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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-0001-029-0093 R3-145

Frankfort, Franklin 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. Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) N00002498 1817-11-14 1886-12-02 Categories: People

Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of George Yeiser and Margaret M. Yeiser. Married to Ellen Durham Yeiser. Father of David A. Yeiser. Married to Margaret Craig Yeiser. Father of Ellen Yeiser, Frances Yeiser, and Henry C. Yeiser. Carpenter in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Attorney in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Attorney in Paducah from 1862 to 1886. Commonwealth's attorney for the First Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1864.

Relationships Legal: Thomas E. Reed (Fulton Co, KY, sheriff and farmer) Legal: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: John T. Bolinger (Graves County, KY, merchant) Political: First Judicial District of Kentucky Political: Graves Circuit Court Economic: Fulton Circuit Court Political: Edward Irwin Bullock (Fulton and Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Charles S. Marshall (Ballard County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Political: Hickman Circuit Court Economic: Robert W. Walker (Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Michael Lower Stoner (Hickman County, Kentucky, physician) Familial: George Otho Yeiser, Sr. (Boyle co. merchant / Lyon co. gentleman) Social: William Wilson Hollman (Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, machinist and liquor dealer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Legal: William H. Reader (Indicted for a misdemeanor in Lyon Circuit Court and fined $50 in 1862.) Legal: George B. Grundy (Paducah, KY, sheriff) Legal: William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Legal: Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) Legal: William L. Mays (McCracken County, KY, farmer) Legal: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 358A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, pp. 762-3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 127B. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 10. Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume II (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), p. 527. "Deaths," Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY), December 3, 1886, p. 3. "Phillip D. Yeiser (1817-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84527947, accessed December 28, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84527974. William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) N00002713 Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, resident.

Relationships Legal: Lyon Circuit Court Social: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

KYR-0001-029-0096. Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) N00000233 1810-03-15 1870-05-03 Categories: People

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: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Military: William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Elias Thomasson (Regimental quartermaster. 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Social: Henry Gilbert (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher) Political: James B. Speed (Louisville, Kentucky, bookkeeper; pvt & lieut 1st Ky Light Artillery USA, clerk for QM Dpt of OH) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: James P. Barbour (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, miller, court clerk, and politician) Political: Reuben Samuel Peters (Washington County, Kentucky, county court clerk) Political: Anthony B. Hundley (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: John E. McIntire (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Political: James Warren Nye (Carson City, Nevada, governor, police commissioner) Political: John H. Carr (Fayette County, Kentucky, clerk QM Dept USA and notary public ) Political: James Thomson Davidson (Fayette County, Kentucky, bank clerk and notary public) Political: S. B. Brown (Captain, Assistant Quarter Master) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 600. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 459A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 348. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 630-31. "The Late D. C. Wickliffe," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 5, 1870, p. 2. "Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (1810-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 65784654, accessed August 28, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65784654. James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) N00001223 1831-01-02 Categories: People

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: Benjamin F. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Cawein (Louisville restaurant owner and merchant) Political: Thomas Sullivan (Louisville, Jefferson Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: George W. Thompson (Parke County, Indiana, merchant, attorney, deed commissioner, and court clerk) Political: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Political: James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller) Political: Enos Keith (Meade Co, Ky) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt Co & Cir Ct Clerk, private CSA) Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Economic: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Political: Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A)) Political: Josiah Stoddard Byers (McCracken County, Kentucky, bookstore clerk, midshipman, captain 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Political: Commercial Bank of Kentucky Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds) Political: Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) Political: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) Political: State Department of Kentucky Political: Joseph Tucker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 491B. James C. Klotter, "Tate, James W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 867-68. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages. William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer) N00002718 1820? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, newspaper editor and public printer. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Eliza R. Harney Hughes in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1846. Father of Edward H. Hughes, Wallace E. Hughes, William B. Hughes, Mary E. Hughes, Martha Hughes, and Thomas P. Hughes. Editor in Louisville in 1850. Editor of the Louisville Democrat with John H. Harney in Louisville in 1860. Installed as public printer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in December 1861.

Relationships Military: William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Elias Thomasson (Regimental quartermaster. 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Economic: The Commonwealth Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 181A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 1104. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Desha County, Mississippi Township, p. 504B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 346. Pennsylvania, U. S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968_, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Philadelphia County, File 23061. Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) N00000883 1816? 1889-07-24 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and judge. Delaware native. Married to Mahala Williams. Father of Ann Williams, Rufus Williams, Jr., Mary Williams, Martha Williams, Augusta Williams, Emma Williams, Kemble Williams, Emily Williams, Harriet Williams, and Maggie Williams. Delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention backing John C. Breckinridge. Circuit court judge of the 1st Judicial District of Kentucky from 1860 to 1862. Delegate to the 1861 Border State Convention. Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1862 to 1870. Chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1870.

Relationships Political: Kentucky Court of Appeals Social: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Economic: Branch Bank of Ashland

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 272. “An Eminent Jurist Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 25, 1889. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 94. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Paducah, Kentucky P00001227 Categories: Places

Seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and the Tennessee River.

37.0834, -88.6 John E. L. Robertson, "Paducah" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 705-706. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Paducah, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 4, 2019). 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). 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. Lyon Circuit Court O00000412 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): William Sharpe, A. H. Dudley, and John W. Clark.

Relationships Legal: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Economic: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Charles N. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, naval officer) Legal: Nicholas T. Braswell (Lyon County, Kentucky, grocer and landlord.) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky O00012489 1792-06-01 Categories: Organizations

Records all the acts of the governor and serves as the notary public for the Commonwealth. Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 1859-October 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 1861-August 1862); Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (August 1862-September 1863); Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1863-May 1866).

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Political: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Political: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Political: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Political: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Political: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Political: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Political: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Political: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident) Economic: William S. Dehoney (Franklin County Merchant) Economic: George W. Robb (Franklin County Merchant)

"Executive Services," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, https://www.sos.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). "Secretaries of State," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). "Kentucky Secretary of State Time Line," Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/sostimeline.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). The Commonwealth O00006282 1833 1872 Categories: Organizations

Newspaper and printing office in Frankfort, Kentucky. Known for representing the Whig and Republican political positions. Owners and publishers: Albert G. Hodges (1833-1842), A. G. Hodges, John M. Todd, & John W. Pruett (1842 -1846), A. G. Hodges & Co. (1846-1856), Albert G. Hodges (1856-1865). Editor(s): Orlando Brown (1833-1842), Thomas B. Stevenson (1842-1846), John W. Finnell (1846-1850), William L. Callender (1850-1856), Thomas M. Green (1856-1860), J. H. Johnson (1860-1863), Henri F. Middleton (1863-1864), Henry E. Thomas (1864).

Relationships Economic: William E. Hughes (Jefferson County, KY, newspaper editor and public printer)

Carl E. Kramer and William B. Scott, Jr., Capital on the Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: Historic Frankfort, Inc., 1986), 143, 208. "The Daily Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015460/. Frank F. Mathias, "Albert Gallatin Hodges," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 435-36. "The Frankfort Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015463/. "Tri-weekly Commonwealth," Chronicling America, accessed May 18, 2017, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015455/. Willard Rouse Jillson, The Newspapers and Periodicals of Frankfort, Kentucky 1795-1945 (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky State Historical Society, 1945), 14. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1862-10-09 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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James F. Robinson, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:

WHEREAS, A judgment has been rendered by the Lyon Circuit court for $200 against P. D. Yeiser and Wm Boyd upon a forfeited recognizance AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of the said Yeiser and Boyd 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 RESPITE, and do, by these presents, stay and respite the collection of said judgment save fees & costs for the term of Four months from the date hereof; and do hereby enjoin all officers to respect this RESPITE, and govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the 9th day of Octr, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 62, and in the 71st year of the Commonwealth.

BY THE GOVERNOR: J F Robinson

D. C. Wickliffe, SECRETARY OF STATE. By Jas W. Tate Asst. Secy.

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

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Judge Williams -- will you see if Gov. Robeson cant do better than this I think he will when he reads the enclosed This dont help me a bit -- I do feel that I ought to be relieved

P D Yeiser

Paducah Ky Feby 6th 1863

Would have written sooner but was sick

Yeiser