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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-0001-031-0046 R1-73

Cynthiana, Harrison 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. Robert J. Dabney (Harrison County, Kentucky, coach maker, druggist, and justice of the peace) N00016405 1824? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, coach maker, druggist, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married Sarah A. Beadles Dabney in Woodford County, Kentucky, on December 7, 1847. Coach maker in Woodford County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1850. Druggist in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Harrison County in 1862. Druggist in Harrison County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 462A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 2, p. 3 of 34 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 564. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 66. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252320, p. 118. "Sarah A. Dabney (1829-1849)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100832644, accessed November 21, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100832644. KYR-0001-031-0046. Perry W. Stewart (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00016406 1825? 1867? Categories: People

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of John Stewart and Mary Stewart. Married to Ann Sanders Hedget Stewart in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1847. Father of George W. Stewart. Married to Margaret White Stewart in Harrison County on November 6, 1857. Father of Ann Stewart, James Stewart, Lucy Stewart, and Lucretia Stewart. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Employed John Coppage as a farm hand in Harrison County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Harrison County in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 149B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 530. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216886. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896, p. 18. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Harrison County Administrators Bonds, 1863-1869, p. 309. KYR-0001-031-0046. Charles T. Wilson (Cynthiana, Kentucky, merchant.) N00011409 1834 1896 Categories: People

Cynthiana, Kentucky, merchant and clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Hetty Wilson. Married to Sallie T. Williams in Harrison County, Kentucky, on March 10, 1858. Father of Henry Wilson and George Wilson. Clerk in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Cynthiana in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Cynthiana in 1860. Household owned an additional two enslaved persons in Cynthiana in 1860. Clerk in Harrison County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Joseph B. McClintock (Harrison County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer) Legal: James Ward (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Harrison Circuit Court Legal: Perry W. Stewart (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Robert J. Dabney (Harrison County, Kentucky, coach maker, druggist, and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 246A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 563. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 121A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana p. 190B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216888. "Charles T. Wilson (1834-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43078021, accessed November 15, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43078021. KYR-0001-004-0388. Cynthiana, Kentucky P00005772 Categories: Places

Seat of Harrison County, Kentucky.

38.3904, -84.2941 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 77. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Cynthiana, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 15, 2020). 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). Harrison County, Kentucky P00002873 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Cynthiana.

38.3904, -84.2941 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 132. “Cynthiana, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 11, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Harrison County Court O00000640 Categories: Organizations

Located in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Marquis Lafayette Broadwell. Clerk(s): Perry Wherritt and Charles T. Wilson. Sheriff: John Shawhorn. Deputy Sheriff: Harvey Ireland.

Relationships Legal: Perry Wherritt (Harrison County, Kentucky, tanner and county court clerk) Legal: Isaac Raney (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: John S. Scott (Harrison County, Kentucky, carpenter, postmaster, clerk, farmer, and justice of the peace) Legal: William P. Crosthwait (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Charles Lail (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Perry W. Stewart (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Charles T. Wilson (Cynthiana, Kentucky, merchant.) Political: Robert J. Dabney (Harrison County, Kentucky, coach maker, druggist, and justice of the peace)

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. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 561. Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky 1862-10-27 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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CynthianaKyOcto 27th 1862. Hon James F. Robinson Dear Sir

You will please Commission as Justice of the Peace for this County recently elected at August Election R. J. Dabney District No 1. & P. W. StewartDistrict No 6 as appears from the Poll Books filed in my Office; Your earliest attention is requested

Very Respectfully Your Obt Svt Charles T. Wilson Clerk Co Ct.

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Harrison Co. J. P. Dist No 1 & 6 -- Com IssdNov 1. 1862