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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-0001-029-0198 R3-300 to R3-301

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. Charles Booth Parsons (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Methodist preacher. ) N00019927 1805-07-23 1871-12-08 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, actor and minister (Methodist). Hartford County, Connecticut, native. Married to Emily C. Oldham Parsons in Floyd County, Indiana, on December 7, 1830. Father of Charles W. Parsons, Henry B. Parsons, Arabella C. Parsons, Edward Y. Parsons, Frank Parsons, and Clarence W. Parsons. Minister in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Minister in Louisville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Social: Walnut St. Station Methodist Episcopal Church Social: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 255A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 134. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 274A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 610B-611A. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, IN, Floyd County Marriages, Film 000549329. Charles Booth Parsons, The Pulpit and the Stage; or, The Two Itinerancies: An Historic, Biographic, Philosophic Miscellany (Nashville, TN: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1860). "Rev Charles Booth Parsons (1805-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 136099831, accessed July 12, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136099831. 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 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. Walnut St. Station Methodist Episcopal Church O00019925 1853 1907 Categories: Organizations

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Methodist church. Active from 1853 to 1907. Pastor(s): Charles Booth Parsons.

"Walnut Street Methodist Church," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), October 15, 1853, p. 3. “Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Louisville, Ky.) Records, 1837-1901,” Filson Historical Society, accessed May 8, 2023, https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/methodist-episcopal-church-south-louisville-ky-records-1837-1901/. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-01-21 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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Louisville Jan 21. 1862 ^[1863]^ To His Excellency Gov. Robinson Executive of Kentucky &c Dear Sir

It is not a common thing with me to intermeddle myself with the proceedings of legal courts, or even to throw, even a suggestion obstacle, in the way of free & equal justice. But learning that the Jury, -- or most of them, -- in the case of Montgomery, -- recently convicted of Homicide & sentenced to the Penitentiary for the term of two years, have petitioned your Excellency for his Pardon, I would respectfully urge the same thing. Montgomery has been a member of the Church over which I preside, for many years & has enjoyed the confidence of the community, as a modest & honest man. We do not think that he intended the crime, of which he stands convicted, & feel will assured his incarceration in the Prison, at Frankfort, -- though demanded by Law, -- would not meet the ends of Justice. We hope your Excellency will listen to the Prayer of your Petitioners & grant the Pardon asked for

Very respectfully &c C. B. Parsons Pastor of Walnut St. M. E. Church