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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-0001-029-0530 R4-340 to R4-341

Winchester, Clark 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 Redmon Duncan (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and Towanda, Illinois, cattle broker) N00000473 1818-12-15 1876-09-29 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and Towanda, Illinois, cattle broker. Kentucky native. Married Mary Duncan. Father of Nannie Duncan, Henry C. Duncan, James C. Duncan, and Lizzie Duncan. Farmer in Clark County in 1850 and 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in 1850 and fourteen in 1860. Moved to Towanda in 1864. Cattle broker in Towanda in 1865.

Relationships Political: Theodore Kohlhass, Sr. (Clark County, Kentucky, accountant and politician) Political: James H. G. Bush (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 91; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, p. 15; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, McLean County, Towanda, p. 28; U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Illinois, 1865, Series M764, Roll 39, Collection District 8, Division 9, p. 36; Find A Grave, "William Redmon Duncan (1818-1876)," Memorial #96804134, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96804134 (accessed August 16, 2017). Charles Eginton (Clark County, Kentucky, attorney) N001798 1814-09-23 1890-09-23 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, attorney. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Sarah L. Eginton. Father of Mary J. Eginton and Thomas M. Eginton. Attorney in Clark County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Clark County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Clark County, District 2, p. 4. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, p. 78. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, p. 33. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 4. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #7012976, Covington Deaths, p. 585. "Judge Charles S. Eginton (1814-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #58497535, accessed August 16, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58497535. James H. G. Bush (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician) N00000474 1818-07-12 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Julia A. Bush. Father of Richard H. C. Bush, Ellen "Lucy" K. Bush, Amanda E. Bush, John E. Bush, Laura B. Bush, Elizabeth Bush, and Malvina Bush. Farmer in Clark County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Clark County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860. Attorney in Clark County in 1863. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Clark County from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Samuel J. Vaughn (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: [Unknown] Smart (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Alfred Smith (Rockcastle Cir Ct Clerk) Military: [Unknown] Campbell (Kentucky, soldier) Military: Frederick H. Bierbower (Maysville, Kentucky, attorney. Capt & major 40th KY Inf USA, Col over Camp Nelson) Military: Robert M. Trumbo (Owingsville, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Charles Alexander Marshall (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer, legislator, colonel) Military: Hugh Blair Wilson (Ohio and Missouri, lawyer and soldier) Military: Lewis Milton Ricketts (Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: William Henry Wadsworth (KY state senator, U. S. Representative, attorney, presidential elector) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Charles G. Edwards (Ohio, soldier) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: Charles J. Walker (Richmond, Kentucky, soldier and attorney) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Familial: Fielding Bush (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Familial: Fielding M. Bush Jr. (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. ) Political: Kentucky Institute for the Feeble Minded Political: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 49B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 928. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, pp. 19-20. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Magnolia Precinct, p. 258B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 129. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Richard H. Collins, 1877), p. 130. "James Harris Gentry Bush (1818-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 50571025, accessed February 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50571025. Aylett Hawes Buckner (Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, clerk and court clerk) N001787 1809-09-16 1867-09-01 Categories: People

Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Charlotte Forsythe Buckner in Illinois in 1833. Father of Benjamin F. Buckner, Susan Buckner, and Daniel T. Buckner. Resident of Jacksonville, Illinois. Attorney in Jacksonville. Editor of the Illinoian in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, in 1838. Attorney in Winchester, Kentucky. Member of the Whig Party. Clerk in Clark County in 1850. Clerk of the Clark Circuit Court from 1858 to 1861. Clerk of the Clark Circuit Court in 1865. Hired one enslaved person in Clark County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Stephen Burditt (Hancock county farmer) Social: Jacob Swearer (Hancock county farmer) Social: A. J. Logden (hancock county,ky) Social: S. B. Burnett (hancock county, KY) Social: Jeff Burnett (hancock county farmer) Social: J. H. Mathews (Hancock County, KY, petition signer) Social: Richard C. Walker (hancock county) Social: Wilfred Hayes (hancock county) Social: George H. Roberts (Hancock County, Kentucky, constable and farmer.) Social: Jeff Richey (hancock county farmer) Social: Thomas M. Wheatly (hancock county) Social: Thomas G. Lynch (hancock county) Social: Baird Sterett (Hancock County, KY, farmer) Social: Charles E. Price (hancock county) Social: Henry Paul (hancock county) Social: Thomas M. Newman (hancock county) Social: Thomas Ogden (hancock county) Social: John Swigurt (hancock county) Social: George Jarboe (hancock county farmer) Social: Sylvester Key (Hancock Co) Social: Henry E. Haynes (Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: R. G. Tift (hancock county, ky, schoolteacher) Social: William Sterett (hancock county, ky, farmer, politician, & atty) Social: Alexander C. Lindsay (hancock county, KY, farmer & home guard soldier) Social: Green Sterett (Hancock County, KY, physician) Social: W. G. Mays (Hancock County, KY, farmer) Social: William Clark (Hancock co, Ky, resident) Social: William Hawkins Tindle, Jr. (hancock county) Social: Thomas Clark (hancock county) Social: John K. Johnson (hancock county) Social: N. Stark (Hancock County, KY,) Social: John A. Clark (Hancock County, Kentucky, resident) Social: David Davison (hancock county) Social: Wayman Cooper (hancock county) Social: Thomas F. Tindle (hancock county) Social: William Cook (hancock county) Social: Charles Jefferson Sterett (Hancock Co med student & CS soldier) Social: John Probus (hancock county) Social: Benjamin Lynch (Hancock Co) Social: Frank Gist (hancock county) Social: Hawkins Tindle, Sr. (hancock county) Social: Robert Hardy (hancock county blacksmith) Social: Davis L. Adair (Hawesville newspaper editor) Social: William B. Tindle (hancock county)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 41A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, p. 873. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, District 2, p. 348B. 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), 290. 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), 305. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 11. Patrick A. Lewis, For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015), 29-30, 46-51. "Aylett Hawes Buckner (1809-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 50717378, accessed August 16, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50717378. Theodore Kohlhass, Sr. (Clark County, Kentucky, accountant and politician) N00000475 1814-09-09 1863-12-10 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, accountant and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Henry Kohlhass and Prudence Kohlhass. Married to Arabella Keith Kohlhass in Clark County, Kentucky, on April 2, 1839. Father of Henry W. Kohlhass, McElroy Kohlhass, Julia Kohlhass, and Theodore Kohlhass, Jr. Grocer in Clark County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in 1850. Assistant clerk of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1839 to 1847. Prinicpal clerk of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1847 to 1852. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Clark County from 1853 to 1857. Accountant in Clark County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thacker Quisenberry (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 47. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester District 2, p. 80. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester District 2, p. 347B. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 16, Clark County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 250. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, 1793-1911, Film 001943687. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Richard H. Collins, 1877), p. 130. "Theodore Kohlhass, Sr. (1814-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 101125475, accessed August 16, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101125475. KYR-0001-007-0263. Winchester, Kentucky P001792 Categories: Places

Seat of Clark County, Kentucky.

37.9901, -84.1797 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 321. "Winchester, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 23, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Clark County, Kentucky P001786 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Winchester. Located on the Kentucky River.

37.9901, -84.1797 William B. Scott, Jr., “Clark County” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015), p. 197. "Winchester, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 23, 2019, 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. Clark Circuit Court O00000364 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 13th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): Aylette H. Buckner.

Relationships Legal: William Redmon Duncan (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and Towanda, Illinois, cattle broker) Legal: William C. Sympson (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John W. Thomas (Clark County, Kentucky, saddler and marshall.)

“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. Clark County Court O00000608 Categories: Organizations

Located in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Edmund T. Taylor. Clerk(s): Willis Collins, Theodore Kohlhass, and John Catherwood.

Relationships Legal: William Redmon Duncan (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and Towanda, Illinois, cattle broker) Legal: George W. Webster (Clark County, Kentucky, tailor.) Political: Augustin Louis Haggard (Clark Co. Judge) Political: Andrew J. Tribble (Winchester, Ky)

“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. Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky 1863-08-03 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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Winchester Ky Aug 3rd 1863, To his Excellency James F Robinson Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner W. R. Duncan respectfully represents that a Judgement was rendered against him at the July term of the for the sum of thirty four dollars for standing a Jack in said County during the season of Clarke Circuite Court 18631862 without License, The facts of the case are as follows. On the fourth Monday of Aprile and about the time I commenced ing the Jack he being but a Colt that I had bred myself, and not intending to let him to but a few moves I steped into the Clerks office for the purpose of geting my license finding him much ingaged at the time and relying on our intimacy and long acquaintance I requested him to issue them at his leasure and I would hand him the Money so soon as he did so, I became ingaged in buisness and forgot to Call for them, again. He forgot my request and failed to issue them, At the May term of the of the Court the License Book was sent to the grand Jury soon without my name in the Mean time My attention was Called to the fact by the Clerk, I at once reminded him of My request but it was then too late to put my name on the Book. I took out Licence however paid for them and

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and had them in my pocket before the Grand Jury made the inditement, I have long been a citizen of the County without violating any Law of the state intentionally in my life. The Judgement was by defalt as I was sick and not in Court at the time it was rendered

Under all the circunmstances of the case I most respectfully request a remission of the Judgement. The Judgement being for thirty four dollars

W, R, Duncan

We concur with the petitoner W R Duncan in his request for remission of the forgoing Judgement and hope the same may be granted

C Eginton Jas H G Bush A. H. Buckner. Theodore Kohlhass

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Clarke Cir. ct

Pettn W. R. Duncan to remit fine

$34 } standing Jack

Fine Remitted J F Robinson

W R. Duncan IssdAug 5, 1863