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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-0001-031-0054 R1-92

Russellville, Logan 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. Peyton A. Lyon (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00016254 1829-06-23 1908-07-05 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Harriet Lyon. Married to Sarah J. Bailey Lyon in Todd County, Kentucky, on February 1, 1854. Father of Emma Lyon and Elizabeth Lyon. Farmer in Logan County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved individuals in Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Logan County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Logan County in 1862. Farmer in Logan County in 1864.

Relationships Political: William Voltaire Loving (Bowling Green, KY, farmer, politician, attorney) Political: James E. Wright (Logan County, KY, county court clerk) Political: Aaron Donald Kennedy (Logan County, merchant, postmaster, and county judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 102B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 413. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 522. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Gordonsville, p. 359B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Logan County Marriages. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Logan County, KY, February 1864. "Peyton A. Lyon (1829-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial #53569565, accessed October 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53569565. KYR-0001-031-0054 Aaron Donald Kennedy (Logan County, merchant, postmaster, and county judge) N00009761 1815-01-19 1890-08-03 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, merchant, grocer, postmaster, and county judge. Tennessee native. Married to Mary B. Gordon Kennedy in Todd County, Kentucky, on November 7, 1835. Father of Benjamin Kennedy, John W. Kennedy, and Mary Virginia Kennedy. Merchant in Logan County in 1850. Postmaster in Gordonsville from January 31, 1855 to December 28, 1864. Grocer in Logan County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Logan County Court in Logan County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Logan County Court Political: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 108A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 23. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Gordonsville, p. 379A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Tood County Marriages, Film #000367186, p. 75. "Aaron Donald Kennedy (1815-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #48252481, accessed December 3, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48252481. KYR-0002-022-0102. James E. Wright (Logan County, KY, county court clerk) N00009765 1822? Categories: People

Russellville, Kentucky, county court clerk. Missouri native. Married to Sarah "Sally" A. Robertson Wright in Logan County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1848. Father of William M. Wright. Resident in Logan County in 1850. Agent appointed by the Kentucky auditor on April 11, 1853 to 1865. County Court clerk in Logan County in 1860. Employed Lina Wood as a servant in Logan County in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Logan County in 1860. County court clerk in Logan County from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: Logan County Court Political: General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Political: Aaron Donald Kennedy (Logan County, merchant, postmaster, and county judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 135A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville District 2, p. 617. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 399B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 476A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Logan County Marriages, Film # 000364550, p. 301. 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), p. 308. 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), p. 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), p. 301. 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), p. 12, 14. Thomas Barclay Harrison (Logan County, Kentucky, sheriff) N00016255 1822-11-11 1912-09-13 Categories: People

Logan County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of Carter H. Harrison and Margaret Edwards Harrison. Married to Jennie Todd Harrison in Davidson County, Tennessee, on June 16, 1853. Father of John Harrison, Henry Harrison, and Fanny Harrison. Sheriff in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Logan County in 1860. Sheriff in Logan County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Peyton A. Lyon (Logan County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: William Voltaire Loving (Bowling Green, KY, farmer, politician, attorney) Political: James E. Wright (Logan County, KY, county court clerk) Political: Aaron Donald Kennedy (Logan County, merchant, postmaster, and county judge) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 485. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 386 B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 498 A. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County Marriages, 1838-1864. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #23016. "Thomas Barclay Harrison, Sr. (1822-1913)," Find A Grave, Memorial #157468360, accessed October 31, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157468360. KYR-0001-031-0054 William Voltaire Loving (Bowling Green, KY, farmer, politician, attorney) N00000778 1803-03-22 1888-09-08 Categories: People

Bowling Green, Kentucky, attorney, farmer, and politician. Nelson County, Virginia, native. Married to Amanda M. Graham Loving in January 1829. Father of A. Q. Loving, Hector V. Loving, Willie Loving, John A. Loving, and Laura Loving. Attended the University of Virginia. Admitted to the bar in 1829. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1840. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1844. Commonwealth's attorney for the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1845 to 1849. Circuit judge for the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1849 to 1850. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Attorney in Bowling Green in 1860. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Legal: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Political: Jesse Thomas McCormick (Warren County teacher and Confederate soldier) Political: James E. Wright (Logan County, KY, county court clerk) Political: Aaron Donald Kennedy (Logan County, merchant, postmaster, and county judge) Social: William Branch Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 36A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 437. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, District 1, p. 150. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 439B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Bowling Green, p. 35A. M. Secrist, Warren County, Kentucky: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors (n.p.: Lulu Press, Inc, 2013). The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong and Company, 1878), p. 279. "William Voltaire Loving (1803-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial #40270159, accessed June 29, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40270159. Russellville, Kentucky P00002479 Categories: Places

Seat of Logan County, Kentucky.

36.8453, -86.8872 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 259. "Russellville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 14, 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). Logan County, Kentucky P00002483 Categories: Places

County in southwest Kentucky. Seat at Russellville.

36.8453, -86.8872 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 177. "Russellville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Bowling Green, Kentucky P00000560 Categories: Places

Seat of Warren County, Kentucky. Located on the Barren River. Seat of Kentucky's provisional government from November 18, 1861, to February 1862.

36.9685, -86.4808 Ron D. Bryant, “Bowling Green,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 106-107. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bowling Green, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 21, 2019). Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky 1862-11-08 Correspondence English Version 1 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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Russellville Ky Nov. 8. 1862 Govr. Robinson

At the last august Election P. A. Lyon was duly elected a Justice of the peace in this County -- in District No 4. and his Commission has failed to come to hand he was elected to fill a Vacancy you will please Commission him as Justice to fill sd. Vacancy

With Respect A. D. Kennedy County Judge

James. E. Wright County Court clerk

Thos B. Harrison Shff Logan Co

P S. as we have no mails here, please send Commission to Hon W. V. Loving Bowling Green Ky

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Logan Co.

J. P.

Dist No 4 Com IssdNov 12. 1862