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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-0001-004-1388 BR12-156

Simon Livingston (Louisville KY, spectacle salesman, peddler) N00006510 1834? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, spectacle salesman. Native of Prussia. Married to Janette "Jane" Livingston in 1858. Father of Louis Livingston, Sarah Livingston, and Joseph Livingston. Spectacle salesman in Louisville in 1864.

Relationships Familial: Janette "Jane" Livingston (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: Charles Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: John H. Cochran (Louisville, KY, policeman) Legal: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler) Legal: Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) Legal: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Legal: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty) Social: Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) Social: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Social: John H. Cochran (Louisville, KY, policeman) Social: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 466A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Enumeration District: 010, p. 259B. Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States (1900), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ward 4, Enumeration District: 0103, p. 2. KYR-0001-004-1388. Janette "Jane" Livingston (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) N00011927 1841? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Native of Russia. Married to Simon Livingston. Mother of Louis Livingston, Sarah Livingston, and Joseph Livingston. Resident of Louisville in 1864.

Relationships Social: John H. Cochran (Louisville, KY, policeman) Social: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 466A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Enumeration District: 010, p. 259B. Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States (1900), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ward 4, Enumeration District: 0103, p. 2. KYR-0001-004-1388. Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) N00006465 1840? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat cook. Indiana native. Son of Jane Cunningham. Student in Louisville in 1850. Cook on a steamboat in Louisville in 1860. Resident of Louisville in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Charles Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler) Legal: Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) Legal: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty) Familial: Jane Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, seamstress) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: Simon Livingston (Louisville KY, spectacle salesman, peddler)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, pp. 15A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 563. KYR-0001-004-1387. Christian G. Votteler (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) N00011928 1833? 1891-03-11 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Native of Wurtemburg, Germany. Married to Salome “Sallie” Iehl Votteler in Jefferson County on October 14, 1861. Father of William Votteler. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Social: Janette "Jane" Livingston (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Simon Livingston (Louisville KY, spectacle salesman, peddler) Familial: Salome “Sallie” Iehl Votteler (Louisville, KY, resident) Social: John H. Cochran (Louisville, KY, policeman) Social: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler)

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Enumeration District 139, p. 105C. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1860-1867, Film #000482709, p. 188. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7016218: All Counties, 1911-1965, 1918-1919, File #10635, p. 840 of 3361 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "Christian G Votteler (unknown-1919)," Memorial 146088719, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146088719 (accessed June 9, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1388. Salome “Sallie” Iehl Votteler (Louisville, KY, resident) N00012856 1843? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Native of Germany. Married to Christian G. Votteler in Jefferson County on October 14, 1861. Mother of William Votteler. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Social: Janette "Jane" Livingston (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Social: John H. Cochran (Louisville, KY, policeman) Social: Simon Livingston (Louisville KY, spectacle salesman, peddler) Social: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler)

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Enumeration District 139, p. 105C. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1860-1867, Film #000482709, p. 188. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7016218: All Counties, 1911-1965, 1918-1919, File #10635, p. 840 of 3361 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "Salome “Sallie” Iehl Votteler (1845-1929)," Memorial 146089118, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146089118/salome-votteler (accessed June 9, 2020). KYR-0001-004-1388. James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler) N00006468 1831? 1871-05-04 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, saddler and policeman. Kentucky native. Married to Susanna Murray Shindler in Spencer County on December 21, 1854. Father of Julia Shindler, Sarah Shindler, and Ann Shindler. Saddler in Louisville in 1860. Employed Mary Bailey as a domestic servant in Louisville in 1860. Policeman in Louisville in 1861. Policeman in Louisville in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) Legal: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Legal: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 470. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 426A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Spencer County Marriages, 1810-1931, Film #000482494, p. 263 of 425. Henry Tanner, ed., The Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 224. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Louisville Death Records, 1866-1879, film 7007126, Books 1-4, page 129, p. 334 of 923 of microfilm. Find A Grave, "James M. Shindler (1831-1871)," Memorial 183192321, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183192321 (accessed June 23, 2020). John H. Cochran (Louisville, KY, policeman) N00006511 1831? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, policeman. Mississippi native. Married to Eliza Ellen Manike Cochran in Jefferson County on October 28, 1860. Father of Ida E. Cochran. Policeman in Louisville in 1864. Attended a meeting of Southern sympathizers at the Louisville Courthouse in March 1861.

Relationships Legal: Charles Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) Legal: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal) Legal: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty) Social: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, page 403B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1860-61, Film #000819613, p. 29 of 413. The Louisville Daily Courier, "Meeting at the Court House," March 15, 1861, page 1. Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty) N00005665 1833-02-28 1882-05-01 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Native of Prussia. Married to Harriet Bijur. Father of Bertha Bijur, William F. Bijur, and Anna Bell Bijur. Practiced in partnership with Byron Bacon and later with Peter B. Muir. Commonwealth's attorney in Jefferson County in 1864. Elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Legal: John Welch (Jefferson County, KY, soldier (USA), murder suspect)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 185. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), p. 211. “Death of Hon. Martin Bijur,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 1, 1882, p. 2. Find A Grave, "Martin Bijur (unknown-1882)," Memorial #100677226, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100677226 (accessed June 5, 2017). KYR-0001-004-1388. Charles Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) N00011926 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Convicted of attempted robbery in the Jefferson Circuit Court in 1864.

Relationships Legal: James M. Shindler (Louisville, KY, policeman and saddler) Legal: Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) Legal: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty)

KYR-0001-004-1388. Edward Vinecore (Louisville, KY, Boatman/criminal) N00006466 1839? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, coal boatman and provost guard. Kentucky native. Son of Raphael Vinecourt and Ellen Vinecourt. Student in Louisville in 1850. Coal boatman in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 1st Battalion of the Louisville Provost Guard as a private. Served in the 26th Regiment Kentucky Infantry as a private.

Relationships Legal: Martin Bijur (Louisville, KY, attorney & commwlth atty) Legal: Richard Cunningham (Jefferson County, KY, cook/criminal)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 428. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 471. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 383. 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. Evansville, Indiana P00000393 Categories: Places

Seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Located on the Ohio River.

37.9716, -87.5711 "Evansville," Encyclopædia Britannica,https://www.britannica.com/place/Evansville (accessed September 11, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Evansville, Indiana," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 27, 2019). Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Simon Livingston: stated that on Thursday night about 10 Oclock I arrived in theCityfrom Evansville & went to my home in the Omnibus, on Floyd between Market & Main street, while I was Knocking at the door (I had a pair of saddle Bags on my shoulder.) in order to arouse my wife to open the door. Three men came up to me (accused are the same men) & asked me What I was doing there & I told them it was my home & one of them seized me by the collar of my Coat another one struck me & one had hold of my saddle Bags: I had some $25.00 in Silver in my saddle Bags: and some Spectacles & about $500. in paper Money on my person. I called watch & my wife who had come to the Window, also called watch & accused ran away -- when they first accosted me, one of them asked me what I had in my saddle bags, the one who had hold of the Saddlebags attempted to pull them away from me, the watch came up just as accused run. I peddle Spectacles & have lived on Floyd Street about 2 years. I believe it was Cunningham that struck me. Christian Votter lives in same house with last witness, on Thursday night last heard him Knocking at the door & calling his wife then heard him say what do you want

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& looked out of my window and saw Livingston & three men at the door & saw one of the men strike Livingston & then run away all three. Livingston & his wife who had been aroused, called for the watch very loud and the men ranaway. don't Know who they were James Shindler, I & Cochranarrested accused. Heard the cry of murder & ran out from corner Floyd & Markt & Saw three men running down Floyd towards main- purused & arrested them. -- Jno. Cochran Same as last witness. -- Bail each in $300- to answer. --

The above contains substantially the Evidence in the case

Martin Bijur Atty for Commonth

Chas Miller Richd. Cunningham Edwd. Vincore