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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-0001-031-0049 R1-86 to R1-87

Nicholasville, Jessamine 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 B. Duerson (Jessamine County, Kentucky, blacksmith and justice of the peace ) N00016404 1817-03-06 1887-11-23 Categories: People

Jessamine County, Kentucky, blacksmith and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Eusebian A. Frost Duerson. Father of Margaret A. Duerson Rice, Lucy C. Duerson, Susan E. Duerson, Mary T. Duerson, Martha Ellen Duerson, and Nancy M. Duerson. Blacksmith in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1850. Blacksmith in Jessamine County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jessamine County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Jessamine County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 66A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville, p. 133-34. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 6, p. 101A. Kentucky Birth Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994042, Jessamine County Births, p. 2. "Eusebian Duerson (1817-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99753378, accessed November 21, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99753378. "John B. Duerson (1817-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99753419, accessed November 21, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99753419. KYR-0001-031-0049. Richard S. Ferguson (Jessamine County, Kentucky, judge) N00016401 1812? Categories: People

Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and judge. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth H. Chrisman Ferguson. Father of Elizabeth G. Ferguson, Richard Ferguson, Hector Chrisman Ferguson, William G. Ferguson, and Margaret Ferguson. Farmer in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1850. Presiding judge in Jessamine County from 1862 to 1863.

Relationships Political: Jessamine County Court Legal: John B. Duerson (Jessamine County, Kentucky, blacksmith and justice of the peace )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 69A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 68. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 145. 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), 304. Kentucky Birth Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994042, Jessamine County Births, p. 2. Kentucky Birth Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994042, Jessamine County Births, p. 371. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #21695. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #21757. KYR-0001-031-0049. Nicholasville, Kentucky P00000278 Categories: Places

Seat of Jessamine County, Kentucky.

37.8806, -84.573 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 214. “Nicholasville,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 682. "Nicholasville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 11, 2019, 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). Jessamine County, Kentucky P00003416 Categories: Places

County in the inner Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. Seat at Nicholasville.

37.8806, -84.573 "Nicholasville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 11, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Jessamine County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 469. Jessamine County Court O00000643 Categories: Organizations

Located in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Richard S. Ferguson. Clerk(s): Melvin T. Lowry and John A. Willis.

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. Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky 1862-11-05 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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NicholasvilleKyNov 5th 1862 Hon Jas. F. Robinson Dr Sir

There being no Magistrate in the fifth district of this county I would request the appointment of John B. Duerson as to fill the vacancy caused by the election of myself to the position of Judge of the Jessamine county court it is the request of numerous citizens of the district

R. S. Ferguson

There is no Justice in this district the other incumbent has gone off with the rebels

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ComdNov. 8. 1862