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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-0001-029-0501 R4-297 to R4-298

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 H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) N00000950 1836? Categories: People

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Kennedy. Father of R. P. Kennedy and G. D. Kennedy. Farmer in Garrard County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 160; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 44; KYR-0001-029-0501. William Dollins, Sr. (Garrard County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer) N00000951 1836-01-23 1922-06-21 Categories: People

Garrard County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Dollins and Eliza Dollins. Married to Mary "Polly" A. Yater Dollins. Father of William Dollins, Jr. Resident of Garrard County in 1850. Overseer in Garrard County, for John Henderson, in 1860. Henderson owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Garrard County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Garrard Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 1, p. 217; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 50; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 17; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Brandy Spring District 1, p. 3; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Taylor County, KY, July 1863, p. 94, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "William Dollins (1836-1922)," Memorial #91122153, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91122153&ref=acom (accessed July 20, 2017). John F. Cook (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) N00000949 1832? Categories: People

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Reuben Cook and Mary Cook. Farmer in Garrard County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Economic: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Economic: William Dollins, Sr. (Garrard County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 2, p. 278; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 86; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Brandy Springs District 1, p. 25. Michael Henry Owsley (Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney, capt & major in 1st & 5th Cav (USA)) N00002811 1834-12-10 1891 Categories: People

Cumberland County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County native. Son of Joel Owsley and Mary Owsley. Married to Ellen Letcher Owsley in 1865. Graduate of Centre College in 1854. Graduate of the University of Louisville in 1856. Student in Cumberland County in 1850. Household owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Attorney in Cumberland County in 1860. Served in the 1st Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain in 1861. Served in the 5th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry as major from March 31, 1862, to September 5, 1862. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District from 1864 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Budd Jones () Legal: Russell Circuit Court Legal: Lincoln Circuit Court Legal: William Dollins, Sr. (Garrard County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer) Legal: Garrard Circuit Court Legal: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Political: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Augden Bridgewater (Lincoln County, Kentucky, miller) Legal: Jennie Adams (Lincoln County ) Political: Edward Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, clerk and agent for Liverpool and London) Social: Thomas Peyton Hill (Lincoln County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 279B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland Division, p. 371 (p. 2 of microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, District 1, p. 659. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, District 3, p. 432B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 34-35 and 108-09. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 940. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0009. John J. McAfee, Kentucky Politicians. Sketches of Representative Corncrackers and other Miscellany (Louisville, KY: The Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1886), 128-30. Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, vol. 2, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 134. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who served between 1861 and 1900, Civil War Pensions Index, roll no. 171. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 10. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Find A Grave, "Judge Michael Henry Owsley (1834-1891)," Memorial #91718641, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91718641 (accessed May 25, 2017). 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. Garrard Circuit Court O00000386 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 6th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas E. Bramlette and Fontaine T. Fox. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Ephraim L. Vanwinkle and Michael H. Owsley. Clerk(s): William J. Landrum and W. D. Hopper.

Relationships Legal: Henry Harris (Garrard County, Kentucky, grocer) Legal: John H. Kennedy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Seymour Hopper (Garrard County, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: Houston Jackman (Garrard County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: James W. Grant (Garrard County, Kentucky, dentist) Legal: Richard P. West (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James H. Smith (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier.) Legal: Malcolm Henry Gill (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John J. Huffman (Garrard County, Kentucky, tavern keeper)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. 1863-08-22 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": 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 1 of page "2": 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 the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner John H Kennedy would respectfully represent that at the August Term of the Garrard Circuit Court 1863 an indictment was found against him by the Grand Jury of said County for Keeping a Tippling house, upon the evidence of Mr. Dollens who stated before the Jury that he went to the store house of said Kennedy and purchased from John F Cooke who was acting temporarily as a clerk of said Kennedy and purchased a pint of whiskey Garrard Circuit Court 1863ofsdCake or about that quantity of said Cooke and upon that evidence the indictment was fined -- He (Kennedy) upon learning the fact came forward and confessed judgment in the sum of $20. with costs. -- Your petitioner states that he is a merchant and has license to sell spirits by the q in quantities not less than a quart -- that this sale by Cooke to Dollens was made in his absence and without his knowledge or consint and contrary to his practice. He therefore reqspectfully requests your excellency to remit said fine except the legal costs & fees.

John H Kennedy

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I Michael Owsley Attorney for the commonwealth hereby certify that Wm Dollens was the only witness before the Grand Jury upon whose evidence the indictment against the petitioner John H Kennedy was found and that his evidence is correctly stated in the within petition Aug 22d 1863

M, H, Owsley. Atty. for the Comlth

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Jno. H. Kennedy Pettn No good ground to remit