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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-0001-029-0425 R4-182

Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky James P. Metcalfe (Kentucky attorney and politician) N00005362 1822-12-17 1889-07-15 Categories: People

Kentucky attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Metcalfe. Father of Eilabeth D. Metcalfe and Isabella Metcalfe. Member of the House of the Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Nicholas County in 1849 and 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1852 to 1854. Reporter for the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1858. Attorney in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Political: Howard Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, soldier and commissioner of deeds)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 76. The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), October 21, 1858, p. 2. "Representatives Elected," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 20, 1850, p. 2. Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, "Secretary of State James P. Metcalfe," (http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx?id=33) (accessed on May 8,2017). Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1878), 651. "James P. Metcalfe (1822-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 135755630, accessed May 8, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135755630. Sarah "Sally" Mullen (Nicholas and Fleming Counties, KY, washerwoman) N00011483 1797? Categories: People

Fleming and Nicholas County, Kentucky, washerwoman. Virginia native. Married to Harry Mullen. Mother of Isaiah Mullen and Joe Mullen. Resident of Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1850. Washerwoman in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1860. Resident of Nicholas County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 329B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 291. KYR-0001-029-0439. Thompson Steele Parks (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00018561 1805-01-11 1898-06-30 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Ingram Dorsey Parks in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on January 11, 1838. Father of Mary Parks and Nancy Parks. Farmer in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed William Wall as a laborer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Nicholas and Fleming counties from 1851-1853. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

Relationships Slavery: Harry [Mullen] (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Enslaved by Thompson Parks)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 475A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 289. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 137A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 6, p. 308A. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 81869, State 2173. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252402. "Kentucky Legislature," Louisville Journal (Louisville, KY), September 6, 1851, p. 4. Harry [Mullen] (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Enslaved by Thompson Parks) N00018567 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Kentucky native. Son of Harry Mullen and Sarah "Sally" Mullen. Enslaved by Thompson Steele Parks in Nicholas County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: Nancy Mullen (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident.) Familial: Isaiah Mullen (Nicholas County, KY, laborer) Familial: Sarah "Sally" Mullen (Nicholas and Fleming Counties, KY, washerwoman)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 1. KYR-0001-029-0425. Isaiah Mullen (Nicholas County, KY, laborer) N00011484 1840? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Harry Mullen and Sarah Mullen. Married to Nancy Mullen. Resident of Fleming County in 1850. Laborer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Sarah "Sally" Mullen (Nicholas and Fleming Counties, KY, washerwoman) Legal: Nicholas County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 329B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 291. KYR-0001-029-0439. Elijah West (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012524 1804? 1877-06-03 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Amos West and Elizabeth Robbins West. Married to Mariah Barton Smoot West in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on May 21, 1827. Father of John West, Sarah West, William West, Mary West, Elizabeth M. West, George B. West, Virginia West, Laura West, Emma West, and Martha West. Married to Rosanna Hughes West in Nicholas County on October 13, 1863. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Judge of the Nicholas County Court in 1863.

Relationships Political: John. M. Chevis (Nicholas County, Kentucky, merchant) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 396A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 326. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 279A. 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), p. 304. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000183086. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252411. William Henry Perrin, Robert Peter, and O.L. Baskin, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O.L. Baskin & co.,1882), 770. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Mother of Nancy Mullen.) N00018564 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Mother of Nancy Mullen.

Relationships Social: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a petition from Nicholas County in 1863.) Familial: Nancy Mullen (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident.) Familial: Isaiah Mullen (Nicholas County, KY, laborer)

KYR-0001-029-0425. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a petition from Nicholas County in 1863.) N00018566 1851? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a petition from Nicholas County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Mentioned in a petition from Nicholas County in 1863.)

KYR-0001-029-0425. Nancy Mullen (Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident.) N00018548 1837? Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Isaiah Mullen. Resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County County, District 1, p. 291. 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. John W. Clay (Nicholas County, KY, farmer) N00011491 1807 1876-11-27 Categories: People

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Arnold Clay in Nicholas County on December 18, 1829. Father of Mary Clay, Maria Clay, Joseph Clay, Matthew Clay, William Clay, George M. Clay, James T. Clay, Sarah Catherine "Sallie" Clay, and Sidney Clay. Resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1830. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1840. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James P. Metcalfe (Kentucky attorney and politician) Social: Isaiah Mullen (Nicholas County, KY, laborer) Social: Sarah "Sally" Mullen (Nicholas and Fleming Counties, KY, washerwoman)

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 178. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, p. 70. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 466A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 304. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 284. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 81A Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252399. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Film 7016202: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File 2550. William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882), 742. Carlisle, Kentucky P00000537 Categories: Places

Seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

38.312, -84.0274 "Carlisle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Joan W. Conley, “Carlisle,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 163. 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 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). Nicholas County, Kentucky P00000539 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Carlisle.

38.312, -84.0274 "Carlisle, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 5, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Joan W. Conley, “Nicholas County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 681-82. 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. Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky 1863-06-03 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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.
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CarlisleJune 3rd 1863 James P MetcalfEsq Frankfort Ky Dear Sir

There is an old free negro women in this county by the name of Sarah Mullins. She lives on the other side of Licking river not far from the residence of Thompson Parks. Thompson Parks owns a boy Harry who I think is her son. I have known this old woman for a long time and know her to be a good honest industrious old woman. She has a good reputation in her own neighborhood. She has a son Isaiah who lives with her (and upon whom she is almost entirly dependent for Support) who was on Saturday last convicted of a breach of the peace before judge West (County judge) and fined $20 and imprisoned 15 days. This boy has always born a good character for honesty industry and sobriety. The people of his neighborhood speak well of him, and I have also known him for a long time and can testify to his good character. The punishment imposed by the jury I think was unduly severe even if he had deserved punishment at all considering his pecunary circumstances, But I have taken considerable pains to inform myself concerning all circumstances of the case and am firmly convinced that Isaiah Mullins was unjustly fined & imprisoned. There was an attempt made

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by his mother in law (a worthless wretch) and a good for nothing white man to take from his house a a trunk containing his wifesclothing, and all Isaiah did was done in defense of his person and property. The only witness in the case was a boy about 12 years old (a son of the white man) who was evidently prejudiced against Isaiah, and in favor of his father. The counsel for the Commonwealth was permitted (notwithstanding the objections of Isaiah's counsel) to elicit from the witness by means of leading questions just such answers as he wished; and it was evident that the jury were actuated to some extent by prejudice and a disposition very prevalent first at this time to deal severly with free negroes. Sarah Mullins has sent a petition to the Governor praying a remission of her sons fine and a release from imprisonment, Her Son has commenced raising a crop for her support. She has no one else to work this crop but her son. I have not had time to go and see his neighbors but have learned from reliable authority that they are all willing and anxious to have the boy released from imprisonment and his fine remitted. Will you have the kindness to go and see the governor about this matter and if it is not asking to to much of do what you can to have this boy released

Yours very respectfully John Clay