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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-0001-029-0086 R3-135

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. Michael Fishback Jr. (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer) N00017601 1838 1909 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Michael Fishback Sr. Married to Susan Frances Brenthinger Fishback in Hamilton County, Ohio, on September 28, 1858. Married to Mary A. Weatherly Fishback in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on January 26, 1865. Resident in Jefferson County in 1850. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: Michael Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Familial: John Wagner Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. ) Familial: William Bryant Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Jacob B. Briscoe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate.) Legal: George Robinson Miller (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident.) Political: Reuben Dale Davis (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and landlord. ) Political: T. D. Hall (Jefferson County Kentucky Petitioner) Political: Isaac McHatton (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Political: Joseph Nunamaker (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Political: John B. Leatherman (Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Political: J. E. Connelly ( Jefferson County Kentucky Petitioner) Political: George Vinsonhaller (Jefferson County, Kentucky, cabinet maker. ) Political: John Ward Jean (Jefferson County, Kentucky, saddler. ) Political: Milton W. Parrish (Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter. ) Political: Thomas W. Miller (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder) Political: Abraham Gregory Watts (Jefferson County, Kentucky, almshouse keeper. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 181B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1005. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, p. 14B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, June1863, p. 165. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film #000344473, p. 406. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482710, p. 104-5. "Michael Fishback (1838-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #75412517, accessed May 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75412517. William Bryant Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00017509 1841-08-01 1921-06-13 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia, native. Son of Michael Fishback and Serilda Wagoner Fishback. Resident in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jacob B. Briscoe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 181B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1018. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #12420. "William B. Fishback (1841-1921)," Find A Grave, Memorial #42618736, accessed April 30, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42618736. John Wagner Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. ) N00017510 1847? 1898-08-01 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky, native. Son of Michael Fishback and Serilda Wagoner Fishback. Married to Adeline Isabella Weatherly Fishback in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 29, 1864. Resident in Jefferson County in 1850. Resident in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: William Bryant Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Familial: Michael Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Jacob B. Briscoe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 181B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1018. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819619. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #7007129, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 77. Michael Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017508 1816? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of France. Son of Mary Ann Fishback. Married to Serilda Wagoner Fishback in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 15, 1835. Father of George H. Fishback, Michael Fishback, William Bryant Fishback, Charles A. Fishback, John Wagner Fishback, Edward Fishback, Martin L. Fishback, and Frederick Fishback. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1850. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jacob B. Briscoe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate.) Familial: William Bryant Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 181B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1018. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 160. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #12420. Jacob B. Briscoe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate.) N00017512 1802? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and magistrate. Kentucky, native. Son of Henry Briscoe and Catherine Brookhart Briscoe. Married to Elizabeth Etley Briscoe in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on October 18, 1832. Married to Magdelena Etley Briscoe in Jefferson County on November 2, 1836. Father of E.J. Briscoe, Sally Ann Briscoe Winand, Mary M. Briscoe Ford, Joseph Franklin Briscoe, Richard Anderson Briscoe, and William Harry Briscoe. Cooper in Jefferson County in 1850. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Magistrate in Jefferson County from 1861 to 1884.

Relationships Legal: William Bryant Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Wagner Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Michael Fishback (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 176B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 29. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Jeffersontown, p. 358B. "Brieflets," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 4, 1884, p. 8. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #005557883. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000817870. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #4173. 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). Jeffersontown, Kentucky P00011024 Categories: Places

City in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

38.1942, -85.5644 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 152. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Jeffersontown, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 19, 2019). Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

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

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. City of Louisville O001028 1851 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the city of Louisville, Kentucky.

Charter of the City of Louisville, Ky., Approved March 24, 1851, With All the Amendments to Same now In Force, and Acts of the Legislature Pertaining to the City of Louisville to this Date. December 1, 1862 (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Printer, 1862). 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. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-10-15 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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 15th Octr 1862 To His Excellancy the Governor of Ky Sir

Enclosed please find a recommendation of the Jury in the Case of the Commonwealth vs Michael Fishback Jr. William Fishback & John Fishback recommending the two younger ones to wit William & John to Executive clemency assigning as a reason that I am a poor man & will have to pay the fine for them as they are minors. The Statements are true if your Excellancy does not interpose it will be quite a Serious Matter with me as to my other son Michael Fishback Jr he is illy able to pay the amount assessed against him. Should your Excellancy be disposed to interpose I will ask you to be so kind as to address your answer to me at Jeffersontown, Jefferson Co Ky which is my post office. Hoping your Excellancy will be moved in this matter ^by the recommendation of the Jurors,^ as in duty bound I will ever pray

Your obdt Svt Michael Fishback

P. S. J. B. Briscoe the Magistrate whose name is signed to the enclosed is the Magistrate before whom the case was tried.