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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-0001-027-0067 R2-103 to R2-104

Louisville, Jefferson 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. Thomas H. Stevens (Corporal (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) N00009782 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier. Corporal in the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) from October 8, 1861 to October 4, 1862.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 348. William Blood (Captain (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) N00009783 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Captain of the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) from October 8, 1861 to October 4, 1862.

Relationships Military: Thomas H. Stevens (Corporal (USA) Louisville Provost Guard)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 347. Christopher C. Hare (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner and soldier. ) N00009784 1831 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Isadore Bethusen in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 14, 1852. Father of William Hare, Sydney Hare, Gracie Hare, and Frank Hare. Tinner in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Tinner in Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1860. Served in the Provost Guard of Louisville (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from October 8, 1861 to August 10, 1862. Promoted and transferred on August 10, 1862. Served in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from August 10, 1862 to February 7, 1864. Transferred with company on February 7, 1864. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a captain from February 7, 1864 to January 17, 1865. Resigned January 17, 1865.

Relationships Military: Thomas H. Stevens (Corporal (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) Military: William Blood (Captain (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) Military: William Y. Dillard (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier) Military: John Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky, book binder's apprentice and soldier. ) Military: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 399B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville War 8, p. 681. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Jackson County, Kaw, p. 4B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0053. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0408. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0407. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 136. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 332, 347, 964. "Christopher C. Hare (1831-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 69965601, accessed September 9, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69965601 . Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Louisville Provost Guard (U.S.A) O00009785 1861 1863 Categories: Organizations

Organized in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mustered in on September 25, 1861 and mustered out in May 1863. Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dent.

Relationships Military: Christopher C. Hare (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tinner and soldier. ) Military: William Blood (Captain (USA) Louisville Provost Guard) Military: Thomas H. Stevens (Corporal (USA) Louisville Provost Guard)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 347. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-10-27 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Louisville Oct 27 1862 Hon J. F. Robinson Governor of Kentucky Sir

At the time of Thomas Stephens arrest he was a Corporal in My Company and one of the most efficient and worthy Non Commissioned officers I had -- a good soldier in every respect. Always obeying orders to the very letter He exerted himself more and had a greater influence in keeping a good disiplin in the Company than any Non Commission officer of the Company He ought to have been a Seargent instead of Corporal

Yours Very Respectfuly W Blood Late Capt Co "B" Louisville Provo Guard

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I fully endorse the within in every particular

C C Hare Capt Co "G" Pro Guard (Late Lieut Co B)