George Robinson was born 1765-1778 VA. His father, James Robinson, in his will in 1805 left to his son, George, 100 acres of land purchased from Samuel Shannon. One George Robinson is continuously listed in the 1799-1830 tax lists of Shelby County, KY. The 1799-1805 tax lists show George Robinson with no land and in the 1806 list George is taxed on 100 acres on Bullskin Creek that was originally entered in the name of William Shannon. This appears to be James & Elizabeth Robinson’s son. In the following year, 1807, a George Robinson married Amy Newland in Shelby County, KY. Starting in the 1807 tax list this George’s land is listed as being on Clear Creek not on Bullskin Creek. At first glance it seems that the George Robinson, who married Amy Newland, is James & Elizabeth Robinson’s son. However, he is clearly not. This George was born 12 October 1771 in Virginia and was the son of John Robinson, of Campbell County, VA, who married Jane/Janet Edgar in 1768. A family bible record of this couple that survives listed then as having a son, George, who was born on 12 October 1771. In the Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY, there is a gravestone for George Robinson, that bears a birthdate of 12 October 1771 and on the same stone is the name of his wife, Amy, who died in 1828. This George is listed in the 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850 & 1860 censuses of Shelby County.
During the years of 1852-1861 the state of Kentucky recorded some vital statistics on the state level. In these records a death record for this George Robinson was recorded – he died in October 1861 of old age, at the age of 90 years, he was a farmer, widowed, born Virginia and he was the son of John & Jane Robinson. In the book, Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri (Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1895, pp200-201) appears a biography of Rev. James Reid. The sketch reports that Rev. Reid was the son of James Reid, Sr. & Miss Lucy (1808-1886), daughter of George and Amy (Newland) Robinson. The biography ends with:
George Robinson, our subject’s grandfather, was born in Virginia, October 12, 1771, being of Scotch descent. He removed to Kentucky at a very early day, and there his death occurred during the winter of 1861-62. His wife, Amy (nee Newland), was probably a native Virginian, and died in Kentucky.
George Robinson, son of James & Elizabeth Robinson, appears to be living in 1806. Subsequently no trace of him could be found. The first order book of Shelby County, KY is not indexed and was not searched page by page for a possible reference to George Robinson.
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