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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-0001-031-0074 R1-116

Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky John Branham (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) N00017045 1797? 1868? Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Quinn Branham in 1821. Father of Clifton Branham, Frances L. Branham Lyon, Bennett Branham, W. H. Branham, and Milton C. Branham. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860.

Relationships Social: James F. Sconce (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and postmaster) Political: John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 454B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 62. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 892. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 215B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994054, Scott County Deaths. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Scott County Administrators Bonds, 1856-1891. Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 101: 1928, p. 221. Joel Ammerman (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer ) N00016247 1822 1910 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of Azubah Ammerman. Married to Amanda Jane Allen Ammerman in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on January 29, 1852. Father of Susan Ammerman, Ida Ammerman, and Allen Ammerman. Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Farmer in Scott County in 1863.

Relationships Political: John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 143B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 806. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 241A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Oxford, p. 308A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Scott County, KY, July 1863, p. 1. "Joel Ammerman (1822-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial #22206736, accessed October 31, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22206736. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000216817. KYR-0001-031-0029. KYR-0001-031-0074. James F. Sconce (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and postmaster) N00016884 1828-03-01 1918-09-05 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and postmaster. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert W. Sconce and Lucinda Collins Sconce. Married to Lucinda A. Morris Sconce in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on November 16, 1854. Father of Sarah "Sally" Sconce and John Sconce. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Scott County from December 2, 1862. Postmaster of Great Crossings in Scott County from October 10, 1863, to April 24, 1882.

Relationships Political: Scott County Court Political: John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 296B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 512. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 891. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 232A. "James Foster Sconce (1828-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #91779855, accessed December 30 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91779855. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Bourbon County Marriages, p. 25-26. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #004542759. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Scott County, Kentucky, vol. 45, p. 426. KYR-0001-031-0074 William Henry Salyers (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00016885 1822-01-08 1906-08-22 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Charlotte Sanders Salyers in Scott County, Kentucky, on April 25, 1844. Father of Emily F. Salyers, Robert C. Salyers, Elizabeth Salyers, Rebecca Salyers, and Alice Salyers. Married to Nancy Anderson Salyers in Scott County, Kentucky, on January 7, 1863. Father of Arthur Payne Salyers. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Scott County on December 2, 1862. Farmer in Scott County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Scott County Court Political: John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1 Eastport, p. 417A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 812. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 242B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Scott County, KY, July 1863, p. 16. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994054, Scott County Marriages. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #27963. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #005685959. "William H. Salyers (1822-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #102178761, accessed December 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102178761. KYR-0001-031-0074. James M. Rankins (Scott County, KY, merchant) N00009185 1800? Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Merchant in Georgetown, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Political: Scott County Court Political: John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p.996. Charles Nichols (Scott County, Kentucky, blacksmith, lumberer, and justice of the peace) N00016949 1817 1862 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, blacksmith, lumberer, and justice of the peace. New York native. Married to Nancy B. Eckles Nichols in Scott County, Kentucky, on March 12, 1840. Father of Moses E. Nichols, Mary Ann Nichols, Charles E. Nichols, Samuel R. Nichols, Martha M. Nichols, and Daniel G. Nichols. Blacksmith in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Blacksmith in Scott County in 1860. Lumberer in Scott County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Held four enslaved persons for various others in Scott County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Scott County until 1862.

Relationships Political: Scott County Court Political: John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 448A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 600. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 788. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 236A. "Charles Nichols (1817-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99039202, accessed January 7, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99039202. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225. KYR-0001-031-0074. John G. Morrison (Scott County, Kentucky, judge and private banker) N00005217 1810-10 1884-01-21 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, judge, farmer, manufacturer, and banker. Ohio native. Married to Nancy Buford Johnson Morrison on September 1, 1836. Father of Edward Ann Morrison, Helen S. Morrison, Nancy J. Morrison, Adelaide Morrison, and John W. Morrison. Farmer and manufacturer in Scott County in 1850. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Private banker in Scott County in 1860. Owned twenty-two enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Judge of Scott County Court in Scott County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: John Spencer (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Rial [Unknown] (Scott County, KY, enslaved person) Legal: William B. Galloway (Scott Co, KY, farmer) Political: Scott County Court Political: Bennett Branham (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer ) Political: Joel Ammerman (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: Flavius Josephus Dehoney (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Joseph E. Gregg (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, nurseryman, and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 460A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 633. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, Georgetown, p. 1006. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 234B, 235A, 236B, and 237B. "John G. Morrison (unknown-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99164909, accessed May, 31, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99164909. KYR-0001-005-0017. 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. Georgetown, Kentucky P001838 Categories: Places

Seat of Scott County, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.5588 “Georgetown,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 371. "Georgetown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. White Sulphur, Kentucky P00016882 Categories: Places

Village in Scott County, Kentucky.

38.2211, -84.563 "Scott County - Place Names," Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection: Kentucky Place Names, Morehead State University, accessed December 30, 2021, https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu. "White Sulphur, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 30, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Scott County, Kentucky P001030 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Georgetown, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.5588 Ann Bolton Bevins, "Scott County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1992), 805-06. "Georgetown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Oxford, Kentucky P00016883 Categories: Places

Village in Scott County, Kentucky.

38.2211, -84.563 "Oxford, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed December 30, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Scott County - Place Names," Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection: Kentucky Place Names, Morehead State University, accessed December 30, 2021, https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Scott County Court O00000715 Categories: Organizations

Located in Georgetown, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John G. Morrison. Clerk(s): S. W. Thompson and James F. Beatty.

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. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky 1862-12-01 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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Georgetown Dec 1st 1862. Dear Sir

Mr John Branham in the White Sulphur District Scott Co. refuses to accept the office of Justice of the Peace and Mr. Joel Ammerman in the Oxford District Scott Co. also refuses to accept. I herewith return to your Excellency their Commissions, and would respectfully recommend the apointment of James Sconce (2) in the White Sulphur District and W. H. Salyers (7) in the Oxford District, and of the appointment of Doctr James Rankins in the Georgetown District in the place of C. Nichols who has departed this life.

Very Respectfully.

J. G. MorrisonPr. J S,,C

His Excellency Jas F Robinson Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort

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Scott Co

J. P. Appd Made Decr 2. 1862