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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-0001-031-0076 R1-118 to R1-119

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. Hugh O'Donnell (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00017069 1825? Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Tennessee native. Married to Sabrina Price O'Donnell in Washington County, Tennessee, on October 18, 1846. Father of Nancy O'Donnell, James O'Donnell, Sarah O'Donnell, Eliza Jane O'Donnell, and Daniel O'Donnell. Farmer in Jackson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Jackson County Court Political: James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 881. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Union, p. 269B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Washington County, 1846 July–1874 June: Marriages 2, p. 5. KYR-0001-031-0076. Harris Freeman (Jackson County, Kentucky, blacksmith, postmaster, merchant, and justice of the peace) N00017080 1830? 1862 Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, blacksmith, postmaster, merchant, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Blacksmith in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster of McKee, Kentucky, from October 25, 1858, to January 29, 1863. Merchant in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Jackson County Court Political: James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 10B-11A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 914. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Jackson County Executors Bonds, 1859-1963, p. 59. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Jackson County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 8201. KYR-0001-031-0076. KYR-0001-020-0165. Kennada Sandlin (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00017074 1819-02-08 1900-04-28 Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Fanny Morris Sandlin in Clay County, Kentucky, on May 1, 1838. Father of Lewis Sandlin, Catherine Sandlin, Sarah Sandlin, Mary Sandlin, Elizabeth Sandlin, America Sandlin, Cornelia Sandlin, John Sandlin, Martha Sandlin, Margaret J. Sandlin, and James D. W. Sandlin. Farmer in Clay County in 1850. Farmer in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1862. Farmer in Jackson County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Jackson County Court Political: James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky, p. 135A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 888-89. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 211B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, July 1863, p. 149. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film #007728051. "Kennada 'Canady' or 'Kan' Sandlin (1819-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial #144057175, accessed January 20, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144057175. KYR-0001-031-0076. KYR-0001-020-0165. James Robert Engle (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, Baptist minister, and justice of the peace) N00017090 1824-05-31 1880-01-21 Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, minister, and justice of the peace. Knox County, Kentucky, native. Son of Peter Engle and Mildred Chick Engle. Married to Elizabeth Miller Engle. Father of Sarah M. Engle, Alice J. Engle, and Reason Engle. Married to Mary Jane Hays Engle in Jackson County, Kentucky, on November 24, 1859. Father Stephen A. D. Engle, Nancy A. Engle, and Margaret F. Engle. Farmer in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Baptist preacher in Jackson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Jackson County in 1862. Farmer in Jackson County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Jackson County Court Political: James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky, p. 152B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 848. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 212B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, July, December 1863, p. 50. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Clay County Births, p. 3. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Jackson County Marriages, p. 203-04. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, National #63801, State #7431. KYR-0001-031-0076. James M. Wood (Jackson County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) N00003359 1832? Categories: People

Jackson County, Kentucky, court clerk. Indiana native. Married to Tabitha Clark Wood in Jackson County in January 1861. Father of Mary A. Wood and Emily E. Wood. Clerk of the Jackson County Court from 1862 to 1866. Clerk of the Jackson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Economic: Jackson County Court Legal: William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) Legal: Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Jackson County, Kentucky Legal: John Parker (Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant, postmaster and justice of the peace) Legal: Meredith C. Hughes, Sr. (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: William Rader (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace) Political: Elijah Parsons (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Jackson County Court Political: Meredith C. Hughes, Sr. (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Phillip Marcum (Jackson County, Kentucky, surveyor, farmer, and justice of the peace) Legal: Jackson Circuit Court Social: William Harrison Randall, Sr. (Laurel County, Kentucky, attorney, clerk, and politician.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jackson County, McKee, p. 15. 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. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jackson County, KY, June 1863, p. 393. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jackson County Marriages, 1858-1876, Film #00802458. Jackson County, Kentucky P00003363 Categories: Places

County in eastern central Kentucky. Seat at McKee.

37.4304, -83.9934 "Jackson County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 460. "McKee, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 6, 2020, 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). Jackson County Court O00000642 Categories: Organizations

Located in McKee, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Isaac J. Faubus (1858-1862) and Caleb F. Martin (1862-1866). Clerk(s): Thomas J. Engle (1858-1862) and James M. Wood (1862-1874).

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. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 353. Order 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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To His Excellency Governer Robertson

Ordered that H. ODonnell be and he is hereby appointed recommended to his Excellency Governer Robertson as a suitable person for Justice of the Peace in district No 1 in Jackson County Kentucky to fill the vacancy caused by the Death of H. Freeman Esqr and Kornada Sandlin in the Room of James Engle Nov 21st 1862

att J. M. Wood Clerk Jackson County Court

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J. P. Dist No 7. H. O.Donnell K. Sandlin AppdDecr. 3. 1862