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John Rice Robinson (Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney and captain 27th KY Inf USA)

b. 1823-02-23 d. 1899-03-11

Taylor County, Kentucky, tobacconist, attorney and soldier. Taylor County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert Robinson and Nancy Rice Robinson. Married to Ellen Melvina Scott Robinson in Davidson County, Tennessee, on May 24, 1860. Father of Henry S. Robinson. Tobacconist in Taylor County Kentucky, in 1850. Confirmed as a notary public in Taylor County on February 5, 1861. Served in the 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from March 21, 1862, to March 6, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 194A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 234B.

Charles Kerr, ed. History of Kentucky, vol 5 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922).

"Ellen Melvina Robinson (1837-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #73272526, accessed April 23, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73272526.

"John R. Robinson (1823-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #95179469, accessed April 23, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95179469.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 244-45.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County Marriages, 1838-1864, p. 333.

KYR-0001-017-0062.

Citation

Robinson, John Rice. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208958 (November 12, 2026).

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