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.
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Martha E. Butler Tucker. Father of Margaret Tucker, Hester Ann Tucker, Luisa J. Tucker, Laetitia Tucker, and Mary W. Tucker. Divorced from Martha E. Butler. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850.
Relationships
Legal:
Political:
Political:
Legal:
Familial:
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney, editor, and statesman. Lexington native. Married to Virginia Cooper Wickliffe on November 25, 1844. Graduate of Transylvania University in Fayette County in 1827. Editor and proprietor of the Observer and Reporter in Lexington from 1838 to 1865. Member of the Whig Party. Resident of Lexington in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1863.
Relationships
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:
Social:
Social:
Military:
Military:
Social:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, post office clerk, and state official. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy Taylor Tate. Married to Lucy J. Hawkins Tate in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1856. Father of Howard S. Tate and Edmonia Tate. Clerk of the U.S. Post Office in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Assistant secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1854 to 1855 and from 1859 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1867.
Relationships
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Economic:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Political:
Legal:
Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.
Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).
Located in the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): James Stewart. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Cicero Maxwell and John Chapeze. Clerk(s): Edwin Thomas.
Relationships
Legal:
Legal:
Governor of the
To All who shall see these presents greeting
Whereas, Judgment has been rendered by the
And Whereas, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of the said securities presents strong considerations for the interposition and indulgence of the Executive,
Now, Know Ye, that in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I have thought proper to Remit and do, by these presents, remit said Judgment save fees & costs
And do forever acquit, release, and discharge the said Securities from the same enjoining all officers to respect this Remission, and govern themselves accordingly.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, Done at th day of Aug. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 62st year of the Commonwealth
By the Governor J. F Robinson
By
Grayson Cir. Ct
$500. } Recog.
Sureties of Jo s Tucker
Judgment for $5 to be remitted after 12 May
Remission Isd