<title type="main">J. B. English et al. to James F. Robinson Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 3 edits between June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 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-0001-029-0554 R4-380

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). J. P. Orr, Jr. (Owen County, Kentucky, gentleman) N00004766 1834? Categories: People

Owen County, Kentucky, gentleman. Kentucky native. Son of James P. Orr, Sr. Clerk in Owen County in 1850. Gentleman in Owen County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 274; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 62. James M. Brown (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) N00004775 1826? Categories: People

Owen County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Frances Brown. Father of Taber Brown, George Brown, James W. Brown, Charles S. Brown, John S. Brown, Emma Brown, and Thomas Brown. Laborer in Owen County in 1850. Farmer in Owen County in 1860. Sheriff of Owen County from 1863 to 1866.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper) Legal: Owen Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 34; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 31; "An Act for the Benefit of James M. Brown, late Sheriff of Owen, and his sureties," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Yeoman Office, John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1868), 218-19; KYR-0001-029-0554. Philip Edmondson (Sparta, Kentucky, farmer) N00004768 1817? Categories: People

Sparta, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy T. Edmondson. Father of Louisa J. Edmondson, Martha B. Edmondson, Lucy Edmondson, John Edmondson, Joseph Edmondson, and Phil Edmondson. Laborer in Owen County in 1850. Farmer in Sparta in 1860.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 231; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, Sparta, p. 9. Joseph C. Kevell (Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court case) N00004769 Categories: People

Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court case in 1863.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

KYR-0001-029-0554. George K. Sanders (Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court) N00004770 Categories: People

Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court case in 1863.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

KYR-0001-029-0554. Joel Williams (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004771 1799? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Sarah Williams. Father of William B. Williams, Noel N. Williams, Josephine Williams, Rufus King Williams, George W. Williams, Robert Dale Owen Williams, Alice Williams, Nancy Williams, and Mary Baldwin Williams. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850 and 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1850.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 1, p. 165; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 1, p. 893; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent, District 1, p. 31; KYR-0001-029-0554. Charley Breede (Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court) N00004772 Categories: People

Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court case in 1863.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

KYR-0001-029-0554. J. B. Beiden (Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court case) N00004773 Categories: People

Signed a petition in reference to a Carroll Circuit Court case in 1863.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

KYR-0001-029-0554. John T. Ralston (Resident of Kentucky in 1863) N00004774 1825? Categories: People

Resident of Kentucky in 1863. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Burns Ralston. Father of W. H. Ralston, J. D. Ralston, Caroline Ralston, E. Ralston, and Andrew Ralston.

Relationships Political: Lewis E. Krutz (Kentucky saw mill operator and tavern keeper)

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Sanders, p. 34; Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911, Ancestry, Births, Gallatin County, Kentucky, Ohio River, 1853; KYR-0001-029-0554. Carroll County, Kentucky P00000682 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Carrollton, Kentucky. Located at the confluence of the Kentucky River and the Ohio River.

38.6748, -85.0694 Mary Ann Gentry, "Carroll County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 165. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Carroll County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 30, 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. 1863-06-29 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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.
1

To his excellency Janes F. Robinson governor of the Commonwealth of Ky

we the undersigned citizen of Carroll & Owen counties -- would most respectfuflly represent to your excellency that some time during the spring term of the carroll circuit court -- that L. E. Krutz (who had resided in carroll co but for some time past in Owen) or was fined for selling whiskey in quantity contrary to law -- The scircumstance as we understand and believe are these- Krutz had abtained licences for a year- he through forgetfulness and neglect let his licences run out a few day it seems he sold some whisky during the interim we know Mr. Krutz. to be a good ordairly queit citizen a poor man with a large family -- in view of the scircumstance attending Mr. Krutz ^case^ fine -- we would most ^irnestly^ greatfully request your excellency to remit his fine ^$42^ June 29 -- 1863

J. B. English J. P. Orr Jr Jas M Brown sheriff Philip Edmondson

Jo. C. Kevill

George K Sanders

Joel Williams Charley {Unclear}

J. B. Beiden John T Ralston

2

Carroll Cir. Ct $60 } Tipling Fine Remitted J F Robinson

L E Krutz IssdAug 28. 1863