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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-0001-029-0122 R3-189

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Albert Gallatin Hodges (Frankfort Commonwealth owner/editor) N00001634 1802-10-08 1881-03-16 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, newspaper editor. Madison County, Virginia native. Son of Francis Hodges and Mary Brock Hodges. Fayette County, Kentucky, resident in 1810. Office boy for the Kentucky Reporter in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1815. Editor of the Lancaster Kentuckian in 1822. Editor of the Lexington Semi-Weekly Morning Post in partnership with D. C. Pinkham and William Tanner from 1824 to 1826. Owned the Kentucky Whig in Lexington in 1826. Owned the Frankfort Commentator in Frankfort in 1826. Published Lights and Shadows in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1832. Partner with Orlando Brown in the Frankfort Commonwealth in Frankfort from 1833 to 1872.

Relationships Economic: Kentucky State Penitentiary Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Frank F. Mathias, "Albert Gallatin Hodges," in John E. Kleber, ed., The Kentucky Encyclopedia (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 435-36. 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. John H. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) N00018840 1821? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Native of Hesse-Kassel. Married to Matilda Miller. Father of Louis Miller, Emma Miller, Eddie Miller, and John Miller. Clerk in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Charged with theft in Louisville in 1861. Reported as a Union soldier killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.

Relationships Legal: Frederick Volkins (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tavern keeper.) Economic: Henry Hudson (Louisville, Kentucky, jeweler)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 104. KYR-0001-029-0112. KYR-0001-029-0161. Matilda Miller (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident.) N00018848 1835? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. New York native. Married to John H. Miller. Mother of Louis Miller, Emma Miller, Eddie Miller, and John Miller. Resident of Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Familial: John H. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Social: Henry Hudson (Louisville, Kentucky, jeweler)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 104. Henry Hudson (Louisville, Kentucky, jeweler) N00018849 1816? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, jeweler. Native of England. Jeweler in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Silversmith in Louisville in 1860. Employed John H. Miller as a clerk in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Social: John Cornwall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, candlemaker.) Social: William F. Barret (Louisville attorney) Social: George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge) Legal: John H. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and soldier.) Social: Albert Gallatin Hodges (Frankfort Commonwealth owner/editor)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 244A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 151. "Louisville Manufacturers," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), September 8, 1859, p. 1. KYR-0001-029-0161. 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. Hardin County, Tennessee P00018495 Categories: Places

County located in southwestern Tennessee. Site of the Battle of Shiloh.

35.0704, -88.2739 "Hardin County, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 8, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. 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 1860-11-18 Correspondence 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 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 Nov 18th/60 A. G. Hodges Dr Sir

will you be so kind as to interpose with the Govenor in my behalf for a remission of the fine rendered last Jany term of the Criminal Court, for $500 x/00

You will remember I obtained a respite hoping to be able to pay but Business has been such I find it Impossible to do so the fine was on a bail Bond for one J. H. Miller who there is no doubt was killed at the Battle of Shilo his widow has nothing except what she is able to make by her own industry with 4 small children to support I send the respite hopeing to obtain a remission for the states portion over

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I really cannot afford to come up but if necessary will do so. please attend to it soon and let me know my fate

Yours Respt &c H,, Hudson