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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-0001-029-0582 R4-419 to R4-420

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 S. Clark (Likely Carroll County) N00005570 Categories: People

Prosecuted for gaming in the Carroll Circuit Court.

KYR-0001-029-0582. Haydon S. Wright (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005572 1822? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Wright. Father of John A. Wright, Lewis J. Wright, Eliza C. Wright, James M. Wright, Silas Wright, Lynn Boyd Wright, DeWitt C. Wright, and Daniel D. Wright. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 202. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 65. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Locust, p. 15. P. Hemdley (Likely Carroll County) N00005584 Categories: People

Signed petition for James S. Clarke.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

KYR-0001-029-0582. Jesse Lee (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005582 1820? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Indiana native. Married to Martha Harrison Lee on February 10, 1853. Father of Alma E. Lee, Louisa M. Lee, William A. Lee, Frank Harrison Lee, and Charles F. Lee. Laborer in Carroll County in 1850. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860 and 1863.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 422. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 49. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Locust, p. 4. 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), Carroll County, KY, June/July 1863, p. 147, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914, Ancestry, Carroll County, 1853. Robert King (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005583 1827? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel J. King and Hannah Kind. Married to Sarah A. King. Father of Daniel King, Sallie King, and Bettie King. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850 and 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1850.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 205. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 39. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Locust, p. 50. William Luther Ringo (Carroll County merchant & postmaster) N00000686 1821-12-15 1866-03-10 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Henry County, Kentucky, native. Son of George S. Ringo, Sr., and Sarah Bryan Ringo. Married Martha Duncan on January 8, 1852 in Henry County. Appointed postmaster of Prestonville, Kentucky, on October 11, 1859. Merchant in Carroll County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County) Social: William Martin Fisher (Carroll co lawyer)

"Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47M-HVS : 4 December 2014), William L. Ringo and Martha Duncan, 08 Jan 1852; citing , Henry, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 216,827. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 39. Find A Grave, "William Luther Ringo (1821 - 1866)," Memorial #19415976, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19415976&ref=acom (accessed November 20, 2016). James Humphrey (Carroll County laborer) N00005000 1822? Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Married Pauline Humphrey. Father of Ella Humphrey, Charles D. Humphrey, and Bob Anne Humphrey. Laborer in Carroll County in 1860.

Relationships Social: H. W. Pryor (Carroll County merchant and hog finder) Social: E. P. Hamilton (Carrollton wharf master) Social: Richard William Masterson (Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Theodore Wythe Bates (Carroll County farmer) Social: Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) Social: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Social: John Hogan (Carroll Cir. Ct. Clerk ) Social: John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) Social: Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) Legal: Allen Hanks (Carroll County Court Clerk) Legal: Alfred R. Gaunt (Clerk, Carroll Cir. Ct) Legal: John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.) Legal: Rowland Thomas Vories (Carroll County sheriff) Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 212; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 43. Robert S. Luckett (Carroll County laborer) N00000690 1828-01-21 1896-11-02 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, laborer. Trimble County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jeremiah Luckett and Elizabeth Finnie Luckett. Married Elizabeth Falkner in Carroll County on January 23, 1853. Married Aletha G. Ball in Carroll County on September 30, 1857. Laborer in Carroll County in 1850.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County) Social: William Martin Fisher (Carroll co lawyer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 412. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Locust Precinct, p. 25. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch57 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F471-M5V : 4 December 2014), Robert S. Luckett and Elizabeth Falkner, 23 Jan 1853; citing , Carroll, Kentucky, reference 2:1Q8VGZC; FHL microfilm 216,819. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WM-BJW : 4 December 2014), Robert S. Luckett and Aletha G. Ball, 30 Sep 1857; citing , Carroll, Kentucky, reference 2:1Q8VLZ2; FHL microfilm 216,819. Andrew W. Darling (Carroll County distiller) N00000694 1816 1899 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer. Scotland native. Married Eliza J. Darling. Father of William C. Darling, R. T. Darling, Kate J. Darling, and John T. Darling. Contracted construction of Lock No. 1 on the Kentucky River in Carroll County in 1836. Farmer in Carroll County in 1850 and 1860. Owned seven enslaved people in Carroll County in 1860. Distiller in Carroll County in 1863.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County) Social: William Martin Fisher (Carroll co lawyer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: George Washington Murphy (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 202 B; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 71; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District No. 2, p. 6; Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Kentucky, Collection District No. 4, Division No. 1, 1863, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Find a Grave, "Andrew W Darling (1816-1899)," Memorial #31621395, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31621395 (accessed November 15, 2015); Diane Perrine Coon, "Prestonville" in The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool, eds. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009), 735. Bland Ballard Elston (Carroll County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, and justice of the peace) N00002089 1831 1915-10-14 Categories: People

Carroll County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Marries to Lydia A. Elston. Father of Lena A. Elston, Ella Elston, Elizabeth Elston, and Frances H. Elston. Postmaster of Prestonville, Kentucky, from 1858 to 1859. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Carroll County in 1864.

Relationships Political: James S. Clark (Likely Carroll County)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 40; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Prestonville, Carroll County, KY, P. 502 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Bland Ballard Elston (1831-1915)," Memorial #16284266, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16284266&ref=acom (accessed March 10, 2017). 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. 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 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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To his excellancy Gov. J, F, Robinson

Your petitioners would state that at the August term of the Carroll Circut Court Jas. S Clark was fined the sum of 20$ & cost for gaming.

The circumstances were these, in passing by where men were gaming and being young and somewhat intoxicated at the time was bantered to play and did so to the amount of 25 cents and then quit the game, -- Your petitioners beleive his case one deserving executive clemency, and pray you to remit the same as we do not beleive he will engage in anything of the kind again.

Your petitioners would further state that said Clark declined a defence upon the ground that he was guilty

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to the extent stated above, and therefore would not plead not guilty.

H, S, Wright

P,, Hemdley

Jesse Lee

R King

W L Ringo

James Humprey

R, S, Luckett.

A W Darling

B B Elston

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Jas S. Clarke Pettn Refused J F R --