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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.
Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Wadlington. Father of William J. Wadlington. Married to Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1850. Father of Thomas M. Wadlington, Mary T. Wadlington, and Ann Babb Wadlington. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1859. Elected Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1860. Farmer and convict in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons, including John [Unknown] and Jourdan [Unknown], in Caldwell County in 1860. Convicted by the Caldwell Circuit Court of the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in November 1860. Sentenced to death by the Caldwell Circuit Court in November 1860. Sentence commuted to life in prison by Governor Beriah Magoffin on February 11, 1861. Inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort from March 21, 1861, to March 21, 1863.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Allen Cartwright. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Killed by Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County on January 17, 1860.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Son of Thomas B. Wadlington. Married to Nancy A. Hayes Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in May 1863. Father of Lula Wadlington and Walter Wadlington. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmhand and convict in Caldwell County in 1860. Sentenced to eight years incarceration in 1861 for his involvement in the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in 1860. Pardoned by Governor Magoffin in 1862.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Enslaved by Mary A. J. Cartwright in 1850. Resident of Caldwell County in 1860. Enslaved by Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington and Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County in 1860. Charged, along with Thomas B. Wadlington and William J. Wadlington, with the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in January 1860. Released on bail in February 1860.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, governess. Kentucky native. Married to James A. Cartwright. Married to Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1850. Mother of Thomas Wadlington, Mary Wadlington, and Ann Wadlington. Resident of Caldwell County in 1850. Employed Lewis Brown as a farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Family governess in Princeton in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons (including Jourdan and John) in Caldwell County in 1860.
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Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Hopkins County, Kentucky, native. Son of Charles King Jackson and Jane Dumville Jackson. Married to Nancy R. Cox Jackson in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on March 29, 1854. Father of Charles Jackson, David F. Jackson, Boyd Jackson, and John Jackson. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Employed Ferdinand Jackson as a farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.
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Seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Located on the Ohio River.
State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.
Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.
County in western Kentucky. Seat at Princeton.
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State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.
Seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky.
Settlement in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Located on the Green River.
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).
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).
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Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.
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Your Honor will please take into consideration the of case of a convict of now in the k killed his neighbour w Wadlington his cartr Wadlington from cutting any timber it appears that Wadlington had just cut a tree down and proceeded to cut the tree up whence Cartright drew a pistol shot some two or three times at wadlington in the thigh Wadlington got his gun and shot cartright kiling him instantly it appears from the above that there had been
some Difficulty about the timber and perhaps some threats on the part of cartright it also is said by some of Wadlingtons friends that there was false testimony given in against Wadlington by But be that as it may I am not able to say as I neve saw Either of the parties or their witnesses but I have since bcome acquainted with m Me and them My simpathys were aroused for the desolate Widow and her little children and I Determined to a Appeal to you for the release of the father & Husband I would say to you that it would be a great satisfaction to her relations to hear of his release as for him or his relations I never saw but I am well acquainted with the widows
Relations and I assure you if you need any s assurance that they and the woidow of the said Wadlington are and ever have been true and Loyal to the K county
if you want any proof of wat I have stade in this address some good loyal man or Men at a subscriber at for why you cannot
Your Honor will please Excuse so feeble an attempt but as I have f done the best I can you will Excuse a loyal citizen
Yours truly
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J. A. Jackson letter for pardon of Wadlington
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