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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-0001-029-0184 R3-279

Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky George H. Roberts (Hancock County, Kentucky, constable and farmer.) N00001824 1818? 1863-05-16 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, constable and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Frances Ann Goslee Roberts in Hancock County, Kentucky, on May 22, 1843. Father of Ann P. Roberts. Married to Elvira Eliza Patterson Roberts in Hancock County on April 18, 1850. Father of William Roberts, Thomas P. Roberts, and Mattie Roberts. Married to Ella McLean Roberts in Hancock County on February 20, 1861. Constable in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Owned Angeline [Unknown] and John [Unknown] in Hancock County in 1857. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William Northcutt Sweeney (Daviess County, Kentucky, attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, pp. 271A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 1008. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 86B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994037, Hancock County Births. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994037, Hancock County Marriages. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film 000495729. J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, vol. 2 (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885), 757. David Grant (Hancock County, Kentucky, barkeeper.) N00019561 1837? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, barkeeper. Native of Nova Scotia. Barkeeper in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1035-6. William P. D. Bush (Hancock County, KY, attorney) N00008639 1823-03-14 1904-06-26 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, attorney. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Christopher Bush. Married to Carrie V. Ghiselin Bush in Hancock County, Kentucky, on July 22, 1852. Father of Carrie Bush, Finlay Bush, Sidney J. Bush, and Susan G. Bush. Teacher in LaRue County, Kentucky. Appointed deputy clerk of the county and circuit courts of Hancock County in 1845. Admitted to the bar in 1846. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the U.S.-Mexico War as second lieutenant from October 6, 1847, to July 25, 1848. Attorney in Hancock County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock County from 1853 to 1854. Farmer and attorney in Hancock County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock County from 1861 to 1862, and 1865 to 1866.

Relationships Social: Erastus Sanford (Hancock County miller, possible spy) Social: John Cauffield (Subject of petition from Hancock County in August 1862.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 271B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 980. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 85B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Frankfort, Franklin County, p. 137A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film 000495729. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Mexican War Veterans (Frankfort: John D. Woods, Public Printer, 1889), 132. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Saturday, the Thirty First Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord, 1853, and of the Commonwealth, the Sixty-Second (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1853), 4. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Begun and Held in the Town of Frankfort, on Monday, the Second Day of September, in the Year of Our Lord 1861, and of the Commonwealth the Seventieth (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1861), 4. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Fourth Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord 1865, and of the Commonwealth the Seventy-Fourth (Frankfort: State Printing Office, 1865), 4. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 287-90. Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, “History by Illustration: Gen. Zachary Taylor, and the Mexican War,” Register of Kentucky State Historical Society 9, no. 26 (1911): 38. “Death’s Hand Laid Upon Judge William P. D. Bush,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), June 27, 1904, p. 10. William Northcutt Sweeney (Daviess County, Kentucky, attorney.) N00019560 1832-05-05 1895-04-21 Categories: People

Daviess County, Kentucky, attorney. Casey County, Kentucky, native. Son of Joel Sweeney and Obediance Edwards Sweeney. Married to Elizabeth Rogers Sweeney in Daviess County, Kentucky on July 3, 1854. Father of James Sweeney, William Sweeney, Clinton Sweeney, and Gilmore Sweeney. Resident of Casey County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons Casey County in 1850. Attorney in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1860. Attorney in Daviess County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: David Grant (Hancock County, Kentucky, barkeeper.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Division 2, p. 287B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 671. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 299B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Daviess County, KY, July 1863, p. 62. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Daviess County Marriages. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 87701, State 1101. "William Northcutt Sweeney (1832-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7668468, accessed March 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7668468. Owensboro, Kentucky P00004898 Categories: Places

Seat of Daviess County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.7742, -87.1133 Lee A. Dew, "Owensboro," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1992), 700-01. “Owensboro, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 23, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). 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. 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. Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky 1863-01-13 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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Owensboro Ky. Jany 13 1863 Geo H Roberts Esq. Dear Sir

I regret exceedingly that I did not preceed in getting your fine remitted in Case of Comwlth agst you as surety in a Bond for David Grant It was overlooked by the authorities at Frankfort -- Yours is a very Meritorious case as I happen to know myself --

You ask me to get up a Petition -- instead of that I give you this statement as of my own personal knowledge that at the time you signed the Bond you were very drunk. insomuch as to be incapacitated for business -- I did not see you the sign the Bond, but saw you & the officer & your principal going into the Police office for the purpose & you were barely able to toddle. -- You can send the letter to Mr Bush and he can make what case of it he likes -- I do not suppose I could procure signatures to a Petition, that would give it any weight -- but will make the effort to do so, if you request it -- I trust you may succeed in getting relief

Very Truly yrs

W. N. Sweeney

Fill up the name of yr principal