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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-0001-027-0026 R2-41 to R2-42

New Castle, Henry 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 McCracken Jessee (Henry County, KY, farmer and capt & lt col (CSA)) N00008704 1832-08-18 1896-02-21 Categories: People

Henry County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Pryor Foree Jessee in Ohio County on September 2, 1851. Father of Virgil Jessee, John Jessee, William Jessee, George M. Jessee, Jr., and Elizabeth P. Jessee. Member of the Resolutions Committee of the Democracy and Old Line Whigs of Henry County in 1856. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1858. Farmer in Henry County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860. Served in Jessee’s Battalion, Mounted Rifles (C.S.A.) as captain from July 22, 1862. Served in the 6th Battalion Confederate Cavalry (C.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel from May 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Confederate States Army

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 429. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 183B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, New Castle, p. 344. Kentucky, Confederate Pension Records, 1912-1930, Henry County, June 15, 1912 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 2 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 400-401. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0070. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M258, Roll 0011. Jno P. Smith, “Meeting in Henry County,” Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), Jun 26, 1856, p. 2. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Begun and Held in the Town of Frankfort on Monday, the Seventh Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord, 1857, and of the Commonwealth, the Sixty-Sixth (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges, 1857), 4. [Unknown] Dickens (Trimble County, KY, Provost Marshal ) N00009447 Categories: People

Provost marshal in Trimble County, Kentucky, in August 1862.

Relationships Military: Confederate States Army

KYR-0001-027-0026. Alexander Wake Holeman (Owen County, Kentucky, machinist, hotelkeeper, and Maj OH River Batt KSG; capt, maj, lt col in 12th KY Cav, Col. 11th KY Cav (USA)) N00009475 1827-07 1887-10-19 Categories: People

Owen County, Kentucky, laborer, machinist, hotelkeeper, and soldier. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Jacob H. Holeman and Mary Ann Holeman. Married to Jane B. English Holeman in Owen County, Kentucky, on February 3, 1852. Father of J. H. Holeman, Betty Holeman, Annie W. Holeman, and John Holeman. Laborer in Owen County in 1850. Machinist and hotelkeeper in Owen County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860. Served in the Ohio River Battalion of Kentucky State Guard as major until his resignation on September 23, 1861. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain, major, and lieutenant colonel from July 29, 1862, to November 18, 1863. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from November 19, 1863, to September 26, 1864.

Relationships Social: William Hughs (Owen County, Kentucky, physician) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Ohio River Battalion Military: Confederate States Army Military: Government of the United States of America Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Milton J. Graham (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. 4th Inf and 11th Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: William Owsley Boyle (Boyle County, Kentucky, soldier - Lt. Col. 11th Ky. Cav.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 226A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 226. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District No. 2, p. 8A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Enumeration District 150, p. 463C. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, 7007127: Jefferson County, Books 5-6 (1879-1887), p. 390. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0118. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Owen County Marriages, 1819-1863, Film 000272769. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 270, 302. "LTC Alexander Wake Holeman (1827-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25498287, accessed July 19, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25498287. KYR-0001-018-0065. Evelyn Buckley (Henry County, KY, resident) N00009446 1825? Categories: People

Henry County, Kentucky, resident. Pennsylvania native. Married to Ruben Buckley. Mother of Thomas C. Buckley, Lucinda Buckley, Martha Ann Buckley, Evelyn Buckley, and Reuben Buckley. Resident of Henry County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Ruben H. Buckley (Henry County, Kentucky, artist and painter)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Newcastle, p. 244. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Newcastle, p.2. Ruben H. Buckley (Henry County, Kentucky, artist and painter) N00009445 1815? Categories: People

Henry County, Kentucky, artist and painter. Kentucky native. Married to Evelyn Buckley. Father of Thomas C. Buckley, Lucinda Buckley, Martha Ann Buckley, Evelyn Buckley, and Reuben Buckley. Artist and painter in Henry County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Newcastle, p.244. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Newcastle, p.2. New Castle, Kentucky P00000305 Categories: Places

Seat of Henry County, Kentucky.

38.4334, -85.1697 "New Castle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987), 212. Henry County, Kentucky P00000758 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at New Castle. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.4334, -85.1697 "New Castle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 138. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). 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. Trimble County, Kentucky P00001509 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Bedford. Located on the Ohio River.

38.5926, -85.3177 “Bedford, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 7, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 298. Owen County, Kentucky P00004760 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Owenton. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.5365, -84.8419 “Owenton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 20, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Owen County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 700. 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. New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky 1862-08-27 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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Newcastle Henry Co Ky August 27th 1862 Hon J F Robinson Frankfort Ky Dear Sir --

I write you at the request of some of the most earnest and practical Loyal men of this county requesting ifpractical- that about 100- efficient mounted men be kept in this county for some days- or until those now engaged in recruiting for the Confederate rebels- shall be caught or routed-This has been going on with an a remarkable activity- being adjacent to Trimble and owen- they have had a pretty clear - I have had since here a fair opertunity to hear and learn and I assure you sir this is no hobgoblin- but an actuality- and the rebel Jessee- we thought killed has been

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successfully at work here up to last Sunday night- There are many hiding places on the border of Owen- and Trimble and many think he is yet skulking here. The few union men of Trimble have been agrieved by the uneven and the untimely action of Dickens a Provost from this county who in a mistaken zeal (to say the least) has given to the recruiting Rebels a new impulse- and it is telling in the number of recruits- The troops now here- under Holman we have not heard from- but they were too late for the Locality they were sent to- This place should be the head quarters- and work out from here in squads- There are a number of efficient men here to cooperate with them but some permanent organization is necessary as a neucles for them-

I do hope my dear sir that your health will be equal to the demands that are upon you and that God will favor this commonwealth in a kind providence over you, and this is the prayer of scores

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and hundreds of loyal hearts all over this land -- Mrs B joins in regards to you-

Respectfully R H Buckley

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R. H. Buckley New Castle