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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-0001-029-0553 R4-378 to R4-379

New Liberty, Owen 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. Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper) N00004757 1820? Categories: People

Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper. Indiana native. Married to Mary E. Lee Krutz on March 26, 1849. Father of Thomas Krutz, Clara A. Krutz, Luella Krutz, Ludora Krutz, and Luda B. Krutz. Saw mill operator in Ghent in 1860. Tavern keeper in OwenCounty, Kentucky, in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Carroll Circuit Court Political: John B. English (Owen County, Kentucky, physician and politician)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent, District 1, p. 27; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, Hurricane, Precinct 4, p. 34; 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), Owen County, August 1863, p. 200, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Indiana State Library, Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850, ID 161676, https://www.statelib.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_display.asp?ID=161676 (accessed April 21, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0553. John B. English (Owen County, Kentucky, physician and politician) N00004759 1807-03-20 1891-05-14 Categories: People

Owen County, Kentucky, physician and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth C. H. English. Father of Duval English and Jane English. Speculator in Owen County in 1850. Physician in Owen County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, from Owen County, from 1863 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper) Military: Kentucky State Guard Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: A. B. Vallandingham (Authorized to raise companies of Kentucky State Guard in Louisville, Kentucky in 1864)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 275; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 63; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 9; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, New Liberty, p. 8; Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), p. 670; Find A Grave, "Dr. John Breckenridge English (1807-1891)," Memorial #25498148, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25498148 (accessed April 21, 2017). New Liberty, Kentucky P00004758 Categories: Places

Village in Owen County, Kentucky.

38.6159, -84.9066 Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 670. USGS: Earth Explorer, “New Liberty, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 2020). Owen County, Kentucky P00004760 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Owenton. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.5365, -84.8419 “Owenton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 20, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Owen County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 700. 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. Carroll Circuit Court O00000365 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 8th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): P. U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): John Hogan and Alfred R. Gaunt.

Relationships Legal: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper) Political: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Political: John Hogan (Carroll Cir. Ct. Clerk ) Legal: James Humphrey (Carroll County laborer) Legal: William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.) Legal: Robert Alexander Burke (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, murder suspect, and fugitive from justice.) Legal: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds)

“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. New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky 1863-08-19 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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New Liberty Ky Aug 19th 1863 His Excellency James F. Robinson Governor of Kentucky Sir

At the Time of the Carroll Circuit Court a judgment was rendered in favor of the Commonwealth of Ky vs Lewis E Krutz for selling Liquor without a License- Themre happened an interim betweenafter from the expiration of his License to the procurement of another- for which he was fined --

His neighbors have sent a petition to your Honor praying a remittnance of the fine -- Mr. Krutz is a poor man with a large family of helpless children &. is a LoyalUnion Man -- He is now a resident of Owen County- If not incompatible with the interest of the state it would be an act of Charity & Mercy to remit his fines

Respty Your svt

J. B, English --