This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.
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.
Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Isaac Everett and Adele Barney. Resident of Jefferson County in 1860. Second lieutenant in the 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from November 21, 1862, to January 8, 1863. Died January 8, 1863.
Fayette County, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer and soldier. Huntsville, Alabama, native. Son of Calvin Morgan and Henrietta Hunt Morgan. Married to Rebecca Bruce Morgan on November 21, 1848. Married to Martha O. Ready Morgan on December 14, 1862. Father of Johnnie Hunt Morgan. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington from 1842 to 1844. Served in the Kentucky Mounted Volunteers as first lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexican War from 1846 to 1847. Member of the Masonic Order at Daviess Lodge #22 in Lexington from 1846 to 1864. Manufacturer in Lexington in 1850. Served in a state militia artillery company in Lexington as captain from 1852 to 1854. Served in the Lexington Rifles of the Kentucky State Guard as captain from 1857 to 1861. Manufacturer in Lexington in 1860. With C. C. Morgan, owned thirty enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Lexington in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as colonel and brigadier general from 1861 to 1864. Killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, on September 4, 1864.
Relationships
Military:
Military:
Military:
Military:
Military:
Military:
Military:
Military:
Meade County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of R. T. Anderson and Kora Anderson. Physician in Meade County. Surgeon in the 28th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) from August 1, 1865.
Relationships
Social:
Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, politician, teacher, soldier, attorney general of the United States. Louisville, Kentucky, native. Married to Jane L. Cochran Speed on April 23, 1840. Father of John Speed, Henry Pirtle Speed, Charles Speed, Breckinridge Speed, James Speed, Jr., Joshua Fry Speed, Jr., and Edward Shippen Speed. Graduated from St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, in 1828. Studied law under Worden Pope in Louisville. Graduated from law school at Transylvania University in Lexington in 1833. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Louisville from 1847 to 1848. Member of the Whig Party. City council and board of aldermen member in the City of Louisville. Lecturer in the University of Louisville law department from 1856 to 1858. Appointed the mustering officer for Kentucky Volunteers (U.S.A.) in 1861 and commanded the local home guard. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Jefferson County from 1861 to 1863. Attorney general of the United States of America from December 1864 to July 16, 1866.
Relationships
Social:
Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Richmond, Virginia, native. Son of Benjamin Wolfe and Sophia Wolfe. Married to Mary Vernon Wolfe on October 3, 1838. Father of Ella Wolfe, William C. Wolfe, Sophia Wolfe, Nathaniel Wolfe, Vernon Wolfe, Preston Wolfe, and Mary Wolfe. Graduate of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Commonwealth's attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky, from 1839 to 1852. Owned six enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Attorney in partnership with Silas N. Hodges in 1861. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Louisville from 1853 to 1855. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Louisville from 1859 to 1863. Owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.
Relationships
Political:
Legal:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Legal:
Legal:
Legal:
Legal:
Legal:
Legal:
Legal:
Legal:
Social:
Social:
Social:
Shelbyville and Louisville, Kentucky, lawyer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Shelby McDowell. Father of Mary Ballard and Austin Ballard. Graduated from Shelby College and Hanover College. Graduated law school at Transylvania University in 1846. Appointed Judge of the U.S. District Court for Kentucky by Abraham Lincoln on October 20, 1861.
Relationships
Social:
Legal:
Louisville, Kentucky, merchant and deputy marshal of Louisville Chancery Court. Married to Amanda Morgan Gantt on December 18, 1855. Father of Laura Gantt. Telegraph operator in Louisville in 1850. Coal dealer in Louisville in 1859. Deputy marshal of the Louisville Chancery Court in from in 1862. Deputy marshal of the Louisville Chancery Court in from in 1865.
Relationships
Social:
Social:
Social:
Economic:
Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Brandenburg. Located on the Ohio River.
Organized at Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky. Mustered into service on January 4, 1862. Mustered out of service on January 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel James M. Shackelford, Colonel John H. McHenry, Jr., and Colonel Alexander M. Stout.
Relationships
Military:
Military:
Military:
Military:
Located in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Chancellor(s): Caleb W. Logan (1861), Henry Pirtle, and Thomas P. Smith. Clerk(s): William R. Hervey (1861) and Harry Stucky. Deputy clerk(s): Joseph P. Gheen (1861).
To His Exy
r of Ky
Dear Sir
In pursuance of what I conceive to be the duty of any loyal man at a time like this. to keep lay before the proper authorities any information which may be of public interest I respectfully beg to inform you that monhislast was brought back by his relations, At the last attempt he was brought back on Saturday
night & on Monday morning had a recruiting commission, For the truth of this you can refer to the father of the young man
I have reason to believe that an application will be made to commission
I am Dep Marshal of the
I give at any time & place required. I refer you to
Very Respectfully
N B. Gantt