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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-0001-027-0025 R2-40

Harrodsburg, Mercer 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. William E. Riley (Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) N00009438 1821-10-20 1886-07-28 Categories: People

Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Ann Ewing Riley in Washington County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1846. Father of Mary E. Riley, James Riley, John Riley, Sarah Riley, Ann Riley, and Elizabeth Riley. Graduated from Bacon College in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1841. Attorney in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Washington County in 1850. Attorney in Washington County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Provost marshal in Mercer County in 1862. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from November 10, 1862, to July 18, 1865.

Relationships Military: Anne Mary Daviess (Mercer County Resident) Military: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Military: Robert Hale Ives Goddard (Providence, Rhode Island, soldier. Staff of Ambrose E. Burnside.) Military: Ambrose E. Burnside (Union general, Rhode Island rifleworks owner) Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James H. Peyton (Mercer County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon.) Military: John F. Rodgers (Anderson County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon 11th KY Cav USA) Military: Lewis Letig Pinkerton (Woodford County, Kentucky minister, school founder, asst surgeon 11th Ky Cav USA) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 234B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 558. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 228. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 19A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film 000241382, p. 38. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 111. Catalogue of Kentucky University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1891-1892: Organized as Bacon College A.D. 1836 (Lexington, KY: Will S. Marshall Printing Co.), 15. Anne E. Marshall, Creating A Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in Border State, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010), p. 32-33. "William E. Riley (1831-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 162568249, accessed June 5, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162568249. Anne Mary Daviess (Mercer County Resident) N00009436 1830? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Theodore H. Daviess. Mother of Theodore Daviess, Larua Daviess, Caldwell, Daviess, Eugene Daviess, Marion Daviess, Ann M. Daviess, Carrie Lee Daviess, Lee Cardwell Daviess, and Philip T. Daviess. Resident in Mercer County in 1850.

Relationships Familial: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 247B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 606B. Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) N00003677 1827? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Ann Mary Daviess. Father of Theodore Daviess and Nancy Haggan Daviess. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: Police Court of Harrodsburg Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, District 1, p. 247B. Harrodsburg, Kentucky P00000555 Categories: Places

Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 9, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. 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. 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. Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky 1862-08-27 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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(Th. Davis)

Harrodsburg Ky 27th August/62 Hon Jas F Robinson Dr Sir,

The Civil Law being yet the paramount law of this state, martial Law not having yet been declared, and the Courts of Law affording neither protection of person rights or property- I therefore appeal to you Sir Governor of Kentucky, for protection against a most malicious persecution fromMr W E Riley, Provost Marshal of this County, & his band of reckless armed murderers -- For the past week I have been a fugitive amid the fields & woods the cornfields & thickets fired into for me, for no cause under the sun, save that some of these men learned I had a superior rifle & covetd it- -- The limits of a sheet of paper will not admit of Explanation- neither will your time or patience give due weight to a written statement -- I am as loyal a citizen as any in Kentucky -- believing in the Constitution willing to abide by it, & submit to the laws of this state cheerfully, & in good faith -- receiving in return my constitutional rights -- neither a rebel, secessionist, or traitor.

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& neither am I a believer in the murderous anarchy now prevailing under regaency of his HonorMr W E Riley --

I have never aided the rebellion in any mode- The care of a wife & six small children, & the paralysis of one eye, destroying its vision, would forbid my entering the Southern- army, even had I the inclination, & were there no Confiscation Law, binding everything I own as a dependance for family -- All I ask is the priviledge of enjoying my opinions- staying at chome labring for my family as a peaceable farmer, & taking care of my little ones these perilous times --

I have known you Sir personally since I was a child -- & I know well that you dwould disapprove of such outrageous conduct as we have to submit to here -- To the end of justice Sir, I entreat you either to order me to appear at Frankfort, for a Constitutional trial -- or else, grant me the priviledge of going to Frankfort, & have Ten minutes interview with you, when I shall with pleasure hold myself subject to the orders of the Governor of Kentucky --

Your obt svt Theodore H Daviess,