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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-0001-004-0027 BR8-40

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky James Fisher Robinson (governor, state senator, businessman, attorney, and farmer) N001004 1800-10-04 1882-10-31 Categories: People

Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 1, p. 216B, 230A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No 2, pp. 235, 236, 252. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 266. John David Smith, “James F. Robinson (1862-1863),” ed. Lowell H. Harrison, Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 89-92. William Henry Engle, Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1886), 553, 556-7. James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) N00004837 1830? 1913-06-18 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer. Wayne County native. Son of John Savage and Rebecca Savage. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Inmate in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Sentenced in 1858 for manslaughter for the 1857 killing of Ewing Litterell. Pardoned in 1863 by Thomas E. Bramlette.

Relationships Social: Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties) Political: Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties) Political: John Lewis Sallee (Wayne County, KY, farmer and state rep 1850) Legal: Wayne Circuit Court Familial: Rebecca Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, housewife) Familial: John Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 309B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, State Penitentiary, p. 125. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film #7016157: All Counties, Wayne, 1913, File #23202, p. 7 of 3296 of microfilm. Ewing Litterell (Wayne County, KY, farmer) N00004839 1800? 1857-12-08 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer. Wayne County native. Son of Samuel Litterell and Abigail Litterell. Married to Jane Litterell. Father of Mary Ann Litterell, Jane Litterell, Eliza Litterell, Clarinda Litterell, and Louisa Litterell. Farmer in Wayne County in 1830. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1857. Shot and killed by James Savage in Wayne County on December 8, 1857.

Relationships Social: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Social: John Lewis Sallee (Wayne County, KY, farmer and state rep 1850) Social: Rebecca Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, housewife) Social: John Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker)

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p..232. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 321A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film #994057: Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, 1857, p. 673 of 753 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-004-0025. John Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker) N00014044 1777? Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker. Virginia native. Married to Rebecca Savage. Father of James Savage. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Basketmaker in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Ewing Litterell (Wayne County, KY, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 309B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 428-29. Rebecca Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, housewife) N00014045 1794? Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, housekeeper. Virginia native. Married to John Savage. Mother of James Savage. Resident of Wayne County in 1850. Housewife in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: John Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker) Social: Ewing Litterell (Wayne County, KY, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 309B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 428-29. John Lewis Sallee (Wayne County, KY, farmer and state rep 1850) N00004843 1813-08 1886-04-14 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Charity Van Winkle Sallee and Peter Sallee. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: United States Army Social: Hiram Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, notary or soldier) Social: David Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Social: Charles Hayden Buster (Monticello, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William M. Burton (Wayne Co, Ky, judge and teacher) Social: Stephen Vaughn (Wayne Co, Ky, farmer) Social: Rebecca Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, housewife) Social: John Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker) Social: Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Districts 1 and 6, p. 31. "John L Sallee (1813-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #39144640, accessed April 28, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39144640. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 754. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Wayne County, Kentucky P00004831 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Monticello.

36.8298, -84.8491 Gale Edwards, "Wayne County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 938-39. “Monticello, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Newberry, Kentucky P00014064 Categories: Places

Village in Wayne County, Kentucky.

36.8298, 84.8491 Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1877), 754. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Monticello, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 9, 2021). Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. 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. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-05-20 Correspondence 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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Frankfort 20" May 1863 Gov Robinson

Dear Sir

Statement as to Ewing Litteral of Wayne County

according to promise I give the proof in the case of the ManSavage now confined in the State prison for the killing of Ewing Litterell of Wayne County the ^proof^ was that Litterell on the night he was killed in company with others without any business went to the house of the Father of young Savage with whom the Son lived and being their only Support in old age Litterell being somewhat intoxicated conducted himself both in words and deeds in in the most vulgar and insulting manner immaginable and amongst other acts and deeds exposed his person in the presence of the family Swearing at the time he was a Stud Horse and had ^had^ intercourse with all the family both Mother and Sisters and would do so again when it suited his convenience at which time the young man being in bed Sprang to his rifle and shot him dead the

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this is substantially the proof and the provocation for the killing the young man had been raised by parents it is true who had set anything but a good Moral example but had himself after he grew up showed a disposition by industry and integrity to elevate himself in the community where he had been reared he has now been confined near five years his old and infirm Father since his confinement has died in penury his Mother old and infirm still lives an object of charity

I do not wish to do any violence to the memory of the deceased as he as well as the young man were always my personal and political friend have Just visited him in prison and from what I see and hear am satisfied the Commonwealth and the community from which he was sent are and should be satisfied with the measure of punishment or correction already inflicted

Resptly

Jno. L. Sallee