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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-0001-031-0082 R1-125

Campbellsville, Taylor 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. Benjamin C. Hord (Taylor County, Kentucky, bookkeeper and justice of the peace ) N00016071 1810? Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, bookkeeper and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Margret Musgrove Hord. Father of Ann H. Hord, Henry H. Hord, Candes N. Hord, Stephen R. Hord, Mary F. Hord, Benjamin A. Hord, Richard Ferguson Hord, and Dolley Hord. Bookkeeper in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Justice of the peace in Taylor County, Kentucky, from December 10, 1862.

Relationships Political: Taylor County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 359B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Precinct 3, p. 220B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 47A-B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #30710. KYR-0001-031-0082. Daniel B. Moore (Taylor County, Kentucky, Clerk and assistant assessor) N00007460 1821-12-14 1907-03-09 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, clerk and assistant assessor. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth W. Shreve Moore in Taylor County, Kentucky, in October 1853. Father of Maggie J. Moore, Elizabeth C. Moore, and Mattie E. Moore. Married to Elizabeth Corn Moore in Mercer County, Kentucky, in June 1864. Clerk in Taylor County in 1860. Assistant assessor in Taylor County. Clerk of Taylor Circuit Court from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Taylor Circuit Court Political: Taylor County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 663. 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, 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, Taylor County, KY, n.d., p. 327. "Daniel B. Moore (1821-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #105754952, accessed October 1, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105754952. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, Film #000983727. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, 1840-1950, Film #000191865, p. 52. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages 1856-1865, Film #000191865. KYR-0001-004-1383. George W. Montague (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk) N00003561 1821-02-21 1875-05-07 Categories: People

Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of James Montague. Married to Margaret T. Moore Montague in Greensburg, Kentucky, on April 6, 1843. Father of Elizabeth "Betty" E. Montague, James Brown Montague, Daniel Brown Montague, Arabella "Belle" Montague, Margaret A. Montague, Johanna "Jane" L. Montague, and McClelland Montague. Clerk in Taylor County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Taylor County in 1850. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860. Clerk of the Taylor County Court and Taylor Circuit Court from 1855 to 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Taylor Circuit Court Legal: Thomas Cox (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Legal: Edward Yates (Taylor County Farmer) Legal: James C. Wood (Taylor co., KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Taylor County Court Legal: Benjamin C. Hord (Taylor County, Kentucky, bookkeeper and justice of the peace ) Legal: Daniel B. Moore (Taylor County, Kentucky, Clerk and assistant assessor) Legal: Taylor County Court Political: John G. Newcomb (Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and private (U.S.A.)) Political: John Rice Robinson (Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney and captain 27th KY Inf USA) Political: Rodophil E. Jeter (Green & Taylor County, KY, postmaster, provost marshal of Campbellsville, carpenter) Familial: Robert S. Montague (Taylor County, Kentucky, attorney and county clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 194A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville, p. 36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 2, p. 662. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Logan County, West Lincoln, p. 271A. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1855 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1856), 355-57. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 289. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. 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. "George W. Montague (1821-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #30682648, accessed January 25, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30682648. George William Montague, History and Genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and his Descendants, 1621-1894, (Amherst, MA: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894), 209. Campbellsville, Kentucky P00000507 Categories: Places

Seat of Taylor County, Kentucky.

37.3434, -85.3419 Betty Mitchell Gorin, "Campbellsville," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1993), 156. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), p.47. "Campbellsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 14, 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). Taylor County, Kentucky P00000681 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Campbellsville.

37.3434, -85.3419 "Campbellsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 14, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 290. Taylor County Court O00000718 Categories: Organizations

Located in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Cloyd. Clerk(s): George W. Montague and Robert S. Montague.

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. Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky 1862-12-05 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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CampbellsvilleKy Decr 5th 1862 -- To his Exelency the Governor of Ky Dr Sir

Benjn C Hordwho was regularly elected at the last August election & Commissioned by the Governor to fill the unexpired term ofD. B. Moore Justice of the peace in District No 3 Taylor County Ky (resigned, has ^was^ not been qualified (sworn) under his Commission about within 30 days after his election, he is therefore recommended for appointment for to fill said unexpired term --

His Commission was misplaced in office & not found until today

Resplly Geo. W. MontagueClk

Taylor County Court

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Taylor Co

J P. Dist No 3 AppdDecr 10 1862