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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-0001-029-0586 R4-426 to R4-427

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 Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) N00006779 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner. Campbell County, Kentucky, native. Imprisoned for counterfeiting in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky, from February 1862 to February 28, 1864.

Relationships Familial: [unknown] Johnson (Campbell Co wife of prisoner in KY Penitentiary) Political: John C. Thomas (Newport, Kentucky, brick mason) Political: J. C. D. Geode (Newport city councilman) Political: Henry Wendt (Newport, Kentucky, blacksmith and city councilman) Political: Samuel Moore (Newport, Kentucky, iron maker, pattern maker, and city councilman) Political: Henry Erskine Spilman (Campbell County, Kentucky, clerk and deputy sheriff) Political: James B. Payne (Newport, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Political: John C. Mead (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, steam boat master and city councilman) Political: Charles W. Kavanaugh (Newport, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Francis Manville Webster (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney.) Political: John Kents (Newport, Kentucky, soldier) Political: James H. Peters (Campbell County, Kentucky, brick mason) Political: George W. Gay (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: F. Null (Likely Campbell Co) Political: Joseph Haner (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Thomas Shinks (Likely Campbell Co) Political: Abram Garrison (Newport, Kentucky, carriage maker) Political: Henry Shrimp (Campbell County, Kentucky, shipmate) Political: Thomas McGideor (Campbell County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Joseph Eichelberger (Campbell County, Kentucky, resident) Political: J. Berry (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: W. J. Berry (Campbell County, Kentucky, County Judge) Political: Gustavus Artsman (Newport, Kentucky, attorney, and circuit court clerk) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-0346. KYR-0001-029-0586. [unknown] Johnson (Campbell Co wife of prisoner in KY Penitentiary) N00006780 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, resident. Married to James Johnson.

KYR-0001-004-0346. KYR-0001-029-0586. Gustavus Artsman (Newport, Kentucky, attorney, and circuit court clerk) N00006781 1829-10-06 1902-01-26 Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, attorney, and circuit clerk. Native of Saxony. Married to Sarah "Sallie" Artsman. Father of Jeanne Artsman, Augusta Artsman, Josie Artsman, Sussie Artsman, and Sallie Artsman. Clerk of the Campbell Circuit Court in Campbell County from 1858 to 1863. Attorney in Newport in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Campbell County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 182. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 2. Passport Applications, 1795-1905, Roll 229, May 23, 1879, no. 12656, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Thomas S. Page, “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 290. “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. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007125, Newport Deaths, p. unknown. W. J. Berry (Campbell County, Kentucky, County Judge) N00004739 1817? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Berry. Father of Mary Berry, Agnes Berry, Susan Berry, James T. Berry, Thomas Berry, and Josephine Berry. Attorney in Newport, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Campbell County in 1860. Judge of Campbell County Court in 1862.

Relationships Political: Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Political: George Coy (Maysville, Kentucky machinist) Social: James Monroe Jolly (Campbell County, Preacher) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 63B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Jamestown, p. 683. “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; J. Berry (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney) N00006782 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney.

KYR-0001-029-0586. Joseph Eichelberger (Campbell County, Kentucky, resident) N00006783 1822? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, resident. Native of Bavaria. Married to Marsella Eichelberger. Father of Minnetta Eichelberger, Mary Eichelberger, and Fannie Eichelberger.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 52. KYR-0001-029-0586. Thomas McGideor (Campbell County, Kentucky, resident) N00006784 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, resident. Juror in James Johnson’s trial for counterfeiting money in 1862. Signed a petition for James Johnson in 1862.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-029-0586. Thomas Shinks (Likely Campbell Co) N00006787 Categories: People

Signed a petition for James Johnson in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1862.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-029-0586. Abram Garrison (Newport, Kentucky, carriage maker) N00006786 1836? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, carriage maker. Kentucky native. Married to Emma Garrison. Father of Laura Garrison.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 150. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 341. Find A Grave, "Abram Garrison (1836-1901)," Memorial #78936320, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78936320/abram-garrison (accessed June 1, 2017). Henry Shrimp (Campbell County, Kentucky, shipmate) N00006785 1818? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, shipmate. Pennsylvania native. Married to Julia C. Neigman Shrimp on October 4, 1848.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 67. S. Worrel, Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850, Ancestry, Campbell County, 1848. Joseph Haner (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006788 1826? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary F. Haner. Father of John T. Haner, Ann E. Haner, James F. Haner, Katurah Haner, and Joseph Haner. Farmer in Campbell County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Jamestown, p. 52. F. Null (Likely Campbell Co) N00006789 Categories: People

Signed a petition for James Johnson Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1862.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-029-0586. George W. Gay (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006791 1817? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Married to Mary Ann Peake Gay on August 2, 1835. Father of Nathaniel Gay, George T. Gay, Monroe Gay, Isaiah Gay, Angeline Gay, Mariah Gay, George Gay, Mary Gay, Harriet Gay, and John Gay.. Farmer in Campbell County in 1850

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, District 2, p. 142. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Jamestown, p. 47. S. Worrel, Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850, Ancestry, Campbell County, Kentucky, 1835. James H. Peters (Campbell County, Kentucky, brick mason) N00006793 1823? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, brick mason. Virginia native. Married to Mary A. Peters. Father of Anna E. Peters, Mary J. Peters, Charles Peters, Peter Peters, Millard Peters, Catherine Peters, and James Peters. Brick mason in Campbell County in 1850. Farmer in Campbell County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, District 2, p. 148. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Jamestown District, p. 35. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Dayton, p. 10. John Kents (Newport, Kentucky, soldier) N00006794 1828? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, soldier. Native of Germany. Member of the United States Army stationed at Newport Barracks.

Relationships Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 69B. KYR-0001-029-0586. Francis Manville Webster (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney.) N00004738 1820? Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney. New York native. Son of Waite Webster and Sarah Manville Webster. Married to Ann E. Swiney Webster. Father of Mary Alice Webster, S. Nazarene Webster, York Webster, F. Gertrude Webster, Katie Webster, and Anna Webster. Attorney in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Campbell County in 1850. Attorney in Campbell County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Campbell County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Political: George Coy (Maysville, Kentucky machinist) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: William H. Girty (Campbell County, KY, Clerk) Legal: Moses Cook (Newport, Kentucky. city marshal. ) Political: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 44A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 634. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 237A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 381B. Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. IX (Harrisburg, PA: Press of Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1899), 152-3. George R. Fearons (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney) N00004725 1819-11-11 1899-04-05 Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, attorney. Native of Ireland. Married to Jane Fearons. Father of George H. Fearons, Charles E. Fearons, Mary K. Fearons, Henry S. Fearons, and Oscar A. Fearons. Tailor in Newport in 1850. Attorney in Newport in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Political: George Coy (Maysville, Kentucky machinist) Political: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: William H. Girty (Campbell County, KY, Clerk) Social: Frederick Ampher (Campbell County Farmer) Social: Constantin Riendenger (Campbell County, Kentucky, liquor retailer and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 48A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 239. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 303B. Find A Grave, "George R. Fearons (1819-1899)," Memorial #135789111, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135789111 (accessed November 27, 2017). KYR-0001-029-0592. James B. Payne (Newport, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) N00006798 1794? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Devall Payne. Married Eliza Summers Payne. Father of Duval Payne, William A. Payne, Cornelia Payne, and Benjamin Payne. Veteran of the War of 1812. Farmer in Newport in 1850. Attorney in Newport in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Campbell County from 1862 to at least 1870.

Relationships Economic: Campbell County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 44. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 158. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 381. Henry D. Paine, ed., Paine Family Records: A Journal of Genealogical and Biographical Information Respecting the American Families of Payne, Paine, Payn, &c., volume I (New York: Henry D. Paine, 1880), p. 119. KYR-0001-029-0586. Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) N00004721 1816-05-12 1886 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician. Virginia native. Son of Robert Hawthorn and Mary Kiger Hawthorn. Married to Mary L. Southgate Hawthorn in 1842. Father of Ann Hawthorn, Virginia Hawthorn, Margaret Hawthorn, Mary Hawthorn, Emily Hawthorn, Richard Hawthorn, Jacob Hawthorn, Sarah Hawthorn, and William Hawthorn. Store clerk in Wheeling, Virginia, from 1826 to 1836. Resident of Kentucky in 1837. Partner with Richard Southgate in the mercantile firm of Southgate, Hawthorn & Co. from 1837 to 1857. Merchant in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the Republican Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Campbell County from 1862 to 1867.

Relationships Legal: F. S. Grismier (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, soldier) Legal: Campbell Circuit Court Legal: Robert B. McCrackin (Newport, Kentucky, brickmason and mayor) Political: Ed. W. Hawkins, Sr. (Newport, Kentucky, mayor, judge of mayor's court, attorney) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: Campbell County Court Social: Constantin Riendenger (Campbell County, Kentucky, liquor retailer and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 185. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 39. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. I (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 324. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vo. II (Covington, KY: Collins and Company, 1878), 111. "Jacob Kiger Hawthorn (1816-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89027020, accessed July 11, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89027020. Henry Erskine Spilman (Campbell County, Kentucky, clerk and deputy sheriff) N00006799 1835 1878 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, clerk and deputy sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Mary Spilman. Married to Frances "Fannie" Walker Spilman. Father of Marie Katherine Spilman. Laborer in Campbell County in 1850. Clerk in Campbell County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Campbell County Deputy in 1862.

Relationships Economic: Campbell County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, District 2, p. 90. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Brooklyn, p. 21. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803, Harrison County, 1954, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Find A Grave, "Rev Henry Erskine Spilman (1835-1878)," Memorial #90313668, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90313668/henry-erskine-spilman (accessed June 1, 2017). KYR-0001-029-0586. Charles W. Kavanaugh (Newport, Kentucky, attorney) N00006796 1835-05-14 1884-12-27 Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of William B. Kavanaugh and Sarah A. Kavanaugh. Farmer in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Newport in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 452. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 34. Find A Grave, "Charles W. Kavanaugh (1835-1884)," Memorial #74845973, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74845973/charles-w.-kavanaugh (accessed June 1, 2017). KYR-0001-029-0586. Ira Root (Newport, Kentucky, attorney) N00004727 1806-05-04 1868-02-12 Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, attorney. Piermont, New Hampshire, native. Married to Sarah A. Root. Father of Oliver W. Root, Albert Root, James C. Root, and Sussie Root. Attorney in Newport in 1850. Attorney in Newport in 1860.

Relationships Political: Jacob Hawthorn (Campbell County, Kentucky, merchant and politician) Political: George Coy (Maysville, Kentucky machinist) Social: Constantin Riendenger (Campbell County, Kentucky, liquor retailer and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 203. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, Ancestry, Grafton, 1806. Find A Grave, "Ira Root (1806-1868)," Memorial #88686959, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88686959/ira-root (accessed April 18, 2017). John C. Mead (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, steam boat master and city councilman) N00006797 1831? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, steamboat master and city councilman. Native of Ireland. Married to Sarah Mead. Father of Sarah Mead, Louisa C. Mead, and John Mead. Steamboat master in Newport in 1860. City councilman in Newport in 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 596. KYR-0001-029-0586. Samuel Moore (Newport, Kentucky, iron maker, pattern maker, and city councilman) N00006800 1821? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, iron maker, pattern maker, and city councilman. Native of England. Married to Mary Moore. Father of Mary E. Moore, Thomas B. Moore, Samuel W. Moore, and John W. Moore. Ironmaker in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1850. Pattern maker in Newport in 1860. City councilman in Newport in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Lawrence County, Upper Township, p. 461. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 220. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 298. KYR-0001-029-0586. Henry Wendt (Newport, Kentucky, blacksmith and city councilman) N00006801 1823 1901 Categories: People

Campbell County, Kentucky, blacksmith and city councilman. Native of Prussia. Married to Louisa Wiechert Wendt in Hamilton County, Ohio, on May 1, 1847. Father of Amelia Wendt, Anna Wendt, Emma Wendt, and Edward Wendt. Blacksmith in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Blacksmith in Campbell County in 1860. City councilman in Newport in Campbell County in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 5, p. 418. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 154. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 8. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344459, p. 371. "Heinrich ‘Henry’ Wendt (1823-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 107226889, accesed July 11, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107226889. KYR-0001-029-0586. J. C. D. Geode (Newport city councilman) N00006802 Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, city councilman in 1862.

KYR-0001-029-0586. John C. Thomas (Newport, Kentucky, brick mason) N00006803 1820? Categories: People

Newport, Kentucky, brick mason. Pennsylvania native. Married to Martha Thomas. Father of James Thomas, John B. Thomas, Emma Thomas, Laura Thomas, Edwin Thomas, and Virginia Thomas. Brick mason in Newport in 1850 and 1860. City councilman in Newport in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 63. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 112. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 338. KYR-0001-029-0586. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Pennsylvania P001006 Categories: Places

State in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Capital at Harrisburg. Located on Lake Erie and the Delaware River.

40.2737, -76.8844 Carol Lewis Thompson and E. Willard Miller, "Pennsylvania," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Pennsylvania-state. "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 22, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Newport, Kentucky P00000862 Categories: Places

Co-seat of Campbell County, Kentucky, along with Alexandria, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.

39.0914, -84.4958 Will Frank Steely, "Newport" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 680. 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. Campbell Circuit Court O00000361 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William Evans Arthur (1856-1862) and R. B. Carpenter (1862-1865). Clerk(s): Gus Artsman and Benjamin Beall.

Relationships Legal: F. S. Grismier (Newport, Campbell Co, KY, soldier) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: George Herendon (Campbell County Election Officer) Legal: John Wiggins Flora (Campbell County, KY, judge, farmer, Election Officer) Legal: William Gearty (Cincinnati, Ohio railroad passenger agent) Economic: Gustavus Artsman (Newport, Kentucky, attorney, and circuit court clerk) Familial: Austin Morris (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: George Washington Carmack (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Benjamin J. Beall (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk pro tem, and JP; captain 10th & 14th KY Cav CSA) Familial: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: John S. M. Gruder () Legal: George Washington Carmack (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Carmack (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: William Wright (Campbell County (composite biography)) Legal: Thomas J. Daniel (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: John H. Smith (Campbell County, KY, blacksmith) Legal: William Lees (Campbell County, KY, laborer) Legal: Timothy McDaniel (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Thomas Jones (Campbell County, KY, farmer and deputy court clerk) Legal: John Henderson, Jr. (Campbell County, KY, riverboat pilot and farmer) Legal: John Hayden Nelson (Campbell County, KY, attorney) Legal: J. H. Darr (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: James H. Scott (Kenton County, KY, farmer) Legal: William C. Byrd (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: John H. Byrd (Campbell County (composite biography)) Legal: Luther Dayton (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: John F. Traver (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: William Dones (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Jonathan Horsfall (Campbell County, KY, jailer) Legal: George Richard Fearons (Campbell County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John White Stevenson (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: John Kinney (Campbell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Benjamin J. Beall (Campbell County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk pro tem, and JP; captain 10th & 14th KY Cav CSA) Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Fridolin "Fred" Brutsche (Newport, Kentucky, shopkeeper and distiller.)

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. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Campbell County Court O00000606 Categories: Organizations

Located in Alexandria, Campbell County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): W. J. Berry. Clerk(s): John J. Thomas and Edward Air.

“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 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": 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 "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To his Excellency James F Robinson Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners, being Jurors, officers of the Campbell Circuit Court, and others would respectfully represent that at the Febuary term 1862 ^of said court^ James Johnson was put upon trial under an indictment charging him with being accessory to the crime of another having counterfeit money in possession with intent to pass the same &c. That the verdict of the Jury was against him and he was adjudged to confinemet in the Penitentiary for two years and that he is now suffering that penalty,

your petitioners would state that sd Johnson is an old man with a family ^consists^ of his wife and several children. That the proof though considered strong enough to himguilty authorize the verdict against him was not of conclusive against him.

In consideration of his age, and of the wants and condition of his family who we understand to be desirous to move to ^the state of^ Pennsylvania and of the possibility of his being innocent of the charge the undersigned would most earnestly but respectfully urge upon the exercise of executive clemancy in his case and grant his pardon and restoration to liberty.

Jas Artman clk c. c. ct W J, Berry Atty

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J Berry Atty Joseph Eichelbayer

Tho McGideor Juror

Thos Shinks

Abram Garrison Henry Shrimp Jas Haner F Null G W Gay Jas, H. Peters John Kents } Jurors

F. M. Webster Attoy

Geo R Fea{Unclear}s Atty at Law J, B, Payne J, P, C, C J. Hawthorn H E Spilman (Deputy Sherriff) C. W. Kavanaugh atto Ira Root Attorney at law

Jno,, C,, Mead Sam Moore Henry Wendt J. C D. Goode Jno C Thomas } City Councilman

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Jas Johnsons Pett for Pardon

No Good reason observed for pardon in this case

Grant Pardon

Tho E Bramlette