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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-031-0005 R1-31 to R1-32

Mount Sterling, Montgomery 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 H. Stephens (Montgomery County, KY, farmer and justice of the peace) N00014212 1826? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Marchese Stewart Stephens. Father of Mary C. Stephens, Sidney E. Stephens, Peter H. Stephens, Clora E. Stephens, Kizzie Stephens and Alice L. Stephens. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1860. Resigned as magistrate of Montgomery County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk) Political: Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 228. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 183A. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Roll #13, Certificate #22397. KYR-0001-031-0063. John N. Shubart (Montgomery Co, KY, farmer, justice of the peace) N00016256 1822? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Shubart. Father of Lucy D. Shubart. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Appointed as a justice of the peace in Montgomery County on November 24, 1862. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk) Political: Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 73A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, October 1863, p. 142. KYR-0001-031-0063. James H. French (Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00014423 1824? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Son of Richard French and Mary Taliaferro French. Attorney in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seventeen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Attorney in Montgomery County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Montgomery County Court in Montgomery County from 1858 to 1862. Owned three enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Household owned an additional nine enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Montgomery County Court Legal: Thomas J. Green (Montgomery County, Kentucky, murder victim) Legal: Thomas "Boone" Judy (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and fugitive) Political: John N. Shubart (Montgomery Co, KY, farmer, justice of the peace) Political: John H. Stephens (Montgomery County, KY, farmer and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 10B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 201. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 88B-89A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994053, Rowan County Marriages. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film #001943687, p.170. KYR-0001-021-0004. KYR-0001-031-0005. Mount Sterling, Kentucky P00001936 Categories: Places

Seat of Montgomery County, Kentucky.

38.0565, -83.9433 "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 205. Montgomery County, Kentucky P00000869 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Mount Sterling.

38.0565, -83.9433 Carl B. Boyd, Jr., "Montgomery County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 644. "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Montgomery County Court O00000658 Categories: Organizations

Located in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Calvin Brock. Clerk(s): E. E. Garrett and J. N. Gibson.

“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. Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky 1862-08-28 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 "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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Mt Sterling Montgomery Co ^Augt^ 28. 1862 To his Excellency James F Roberson Dear Sir

I am informed that John H. Stevens of this County, who was formerly a magistrate of this, has re^s^igned his office and that his resignation has been forwarded to you, John N Shoubart of this County desires the appointment in the place of John H Stevens. I think he is well qualified for the office, a clever man, and would give general satisfaction if he was appointed. I have been presiding Judge of the county court of this county for the last four years and know pretty well who will suit the people, he is a union man and his loyalty, as far as I know, has never been questioned &c

James H. French P J M C C

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For appt. of Justice