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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, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0062 R3-98 to R3-99

Covington, Kenton 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. Michael Goddard (Scott County, Kentucky, resident. ) N00017376 1838-03 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, resident. Father of William Wirt Goddard. Resident of Scott County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Scott County in 1830.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 130. "DIED," Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY), March 15, 1836, p. 3. William Wirt Goddard (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) N00017375 1820-02-08 1901-01-27 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Michael Goddard. Married to Sarah Eliza Glave Goddard on January 29, 1857 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Father of Glave Goddard, Nicholas Goddard, Mary Goddard Curry, and Rebel Goddard. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Michael Goddard (Scott County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Camp Chase

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 48. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 52A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 5, p. 515A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216888. "William W Goddard (1820-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial #15192381, accessed March 30, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15192381. Sarah Eliza Glave Goddard (Mercer County, Kentucky, resident. Wife of William Wirt Goddard) N00017377 1832-01-24 1918-12-01 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, resident. Harrison County, Kentucky, native. Daughter of William B. Glave and Rebecca Manlove Glave. Married to William Wirt Glade on January 29, 1857 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Mother of Glave Goddard, Nicholas Goddard, Mary Goddard Curry, and Rebel Goddard. Resident in Harrison County in 1850. Household owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Resident in Mercer County in 1860. Household owned six enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William Wirt Goddard (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 62A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 333. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 48. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 52A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 5, p. 515A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #41227. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216888. "Sarah E. Glave Goddard (1832-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #15192452, accessed April 1, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15192452. Henry Leuba (Clark/ Kenton/ Harrison County, schoolteacher and bookkeeper) N00017253 1806? Categories: People

Kenton County, Kentucky, schoolteacher and bookkeeper. Native of France. Married to Catherine Leuba. Father of George Leuba, and Charles Leuba. Schoolteacher in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Bookkeeper in Covington in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 45A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 309. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 3, p. 614. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Berryville, p. 91A. Mercer County, Kentucky P00000556 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Harrodsburg. Located on the Kentucky River.

Relationships Political: Ephraim J. Polk (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and examiner for Mercer County)

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 25, 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. 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). Covington, Kentucky P00000936 Categories: Places

Seat of Kenton County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

Relationships Economic: John R. Ricke (Covington, Kentucky, city clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

39.0837, -84.5086 "Covington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. John E. Burns, "Covington," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 236. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

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).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Camp Chase O00009501 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Organized in Columbus, Ohio in 1861. Served as a military prison from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Edward Stevenson (Minister, Russellville, Logan County)

Knauss, William H. The Story of Camp Chase: A History of the Prison and Its Cemetery,Together with Other Cemeteries Where Confederate Prisoners are Buried, etc. Columbus, OH: General's Books, 1994. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1862-08-29 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To His Excellency James F. Robinson Governor of the State of Kentucky Dr Sir,

Without any preface or apology permit me to address you as an old acquaintance and friend of Michael Godard decd and of his family.

His son William W. Godard, residing in Mercer county, Ky., was arrested several months ago and taken to Camp Chase where he has been held a prisoner ever since. Mr. Godard never has known nor does he yet know at whose instance he was arrested nor on what charges.

The object I have in addressing you is to solicit your kind offices for his release or at least for a speedy trial to investigate such charges as were made the ground of his arrest.

Mr. G. has been in bad health for many years. He has a wife almost blind and several young children. Besides, his business is suffering from his absence. Whatever you can and may be pleased to do or suggest in his behalf, will be thankfully acknowledged by the family as well as, Dr Sir, by

Your very obt servt Henry Lenba

Covington, Ky. August 29th 1862.

Should it be agreeable to you to appoint me to fill some office on your staff please consider me at your service.

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H. Lenba -- Covington

In behalf of W Goddard in (Camp Chase) 1862