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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-0001-029-0509 R4-312

Henderson, Henderson 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. Decius C. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, constable, and sheriff) N00000840 1818? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, constable, and sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of John H. Priest. Married Martha H. Butler Priest on January 23, 1855. Father of Dora Priest, Elizabeth Priest, Virginia Priest, and John Priest. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850 and 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860. Constable for Henderson County from 1856 to 1857. Sheriff of Henderson County in 1861. Farmer in Henderson County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Jackson McClain (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and banker) Legal: Nathaniel G. Standley, Sr. (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter) Legal: William S. Sloan (Petitioner in Henderson, Kentucky)

Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, KY: n.p., 1887), 822-823, 829, 831; Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Ancestry, Marriages, Henderson County, 1855; 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), Henderson County, Kentucky, July 1863, p. 18, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Session of the General Assembly Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Fourth Day of December, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), ch. 657, p. 579; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 583; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 27; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 5; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Curdsville, p. 54.. Jackson McClain (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and banker) N00000839 1816-10-05 1892-12-02 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and banker. Henderson County native. Son of James McClainMarried Maria L. Watson McClain in 1841. Father of Ann C. McClain. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850 and 1860. Owned forty-three enslaved persons in 1850 and seventy-three in 1860. Director of Farmer’s Bank. President of the Farmer’s Bank in 1862.

Relationships Political: Archibald Dixon, Sr. (Henderson, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and planter) Political: Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, KY: n.p., 1887), 813-814; Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 5, Indiana, Arnold-Woodson, (1936), p. 189-192, https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn050/ (accessed February 2, 2017); Find A Grave, "Col. Jackson McClain (1816-1892)," Memorial #85736278, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85736278 (accessed July 28, 2017); Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 282; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 52; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 17-18; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Upper Town, p. 20. Nathaniel G. Standley, Sr. (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter) N00000841 1809-04-08 1866-02-18 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, planter. Kentucky native. Married to Penila Folden Standley. Father of John T. Standley, Nathaniel G. Standley, Jr., William G. Standley, and George W. Standley. Married Fannie Jenkins Standley on January 9, 1861. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850 and 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1850 and twenty in 1860.

Relationships Political: Archibald Dixon, Sr. (Henderson, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and planter) Political: Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 304; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 528; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 74; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 28-29; Jordan Dodd, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Ancestry, Henderson County, January 9, 1861; Find A Grave, "Nathaniel Green Standley (1809-1866)," Memorial #108757021, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Standley&GSiman=1&GSst=19&GRid=108757021& (accessed July 28, 2017). Henderson, Kentucky P001815 Categories: Places

Seat of Henderson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 Boynton Merill Jr., "Henderson," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2000), p. 423-24. “Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Henderson County Court O00000633 Categories: Organizations

Located in Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): C. W. Hutchins. Clerk(s): Young E. Allison and J. P. Breckinridge.

Relationships Economic: Decius C. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, constable, and sheriff) Legal: Charles W. Hutchen (Henderson Co, KY, City & county Judge ) Legal: Lucas W. Trafton (Henderson County, Kentucky, county judge and pvt, capt, & Ass't QM 10th KY Cav CSA)

“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. Franklin Circuit Court O00000376 Categories: Organizations

Located in the Eighth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Patrick U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): Philip Swigert and Walter R. Franklin.

Relationships Legal: Henry C. Metcalf (Lexington auctioneer) Legal: Joseph Pfeiffer (Franklin County, Kentucky, bar keeper) Legal: Allic Ford (Stamping Ground, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Hockensmith (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Sandford Robertson (Scott County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Martin J. Sebree (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) Legal: Andrew J. Banta (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, sheriff, and soldier (CSA)) Legal: Decius C. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, constable, and sheriff) Legal: William E. Ashbrook (Covington, Kentucky, sheriff and merchant) Legal: John H. McBrayer (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Henry C. Metcalf (Lexington and Nicholasville rope and bagging manufacturer) Legal: Jno B. Payne (Franklin County ) Legal: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Legal: Jacob T. Young (Lyon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: Samuel F. Roberts (Kenton County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Legal: George W. Doneghy (Boyle County, Kentucky, Sheriff) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Legal: Reuben R. Jones (Meade Co, Ky, sheriff and major) Legal: Oliver G. Moore (Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: Larkin J. Procter (Edmonson County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, hotelkeeper, and Mammoth Cave lessee) Legal: Felix Jarboe (Marion County, KY, farmer) Legal: Henry T. Jackson (Marion County, Kentucky, constable and sheriff) Legal: George Canning Drane (Henry County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit judge) Legal: Samuel P. Alexander (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James J. Long (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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. Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky 1863-08-10 Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. 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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Henderson Ky, Aug 10th 1863, To His Excellency The Governor of Kentucky: Sir:

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they were the sureties of Decius Priest Sheriff of Henderson County, in his Revenue Bond for the year 1861-- that a judgment has been rendered against them in the Franklin Circuit Court, for the balance of the revenue for that year remaining unpaid, being for five or six thousand dollars, and also for the sum of two thousand six hundred & fifty dollars & 96 cts, damages-- The said Priest is a man of but limited means, and in addition to the foregoing has other liabilities as Sheriff, for which these petitioners are responsible. They will have the judgment for the revenue to pay, as doubtless large amounts on other liabilities, and will doubtless suffer large losses thereby, They are willing to make the Commonwealth whole, by paying the balance of the revenue and interest, but they respectfully represent that the payment of the damages thereon would be a great hardship to them-- They therefore respectfully petition your excellency to remit the amount of the said damages, And they will ever pray --

Respectfully &c,

Jackson McClain N, G, Standley

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Franklin Cir. Ct $2,6.50 96 } Damages

Damages remitted J F Robinson

Decius Priest Sheff Henderson Co 1861 IssdAug 25 1863