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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-0001-029-0571 R4-405

Webster 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. John Ray (Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and politician) N00002530 1791? Categories: People

Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ray. Father of John T. Ray, James S. Ray, Sarah E. Ray, and Charles Ray. Physician in Hopkins County in 1850 and 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1850 and seven in 1860. Member of the House of Representative of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861 to 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 51. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 249. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 11. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 343. KYR-0001-029-0571. Richard Cates (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002528 1838-03-05 1926-04-18 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Alexander Cates and Nancy Cates. Resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Alexander Cates (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Webster Circuit Court Social: John Ray (Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and politician) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 141B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 609. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 224A. "Richard Cates (1838-1926)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46200583, accessed December 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46200583. Alexander Cates (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002529 1795? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Nancy Cates. Father of James Cates, Jane Cates, Alex Cates, Benjamin Cates, Charles H. Cates, Richard Cates, Sarah Cates, and Elias Cates. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Webster Circuit Court Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 141B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 699. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 224A. Webster County, Kentucky P00002312 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Dixon. Located on the Green River.

37.5178, -87.6903 James Duane Bolin, "Webster County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 939-40. "Dixon, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/, accessed September 6, 2019. Carter County, Kentucky P00000564 Categories: Places

County in northeastern Kentucky. Seat at Grayson, Kentucky.

38.3205, -83.0361 George Wolfford, "Carter County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 167-68. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Carter County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on October 23, 2019). Webster Circuit Court O00000588 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Lloyd M. Lowe, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): B. D. Winstead, Hiram H. Smith, and Marion C. Doris.

Relationships Political: Marion C. Doris (Webster Co., KY, Circuit Co. Clerk, merchant)

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. Webster County, Kentucky 1863-03-04 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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march 4the 1863 webster County ky.

Der Sier this is to inform you that ther has bin a fine assest against mee for selling in the webster Sircu^e^t Court for selling ardent sperits iwas fiend the full exstent of the law i thout that i was Complying with the law i was told that i Cold sell as law as a half gallon and not hav it drunk under my ruf i don so and kept good order a bout mee the man hoe present mee he fell out with a some of my famley and what he done was done throu spite he bought too gallens at one time and Carred it of and he never bught any mor the Court told mee if i had sold the hole barrel to one man that i was fin well for itiwas ingernt of ^not k^ knowing the law or is huldent done so iam a poor man i Cant hardley make a nuf to seport on and if i have this to pay it brakes mee up i have to by mee a horse or make nothing the gillers took my horses way from mee last fall and left mee afoot i have all ways benn a goverment man some Call them union men iam bothe i am for my old goverment and the union ther was a pertison got up to send to you and was left in the hand of the lawer with over one hurnd siners to it the Clirkes of the Court asined it seeing it was done through mallis the male s^t^opt and it never was sent the lawer is in the armney if you want to inqur into my standen inquer of S^t^anden Dockter ray can tell you he has known mee for upwards of twenty yars who is in your leglater i want you to parden mee this one time of this evel if you please and i never will be guiltey of the like a gane this is the first time i ever Cald on the govern for help and in so douing you will oblige your frend Richard Cates and Alexander Cates his farther i want you to right as soon as you git this and Direct your letter ^to^ webster County for give if you please

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Pettn of Richard Cates of Carter County to remit fine

This Pettn does not show the fine & no reliable grounds to remit