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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-0001-031-0065 R1-104

James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00016714 1818? 1862 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Fife. Father of John W. Fife, Henry H. Fife, James B. Fife, and Mary C. Fife. Farmer in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Boyle County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Boyle County Court Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Southern District 2, p. 402A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 979. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 162A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Pike County, Spencer, p. 207A. KYR-0001-031-0065. 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. Orville Tucker (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00016715 1808? 1882 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Artemesia Macie Helm Tucker in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on November 5, 1836. Father of Martha F. Tucker, Sarah E. Tucker, Eliza Ann Tucker, George Washington Tucker, Caleb Tucker, Drusilla Tucker, Mary A. Tucker, Margaret Tucker, William Tucker, Orville Tucker, Pleasant Tucker, and Artemesia Macie Tucker. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Boyle County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 341 A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 565. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 983-984. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 167A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct 1, p. 131A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lincoln County Marriages, Film #007725014, p. 265. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #24938. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Boyle County Administrators Bonds, 1852-1956, p. 213. KYR-0001-031-0065. Jonathan B. Nichols (Boyle County, Kentucky, county court clerk) N00016717 1824 1896-04-25 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, court clerk. Danville, Kentucky, native. Son of Jonathan Nichols and Matilda Ball Nichols. Married to Agnes Crutchfield Nichols. Father of William S. Nichols, Richard C. Nichols, and Reed S. Nichols. County court clerk in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Boyle County in 1850. County court clerk in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Boyle County in 1860. County court clerk in Boyle County in 1862. County court clerk in Boyle County in 1865.

Relationships Political: Boyle County Court Political: Orville Tucker (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 358B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, City/District 2, p. 590. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 845. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 155A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct 1, p. 122B. 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, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Emmett William Gans, A Pennsylvania Pioneer: Biographical Sketch with Report of the Executive Committee of the Ball Estate Association (Mansfield, OH: R.J. Kuhl, 1900). "Jonathan Ball Nichols (1824-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #41374850, accessed December 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41374850. "Nichols."The Kentucky Advocate, (Danville, Ky.) April 27, 1896. KYR-0001-031-0065. Boyle County, Kentucky P00002353 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Danville.

37.6456, -84.7722 Ron D. Bryant, "Boyle County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 110. "Danville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 9, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Boyle County Court O00000593 1842 Categories: Organizations

Located in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): James P. Mitchell. Clerk(s): James F. Zimmerman and Jonathan B. Nichols.

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. Richard C. Brown, A History of Danville and Boyle County, Kentucky, 1774-1992, (Bicentennial Books, 1992), 7. 1862-11-06 Order 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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Boyle County Court Called Term, November 6th 1862

It appearing to this Court, that James. H. Fife a Justice of the peace in district No 1 of Boyle County, has departed this life, whereby a vacancy has occurred, Ordered that the Clerk of this Court, notify the Governor thereof, and Orville Tucker is recommended, as a Suitable person to fill the vacancy --

A copy Att -- Jona B. Nichols. clk

direct to clerk,

inform me of any late acts relating to my duties, and oblige

Yours, &c

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Boyle Co J. P. Dist No 1.

IssdNov 24. 1862