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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-0001-029-0521 R4-327 to R4-328

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. Charles W. Roback (Cincinnati, Ohio, physician and medicine manufacturer) N00000458 1816? Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, physician and medicine manufacturer. Native of Sweden. Married to Mary H. Roback. Author of The Mysteries of Astrology, and the Wonders of Magic in 1854. Published Dr. Roback’s Scandinavian Almanac from 1855 to 1860. Owner of The Scandinavian Remedies in Cincinnati.

Relationships Legal: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor) Political: C. A. Preston (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and mayor)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 15, p. 64. Charles W. Roback, Dr. Roback’s Scandinavian Almanac (Cincinnati, OH: Charles W. Roback, [1860]). Charles W. Roback, The Mysteries of Astrology, and the Wonders of Magic: Including a History of the Rise and Progress of Astrology, and the Various Branches of Necromancy; Together with Valuable Directions and Suggestions Relative to the Casting of Nativities, and Predictions by Geomancy, Chiromancy, Physiognomy, &c. Also, Highly Interesting Narratives, Anecdotes, &c. Illustrative of the Marvels of Witchcraft, Spiritual Phenomena, and the Results of Supernatural Influence (Boston, MA: Charles W. Roback, 1854). George W. Hawes, Michigan State Gazetteer, and Business Directory, for 1860 (Detroit, MI: F. Raymond and Company, 1859), p. 445. Lewis H. Bond, Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States within the Southern District of Ohio, Volume II (Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co., 1872), p. 36. 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. 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. 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. Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1863-08-05 Correspondence 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 0 of page "3": 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 "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 Augst 5 1863.

To His Excellency J F Robinson: Governor of Kentucky:

As Mayor of the City of Covington, I issued to C W Roback a License under the Ordinance of the City of Covington, to peddle his Bitters. This was upon the day of 1863 and the License was for a period of six months. When he applied to me for a License he told me the "bitters" would be brought over in ^a^ waggon by his Agent or driver and asked me if the License should be issued in the name of the Agent or driver. I told him that I should issue it in his name, that he should endorse upon it the name of his driver or Agent who should carry with him the License which

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would be sufficient under the City ordi^n^ance. I understand that the driver was arrested and tried before Esqr Eggleston who decided that the City License was not available as a defence because it was not issued in the name of the driver. I am satisfied my construction of the City Ordinance was correct and believe that Mr Roback offers a good reason for the Executive clemency,

Very Respectfully Yours C A Preston Mayor C, C

P, S, It is my impression that the Justice of the Peace who tried the case had no Jurisdiction

C A Preston mayor C, C

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Statement of the Mayor of the City.