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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-0001-031-0048 R1-85

Harrodsburg, Mercer 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 "Isaac" C. Vanarsdall (Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. ) N00010533 1804? 1890 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Smock Vanarsdall in Mercer County, Kentucky, in October 1824. Father of Thomas Vanarsdall, James T. Vanarsdall, Elizabeth Rose Vanarsdall, B. Frank Vanarsdall, and Nimrod Vanarsdall. Constable in Mercer County in 1850. Sheriff of Mercer County in 1860. Sheriff of Mercer County from November 5, 1862. Sheriff of Mercer County in 1863. Sheriff of Mercer County in 1864.

Relationships Economic: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: William Payne (Mercer County, merchant and farmer) Legal: George W. Tompkins (Mercer County, sheriff) Legal: Benjamin Casey Allin (Mercer County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Nimrod Harris (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas H. Buckner (Mercer County, KY, planter) Legal: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Legal: Thomas Allin (Mercer County, county clerk) Legal: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Legal: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Holman R. Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, carpenter and livery keeper) Legal: Eli Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Political: Mercer County Court Political: Thomas Edwards (Mercer County, Kentucky, druggist & judge) Legal: Corydon Sackett Abell (Mercer County, Kentucky, physician, Mercer Co Court clerk, State Rep)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 246B-247A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 773. 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), 175. 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), 175. "John Isaac Van Arsdale (c1804-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #5040634, accessed April 5, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5040634. KYR-0001-004-1095. KYR-0001-031-0039. KYR-0001-031-0048. Sidney S. McFatridge (Mercer County, KY, farmer & sheriff) N00002330 1820? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah K. Kirby McFatridge in Mercer County, Kentucky, in November 1847. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1860. Sheriff of Mercer County from 1861 to November 1862.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Social: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: James Taylor (Mercer County, KY, attorney) Social: William M. Tomlinson (Mercer County, KY, physician and farmer) Social: John Glover Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, & col Mercer Co militia) Political: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Political: John Kemper Slaughter (Mercer County Broom Maker) Legal: John "Isaac" C. Vanarsdall (Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. ) Legal: William Payne (Mercer County, merchant and farmer) Legal: George W. Tompkins (Mercer County, sheriff) Legal: Benjamin Casey Allin (Mercer County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Nimrod Harris (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas H. Buckner (Mercer County, KY, planter) Legal: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Legal: Thomas Allin (Mercer County, county clerk) Legal: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Legal: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Mercer County Court Political: Thomas Edwards (Mercer County, Kentucky, druggist & judge) Legal: Corydon Sackett Abell (Mercer County, Kentucky, physician, Mercer Co Court clerk, State Rep)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 284A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 880. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, page 717. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 50A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film 000191859, p. 483. 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), 181. KYR-0001-031-0048. William A. Hooe (Mercer County, KY, attorney, state rep & state senator) N00003207 1821? 1869? Categories: People

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Virginia native. Married to Nancy McAfee Hooe. Father of Joseph A. Hooe, Mary Jennie Hooe, Edward B. Hooe, Robert M. Hooe, William A. Hooe Jr., Emmet M. Hooe, Frank Hooe, and Nannie Hooe. Married to Sue Burford Hooe. Father of Willie Hooe and John A. Hooe. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1843 and 1849. Attorney in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1853. Attorney in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860. Mayor of Harrodsburg in 1861. Organized the Mercer Home Guard with Christopher Chinn in June 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Mercer County Home Guard Legal: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Political: Mercer County Court Political: John "Isaac" C. Vanarsdall (Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. ) Political: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Political: John Kemper Slaughter (Mercer County Broom Maker) Political: Sidney S. McFatridge (Mercer County, KY, farmer & sheriff)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 273A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 18 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, pp. 711-12. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 6. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7020659: All Counties, Mercer County Deaths, p. 514, File #24006. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1882), 603-04. KYR-0001-004-0368. KYR-0002-022-0125. Harrodsburg, Kentucky P00000555 Categories: Places

Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 9, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. 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). Mercer County, Kentucky P00000556 Categories: Places

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

Relationships Political: Ephraim J. Polk (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and examiner for Mercer County)

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 25, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. Mercer County Court O00000659 Categories: Organizations

Located in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Christopher Chinn (1860-1861), Thomas Edwards (1862-1865). Clerk(s): Thomas Allin, Corydon Sackett Abell, and Benjamin C. Allin.

Relationships Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county)

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. Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky 1862-11-05 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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HarrodsburgKy Nov 5th 1862 Govr Robinson My Dear Sir,

I herewith enclose to you a certified copy of an order of the Mercer County Courtappointing Isaac C. Vanarsdall Sheriff to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of S. S. McFatrige former Sheriff of this county. Please send the Commission of Vanarsdall at an early day, as business of many required that we should name a sheriff to discharge the duties of that office.

Most Truly Yr friend

W. A Hooe

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Mercer Co

Sheriff J. C. Vandarsdall Com IssdNov. 7. 1862