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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-0001-029-0541 R4-359 to R4-360

Frankfort, Franklin 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. Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) N00000865 1824 1906 Categories: People

Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Margaret Duff Catron. Father of William Catron, Mary Catron, Corena Catron, Thomas Catron, and Lucy Catron. Farmer in Washington County, Virginia, in 1860. Sheriff of Knox County in 1861. Farmer in Knox County in 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from June 27, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Relationships Economic: Knox County Court Legal: Knox County Court Political: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Military: Augustus B. Culton (Knox County, Kentucky, captain & 1st lieut USA) Military: Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA) Military: Philos Stratton (Madison County, Kentucky artist; adjutant, major, & lt col USA )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Western District, p. 574. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Abingdon, p. 39B. 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), Knox County, Kentucky, July 1863, p. 38, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 448. Find A Grave, "Francis Christopher Catron (1824-1906)," Memorial #73249893, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73249893 (accessed August 22, 2017). Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) N00000466 1826-02-03 1898-07-06 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and auditor. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Green and Martha Dixon Green. Married to Catharine "Kitty" Smith Overton Green in Frankfort, Kentucky, on February 28, 1855. Father of Henry D. Green, Eliza O. Green, and Grant Green, Jr. Deputy Sheriff of Henderson County, Kentucky, from 1848 to 1851. Clerk in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Henderson County from 1851 to 1852. Attorney in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Auditor of public accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Social: Thomas Edwin Moore (Pendleton County, Kentucky, clerk and captain 4th KY Cav CSA) Political: John H. McBrayer (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Economic: Noah N. Johnson (Webster County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Political: Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: William M. Northrip (Russell Co, Ky, farmer and captain (U.S.A.)) Political: Jacob A. Williams (Russell County attorney ) Political: Joseph Elzie Hays (Russell County, Kentucky, attorney and slaveholder. ) Political: William Reynolds (Resident of Mount Vernon, Kentucky) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Cummins (sheriff, rockcastle county) Political: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, District 1, p. 280A-B. 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, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 238. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 488B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 96B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 5. "Grant Green Dead," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 7, 1898, p. 9. “Grant Green (1826-1898),” Find A Grave, Memorial 63467817, accessed May 24, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63467817. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Knox County, Kentucky P00000855 Categories: Places

County in southeastern Kentucky. Seat at Barbourville.

36.8665, -83.8888 “Barbourville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. David H. Cole, “Knox County,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 524-25. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 162. Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky O00004702 1792 Categories: Organizations

Agency responsible for auditing the state's general accounts and the accounts of all state agencies and county governments; all private and semiprivate agencies receiving or handling any state funds; and all state revenue collections. The 1850 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky made the Auditor an elected position, with a four-year term. The Auditor of Public Accounts served as the official accountant, comptroller, and tax collector for the commonwealth. Civil War-era auditors: Grant Green (1859-1863); A. T. Samuels (1863-1867).

Relationships Political: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Legal: Benjamin Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer & sheriff) Economic: Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: William Lowndes Harlan (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney) Political: John A. Crittenden (Franklin County Deputy Sheriff)

James Strohmaier, "Auditor of Public Acccounts, Office Of," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed., (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 40. "History," Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts in Kentucky, https://auditor.ky.gov/about/Pages/AuditorsOfficeHistory.aspx (accessed April 24, 2020). Knox County Court O00000646 Categories: Organizations

Located in Barboursville, Knox County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William W. Pope. Clerk(s): Alfred Tinsley and Isaac J. Black.

“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. 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. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1863-08-11 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Auditors Office Ky. Frankfort Aug 11th 1863. To His Excellency, J F Robinson. Dear Sir

Frank Catron the Sheriff of Knox Co for 1861. has paid the revenue in full for that year, and I recommend that you remit the damages incurred by him for a failure to pay at the time required by law. Knox County has been overrun by both armies since the commencement of the War. and it is no fault of Mr Catron that the revenue was not collected and paid at the time required, for he made every exertion that a man could to get it, as the best evidence before me shows. I therefore think his case one in which you can properly exercise the pardoning power and I hope ^you^ will do it.

Respectfully Grant Green Audr Damages $396 94/100

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Franklin Cir. Ct $396.94

Damages remitted J F Robinson

Frank Catron Shff of Knox IssdAug 11. 1863