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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-0001-029-0597 R4-441 to R4-442

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. Washington Eblin (Franklin County prisoner) N00006482 1825? Categories: People

Kentucky native. Prisoner in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Franklin County, Kentucky, for murder in 1861.

Relationships Political: John W. French (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: John A. Carter (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: William Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Jeptha D. Johnson (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: William McCrutcher (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) Political: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Political: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 49. KYR-0001-029-0597. KYR-0001-020-1167. KYR-0001-020-1176. Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006483 1826-10-07 1901-03-30 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Jett and Elizabeth Jett. Deputy marshal in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860 and 1863. Owned three enslaved person in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 104. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 97. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 14. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Court House Precinct, p. 17. 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), Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 14, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Thomas Jefferson Jett (1826-1901)," Memorial #82410748, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82410748/thomas-jefferson-jett (accessed May 23, 2017). Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006484 1827? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Jones. Married to Malvina Jones. Father of Edward Jones and Laura Jones. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 17. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 6. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 19. Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006485 1791? 1876-06-18 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Delaware native. Married to Jane M. Wingate. Father of Lavinia Wingate, Susan Wingate, Isaac Wingate, Jr., and Louisa Wingate. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 16. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 17. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Ancestry, Deaths, Franklin County, Kentucky, 1876. Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) N00006486 1790-07-18 1878-10-26 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler. Kentucky native. Married to Maria Fenwick Cox on June 23, 1812. Saddler in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 9. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 37. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Market House District, p. 8. Jordan Dodd, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Ancestry, Franklin County, 1812. Find A Grave, "Jacob Cox (1790-1878)," Memorial #23021841, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23021841/jacob-cox (accessed May 23, 2017). Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006518 1812? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Massie Talbot on January 22, 1855. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 32. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 7. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Ancestry, Bourbon County, 1855. Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) N00006519 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky resident. Signed a petition for Washington Eblin.

Relationships Legal: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

KYR-0001-029-0597. William McCrutcher (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) N00006520 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition for Washington Eblin. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) Legal: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Ancestry, Kentucky, 1965, Collection District 4, Division 3, p. 23. KYR-0001-029-0597. Jeptha D. Johnson (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006521 1824? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Johnson. Father of Emily Johnson, Mary Johnson, Robert Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Luellen Johnson, Lucy Johnson, William Johnson, Nancy Johnson, and Lott Johnson. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Legal: William McCrutcher (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) Legal: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 21. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 70. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Bald Knob, p. 3. William Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006522 1821? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Jones. Father of Ann Mary Jones. Married to A. L. Jones. Father of William Jones, Jr. and Elizabeth Jones. Married to Elizabeth Jones. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1850 and six in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jeptha D. Johnson (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William McCrutcher (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) Legal: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 14. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 859. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 34. John A. Carter (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006523 1814? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Virginia Carter. Father of John R. Carter, Louisa F. Carter, Lucinda E. Carter, Emma Carter, Sidney Carter, Taylor Carter, Warren Carter, William H. Carter, and Belle Carter. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850 and 1860.

Relationships Legal: William Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jeptha D. Johnson (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William McCrutcher (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) Legal: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 1, p. 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 1, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 30. John W. French (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006524 1823? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda French. Father of Kate French, William French, Franklin French, Alice French, Robert L. French, and Richard French. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John A. Carter (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jeptha D. Johnson (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William McCrutcher (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Able Armstrong (Franklin County, Kentucky, resident (Both Abel and Able live in Franklin County)) Legal: Gustavus Talbot (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jacob Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, saddler) Legal: Isaac Wingate, Sr. (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson J. Jones (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas J. Jett (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 57A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, p. 11-12. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 26A. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. 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. 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. 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 "1": 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 the Govenor of the Comlth of Kentucky

We the undersigned Jurymen and Citizens of Frankfort and Franklin County Kentucky petition your Excellency to pardon Wash. Eblin now confined in the State Penitentiary.

Thomas. J. Jett Jefferson Jones Isaac Wingate Jacob Cox Gustavus Talbot Able Armstrong William McCrutcher Jeptha Johnson William Jones } Jurors John A. Carter J W French

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