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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-0001-029-0532 R4-344 to R4-345

Christian County, Kentucky Sarah Ann Hord Myers (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) N00000435 1807-03-23 1873-12-29 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to David Myers. Resident of Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860.

Relationships Social: E. Hord (Resident of Christian County, Kentucky,) Social: Christopher A. Biggerstaff (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James Ducker (Resident of Christian County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel S. Hays (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and notary public) Political: Daniel S. Hays (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and notary public)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 413; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 142; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Fruit Hill Precinct, p. 31; Joan McCarty, “Hord Cemetery,” http://www.westernkyhistory.org/christian/cemetery/hord.html (accessed February 23, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0532. 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. James Ducker (Resident of Christian County, Kentucky) N00000436 Categories: People

Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-029-0532. Christopher A. Biggerstaff (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) N00000437 1838-11-15 1926-01-20 Categories: People

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Biggerstaff and Rachael A. Biggerstaff. Resident of Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860 and 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 419; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 142; 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), Christian County, KY, July 1863, p. 2, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), 1926, Christian County, Kentucky, File no. 528; KYR-0001-029-0532. E. Hord (Resident of Christian County, Kentucky,) N00000438 Categories: People

Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-029-0532. Daniel S. Hays (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and notary public) N00000439 1796? 1872-12-14 Categories: People

Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and notary public. Virginia native. Married to Jane Hays on January 24, 1826. Father of John W. Hays, Mary L. Hays, Martha J. Hays, Henry Clay Hays, James D. Hays, Victoria Hays, and Daniel S. Hays, Jr. Corporal in Captain George McAfee's Company of Kentucky Militia in the War of 1812 from November 1814 to May 1815. Christian County Justice of the Peace. Christian County sheriff from 1847 to 1849. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Attorney in Christian County in 1850 and 1860. Served as a notary public for the Commonwealth of Kentucky at-large in 1865.

Relationships Political: Sarah Ann Hord Myers (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer)

William Henry Perrin, ed., Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884), p. 56-57, 95-96. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 487. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 91. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 20. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Ancestry, roll no. 43. Hopkinsville, Kentucky P00002431 Categories: Places

Seat of Christian County, Kentucky.

36.8656, -87.4886 "Hopkinsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. William T. Turner, "Hopkinsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015), 440-41. Christian Circuit Court O00000362 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney (1859-1862) and Richard T. Petree (1862-1868). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edward P. Campbell (1860-1868). Clerk(s): John C. Latham (1861-1862) and Joab Clark (1862-1865).

Relationships Legal: Sarah Ann Hord Myers (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: George Long (Christian County, Kentucky, lime burner.)

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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. 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. Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. Christian County, Kentucky 1863-08-21 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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Christian Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff against } on Indictment for selling one quart liquor

Sarah Ann Myres Defendant

The Petition and affidavit of Sarah Ann Myers in order to obtain from His Excellency J F Robinson a release from a fine of $20-- and $14.55 Costs assessed against her in the Christian Circuit Court at the March Term 1863

The Said Sarah Ann Myers being duly Sworn States That during the year 1861, she was living in the Country about five miles from Hopkinsville and had a portion of her Fruit distilled for her own use-- and not for the purpose of sale-- that some time in February 1861 and While the Rebel Army was at Hopkinsville James Ducker-- C Biggerstaff and E Hord came to her House and wanted something to drink She told them she had none for sale-- but as they were neighbours she would give them some and did so and when they were about to leave they insisted to have their bottle filled and offering to pay for it &c to which this affiant replied she could not do so being thus importuned by Neighbours she at length filled their bottle holding about a quart Stating at the same time she made No charge for it-- that she has no recollection of them having paid any money for it-- yet She understand the Witnesses Stated on Court that one of them laid upon the Table a Rebel Ticket for 25 Cents and that a Controversy arrose between themselves

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as to whether or not it was good and one of them (as he testified) laid 25 Cents in silver upon the Table and left- What became of the money she does not recollect- the Servants about the May have gotten it for aught she knows

at the time Whisky was selling in Hopkinsville at one Dollar per quart--

That there are the facts of the Case as near as this affiant can now recollect -- that She is a Widow advanced in years of limitted means and dislikes very much nor does she think it Just to make her pay a fine imposed upon her by the Malignity of her Neighbours-- that they each claimed their attendance in the case Which Clearly goes to show their malignity--

She would therefore pray your Excellency to remit Said fine and costs --

Sarah A Myers

sworn to and Subscribed before me by Sarah Ann Myers

NOTARY PUBLIC HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY.

In witness whereof I have herunto Set my hand and affixed My Notorial Seal of office at Hopkinsville this 21st days of August 1863

D. S. Hays Notary Public

D S Hays Aug 21 1863

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Christian Cir Ct $20. Iss Aug 29 1863

Sarah Ann Myers Pettn Fine remitted J F Robinson