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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-0001-031-0025 R1-58

Warsaw, Gallatin 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. James S. McHatton (Gallatin County, Kentucky, clerk) N00015176 1826? Categories: People

Gallatin County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Frances Huston McHatton. Father of Frances Ellen McHatton, Florence McHatton, and Robert McHatton. Clerk in Gallatin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Gallatin County in 1860. Clerk in Gallatin County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, p. 153A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, Warsaw, p. 527. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Gallatin County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 116. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994035, Gallatin County Births. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994035, Gallatin County Births. Rueben L. Ireland (Gallatin County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) N00015177 1833-05-22 1900-05-12 Categories: People

Gallatin County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of James Beatty Ireland and Sarah Lancaster Ireland. Married to Emily D. Moore Ireland. Father of Robinson Ireland. Resident in Gallatin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Gallatin County in 1860. Gallatin County Court Clerk from 1862 to 1865. Gallatin Circuit Court Clerk in 1865.

Relationships Political: James S. McHatton (Gallatin County, Kentucky, clerk) Legal: Gallatin County Court Political: William C. Brown (Gallatin County, Kentucky, judge, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Gallatin County Court Political: Jonathan Tyson (Gallatin County, Kentucky, painter and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, p. 186A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, Warsaw, p. 521. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, Warsaw, p. 328B. 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), 11. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Gallatin County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 218. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate #166. "Rueben L. Ireland (1833-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial #101324911 accessed July X, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101324911. William C. Brown (Gallatin County, Kentucky, judge, farmer and justice of the peace) N00015178 1808? Categories: People

Gallatin County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Brown. Father of John R. Brown, Augustine Brown, Lewis Brown, Mary J. Brown, Frances Brown, and William Brown. Married to Henrietta Brown. Farmer in Gallatin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Gallatin County in 1850. Resident in Gallatin County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Gallatin County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Gallatin County in 1862. Presiding judge in the Gallatin County Court in 1862.

Relationships Political: James S. McHatton (Gallatin County, Kentucky, clerk) Political: Reuben L. Ireland (Gallatin County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Legal: Gallatin County Court Political: Gallatin County Court Political: Jonathan Tyson (Gallatin County, Kentucky, painter and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, p. 160B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, p. 6. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, p. 11B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, District 2, p. 315A. 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. KYR-0001-017-0542. Warsaw, Kentucky P00005387 Categories: Places

Seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky.

38.7834, -84.9016 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 309-10. “Warsaw, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 31, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Gallatin County Court O00000625 Categories: Organizations

Located in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William C. Brown. Clerk(s): H. Baldwin, Reuben L. Ireland, and Roderick Perry.

Relationships Legal: James S. McHatton (Gallatin County, Kentucky, clerk)

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. Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky 1862-10-22 Correspondence 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.
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Warsaw. Ky Oct 22^nd^ 1862 To His ExlencyJ. B. F. Robinson

Enclosed please find order of court declaring Justice bench vacated --

We the undersigned would respectfully request that you commission Jas. H. McHatton as Justice in and for this County

R. L. Ireland, Clk G. C. C. Wm C. Brown P J G C C