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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-0001-029-0197 R3-298 to R3-299

Newport, Campbell 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. Conrad Viehmann (Campbell County, Kentucky, rag picker.) N00017620 1823? 1879 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, rag picker. Native of Saxony. Married to Christina Ghoepp Viehmann. Father of Henry Viehmann, Conrad Viehmann, Christie Viehmann, and John Viehmann. Resident of Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1862. Convicted of selling liquor to minors in Campbell County in 1862. Rag picker in Campbell County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Campbell Circuit Court Social: Christian Greve (Campbell County, Kentucky, tailor.) Social: George W. Morris (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant.) Social: Xenophon Sine (Campbell County, Kentucky, justice of the peace.) Social: Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Social: Henry Wendt (Newport, Kentucky, blacksmith and city councilman) Social: John C. Thomas (Newport, Kentucky, brick mason) Social: John C. Mead (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, steam boat master and city councilman) Social: Robert B. McCrackin (Newport, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 391A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Campbell County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 243. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 21404. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Campbell County Wills, vol. 1-2, 1863-1887, p. 532. "Mayor's Court," Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), January 2, 1862, p. 3. "Circuit Court," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 9, 1862, p. 5. KYR-0001-029-0091. Xenophon Sine (Campbell County, Kentucky, justice of the peace.) N00006900 1815? 1886 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, justice of the peace and clerk. New Jersey native. Married to Susan Maria Wilson Sine in Hamilton County, Ohio, on November 15, 1843. Father of Mary Sine and Elmira Sine. School teacher in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Justice of the peace in Campbell County in 1860. Clerk in Campbell County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 5B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 520. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 398B. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344456, p.121. "Mrs. Susan Sine, 101, Dies at Her Home Here," _The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), June 4, 1925, p. 36. Robert B. McCrackin (Newport, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor) N00004724 1813-04-23 1867-11-22 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor. Native of Ireland. Married to Rebecca E. McCrackin. Father of Henry E. McCrackin. Married to Mary A. McCrackin. Father of Sarah E. McCrackin, Mary A. McCrackin, and Alido McCrackin. Brick mason in Newport in 1850. Brick mason in Newport in 1860. Mayor of Newport in Campbell County from 1861 to 1866.

Relationships Political: Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Political: George Coy (Maysville, Kentucky machinist) Legal: William H. Girty (Campbell County, KY, Clerk) Social: Constantin Riendenger (Campbell County, Kentucky, liquor retailer and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 39. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 186. "Election of City Officers," Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), March 5, 1861, p. 3. "The Mayor of Newport Suspended," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), November 2, 1862, p. 1. "Mayor's Proclamation," The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 9, 1866, p. 1. "Robert B. McCrackin (1813-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89659986, accessed July 11, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89659986. KYR-0001-029-0592. Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) N00004721 1816-05-12 1886 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician. Virginia native. Son of Robert Hawthorn and Mary Kiger Hawthorn. Married to Mary L. Southgate Hawthorn in 1842. Father of Ann Hawthorn, Virginia Hawthorn, Margaret Hawthorn, Mary Hawthorn, Emily Hawthorn, Richard Hawthorn, Jacob Hawthorn, Sarah Hawthorn, and William Hawthorn. Store clerk in Wheeling, Virginia, from 1826 to 1836. Resident of Kentucky in 1837. Partner with Richard Southgate in the mercantile firm of Southgate, Hawthorn & Co. from 1837 to 1857. Merchant in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the Republican Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Campbell County from 1862 to 1867.

Relationships Legal: F. S. Grismier (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, soldier) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court Legal: Robert B. McCrackin (Newport, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor) Political: Ed. W. Hawkins, Sr. (Newport, Kentucky, mayor, judge of mayor's court, attorney) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell County Court Social: Constantin Riendenger (Campbell County, Kentucky, liquor retailer and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 185. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 39. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. I (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 324. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vo. II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 111. "Jacob Kiger Hawthorn (1816-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89027020, accessed July 11, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89027020. John C. Mead (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, steam boat master and city councilman) N00006797 1831? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, steamboat master and city councilman. Native of Ireland. Married to Sarah Mead. Father of Sarah Mead, Louisa C. Mead, and John Mead. Steamboat master in Newport in 1860. City councilman in Newport in 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 596. KYR-0001-029-0586. George W. Morris (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant.) N00019928 1836? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Julia A. Walls Morris in Campbell County, Kentucky, in May 1859. Merchant in Campbell County in 1863.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Campbell County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 278. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Campbell County Marriages, Film 000465411. John C. Thomas (Newport, Kentucky, brick mason) N00006803 1820? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, brick mason. Pennsylvania native. Married to Martha Thomas. Father of James Thomas, John B. Thomas, Emma Thomas, Laura Thomas, Edwin Thomas, and Virginia Thomas. Brick mason in Newport in 1850 and 1860. City councilman in Newport in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 63. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 112. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 338. KYR-0001-029-0586. Henry Wendt (Newport, Kentucky, blacksmith and city councilman) N00006801 1823 1901 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, blacksmith and city councilman. Native of Prussia. Married to Louisa Wiechert Wendt in Hamilton County, Ohio, on May 1, 1847. Father of Amelia Wendt, Anna Wendt, Emma Wendt, and Edward Wendt. Blacksmith in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Blacksmith in Campbell County in 1860. City councilman in Newport in Campbell County in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 5, p. 418. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 154. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 8. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344459, p. 371. "Heinrich ‘Henry’ Wendt (1823-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 107226889, accesed July 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107226889. KYR-0001-029-0586. Christian Greve (Campbell County, Kentucky, tailor.) N00019929 1825? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, tailor. Native of Germany. Tailor in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Campbell County, KY, June & July 1863, p. 89. Newport, Kentucky P00000862 Categories: Places

Co-seat of Campbell County, Kentucky, along with Alexandria, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

39.0914, -84.4958 Will Frank Steely, "Newport" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 680. Campbell Circuit Court O00000361 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William Evans Arthur (1856-1862) and R. B. Carpenter (1862-1865). Clerk(s): Gus Artsman and Benjamin Beall.

Relationships Legal: F. S. Grismier (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, soldier) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: George Herendon (Campbell County Election Officer) Legal: John Wiggins Flora (Campbell County, KY, judge, farmer, Election Officer) Legal: William Gearty (Cincinnati, Ohio railroad passenger agent) Economic: Gustavus Artsman (Newport, Kentucky, attorney, and circuit court clerk) Familial: Austin Morris (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: George Washington Carmack (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Benjamin J. Beall (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk pro tem, and JP; captain 10th & 14th KY Cav CSA) Familial: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John S. M. Gruder () Legal: George Washington Carmack (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Carmack (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: William Wright (Campbell County (composite biography)) Legal: Thomas J. Daniel (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: John H. Smith (Campbell County, KY, blacksmith) Legal: William Lees (Campbell County, KY, laborer) Legal: Timothy McDaniel (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Thomas Jones (Campbell County, KY, farmer and deputy court clerk) Legal: John Henderson, Jr. (Campbell County, KY, riverboat pilot and farmer) Legal: John Hayden Nelson (Campbell County, KY, attorney) Legal: J. H. Darr (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: James H. Scott (Kenton County, KY, farmer) Legal: William C. Byrd (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: John H. Byrd (Campbell County (composite biography)) Legal: Luther Dayton (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: John F. Traver (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: William Dones (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Jonathan Horsfall (Campbell County, KY, jailer) Legal: George Richard Fearons (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John White Stevenson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: John Kinney (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Benjamin J. Beall (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk pro tem, and JP; captain 10th & 14th KY Cav CSA) Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Fridolin "Fred" Brutsche (Newport, Kentucky, shopkeeper and distiller.)

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. Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky 1863-01-05 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 "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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To his Excellency The Governor of Kentucky Dear Sir

At the August Term ^1862^ of the Circuit Court of Campbell County Conrad Vieman was fined $50.00 and costs for selling liquor to a minor.

But we have no doubt that it was either a malicious prosecution or instituted merely for (the sake of a small sum to be paid by an officer or officers -- who were using the prosecuting witness to entrap the innocent)for them his own mercenary gain -- and without regard to the public good moreover, most every stranger would consider him of age --

We have known Mr. Vieman for several years past as a law abiding citizen -- and indeed the enforcement of this fine would be a very serious matter with him -- as he is on the verge of the grave with a Scrofulous disease -- and his family is almost destitute of the necessaries of life --

We therefore hope that you will conclude that it is just and proper to remit this fine --

Respectfully Newport January 5th 1862[1863]

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H. Sine, City Clerk Robt B MCrackin Mayor of Newport J, Hawthorn Jno,, C, Mead W G Morris Jno, C Thomas Henry Wendt C. Greve

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Pettn to remit fine agst Conrad Vieman by telegram of Newport

I see no reliable grounds for Executive interposition

15 Jan 63

J F R.