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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-0001-029-0187 R3-282 to R3-283

Fayette 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. Francis Granger Anthony (Fayette County, Kentucky, dry goods merchant and U.S. postmaster. ) N00019701 1830-10-06 1912-05-10 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant. New York native. Married to Electa Hulbert Anthony. Father of Emma Anthony, Frank Anthony, and Ella Mary Anthony. Merchant in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1860. Postmaster for Athens in Fayette County from December 20, 1860, to December 15, 1863.

Relationships Legal: John B. Watts (Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer. ) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Social: Sidney Smith Grimes (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and physician) Social: George Taylor Fishback (Clark County, Kentucky, Farmer.) Social: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Social: Thomas D. Carr (Lexington, Kentucky, deputy sheriff) Social: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Social: Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) Social: Garrett Watts (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Athens, p. 447. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Connecticut, New Haven County, New Haven Ward 4, p. 341B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Fayette County Births. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Fayette County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 61. "Francis G. Anthony," The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), May 11, 1912, p. 10. "Francis Granger Anthony (1830-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 147363762, accessed April 5, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147363762. John B. Watts (Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer. ) N00019708 1812? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Harriett Ann Jeeter Watts. Father of William B. Watts and Jane Watts. Carpenter in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 115A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Athens, p. 447. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 26324. Sidney Smith Grimes (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and physician) N00019715 1806-07-03 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and physician. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Grimes and Jane Winn Grimes. Married to Lydia “Jane” Ann Gess McCann on November 20, 1834. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Physician in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 239B Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Athens, p. 450. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 10A Alabama Surname Files, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, Film M84-4746. Garrett Watts (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008530 1797? Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Watts. Father of Garret J. Watts. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 243A Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, District 2, p. 133. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, District 1, p. 470. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, District 1, p. 407A. George Taylor Fishback (Clark County, Kentucky, Farmer.) N00019709 1812-10-15 1888-07-30 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa H. Patton on June 4, 1836. Father of William Patton Fishback, George McElroy Fishback, Anna M. Fishback, Violinda Fishback and Louvisa Fishback. Married to Mary Sumner on October 16, 1856. Farmer in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Employed Laura Munson as a teacher in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 4B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 822. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 338B. Willis Miller Kemper, ed., Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America: The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, With an Historical Sketch of his Family and the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia: 1714-1914 (New York: Thomas Madison Taylor, publisher, 1914), 160. Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) N00004806 1823 1869 Categories: People

Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Frances Price Curd Bodley. Father of Eleanor H. Bodley, Catherine S. Bodley, and Ann R. Bodley. Bookseller in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Bookseller in Fayette County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860. Hired one additional enslaved person in Fayette County in 1860. Sheriff of Fayette County from 1862 to 1863.

Relationships Social: Henry Gilbert (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 127B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 559. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 3, p. 456B. 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), 87. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 3. "Charles Scott Todd Bodley (1823-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100460727, accessed April 26, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100460727. John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00004824 1825? Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Clerk of the Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, from 1859 to 1867. Owned two enslaved persons and hired two additional enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: George Washington Dupee (Lexington, Kentucky, free black Baptist pastor) Legal: General Douglas (Lexington, Kentucky) Legal: Nathan Bibb (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, livery man) Social: George Payne (Fayette County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: Charles F. Lowry (Fayette County, Kentucky merchant and deputy clerk) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 570. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 4, p. 460B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1860), 290. 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), 305. 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), 11. 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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), 355. "John B. Norton (1825-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 14804316, accessed September 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14804316/john-b-norton. Thomas D. Carr (Lexington, Kentucky, deputy sheriff) N00004830 1827-11-27 1911-08-22 Categories: People

Lexington, Kentucky, deputy sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Carr and Nancy Dudley Carr. Married to Sallie E. Carr. Father of John Carr and Lulie Carr. Trader in Fayette County, Kentucky in 1850. Household owned with sixteen enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Fayette County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 244B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District No. 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 568. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 455A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 265A. "Thomas Dudley Carr (1827-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial 79163821, accessed April 27, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/79163821. William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) N00006117 1824? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Indiana native. Married to Lucy Ann Embry Downey in Madison County, Kentucky on May 18, 1845. Father of Mary E. Downey. Married to Emily Jane Robinson Burbridge Downey in Scott County on January 28, 1858. Father of Willie H. Downey and Minna "Minnie" Shreve Downey. Attorney in Clark County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District from 1860 to 1866. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Legal: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Legal: Madison Circuit Court Legal: Fayette Circuit Court Legal: William L. Taylor (Fayette County, Kentucky, hack driver and livery stable keeper) Social: David Ingles (Lexington, Kentucky, hack driver and dray man) Legal: Clark Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 41B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 307. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 871. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 346A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film 000183302. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. 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. 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. Fayette County, Kentucky P001031 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Lexington.

38.0406, -84.5037 "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 99. 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). Fayette Circuit Court O00000377 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): John B. Norton.

Relationships Legal: John C. Cable (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James Donahoe (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer) Economic: Charles Scott Todd Bodley (Fayette County, Kentucky, bookseller and sheriff) Legal: B. F. Barnes (Fayette Co, KY, mule stealer) Legal: George Washington Brand (Lexington, Kentucky, grocer and bank director) Economic: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William S. Downey (Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John B. Norton (Fayette County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Harrison Keith (Plymouth, Massachussetts, salesman and soldier (U.S.A.)) Legal: William C. Goodloe (Fayette and Madison co , KY, circuit court judge)

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. 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. Fayette County, Kentucky 1863-01-06 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To His Excellency James F Robinson Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner F G Anthony states that at the August Term of the Fayette Circuit Court 1862 -- Judgement was rendered against him for the sum of Six Hundred Dollars. The Judgement was ordered on the forfeiture of Two Bonds one of Five Hundred Dollars the other One Hundred Dollars Executed to the Commonwealth of Ky by Jno B Watts of Fayette Co and your petitioner as Surety. The complaint of the State against said Jno B Watts was for Persons going into his stable & playing cards, which was an every day occurrence in this place in peoples stables They could get into. Jno B Watts went south on legitimate business previous to the breaking out of the Rebellion -- (The Bonds were given early in the winter of 1861.) And the civil law has been so paralized by the Military law it has been impossible to exercise justice in civil cases.. And he prays that you will remit the amount due to the Commonwealth as he is not able to stand the loss, and begs your Executive clemency in the case.

F G Anthony.

We the undersigned are Union men & know that what your petitioner has stated to be so, and further pray that you release him of as much of the above amount as lays in your power.

Fayette Co Ky. January 6th 1863. S S Grimes Garrett Watts Geo. T. Fishback Chas S Bodley Sheriff Fayett Co. Jno B Norton C F C C Thos D Carr D S of F C

I fully concur in the prayer of the foregoing

W. S. Downey Co'm atty

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Fayette Cir. Ct $600 } Recog F. G. Anthony Iss Feby 18. 1863

Fine remitted in this case J F Robinson