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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-0001-029-0165 R3-254

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. James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. ) N00019640 1830? 1886-03-07 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth Montgomery. Father of Mary A. Montgomery. Tailor in Louisville in 1860. Employed Mary Swartz as a servant in Louisville in 1860. Convicted of the murder of John Gibbs Jefferson Circuit Court in January 1863. Pardoned by Governor James F. Robinson in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad) Social: John Gibbs (Louisville, Kentucky, printer and river pilot) Familial: Elizabeth Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: W. W. Owen (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Social: Levin L. Shreve (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 166. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Gillmans, p. 301B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY Roll 994041, Louisville Deaths, p. 224. The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 15, 1863, p. 3. The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 22, 1863, p. 1. The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 24, 1863, p. 3. KYR-0001-029-0165. John Gibbs (Louisville, Kentucky, printer and river pilot) N00019643 1824? 1862-01-28 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, printer and river pilot. Pennsylvania native. River pilot in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Printer in Louisville in 1861. Killed by James H. Montgomery in Louisville on January 28, 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 210. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Deaths. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 99. "Homicide," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), January 29, 1862, p. 3. "Examined on a Charge of Murder," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), January 31, 1862, p. 4. "Jefferson Circuit Court-Criminal Term," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), May 8, 1862, p. 3. Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad) N00012159 1805-07-06 1881-03-27 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and boarding house keeper. Maryland native. Married to Eliza F. Wilson. Father of George W. Wilson, John H. Wilson, Luther Wilson Jr., William Wilson, Benjamin F. Wilson, Mary E. Wilson, Charles H. Wilson, and K. J. Wilson. Plasterer in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Boarding house keeper in Louisville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 445A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 504. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 140A. "Luther Wilson (1805-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 241222986, accessed July 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241222986. W. W. Owen (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) N00002880 1814? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Owen. Father of Giddings Owen, Martha Owen, Laura Owen, Wooten Owen, and Lizzie Owen. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Resident of Louisville in 1863.

Relationships Political: Calvin Fairbank (United States abolitionist) Political: Charles Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Charles Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 8th Ward, p. 270-71. KYR-0001-004-0169. Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) N00019499 1806? 1872-10-08 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. Kentucky native. Married to Mary M. Egerton Kendall in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on November 28, 1838. Father of Adrian T. Kendall, Susan C. Kendall and Lucy H. Kendall. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Boarding house keeper in Jefferson County in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 861. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Shardines District, p. 407B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY Roll994027-994058, Louisville Deaths, p. 226. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817877, p. 168. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 188. John H. McCleary (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and trunk manufacturer.) N00019936 1818-05-21 1888-02-07 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and trunk manufacturer. Born at sea. Married to Elizabeth McCleary. Father to Melissa McCleary, Sarah McCleary, Mary McCleary, Robert McCleary, and Albert McCleary. Married to Mary A. Hartley McCleary on April 2, 1854 in Jefferson County. Father to Elizabeth McCleary, William McCleary, Louis McCleary, Florence McCleary, and John A. McCleary. Carpenter in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Trunk manufacturer in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: J. R. Collins (Louisville ship carpenter) Legal: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 26A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 408. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 9, p. 156B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482708, p. 28. "John H. McCleary (21 May 1818-7 Feb 1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 60292673, accessed May 9, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60292673. J. R. Collins (Louisville ship carpenter) N00011043 1815? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, ship carpenter. Delaware native. Married to R. A. Collins. Father of John J. Collins and Ketura C. Collins. Ship carpenter in Louisville in 1850.

Relationships Legal: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad) Legal: Patrick Ford (Jefferson County, KY, resident) Legal: Patrick McDermot (Arrested for the attempted murder of Patrick Ford in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1861.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, p. 135A Andrew B. Dean (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native.) N00019941 1832? 1881-12 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Married Mary A. Borie Dean in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 2, 1856. Father of William Dean, Cassandra Dean, Joseph Dean and Stonewall J. Dean. Clerk in Louisville in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad) Legal: Jonathan G. McGehee (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, builder. ) Legal: John Bull (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, doctor.) Legal: John H. McCleary (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and trunk manufacturer.) Legal: J. R. Collins (Louisville ship carpenter) Legal: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 125. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 273A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Two Mile House, p. 454A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Spring Garden, p. 139B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819605. "Death of Mr. A. B. DEAN," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), December 12, 1881, p. 2. Jonathan G. McGehee (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, builder. ) N00019938 1817? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, builder. Virginia native. Builder in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John Bull (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, doctor.) Legal: John H. McCleary (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and trunk manufacturer.) Legal: J. R. Collins (Louisville ship carpenter) Legal: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 94. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 270A. J. Nettinger (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. ) N00019942 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of James H. Montgomery in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Andrew B. Dean (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native.) Legal: Jonathan G. McGehee (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, builder. ) Legal: John Bull (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, doctor.) Legal: John H. McCleary (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and trunk manufacturer.) Legal: J. R. Collins (Louisville ship carpenter) Legal: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad)

KYR-0001-029-0165. John Bull (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, doctor.) N00019937 1812? 1875-04-26 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, doctor. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Bachelor Bull. Father to John Bull, Lucy Bull, Edward Bull, Ellen Bull and Robert Bull. Sarsaparilla salesman in Louisville, Kentucky in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Doctor in Louisville, Jefferson County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John H. McCleary (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and trunk manufacturer.) Legal: J. R. Collins (Louisville ship carpenter) Legal: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. ) Legal: Valentine C. Kendall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer and boarding house operator. ) Legal: Luther Wilson (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, fireman on railroad)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 182A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 799. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 725. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 264B. "John Bull (1812-26 Apr 1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 45606529, accessed May 9, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45606529. James [Unknown] (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. ) N00019940 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of James H. Montgomery in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1863.

Relationships Social: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

KYR-0001-029-0165. Peter B. Muir (Louisville, KY, attorney and circuit judge 5th Jud Distr) N002003 1822-10-19 1911-11-03 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jasper Muir and Isabella Brown Muir. Married to Sophronia Rizer Muir. Father of Bell Muir, Thomas R. Muir, Sydney S. Muir, Upton W. Muir, Lilian Muir, Nellie Muir, and Sophronia Muir. Graduated from Hanover College in Jefferson County, Indiana. Attorney in Nelson County, Kentucky. Opened law practice in partnership with Thomas Riley in Louisville in 1852. Circuit judge of the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1858 to 1864.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. “Career Ended: Judge P. B. Muir Succumbs in Ninetieth Year,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), November 4, 1911, p. 8. "Peter B. Muir" in Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Chicago: John M. Gresham Company, 1896), 10-11. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Kentucky State Bar Association Held in Louisville, KY. July 10 and 11, 1912. (Henderson, KY: Henderson Job House, ND) 40-44. Elizabeth Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.) N00019641 1834? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky resident. Native of Ireland. Married to James H. Montgomery. Mother of Mary A. Montgomery. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Social: Levin L. Shreve (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 166. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Gillmans, p. 301B. Levin L. Shreve (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. ) N00019935 1793? Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Maryland native. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Resident of Louisville in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 333B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 869. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 353. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 281A. "Levin Laurence Shreve (1793-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 66748831, accessed July 10, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66748831. 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. 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. 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). 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. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. 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 1863-01-17 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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 January 17th 1863 To his Excellency Jas F Robinson.

We the undersigned Jury-men who tried Jas,, H. Montgomery at the present term of the Jefferson Circuit Court, for the killing of Gibbs, and for which we found him guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him therefor to two years confinement in the penitentiary of the Commonwealth, do most earnestly recommend him to Executive Clemency

Luther Wilson W. W. Owen V, C, Kendall J, H, McCleary J. Collins A, B, Dean J G Mcgehee J Nettinger John Bull

I am aprised that the Montgomery case is one for excecutive clemency that he is an industrious man & his restoration to liberty his family would be acceptable to huge number of people who know him

James Eccelson

Dear Governor

The wife of Mr Montgomery is in deep distress. She begs me to ask a pardon for her husband. I cannot resist her appeal Montgomery has always been a good

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and industrious citizen. The law has been vindicated by his conviction and mercy may well intervene & spare him.

Very Resptly &, P. B. Muir

This will be handed you by Mrs Montgomery who is the wife of the unfortunate person represented in the foregoing, from the history of the case of Montgomery, As I have it from Bersars & worthy of the highest confidence, and the expression of public sentiment, I doubt not but the exercise of Execuitive clemency will be highly satisfactory

Yours Truly L L Shreve

To his Excy Govr Robinson Frankfort Ky