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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-0001-031-0096 R1-141

Johnson 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. Clabourn Hawes (Johnson County, Kentucky, shoemaker and justice of the peace) N00015310 1825? Categories: People

Johnson County, Kentucky, shoemaker and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Elexious Hawes and Sarah Hawes. Married to Dellia Baldwin Hawes. Father of Purlina Hawes, Henry S. Hawes, and Martha Hawes. Farmer in Johnson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Shoe and boot maker in Johnson County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Johnson County on December 22, 1862. Shoe maker in Johnson County in 1863.

Relationships Political: John Howes (Johnson County, KY, merchant & clerk of circuit & county courts)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 108A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 149. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994043, Johnson County Births, p. 2. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Johnson County, KY, October 1863, p. 10. KYR-0001-031-0096. Lewis Todd (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00015311 1815? Categories: People

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Howes Todd. Father of Sarah E. Todd, Katherine Todd, Martha J. Todd, James C. Todd, Susan Todd, Mary Todd, and Johnson Todd. Farmer in Johnson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Employed Manford Friend as a saddler in Johnson County in 1860. Employed John W. Walker in Johnson County in 1860. Removed as justice of the peace in Johnson County in 1862.

Relationships Familial: John Howes (Johnson County, KY, merchant & clerk of circuit & county courts)

Johnson County, Kentucky, minister, circuit clerk, and county clerk. Virginia native. Married to Jane Howes. Father of Permelia Howes, Amy Katherine Howes, Nancy J. Howes, Malissa Howes, Charles Johnson Howes, John Elexious Howes, Winfield S. Howes, Millard Howes, Josephine Howes, and July Howes. Clerk of the Johnson County Court in Kentucky in 1850. Methodist minister in Johnson County in 1860. Clerk of the Johnson County Court from 1860 to 1865. Clerk of the Johnson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Johnson County Court Political: James Step (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and stonemason, Justice of the peace) Political: James Crum (Johnson County, KY, Farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 80B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 151. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Paintsville, p. 803. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 9th Congressional District, Johnson County, Vol. 2 of 3, October 1863, p. 409, p. 201 of 212 of microfilm), (Accessed via ancestry.com on August 20, 2020). “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. Find A Grave, “John Howes (1810-unknown)," Memorial 198303880, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198303880/john-howes (accessed August 20, 2020). 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). Johnson County, Kentucky P00002566 Categories: Places

County in Kentucky. Seat at Paintsville.

37.8048, -82.8641 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), p. 154. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Johnson County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). Johnson County Court O00000644 Categories: Organizations

Located in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Unknown. Clerk(s): John Howes and Daniel Pelphrey.

Relationships Political: Lewis Todd (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Clabourn Hawes (Johnson County, Kentucky, shoemaker and justice of the peace) Political: John Howes (Johnson County, KY, merchant & clerk of circuit & county courts)

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), 303-308. 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), 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), 301-306. 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), 347-350. Johnson County, Kentucky 1862-12 Order English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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.

State of Kentucky Johnson County Court December Term 1862

It is Ordered to be certified to his Excellency the Governor of this State that Clabourn Hawes is a proper and fit person to fill the office of Justice of the Peace of this County in District No 1 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the removal of Lewis Todd

A Copy att John Hawesclerk

Johnson Co

J. P. Dist No 1 C Hawes AppdDecr 22. 1862