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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-0001-029-0508 R4-310 to R4-311

Hickman, Fulton 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. Montreville G. Wilson (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) N00000969 1825? Categories: People

Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason. Tennessee native. Married to Catherine McManus Wilson in Shelby County, Tennessee, on October 28, 1854. Father of Montreville T. Wilson, William J. Wilson, Mary E. Wilson, and Susan A. Wilson. Master brick mason in Hickman in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Fulton Circuit Court Social: Thomas J. Wallace, Sr. (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Social: John W. Cole (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Social: William A. Brevard (Hickman, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Joseph M. Gest (Fulton County, KY, special aid for revenue in Fulton County, Kentucky) Social: John H. Davis (Hickman, Kentucky, book merchant) Social: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Political: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 110. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Bond County, Greenville, p. 23. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Shelby County, Tennessee, October 28, 1854 (accessed via Ancestry.com). John W. Cole (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) N00003111 1836? Categories: People

Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason. Virginia native. Married to Sally Cole. Father of Fanny Cole. Brick mason in Hickman in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 99. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 11. Thomas J. Wallace, Sr. (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) N00003112 1832? Categories: People

Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca J. Wallace in Hickman in May 1853. Father of Thomas J. Wallace.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 122A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 358D. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Fulton County Marriages, 1845-1875, Film #000321403, p. 258 of 521 of microfilm. Thomas H. Corbett (Ballard Co, Kentucky, attorney, Comwlth atty 1st Jud Distr 1860-61, State House Rep) N00001359 1830-01-08 1902-05-09 Categories: People

Blandville, Kentucky, attorney, commonwealth's attorney, and politician. Hickman County, Kentucky, native. Married to Rebecca Coil Corbett on December 22, 1853. Father of Jacob Corbett. Attended the Kentucky Military Institute. Studied law under Judge Bigger of Blandville. Admitted to the bar in 1852. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky representing Ballard and McCracken Counties from 1855 to 1857. Commonwealth's Attorney for the 1st Judicial District in Ballard County from 1860 to 1861. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky representing Ballard and McCracken Counties from 1865 to 1875.

Relationships Legal: Fulton Circuit Court Legal: Thomas J. Wallace, Sr. (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: John W. Cole (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: Thomas H. Richardson (Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas J. Juett (Ballard County, Kentucky, saddler and postmaster) Social: M. Murray (Ballard Co., Ky, justice of the peace)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard, Blandsville, p. 7. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Ballard County Marriages. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 537. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 698-99. George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) N00000888 1864 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, soldier, judge, and attorney. City judge of Hickman, Kentucky, in 1863. County attorney of Fulton County in 1863. Served in the 40th Kentucky Militia Regiment of Fulton County as colonel in 1863 and 1864.

Relationships Social: Harlan & Harlan Social: James J. Miller (editor) Social: Richard "Dick" Rowan Bolling (Kentucky attorney and court clerk) Social: Leslie Combs (Clerk of the Court of Appeals) Military: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Military: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Social: Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) Military: 40th Regiment Kentucky Militia Political: John A. Wilson (Fulton County, Kentucky, court clerk) Military: John A. Wilson (Fulton County, Kentucky, court clerk) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Ward Boyd (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: Kentucky State Guard Social: W. Francis Buckner (Hickman, Kentucky, civil engineer) Social: George M. Wilburn (Hickman, Kentucky, carpenter) Legal: Fulton County Court

_ Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Fulton County Wills, 1845-1923 (accessed through Ancestry.com on February 7, 2020), p. 87, p. 78 of microfilm. _The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1889) series I, vol 23, part 1, 825-26. KYR-0001-029-0508. KYR-0002-022-0005. KYR-0002-022-0017. Joseph M. Gest (Fulton County, KY, special aid for revenue in Fulton County, Kentucky) N00003114 1818-02-12 1890-06-14 Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, U.S. customs agent. Ohio native. Married to Sarah Ann Hagerman Gest. Father of Ann Maria Gest, William Gest, Julia M. Gest, and Charles J. Gest. U.S. Customs agent on steamboats and special revenue aid in Fulton County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany, p. 428B. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA,Film # 7016174: All Counties, Fulton County, 1915, File #12157, p. 2263 of 3311 of microfilm. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Records of the Department of Commerce and Labor (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), vol. 1, p. 90, p. 112 of 852 of microfilm. Find A Grave, “Joseph M. Gest (1818-1890)," Memorial # 71002896, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71002896/joseph-m-gest (accessed March 9, 2021). KYR-0001-029-0508. William A. Brevard (Hickman, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) N00003116 1829? 1878-09-16 Categories: People

Hickman, Kentucky, court clerk. Tennessee native. Married to Mary S. Warner Brevard in Shelby County, Tennessee, on December 23, 1858. Clerk of the Fulton Circuit Court from 1863 to 1867.

Relationships Economic: Fulton Circuit Court Legal: Fulton County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 92. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, Hickman, p. 22. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Shelby County, 1858 (accessed via Ancestry.com). William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 11. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), p. 355. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film # 994027-994058: Fulton County Deaths, 1878 (accessed via Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-029-0508. William Herrin (Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) N00003119 1824? Categories: People

Fulton County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Emaline Herrin. Father of Matthew Herrin, Elizabeth Herrin, Mary M. Herrin, Dorcus J. Herrin, and Sarah C. Herrin. Farmer in Fulton County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Fulton County in 1850. Farmer in Fulton County in 1860. Sheriff of Fulton County from 1861 to 1868.

Relationships Political: William A. Brevard (Hickman, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Political: Joseph M. Gest (Fulton County, KY, special aid for revenue in Fulton County, Kentucky) Political: John H. Davis (Hickman, Kentucky, book merchant) Political: George C. Hallet (Fulton Co, KY, colonel, county atty, and city judge) Political: Montreville G. Wilson (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: Fulton County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 130. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fulton County, p. 50. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, For the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861 (Frankfort: John B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 101. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Regular Session of the General Assembly, Which was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort on Monday, the Second Day of December, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1868), 24. Hickman, Kentucky P00002504 Categories: Places

Seat of Fulton County, Kentucky. Located on the Mississippi River.

36.5712, -89.1862 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), p. 138. Fulton County, Kentucky P00000889 Categories: Places

Furthest west county of Kentucky. Seat at Hickman. Located on the Mississippi River.

36.563, -89.1325 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 111, 138. Ron D. Bryant, “Fulton,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 360-361. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Fulton County, Kentucky " https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 7, 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. Fulton Circuit Court O00000380 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 1st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): R. K. Williams and Charles S. Marshall. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett, P. D. Yeiser, and W. W. Tice. Clerk(s): John R. McGehee and W. A. Brevard.

Relationships Legal: Thomas J. Wallace, Sr. (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: John W. Cole (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason) Legal: John Mayhan (Fulton County, Kentucky, railroad agent and bar keeper) Legal: Montreville G. Wilson (Hickman, Kentucky, brick mason)

“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), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky 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 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 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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To His Excellency, James F Robinson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

The Petition of Montraville G Wilson, of the City of Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, Respectfully represents:

That at the May Term 1861 ^of the Fulton Equity & Criminal Court,^ in company with John W Cole, and Thomas Wallace, he was indicted, tried and convicted for Gambling, contrary to the act of Assembly in such cases made and provided. That being so as aforesaid convicted, he, in company with the said Cole & Wallace was sentenced to pay a fine of $20.00; but so it was, that through the interposition of the then Commwth's atty. the fine as against said Cole & Wallace was remitted, but still remains as against your petitioner. Now your petitioner would respectfully further represent-- That the said prosecution was the result of anything but justice sought on the part of the prosecutor-- inasmuch as your petitioner is a hard working and as he conceives and believes in law abiding citizen, but upon the occasion referred to, being in company with the parties named, they entered into the game and for mere interest to the game, the stakes were made at five cents nor was there from the commencement to the end as much as five dollars in issue. Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays your Excellency to be pleased to remit said fine And as in duty bound he will ever pray &c.

Montraville G Wilson

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To His Excellency, Jas F Robinson Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

We, the undersigned most respectfully recommend to your Excellency, that the fine imposed on Mr Montraville. G. Wilson. be remitted. From our knowledge of the party, Mr Wilson, we are satisfied that his is a proper subject for the exercise of Executive Clemency.

Geo C Hallet County Atty.

John H Davis Post Master

J M Gest Special aid Revinu

W A Brevard Clk, C, C

W Herrin S f c

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Fulton Eq. Ct $20. } Gaming

Fine in this case remitted J F Robinson

M. G. Wilson IssdAug 21. 1863