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James Robinson, of Botetourt Co., VA & Shelby Co., KY
b.1735
Facts and Events
James Robinson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Will of James Robinson
- Will of James Robinson
- My son, George, land purchased from Samuel Shannon joining Robert Carson and Robert Simonton
- My son, John, land deeded to me by Stephen May.
- My wife, Elizabeth
- My grandson, Joseph Metcalf, land on which Benjamin Metcalf lives.
- My daughters, towit, Sarah Sawyer, Mary Gillespy, Jean Carson, Elizabeth Metcalf, Rebecca Carson, and those sisters single, towit, Peggy Nancy Allen, now married, Minty, and Charlotte
- My granddaughter, Elisabeth Fulton Gillaspy
- Witnesses: Thomas J. Given, Jesse Owen, and William Rennolds
- Written: May 23, 1805
- Probated: August 1805, Shelby County, KY.
- 3 October 1805 an inventory & appraisal of the estate of James Robinson, deceased, made by Samuel Vancleave, Benjamin Yeates, John Ford, William Eddy and Elizabeth Robinson; recorded in April 1806 (Shelby County, KY Will Book 2 pp84-87)
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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Marriage Bond: 1764, August 21, James Robinson. [Note: Bride's name not listed, appears to be record for this James Robinson]
Records in Virginia
- 28 Dec 1792. Marriage Bond. Benjamin MIDKIFF and Elisabeth ROBINSON. Surety, George ROBINSON. James ROBINSON consents for daughter Elizabeth. Witness: George ROBINSON. [Bath County, Virginia].
Records in Kentucky
- 4 January 1822 the following legatees of James Robinson, deceased, late of Shelby County, granted power of attorney to John Gillaspy, of Shelby County, KY, to settle our business in the state of Virginia, to determine rights to certain lands of the said James Robinson at the mouth of Elk Creek & Kanawha River in Virginia and to convey their interest in land – John G. Moore & wife Jane (late Robinson) of Shelby County, KY; Benjamin Midkiff & wife Betsey (late Robinson of Ohio County, KY; Stephen Allen & wife Nancy (late Robinson) of Shelby County, KY; John Gillaspy & wife Peggy (late Robinson) of Shelby County, KY; William Gillaspy & wife Araminta (late Robinson) of Shelby County, KY; John Fuqua & wife Charlotte (late Robinson) of Henry County, KY; document was recorded in Shelby County, KY on 15 October 1822 (Shelby County, KY Deed Book S1, p470) [5 children of James Robinson were not referenced in the document – Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, George & John]
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Notes
- The primary source for the life of Benjamin Midkiff is Jerry Long of Owensboro, Kentucky. Mr. Long has spent years collecting information on Benjamin Midkiff and his descendants and the main body of our knowledge of Benjamin is based on the work he has done. Mr. Long has established that Benjamin Midkiff came to Kentucky by 1796, possibly with the Robinson family of which his first wife Elizabeth belonged. Elizabeth’s father, James Robinson, and her brother-in-law appear in Madison County, Kentucky tax list of 1790; however, there is no evidence of Benjamin at this time. The Robinson family can be traced back to Botetourt County, Virginia where Elizabeth’s sister her sistere Sarah married John Sawyer in 1786 and her Jane married James McMullin in 1788. Elizabeth’s sister, Rebecca, is said to have married Lindsay Carson and was the mother of mountianman Kit Carson. The Midkiffs and Robinsons both appear in tax records of Madison County, Kentucky and by 1805 left records indicating they had settled in Shelby County, Kentucky. James Robinson died in Shelby County in 1805 and left a will dated the 03rd of May 1805 naming among his his heirs, a daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Midkiff. The will further identifies the Midkiffs by naming one of their children. Later records indicate that many of Benjamin’s children were born in Shelby County, further establishing the link. Benjamin also left a deed in Ohio County, Kentucky stating he had come from Shelby County.
- [Citation: http://www.oocities.org/heartland/farm/4162/midkiff.html].
This is likely the James Robinson that is listed in Chalkley's Vol. 2 as obtaining a marriage bond on August 21, 1764 (bride's name not listed).
References
- ↑ MyRootsPlace.com.
- James Robinson (c1745-1805) of Shelby County, KY, by Jerry Long .
James Robinson, this writer’s fifth great-grandfather, was married to Elizabeth Fulton; it is possible he had a previous marriage. James based on the births of his children was probably born about 1745. He is believed to be the son of James Robinson, yeoman, whose will was recorded in Augusta County, VA, written on 11 December 1770 and recorded in 1776, naming wife, Jane, & children - William, George, David, James, Joseph, John Robinson and Sarah McMullen (Augusta County, VA Will Book 5, pp483-484). Jane/Jean Robinson, daughter of James & Elizabeth (Fulton) Robinson married James McMullen (1788). They were cousins. James McMullen was a son of Edward McMullen, who left a will in Botetourt County, VA in 1788 (Botetourt County, VA Will Book A, p260). Edward McMullen & Sarah Robinson were married in Augusta County, VA on 16 May 1759. Edward McMullen like James Robinson owned land on Dunlap’s Creek, a tributary of the Jackson River in Botetourt County, VA. James, Elizabeth & Jean Robinson were witnesses on the will of Edward McMullen.
The Robinson family is believed to have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania prior to members of the family moving to Augusta County, Virginia. A lot of the Scotch Irish that moved into the Augusta County area of VA came from Lancaster County.
Members of the family resided in the part of Augusta County, VA that became Botetourt County, VA in 1769.
James & Elizabeth (Fulton) Robinson were living in Botetourt County, Virginia by 1771. Charles T. Burton in the book, Botetourt County, Virginia Early Settlers: From the Earliest Times Through 1795, in the Area that was Botetourt County in 1782: Covers Parts of Present-day Counties of Montgomery, Bath, Giles, Floyd, Alleghany, Roanoke, Craig, and Monroe (1979) groups the county’s earliest land grants through 1795 under each settler’s name. The following are listed for James Robinson, and wife Elizabeth, who owned land on Dunlap Creek and at Rich Patch Mountain, and who in 1795 were residents of Bath County, VA (letter B in left column = Botetourt County and DB = deed book- page)
Three of James Robinson’s daughters were married in Botetourt County, VA –
Mary in 1785, Sarah in 1786 and Jane in 1788. In 1790 Bath County, VA was formed out of parts of Botetourt, Augusta & Greenbrier Counties, VA. In 1792 James was living in Bath County, VA, where his daughter, Elizabeth, was married in 1792. Subsequently James owned land in the Western part of Virginia that is now part of West Virginia.
During 1795-1796 he moved to Madison County, KY. In Madison County, KY his daughters, Jane was married in 1794 and Rebecca in 1796. In the early records of Madison County, KY there are several James Robinsons / Robertsons. In the 1795 Madison County tax list there were four listed.
James Robinson and his son-in-law, Benjamin Midkiff are listed in the 1796 tax list of Madison County, KY. Some of his children prior to this were living in Madison County. His son-in-laws, John Sawyers, James McMullen and Robert Carson are first listed in the Madison County tax lists in 1790. In 1797 James Robinson and his son-in-laws, Benjamin Midkiff and James Gillaspy, appear for the first time in the tax records of Shelby County, KY. His son-in-laws, Robert Carson and John Sawyers were also residing in Shelby County by 1799. In Shelby County, KY four of the daughters of James & Elizabeth Robinson were married – Nancy in 1805, Margaret in 1806, Charlotte in 1808 and Araminta in 1809. James Robinson died in Shelby County in 1805 and his wife, Elizabeth died after 1808.
Children of James Robinson and Elizabeth Fulton were:
1. Mary Robinson, ‘Polly’, was born 1765-1770 VA. She married James Gillaspy (c1759-c1800), 25 January 1785 Botetourt County, VA and James Connell, 15 March 1820 Henry County, KY. Children of Mary & James Gillaspy were –
• Rev. John (c1785-after 1860), married Margaret Robinson
• William (1786-after 1860), married Leah Connell
• James Fulton (c1788-1846), married Nancy T. Calloway & Susan Spencer
• Jane (1791-after 1850), married Joseph Allen & Gavin Mitchell
• Robert (1793-1849), married Nancy Agnes Montgomery
• Elizabeth Fulton (1795-c1815), married William McWilliams
• George (1797-1871), married Catherine Smith & Mrs. Isabella (Adams) Teeters
• Mary (c1799-after 1850), married George Tillett Connell
2. Sarah Ann Robinson was born 1765-1770 VA. She married John Sawyers/Sawyer, 10 January 1786 Botetourt County, VA.
3. 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.
4. Jane Robinson was born c1770 VA. She married James McMullen (c1760-1793), 15 March 1788 Botetourt County, VA, Robert Carson (1759-1810), 22 July 1794 Madison County, KY and John Gay Moore, 18 July 1814 Shelby County, KY. Jane Robinson Moore died 1836-1846 Montgomery County, IN, where she was buried.
5. Elizabeth Robinson, ‘Betsy’, was born 1775-1777 VA. She married Benjamin Midkiff, 1 January 1793 Bath County, VA. Elizabeth died 1823-1824.
6. Rebecca Robinson was born 16 September 1778 VA. She married Lindsey Carson (1754-1818), 11 February 1796 Madison County, KY and Joseph Martin, 11 October 1821 Howard County, MO. Rebecca died 1840-1842 MO.
7. John F. Robinson was born c1783 VA. He married Polly. He is listed in the Shelby County, KY 1804-1816 tax lists. In the 1810 census of Shelby County, he was shown as being a resident of the town of Shelbyville; in his household were two males, one age 16-26 & one under 10 and 2 females, one over 45 & one 10-16. He died 1816-1817. John F. Robinson wrote his will on 27 December 1816 and it was recorded in Shelby County in March 1817; to my wife, Polly – plantation on which I live; my three children - George, Matilda, and Joseph; I appoint my wife and my nephew, William Gillaspy, executors; witnesses: John Gillaspy and Samson Marmaduke (Shelby County, KY Will Book 3, p544). Polly Robinson & William Gillaspy were appointed executors of his estate on 17 March 1817. In Shelby County Will Book 4, p11 an inventory (22 March 1817) and a sale bill of his estate (24 March 1817) were recorded and in Will Book 4 p248 a list of monies received by the estate was recorded. His widow, Polly, appeared in his place in the 1817 tax list of Shelby County. Polly married Peter Troutman (1769-1836), 9 November 1818 Shelby County, KY. Polly Troutman died 1824-1827 Bartholomew County, IN
8. Nancy Robinson was born 1784-1790 VA. She married Stephen Allen, Jr., 2 March 1805 Shelby County, KY.
9. Araminta Robinson, ‘Mintie’, was born c1788 VA. She married William Gillespie (c1784-1853), 24 January 1809 Shelby County, KY. Araminta died in September 1859 Ohio County, KY.
10. Charlotte Robinson, ‘Lottie’, was born 1790 VA. She married John Fuqua (1786-1853), 29 May 1808 Shelby County, KY. Charlotte died after 1860 Daviess County, KY.
11. Margaret Robinson, ‘Peggy’, was born 1790-1794. She married Rev. John Gillaspy (c1780-c1856), 8 May 1806 Shelby County, KY. Margaret died 1822-1830 KY.
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