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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-0001-029-0183 R3-278

Powell 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 F. Muncey (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) N00019538 1830? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Caroline Garrett Muncey. Father of James Muncey, Amanda Muncey, Ann Muncey, Jessee Muncey, Sarah Muncey, and Mary Muncey. Resident of Powell County, Kentucky, in 1856. Fined for unlawful gaming in Powell County in 1858. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 9, 1861 to January 1864. Served in 11th Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A.) as a private from January 30, 1864 to August 17, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Thomas C. Judy (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk) Legal: Johnson A. Dawson (Powell County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, and mail carrier) Legal: Madison Stewart (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Caleb D. Creed (Powell County, Kentucky, constable) Legal: John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Powell Circuit Court Military: United States Army

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 217. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 143B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 22B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0187. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0481. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Powell County Births. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 083, Application 312868, Certificate 293644. John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00006960 1821-01-18 1866-08-19 Categories: People

Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Manerva J. Hardwick. Father of James R. Hardwick, Lucy E. Hardwick, Sarah F. Hardwick, Rob M. Hardwick, Narsissus Hardwick, Martha B. Hardwick, Sandford H. Hardwick, and Mary E. Hardwick. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Powell County. Judge of the Powell County Court from 1860 to 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 48A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Stanton, p. 53. 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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Powell County, KY, October 1863, p. 12. "J. N. B. Hardwick (1821-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5375466, accessed June 10, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/5375466. KYR-0001-029-0570. Caleb D. Creed (Powell County, Kentucky, constable) N00006966 1835? Categories: People

Powell County, Kentucky, constable. Kentucky native. Son of Robert B. Creed and Louisa Creed. Laborer in Estill County, Kentucky, in 1850. Constable in Powell County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Bazel Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary) Social: Green V. Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter, postmaster, and capt 24th KY Inf USA) Social: Henry W. Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Lucinda Willis Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Bazel Hall (Powell County, Kentucky, convict in the Kentucky State Penitentiary) Social: John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Social: John H. Donahew (Powell County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Social: Madison Stewart (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John Holmes (Montgomery and Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: J. M. Wood (Powell County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Leonard L. Hall ( Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Almanzor Holmes (Montgomery and Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Joseph H. Johns (Montgomery and Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Woodford Pigg (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Harrison J. Anderson (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: John A. Rose (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: James M. Mansfield (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and coroner.) Social: William B. Ewen (Montgomery and Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: William Roberts (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Social: Archibald B. Ficklin (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: George M. Pettit (Powell County, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster) Social: John F. Halley (Powell County, Kentucky justice of the peace) Social: James H. Scholl (Powell County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and Stanton postmaster)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 69A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Precinct 2, Subdivision 144, p. 141B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Powell County, KY, October 1863, p. 77. KYR-0001-029-0570. Madison Stewart (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00017634 1809-02 1874-02-22 Categories: People

Powell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Celia Daniel Stewart. Father of Patterson Stewart, Jensey Stewart, Louisa Stewart, Ann Stewart, Sarah F. Stewart, Mary J. Stewart, Caroline Stewart, and Henry Clay Stewart. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Powell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Social: John H. Donahew (Powell County, Kentucky, resident and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 48A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 52. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 194A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Hardwicks Creek, p. 529A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Powell County Births. "Madison Stewart (Unknown-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 23441230, accessed March 20, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23441230. Johnson A. Dawson (Powell County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, and mail carrier) N00017633 1820-06-22 1884-08-22 Categories: People

Powell County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, and mail carrier. Virginia native. Married to Caroline A Gravitte Dawson in Estill County, Kentucky, on May 13, 1845. Father of John W. Dawson, William Dawson, Mary Dawson, Oliver P. Dawson, Sarah C. Dawson, Coleman Dawson, and Ann Dawson. Laborer in Montgomery County in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860. U.S. mail carrier in Montgomery County in 1863.

Relationships Social: John N. B. Hardwick (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Social: John H. Donahew (Powell County, Kentucky, resident and soldier) Social: Madison Stewart (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 84B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 52. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Precinct, p. 144A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Montgomery County, KY, October 1863, p. 41. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, Film 000254628, p. 148. "Johnson A. Dawson (1820-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial 131613186, accessed May 23, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131613186. Thomas C. Judy (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk) N00006959 1793? Categories: People

Powell County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk. Maryland native. Married to Elizabeth Judy. Father of Mary Ann Judy, Martha Judy, George H. Judy, Thomas C. Judy. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860. Clerk of the Powell County Court from 1863 to 1869.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 42. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 26. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Precinct 2, Subdivision 144, p. 135. 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), 12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), 356. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1869 Legislative Document Series, No. 2 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, 1869), p. 173. KYR-0001-029-0570. 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. Powell Circuit Court O00000491 1852 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 11th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William H. Burns and Richard A. Apperson, Jr. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): J. M. Nesbitt and J. Saige Dury. Clerk(s): James H. Scholl.

Relationships Legal: William F. Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert Wilbourne (Powell County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: Hezekiah Bowen (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk)

“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), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Powell County, Kentucky 1863-01-24 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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.

To his Excelency Jas F Robinson Governor of the Commonwealth of Ky

The undersigned Petitioners Beg leave to Represent to youre Excelency that at the Sept Term 1858 of the Powell Circuit Court that the Commonwealth of Ky obtained a Judgement against James H. Muncey for Twenty dollars for unlawful gaming

and we would further Represent to youre Excelencey that Said Muncey is now in the Service of the United States and has been ever since August 1861 and has Left a Family dependent upon him for Suport and in view of his Service to his Country we would Respictufuly Beg of youre Excelencey to Remit Said fines

Jan 24th 1863 J N B Hardwick J P C C C J Creed. C. P. C M Steward Johnson, A. Dawson D, S, P, C Thos C Judy Clerk P. C. C

Powell Cir. Ct

Fine remitted J F Robinson

$20. } Gaming James F Muncey IssdFeby 3d 1863

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