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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-0001-031-0008 R1-36

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 McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate) N00003668 1799? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, judge and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Minerva Jane Murray Brown. Father of Eli Huston Brown, Walker Brown, and Annie Brown. Magistrate in Hawesville, Kentucky, in 1860. Presiding judge in Hancock County in 1862.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard Political: Hancock County Court Political: Joseph McClair Wilson (Hancock County, Kentucky, druggist and justice of the peace )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 112. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #6042. KYR-0002-022-0045. Milton Levin Cooper (Hancock County, KY, merchant & postmaster) N00003669 1811? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Jane Davison Cooper. Father of Sallie Cooper and Josephine Cooper. Merchant in Hancock County in 1850. Postmaster of Hawesville, Kentucky, from November 1851 to August 1855, June 1861 to July 1862, and December 1862 to July 1870.

Relationships Social: Erastus Sanford (Hancock County miller, possible spy)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 271A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1027. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hancock County, Kentucky, vol. 28. Timothy Holmes (Hancock County, KY, physician & home guard soldier) N00003862 1802-05-16 1881-04-09 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Blincoe Holmes in Hancock County, Kentucky, on March 3, 1831. Father of Benjamin M. Holmes, Lewis T. Holmes, Hester Holmes, Sophronia Holmes, William Holmes, and Amelia Holmes. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock County in 1847. Physician in Hancock County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Physician in Hancock County in 1860. Employed Dominic White as a gardener in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861. Served as the Presiding Judge of the Hancock County Court in 1862. Founding member of the Hancock County Agricultural Society created during the 1865 to 1866 session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Hancock County.

Relationships Military: Hancock County Home Guard Political: Milton Levin Cooper (Hancock County, KY, merchant & postmaster) Political: John McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate) Social: John Cauffield (Subject of petition from Hancock County in August 1862.) Political: Hancock County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 267B-268A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 268. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 950. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film 000495729, p. 3. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Collins & Company, 1878), 305. "An Act to Incorporate the Hancock County Agricultural Society," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the . . . Monday, the Fourth Day of December 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 522-23. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-12. KYR-0002-022-0048. KYR-0001-029-0110. WillIam Rial (Hancock County, KY, tailor/clothier & merchant & home guard soldier) N00003694 1809-12-11 1869-03-08 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, tailor and merchant. Native of Germany. Married to Elizabeth Rial. Father of Elizabeth W. Rial, Mary J. Rial, William Rial, Sarah F. Rial, Philip Rial, Kate Rial, George Rial, and Ed Rial. Resident engaged in manufacture and trade in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1840. Tailor and clothier in Hancock County in 1850. Employed Jacob Knoll as a tailor in Hancock County in 1850. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Employed Jacob Knoll as a tailor in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 3. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 269B-270A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 128. "William Rial (1809-1869),"Find A Grave, Memorial #89301337, accessed April 6, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301337. KYR-0002-022-0048. Ed Humphrey (Hawesville, Kentucky, farmer) N00004690 1829? Categories: People

Hawesville, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Wales. Married to Ann Humphrey. Father of John Humphrey, W. Humphrey, and Richard Humphrey. Farmer in Hawesville, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Richard Robinson as a farmhand in Hawesville in 1860.

Relationships Economic: William Herron, Jr. (Hawesville, Kentucky, apprentice saddler) Legal: Hancock Circuit Court Legal: Roderick Purcell (Hancock County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer) Legal: John Chapeze (Ohio County, Kentucky, attorney and Commonwealth's Attorney for the 3rd Judicial District of Kentucky) Legal: Eldred Earl Pate (Hancock County, Kentucky, circuit and county court clerk, acting colonel HC Home Guard) Political: Milton Levin Cooper (Hancock County, KY, merchant & postmaster) Political: John McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 19. George Washington McAdams (Hancock County, KY, boatman, merchant, & home guard soldier) N00004392 1815? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, boatman and merchant. Indiana native. Married to Dorcas Comstock McAdams in Hancock County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1840. Father of Josephine McAdams, Hester McAdams, Eugene P. McAdams, Sam L. McAdams, Celeste McAdams, and John C. McAdams. Boatman in Hancock County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Merchant in Hancock County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Employed two enslaved persons owned by Mrs. Carder and Mr. Woodfolk in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 267B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 268. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1031. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 10. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 179B. "Hon. G. W. M'Adams Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 2, 1889. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film #000495729, p. 23. KYR-0002-022-0048. Watson Longest (Hancock County, KY, farmer, Home Guard member, and hemp spinner) N00004310 1823? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer, hemp spinner, and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clement Longest in Shelby County, Kentucky, on March 3, 1847. Father of Legrand Longest, Georgia A. Longest, Mary E. Longest, John H. Longest, and Elizabeth Longest. Hemp spinner in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Served in the Hancock County Home Guard in June 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 383A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 815. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 948-49. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County,Hawesville, p. 172A. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, 1815-1854, Film #000259289. KYR-0002-022-0048. Edward Davidson (Hancock County, Kentucky, miner) N00016067 1826? Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, miner. Native of England. Married to Margaret Harlan Davidson in Hancock County, Kentucky, on October 30, 1851. Father of John Davidson, Jane Davidson, and Thomas Davidson. Married to Sarah Davidson. Father of Benjamin Davidson and Isabelle Davidson. Iron foundry worker in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1850. Resident in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1860. Miner in Hancock County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Milton Levin Cooper (Hancock County, KY, merchant & postmaster) Political: John McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Connecticut, Derby County, New Haven, p. 281A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1045. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville, Ward 6, p. 314B-315A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Hancock County, KY, July and August 1863, p. 6. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994037, Hancock County Births, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, 1829-1900, Film #000495729, p. 67. Samuel B. Pell (Hancock County, KY, farmer, politician, and sheriff) N00003084 1796-10-25 1864-08-01 Categories: People

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Pell. Father of Thomas J. Pell, W. C. Pell, and S. B. Pell, Jr. Sheriff of Hancock County in 1854. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hancock County from 1855 to 1857. One of the founders of the Lewisport Pond Draining Company in 1858. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Sheriff of Hancock County in 1864. Killed as a result of Confederate guerilla raids in Hancock County in August 1864.

Relationships Political: Milton Levin Cooper (Hancock County, KY, merchant & postmaster) Political: John McCarty Brown (Hancock County, KY, Presiding Judge and magistrate)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 983. "An Act to Incorporate the Lewisport Pond Draining Company," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges, Public Printer, 1858), 234-38. John Livingston, Livingston's Law Register: A Guide for Every Man of Business, and Hand-book of Useful Knowledge (New York: Office of the Monthly Law Magazine, 1854), 346. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Collins & Company, 1878), 305. "Samuel B. Pell (1796-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #151489998, accessed March 29, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151489998. KYR-0002-022-0041. Hancock County, Kentucky P001816 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Hawesville. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8281, -86.7617 "Hancock County, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 30, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lee A. Dew, "Hancock County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 401-02. Hancock County Court O00000636 Categories: Organizations

Located in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John McCarty Brown. Clerk(s): James E. Stone, Eldred E. Pate, Edward E. Pate, and W. W. Badger.

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. Petition English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

To His Excellency the Governor of Ky

Your petitioners respectfully represent that there is a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Peace in & for the 2nd District in Hancock County occasioned by the resignation of John Mc Brown who was Elected and is now Presiding Judge of the Hancock County Court -- Now we respectfully recommend that Milton L. Cooper be Commissioned by Yr Excellency to fill the said vacancy. He is well qualified, and a consistent Union man. And would fill the office we think well. We are citizens of the said District and Union Men. --

Septr 9th 1862

T Holmes Wm Rial Ed Humprey G. W. McAdams Wat Longest Edw Davidson Sam. B. PellSheriff Elected