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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-0001-029-0519 R4-324

Covington, Kenton 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 H. Shmoddle (Driver and agent for C. W. Roback in Covington, Kentucky) N00000457 Categories: People

Driver and agent for C. W. Roback in Covington, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Economic: Charles W. Roback (Cincinnati, Ohio, physician and medicine manufacturer) Political: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor) Political: John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: John P. Harrison (Covington house painter and Justice of the Peace) Political: Benjamin Egelston (Covington, Kentucky, justice of the peace)

KYR-0001-029-0518. Benjamin Egelston (Covington, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00000960 1799? Categories: People

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, magistrate and justice of the peace. New York native. Married to Margaret Egelston. Father of Addison Egelston and Benjamin Egelston, Jr. Married to A. D. Stapleton Egleston in Covington on November 5, 1865. Justice of the peace in the 2nd District of Covington from 1855 to 1865. Magistrate in Covington in 1860. Magistrate in Covington in 1865.

Relationships Social: Lewis Richardson (Covington, Kentucky, teacher, soldier, and justice of the peace) Legal: William H. Shmoddle (Driver and agent for C. W. Roback in Covington, Kentucky)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 5, p. 251. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Kenton County Marriages, Film #001943299, p. 262. "Kenton.," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), May 9, 1855, p. 1 KYR-0001-007-0357. John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) N00000460 1815-12-14 1902-02-21 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Genesee County, New York, native. Married to Elizabeth S. Johnson Fisk on October 14, 1842. Father of Charles H. Fisk, Virginia Fisk, Sarah C. Fish, Robert Fisk, Isabella Fisk, John F. Fisk, Jr., and Elizabeth Fisk. Attended common schools in New York and Cary’s Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio. Principal of the Germantown Academy in Mason County, Kentucky. Principal of the Mason Academy in Mason County. Studied law under Frank Hord, James T. Morehead, and James Pryor in Maysville and Covington. Attorney in Covington in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Kenton County from 1857 to 1865. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Attorney in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Political: William W. Boswell (Covington, Kentucky, hotel and tavern keeper) Political: William H. Shmoddle (Driver and agent for C. W. Roback in Covington, Kentucky) Military: William W. Mosher (General Merchant) Political: N. E. Kingsbury (Cincinnati, Ohio) Social: Simeon Sheppard (Kenton County) Social: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Legal: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Legal: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Legal: Thomas Davis Kennedy (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer, enslaver, engineer) Legal: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) Legal: William Potts (Agent in the requisition of George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) from Louisiana to Kentucky in 1864.) Legal: George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, steam boat captain.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 2, p. 240A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, p. 702. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 235B. Greg Perkins, “Fisk, John Flavel,” in The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, eds. Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), p. 342. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 421. C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor) N00000961 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor. Mayor of Covington in 1863. Attorney in Covington in 1863 and 1864.

Relationships Legal: Charles W. Roback (Cincinnati, Ohio, physician and medicine manufacturer) Political: Covington, Kentucky

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Kentucky, 1863, Collection District 4, Division 4, p. 54; U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Kentucky, 1864, Collection District 4, Division 4, p. 55; KYR-0001-029-0521; KYR-0001-004-0065. John P. Harrison (Covington house painter and Justice of the Peace) N00000459 1807? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, painter. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Harrison. Father of George Harrison and Sarah Harrison. Enslaved one person in 1860. Justice of the peace in Covington in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Kenton County on February 5, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 221. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 23. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 37. C. S. Williams, Williams’ Cincinnati Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, for 1860 (Cincinnati: C. S. Williams, 1860), p. 328. Covington, Kentucky P00000936 Categories: Places

Seat of Kenton County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

Relationships Economic: John R. Ricke (Covington, Kentucky, city clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

39.0837, -84.5086 "Covington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. John E. Burns, "Covington," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 236. 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. Kenton County Court O00000645 Categories: Organizations

Located in Independence, Kenton County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Lafayette Shaw. Clerk(s): S. C. Perrin, James Ayars, Jr., and A. C. Ellis.

Relationships Economic: James Ayars, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, insurance agent and county court clerk) Economic: Andrew H. Herod (Kenton County, Kentucky, jailer) Economic: William E. Ashbrook (Covington, Kentucky, sheriff and merchant) Legal: William H. Shmoddle (Driver and agent for C. W. Roback in Covington, Kentucky) Economic: Benjamin Egelston (Covington, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Economic: John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny)

“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. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1863-08-13 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Covington Ky August 13, '63 To His Excellency Jas F Robinson: Governor of Kentucky --

Accompanying you will find the Petition of Wm Shmoddle to have a fine adjudged against him by B Eggleston J. P. K C of $50. cancelled or pardoned. I send the statements of J F Fisk Esqr (at the close of the Petition) who acted as County Attorney, also of the acting Magistrate and of the Mayor of the City, all Joining in the prayer for his pardon. I do not know that you will require anything further and request that you will send your answer to my address or to B Eggelston Esqr J. P. K. C. of this City. With sentiments of great esteem, belive me

Yours Respectfully John P. Harrison

Post office Box 303

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Hon. Jas F Robinson Governor of Kentucky