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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-0001-031-0063 R1-102

Mount Sterling, Montgomery 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 H. Stephens (Montgomery County, KY, farmer and justice of the peace) N00014212 1826? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Marchese Stewart Stephens. Father of Mary C. Stephens, Sidney E. Stephens, Peter H. Stephens, Clora E. Stephens, Kizzie Stephens and Alice L. Stephens. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1860. Resigned as magistrate of Montgomery County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk) Political: Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 228. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 183A. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Roll #13, Certificate #22397. KYR-0001-031-0063. John N. Shubart (Montgomery Co, KY, farmer, justice of the peace) N00016256 1822? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Shubart. Father of Lucy D. Shubart. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Appointed as a justice of the peace in Montgomery County on November 24, 1862. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk) Political: Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 73A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, October 1863, p. 142. KYR-0001-031-0063. Calvin Brock (Montgomery County, KY, teacher, attorney, and county judge) N00009852 1825? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, teacher, attorney, and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Brock. Father of Mary E. Brock. Teacher in Montgomery County in 1850. Judge of the Montgomery County Court from 1860 to 1866. Attorney in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, in 1862. Attorney in Mt. Sterling in 1863. Attorney in Mt. Sterling in 1865.

Relationships Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Political: William C. Grier (Carter County, Kentucky, farmer and provost marshal) Political: James P. Flint (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, merchant, tailor, and state agent) Legal: Montgomery County Court Political: Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 37A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Camargo, p. 248B. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Montgomery County, Kentucky, 1862. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Montgomery County, Kentucky, 1863. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 21, Montgomery County, Kentucky, 1865. 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. KYR-0002-022-0121. Ezekiel E. Garrett (Montgomery County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00002065 1819-07-06 1882-02-25 Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, teacher and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Finley Garrett and Polly Garrett. Married to Mary Lee Garrett. Teacher in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Clerk of the Montgomery County Court in 1857. Clerk of the Montgomery County Court from 1860 to 1865. Owned one enslaved person in Montgomery County in 1860. Household owned an additional two enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, p. 53. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 207. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery, Mount Sterling, p. 311. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery, Mount Sterling, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mt. Sterling, p. 306. 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), 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), 304. 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), 12. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Montgomery County Wills, vol. D-F, 1828-1874, p. 168, 212. "Ezekiel E. Garrett (1819-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #84919217, accessed August 24, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84919217. KYR-0001-020-0666. KYR-0001-023-0002. KYR-0001-029-0545. Mount Sterling, Kentucky P00001936 Categories: Places

Seat of Montgomery County, Kentucky.

38.0565, -83.9433 "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 205. 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). Montgomery County, Kentucky P00000869 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Mount Sterling.

38.0565, -83.9433 Carl B. Boyd, Jr., "Montgomery County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 644. "Mount Sterling, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 27, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jeffersonville, Kentucky P00016710 Categories: Places

Town in Montgomery County, Kentucky.

37.9616, -83.8539 "Jeffersonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 11, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Montgomery County - Place Names," Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection: Kentucky Place Names, Morehead State University, accessed December 11, 2021, https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu. Montgomery County Court O00000658 Categories: Organizations

Located in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Calvin Brock. Clerk(s): E. E. Garrett and J. N. Gibson.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308 “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306 “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky 1862-11-16 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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Mt. Sterling Ky. Nov 16th 1862 His Excellency Hon. J. F. Robinson,

The office of Magistrate in this county in the 4th Magisterial District, knwown as the Jeffersonville district, Montgomery, is vacated by the resignation of John H. Stephens; and we hereby recommend John S. Shubart as his successor.

C. Brock, P. J. M. C. C. E E Garrett clk M C C

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Montgomery Co J. P. Dist No 4. coms IssdNov 24 1862