1802? 1872-07-21 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Raymond Connell in Bullitt County, Kentucky on June 28, 1823. Father of Louisa Connell, Nancy Connell, William L. Connell, James M. Connell, David H. Connell, Thomas Connell, Martha J. Connell, Angelina Connell, and Laura A. Connell. Carpenter in Louisville in 1850. Magistrate in Louisville in 1860. Justice of the peace in Louisville in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Anna Maria "Mary" Barth Vonderheide (Resident of Louisville, Kentucky) Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 48A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 555. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 344A Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bullitt County Marriages, Film #000482690, p. 38. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007126, Jefferson County Deaths, p 209. KYR-0001-004-1373 Dionyius Abartle (Louisville, Kentucky, priest) N00009987 1824? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, priest. Native of Austria. Roman Catholic priest in Louisville in 1860. Priest at St. Bonifacius’ Church in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 227. Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 164. Leander Streber (Louisville, Kentucky, priest) N00010009 1807 1882 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, priest. Native of Bavaria. Roman Catholic priest in Louisville in 1850. Roman Catholic priest in Louisville in 1860. Affiliated with the Female Academy of the Ursulines in Louisville in 1860. Priest at St. Martin’s Church in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 358A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 127. “Female Academy of the Ursulines in Louisville, Ky.,” Louisville Daily Courier, September 10, 1860. Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 492. Find A Grave, "Leander Streber (1807-1882)," Memorial #93989053 , http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93989053 (accessed December 30, 2019). Lawrence Bax (Louisville, Kentucky, clergyman) N00009988 1828? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clergyman. Holland native. Roman Catholic clergyman in Louisville in 1860. Reverend at St. John’s Church in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker) Social: St. John's Church

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 115. Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 164. Leopold Schuster (Louisville, Kentucky, grocer) N00009979 1832-11-21 1885-12-12 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, grocer. Native of Baden. Married to Elizabeth Schuster in Louisville on January 24, 1858. Father of John Schuster. Grocer in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 163. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 251A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 60-1. Find A Grave, "Leopold Schuster (1832-1885)," Memorial #134589572, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134589572 (accessed December 27, 2018). B. Stoll (Louisville, Kentucky) N00010006 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Nicholas Simon in Louisville, Kentucky on February 25, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 552. KYR-0001-004-1373 Thomas Lynch (Louisville, Kentucky, foundryman and carpenter) N00009984 1815? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, foundryman and carpenter. Native of Ireland. Married to Margaret Lynch. Father of Eliza Lynch, Mary Lynch, Joanna Lynch, Samuel Lynch, Michael Lynch, and John Lynch. Foundryman in Louisville in 1850. Carpenter in Louisville in 1860. Carpenter in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 227A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 229. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 87B. Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 415. W. W. Gilder (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and builder) N00010012 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and builder. Partner of Gilder & Craig carpenters and builders in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 318. J. R. Craig (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and builder) N00010013 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and builder. Partner of Gilder & Craig carpenters and builders in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 259. Philipp A. Colter (Louisville, Kentucky) N00010021 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Nicholas Simon in Louisville, Kentucky on February 25, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

KYR-0001-004-1373 George Schweiss (Louisville, Kentucky, hide and leather dealer) N00010024 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, hide and leather dealer. Partner in George Schwiess & Bro. hide and leather dealers in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Nicholas Simon (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker)

Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-66 (Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers), p. 520. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Louisville City Court O001838 1850 Categories: Organizations

Police court with jurisdiction in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. Judge(s): George W. Johnston. City Attorney(s): William G. Reasor, Robert J. Elliott. Clerk(s): Oliver H. Strattan (1861), J. Phillip Tomppert, Jr.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6, ed. Edwards, Greenough, & Deved (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 323-24. 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00009977 1861-05 1864-06-19 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Pendleton, Hamilton County, Ohio. Mustered into service in May and June, 1861. Mustered out of service on June 19, 1864. Commander(s): Colonel William E. Woodruff, Colonel Thomas D. Sedgewick, Lieutenant Colonel George W. Neff, Lieutenant Colonel Warner Spencer, and Lieutenant Colonel John R. Hurd.

Relationships Military: George McFadden (Louisville, Kentucky, bar keeper and soldier)

Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1198. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 556-93. 1864-12-20 Petition English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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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

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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, 25th Feby/65

Remit

sent for fee

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We the undersigned are friends and acquaintances of Nicholas Simon the Petitioner and pray a remission of said fine -- Decr. 20th 1864 --

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