<title type="main">W. A. Aikman to James F. Robinson

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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-0001-029-0505 R4-304 to R4-305

Laurel 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. William A. Aikman (Laurel County, Kentucky, blacksmith) N00000953 1828? 1906-12-16 Categories: People

Laurel County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Graves Aikman on November 6, 1854. Father of Alexander M. Aikman, Granville D. Aikman, and Sarah E. Aikman. Blacksmith in Laurel County in 1860.

Relationships Political: J. Q. A. Sproul () Political: William H. H. Thompson (Aledo, Illinois, postmaster) Political: N. B. Jones (Laurel hotel keeper and judge) Political: Thomas J. Carnifax (Presiding judge of the Laurel County Court) Political: Granville Pearl (London, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) Legal: Laurel Circuit Court Social: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 133; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Microfilm, Campbell County, TN, November 6, 1854; Find A Grave, "William A. Aikman (1828-1906)," Memorial #17292869, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17292869&ref=acom (accessed July 24, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0505. William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.) N00000824 1812-07-15 1881-08-01 Categories: People

Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Martha Jane Slaughter Randall. Father of Julia Randall, Richard Randall, William H. Randall, Jr., James Randall, Sarah E. Randall, and Charles M. Randall. Attorney in Laurel County in 1835. Clerk of the Laurel County Court and Laurel Circuit Court from 1836 to 1855. Owned two enslaved persons in Laurel County in 1850. Attorney in Laurel County in 1860. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom (Illinois soldier) Political: William Jennings Landram (Garrard County, Kentucky, clerk and colonel 19th KY Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 12A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 473. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, The Town of London, p. 146A. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1971), p. 1584. Russell Dyche, Laurel County, Kentucky (London, KY: The Sentinel-Echo, 1954), pp. 40-41. Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States (Washington: J. M. Morrison, 1887), 410. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 559. Granville Pearl (London, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00002711 1817-03-19 1887-06-21 Categories: People

Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Laurel County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Adams Pearl in 1860. Father of John Pearl, Helen Pearl, and Sallie Pearl. Admitted to the bar in 1842. Attorney in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Commonwealth’s attorney of the 12th Judicial District of Kentucky in London from 1850 to 1856. Judge of the 12th Judicial District of Kentucky in London from 1856 to 1867. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons (including Clarissa Pittman) in Laurel County in 1860. Arrested by General James S. Brisbin on November 3, 1865. Charged in the Fayette Circuit Court with violating the Congressional Act "To encourage enlistments and to promote the efficiency of the military forces of the United States," for the sale of an enslaved woman married to a soldier in the United States Colored Troops.

Relationships Political: Twelfth Judicial District of Kentucky Political: John A. Moore (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Knox Circuit Court Economic: Twelfth Judicial District of Kentucky Political: Clay Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Gabriel Winter Price, Sr. (Clay County, Kentucky, court clerk.) Political: Francis Landon Cleveland (Augusta, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: William Crutcher Ireland (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Albert A. Curtis, Sr. (Irvine, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Social: John G. Eve (Knox County, Kentucky, attorney and Lt col & col 49th KY Inf USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 49A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 471. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 3. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 147B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 46. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. 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), 304. 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),10. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1868), 354. U. S. Congress, Senate, Joint Resolution To encourage enlistments and to promote the efficiency of the military forces of the United States, S. J. Res. 82, 38th Congress, 2nd Session, https://www.congress.gov/38/llsr/S.R.82.pdf. U.S. Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878, NARA RG 105, Microfilm Series M2029, Roll #13, p. 613. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, vol. 1 (Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 383. M. Secrist, Laurel County, Kentucky: History Revealed through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of its Ancestors (n.p., 2012), 99. "George Granville Pearl (1817-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 30091437, accessed June 14, 2016, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30091437. Thomas J. Carnifax (Presiding judge of the Laurel County Court) N00007329 Categories: People

Presiding judge of the Laurel County Court in 1861 to 1866.

KYR-0001-029-0505; “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. N. B. Jones (Laurel hotel keeper and judge) N00000952 1826-02-26 1876-12-05 Categories: People

Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, and hotel keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Weaver Jones. Father of Talitha C. Jones, Ezekiel S. Jones, James T. Jones, and Lucinda C. Jones. Farmer in Laurel County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Judge of the Laurel County Court in 1860. Hotel keeper in Laurel County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 15; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 26; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 136; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 146; 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), Laurel County, KY, June/July 1863, p. 87, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Napoleon Bonaparte Jones (1826-1876)," Memorial #24309419, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24309419&ref=acom (accessed July 24, 2017). William H. H. Thompson (Aledo, Illinois, postmaster) N00000954 1818 Categories: People

Aledo, Illinois, postmaster. Virginia native. Married to Caroline M. Hackney Thompson on September 23, 1855. Father of Ida Bell Thompson. Postmaster in Aledo from 1858 to 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Mercer County, Aledo, p. 198; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994038, Laurel County Marriages, September 23, 1855, p. 1; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Mercer County, Illinois, (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-029-0505. J. Q. A. Sproul () N00007330 Categories: People

Signed a petition for William A. Aikman in 1863.

KYR-0001-029-0505. London, Kentucky P00005970 Categories: Places

Seat of Laurel County, Kentucky.

37.129, -84.0833 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 178. USGS: Earth Explorer, “London, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 2, 2020). 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. Laurel Circuit Court O00000415 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 12th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Granville Pearl. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): John Dishman and Hugh F. Finley. Clerk(s): C. B. Farris and R. L. Ewell.

Relationships Legal: Hugh F. Finley (Whitley County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Granville Pearl (London, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: John Storm (accused murderer) Legal: Jesse Johnson (private, 14th Kentucky Cavalry (U. S. A.)) Legal: Aron Hash (accused murderer)

“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. Laurel County Court O00000650 Categories: Organizations

Located in London, Laurel County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Thomas J. Carnifax. Clerk(s): C. B. Farris and [unknown] Jones.

Relationships Economic: Thomas J. Carnifax (Presiding judge of the Laurel County Court)

His Excellency the Governer of Kentucky

The undersigned W. A Aikman Respectfully represents that at present August Term of the Laurel Circuit Court he was fined $20. for gaming, He says he is not a gambler, but merely played the game with some acquaintances and friends and there was some small amount but, he is a citizen of London Ky has a family to support, and makes his living by blacksmithing & not by gaming,, He thinks the costs of the proceeding under the circumstances would be a sufficent penalty,

He made no defense, plead guilty, and now throws himself on the clemency of ofthe Executive

w. A. Aikman

I am well acquainted with the petitioner, who is a citizen of our Town, an industrious blacksmith, a poor man with a family to support & I hope your Excellency will remit the fine against him

W H Randall

London Aug 24th 1863 Gov

I am acquainted with the petitioner and the case and believe that the fine ought to be remited

Yours Respt

Granville Pearl

Thos J. Canifax Presiding Judge of the Laurel County court

N. B. Jones

W. H. H. Thompson

J. Q. A. Sproul

Laurel Cir. Ct $20. } Gaming W. A Aikman

Fine remitted J F Robinson Issd. Aug 29. 1863