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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-027-0023 R2-38

Cynthiana, Harrison 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. George W. Berry (Captain & provost marshal of the 6th Military District of Kentucky) N00006222 1864-06-17 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Adelaide Jamison Berry on January 4, 1849. Father of Thomas Berry, Anastatia Berry, and Edward A. Berry. Commissioner of the Licking and Lexington Railroad in 1846. Postmaster of Berry's Station, Kentucky from 1856 to 1858. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Commissioner of the Colemansville and Williamson Turnpike Road in 1860. Captain and provost marshal of the 6th Military District of Kentucky in 1863. Captain and colonel of the Harrison County Home Guards in 1864.

Relationships Military: 6th Military District of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 50. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 10. William A. Penn, Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016). Jeanne Greiser, "Battle of Falmouth" in The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool, eds. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), 318. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1846), 365-369. "An Act to Incorporate the Colemansville and Williamstown Turnpike Road," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort, Ky.: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 320-322. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, accessed on ancestry.com (Washington, D.C.: National Archives) (accessed on May 17, 2017). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896. William W. Trimble (Harrison County Lawyer) N00009434 1822-01-01 1886-06-08 Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary B. Trimble. Father of Eliza G. Trimble, Fanny Trimble, Lawrence Tremble, Hellen Trimble, and William Trimble. Kate Trimble. Attorney in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Attorney in Harrison County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Relationships Military: George W. Berry (Captain & provost marshal of the 6th Military District of Kentucky) Military: Thomas L. Garrard, Jr. (Resident Pendleton County ) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 92A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 369. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 575. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 121B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 169B. "William Wallace Trimble (1822-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 143514358, accessed October 3, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143514358. Thomas L. Garrard, Jr. (Resident Pendleton County ) N00009435 1833-11-25 1879-09-25 Categories: People

Pendleton County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas L. Garrard Sr., and America Garrard. Resident of Pendleton County in 1850.

Relationships Military: George W. Berry (Captain & provost marshal of the 6th Military District of Kentucky)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, District 2, p. 326A. Find A Grave, "Thomas L Garrard (1833-1879)," Memorial #43076626, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43076626 (accessed October 3,2018). Cynthiana, Kentucky P00005772 Categories: Places

Seat of Harrison County, Kentucky.

38.3904, -84.2941 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 77. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Cynthiana, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 15, 2020). Harrison County, Kentucky P00002873 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Cynthiana.

38.3904, -84.2941 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 132. “Cynthiana, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 11, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Bourbon County, Kentucky P00000515 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Paris.

38.2171, -84.2279 H.E. Everman, "Bourbon County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E Kleber ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000), 104-05. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bourbon County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 20, 2020). Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky 1862-08-25 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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Cynthiana Aug 25/62 ToJas F RobinsonEsq Acting Gov of Ky

It is perfectly manifest that organized bodies of horsemen are roaming through Harrison County in the vicinity of the rail road after dark, drilling & recruiting for the purpose of escaping to join some rebel force or to act in Conjunction with other rebel forces in the state. Meanwhile they are perpetrating outrages upon citizens by arresting them and tearing up rail road and stealing horses. None but a local force can break up these organizations and Capture the scoundrels Composing them. By calling into service for two or three months two or three hundred mounted home guards properly Equipped & commanded quiet can be restored to this County, We unfortunately have a good many returned rebels from the rebel army who at first professed to be sorry for what they had done but who now show by their acts & sympathies that they are spies ^for^ and coadjutors with their former companions in arms. No loyal man can be secure until the power of the government is shown to be sufficient to crush these bands -- the sooner it shall be done the better for all parties concerned. Provision for their subsistence & pay must be made before

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we can get the men to act. Four companies can be raised here immediately. And ^Two have already been raised who^ Elected Geo W BerryMajor of their batallion. One raw regiment of Federal troops has been stationed here for a few days but the Colonel says that he is powerless for the reason that his men do not know the topography of the Country are not mounted and can not with sufficient speed pursue & capture the mounted marauders We have intelligence of the existence of three companies floating about in this & the lower edge of Bourbon County. Send Geo W. Berry a commission forthwith to raise 400 men with the power to appoint quarter master & means to get subsistence camp Equippage &c We have aArms for about 200 men and will need about as many more

Berry Can scour the Country to the Ohio river if necessary. But delay is dangerous. Promptitude & energy must be the order of the day.

Yours Respy W W Trimble

P. S.T L Garrard jrthe bearer hereof is fully advised of the Condition of the Country here is truthful & entirely loyal -- and has been scouting since the day the rail road was torn up in this Co-

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