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Archibald Robison

b. Abt. 1792– d. 1879

 

 

 

Archibald Robison was the son of  Robert Robison II and Margaret Henderson.  He is named in his grandfather, David Robison’s LWT.

 

Children of Robert Robison (II) and Margaret Henderson are:

 

Archibald Robison who m. Abigail Barnett

Elizabeth Robison (III) who m. (1) Alexander Gillespie, and (2) Elias Alexander

Polly B. Robison who m. John Knox

[Robert?] Robison (III) who may be the one who m. Isabella Robison

Cynthia H. Robison, never married.

Dr. Carnes Henderson Robison who m. Mary Abigail Alexander

 

 

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Mecklenburg Co, NC Wills

 

WB-F/134

 

LWT of David Robison

 

29 Nov 1805, prb Oct 1808 Ct by the oath of Robert Robison.

 

Being far advanced in years and weak and infirm of body, I will to my son Davidson Robison the land on which I now live, I will [the books] Henry's Commentaries to my son Robert Robison and request that he allow his siblings reasonable use of them, and all the rest of my books are to be equally divided among my children as well as my horse, saddle, cash, notes, and bonds.

 

I will to my grandson Archibald Robison the tract of land on which my son Moses now resides, provided Archibald allows the sd Moses and his wife to have possession of the land and enjoy its profits during their lifetimes. 

 

Exrs: Andrew Henderson and son Robert Robison

Wit: Robert Robison

 

[Ferguson, Abstract 606, page 89]

 

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Mecklenburg Co, NC - Court Minutes

Book 5, 1813 August Session, 270

 

Ordered that Carnes H. Henderson be appointed Guardian for Carnes H. Robison, a minor legatee of Robert Robison, who was bound with Andrew Henderson, Security, in [the Sum of ] L50.

 

Ordered that David Robison be appointed Guardian for Eliza Robison, a minor legatee of Robert Robison, who was bound with Carnes Henderson, Security, in [the Sum of] L50.

 

Ordered that James Henderson be appointed Guardian for Cinthia Robison, a minor legatee of Robert Robison, who was bound with Andrew Henderson, Security, in [the Sum of] L50.

 

[HWF, page 173]

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When James Henderson later died, Archibald Robison was appointed as her guardian:

 

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Mecklenburg Co, NC - Court Minutes

Book 5, 1814 August Session, 358

 

Ordered by the Court that Archibald Robison be appointed Guardian for Cynthia Robison, a Minor Orphan of [Robert*] Robison, Deceased, who appeared in Court and was bound with David Robison, Security in [Sum of] L100.

 

[HWF, page 195]

 

*see Book 5, 1813 August Session, 240, also Book 6, 1815 August Session, 37...below

 

PRB...Assume this is her brother Archibald who would have been age 22 in Aug 1814.

 

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Also this entry:

 

Book 6, 1815 August Session, 37

 

Order by the Court that Archibald Robison be appointed Guardian for Elizabeth Robison, a minor Legatee of Robert Robison, Decd, in the room [?] of David Robison, Resigned, who appeared in Court and entered into bond with Andrew Henderson, Security, the Sum of L50.

 

[HWF, page 207]

 

PRB...If Archibald was already her guardian...what is this about?

 

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North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

 

Groom: Archibald Robinson 

Bride: Abigal Barnett  

Bond_Date: 16 Feb 1820

Bond #: 000083322 

County: Mecklenburg 

Record #: 02 208 

Bondsman: David R Henderson

 

 

PRB note: 

Bondsman is David Robison Henderson who m. Margaret “Peggy” Davidson Alexander, daughter of William Bane Alexander and Violet Davidson.

Archibald’s younger brother, Dr. Carnes/Kearns Henderson Robison, married Mary Abigail Alexander, also a daughter of William and Violet.

 

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1820 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Arch Robison

County: Mecklenburg 

State: North Carolina

 

page 171

 

100110-011111-020

 

No way to know who is in this Household....looks like a multi-family situation...

Newly weds Archibald and Abigail...and ?Uncle Moses and wife...and???.

 

Same page:

 

David Smith

Rachel Robison [Rachel Frazer/Fraiser, widow of Alexander Robison]

James Robison

James Blakley/Blakely

Lewis Jetton

Eli Alexander

James A. Todd (30-49)

 

and others....

 

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Mecklenburg Co, NC Deed Book 22, page 153

 

3 Mar 1825.  Archibald Robison to David R. Henderson for $436, 84-3/4 A on Shugar Cr Being part of the plantation where the grantor lived.  Wit: Wm. B. Alexander. Proven at Feb Court 1825, Reg 26 Mar 1825.

 

[Ferguson Abstract 5275]

 

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1830 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Archibald Robison

County: Mecklenburg 

State: North Carolina

p360

 

1 WM 0-4 (1826-1830) son?

1 WM 5-9 (1821-1825) son?

1 WM 30-39 (1891-1800) Archibald, b. abt 1792

1 WM 70-79 (Uncle Moses???)

 

1 WF 5-9  (1821-1825) who?  Jan Margaret Robison who m. William Vance?

1 WF 30-39  (1891-1800) Abigail, b. abt 1793

 

Same page:

 

Andrew Henderson (70-80)

James A. Todd (40-49)

James Smith

William Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander

James Orr

Andrew Henderson

James Doherty

 

 

* see 1808 LWT of David Robison regarding land given to "grandson Archibald Alexander...tract of land on which my son Moses now Resides, provided Archibald allows the sd Moses and his wf to have possession of the land and enjoy its profits during their lifetimes.  Exrs Andrew Henderson and son Robert Robison.

 

Archibald must be the son of Robert....

 

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1840 United States Federal Census

Name: Archibald Robinson

County: Mecklenburg 

State: North Carolina

 

1 WM 10-15 (1825-1830) son? (consistent with 1830)

1 WM 15-20 (1820-1825) son? (consistent with 1830) [Marcus H. Robison?]

2 WM 40-50 (1790-1800)  Archibald b. abt 1792 & who?

 

1 WF 15-20 (1820-1825) dau? (consistent with 1830)

1 WF 40-50 (1790-1800) Abigail, b. abt 1793

 

0 Slaves

 

[Alpha Listing...no neighbor info]

 

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This is Robert Robison III, brother of  Mary B. (Robison) Knox..et al

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Mecklenburg Co NC- 1841-1850 CP & QS Court Minutes: (Book 9, 244)

 

Feb 1, 1845

 

       State of North Carolina}

       Mecklenburg County   }  We the undersigned Commissioners Viz:

James H. [sic A]. Todd, Wm. Gribble, Addison Frazier, Batte Irwin being appointed by the Court to divide and make partition between and among ARCHIBALD ROBINSON, C[ARNES] H. ROBINSON, CYNTHIA ROBINSON, the HEIRS of ELIZABETH [ROBISON-GILLESPIE] ALEXANDER, decd., and the HEIRS[?] of MARY KNOX, [all] HEIRS AT LAW of ROBERT ROBINSON, decd, where upon we have made and do the make the following appropriations, viz:

 

[1] The Lot No 1 is assigned to the heirs* of Elizabeth [Robison-Gillespie] Alexander...36 acres..value $250

[2] The Lot No 2 is assigned to C[arnes] H. Robinson...62 acres...value $298

[3] The Lot No 3 is assigned to Archibald Robinson...52 acres...value $258

[4] The Lot No 4 is assigned to Cynthia Robison...71 acres...value $202

[5] The Lot No 5 is assigned to the heirs of Mary [Robison] Knox....98 acres..(.value not given, but must be $242)

 

The  Lot No 2 [Carnes] pays to Lot No 4 [Cynthia] $48, the Lot No 3 [Archibald] pays to Lot No 5 [Mary Knox] $8 which sums make an equitable division all of which is respectfully submited under our hands and seals the 5th December 1844

[signed] JAS. A. TODD, BATTE IRVIN, WM GRIBBLE, J[OSEPH]. A[DDISON]. FRAZIER. [aka FRASER]  Surveyor's fees $10, Commission Fees $8.

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg Co, NC 1841-1850 Court Minutes, page 93]

 

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC Wills - Book I, page 60

 

CARNES H. ROBISON

 

10 Apr 1845; prb July 1846 Ct

 

Considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, I request that my exr remove the personal property from the place where I now reside to the plantation allotted to me in the division of my father's estate, and at that place sell all my personal property at public auction.  From the proceeds my just debts and funeral expenses are to be paid, and if there is any residue I give it to MY SISTER CYNTHIA ROBISON; if the proceeds are not enough to pay my debts, together with the collection of a note for $30 owed to me, then my exr may sell my real estate adj A[RCHIBALD] ROBISON, J. P. HENDERSON, and Mrs. McCLURE.  The remainder from the sale of the sd land or the land itself I will to my sister Cynthia.  The interest I have in the JAMES ROBISON tract adj. Wallace L. Stewart and others I give to my STEP-DAU HETTY ALEXANDER.  My interest in the property of my wife M. A. Robison [decd?] at the time of our marriage I also give to Hetty.

 

Sole exr: DAVID R[obison]. HENDERSON

Wit: D. R. Henderson,[Dr?] Isaac Wilson, and Archibald Robison.

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg NC Wills 1791-1868 Books A-J; 926, p 139]

 

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[Abstracted by Peggy Reece Bruckner, June 16, 2008

from NC Archives  Mecklenburg County NC, Deed Book  2, page 224]

 

31 May 1845. Archibald Robison to John Knox for $5,  7 1/2 A in Mecklenburg County NC adj David Henderson, John Knox and others, being a part of the tract of Land of Robert Robison, decd.

 

[Witness and Ack date illegible, but Court Minutes show this deed was proved by

Cynthia H. Robison April Term 1847 ]

 

 

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[Abstracted by Peggy Reece Bruckner, June 16, 2008

from NC Archives  Mecklenburg County NC, Deed Book  2, pages 231 & 232]

 

31 May 1845. Cynthia H. Robison to John Knox for $58.50, 20 1/2 A in Mecklenburg County NC Adj David R. Henderson, the great road, C. H. Robison and others.  Wit: Archibald Robinson & Marcus H. Robinson; ackd April Term 1847.

 

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC CP & QS Court Minutes: (Book 9, 338)

 

April 27, 1846, Non Cupative [nuncupative] will of Cairns [Kerns] H[enderson] Robison was offered for probate by Hetty Alexander and in part by he [his] next friend James M. Alexander.  It [was] ordered by the Court that notice issue to JOHN KNOX, CYNTHIA [H] ROBISON,  ARCHIBALD ROBISON, Andrew Springs, Guardian & Geo F. Davidson, Guardian, and that publication be made [for] Six weeks in the Charlotte Journal for absentees adn that an issue be made up devesavit vel non.

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg NC Court Minutes, Vol V 1841-1850, 338, p 119]

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC CP & QS Court Minutes: (Book 9, page 421)

 

April 26, 1847

 

Deed from CYNTHIA H. ROBISON to JOHN KNOX, for 20 1/2 acres bearing date May 31, 1845. Acknowledged.

 

Deed from ARCHIBALD ROBISON to JOHN KNOX, for 7 1/2 acres bearing date May 31, 1845, proved by CYNTHIA H. ROBISON .

 

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg NC Court Minutes, Vol V 1841-1850, abstract 421, page 139]

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC

Court of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions

Court Minutes: (Book 9, page 338)

 

April 27, 1846, Non Cupative [nuncupative] will of Cairns [Kerns] H[enderson] Robison was offered for probate by Hetty Alexander and in part by he [his] next friend James M. Alexander.  It [was] ordered by the Court that notice issue to John Knox, Cynthia [H?]Robison, Archibald Robison, Andrew Springs, Guardian & Geo F. Davidson, Guardian, and that publication be made [for] Six weeks in the Charlotte Journal for absentees and that an issue be made up devesavit [sic devisavit] vel non.

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg NC Court Minutes, Vol V 1831-1840, abstract 338, page 119]

 

[Cynthia H. Robison is the "Aunt of David S. Hutchison's WIFE (Dorcas Elizabeth Alexander), per his LWT]

 

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A Nuncupative Will is a will that has been delivered orally to the witnesses.

 

Devisavit vel non, a latin legal term: The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will, in this case apparently to identify other living heirs.

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC CP & QS Court Minutes: (Book 9, page 421)

 

April 26, 1847

 

Deed from CYNTHIA H. ROBISON to JOHN KNOX, for 20 1/2 acres bearing date May 31, 1845. Acknowledged.

 

Deed from ARCHIBALD ROBISON to JOHN KNOX, for 7 1/2 acres bearing date May 31, 1845, proved by CYNTHIA H. ROBISON .

 

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg NC Court Minutes, Vol V 1841-1850, abstract 421, page 139]

 

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1850 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Archd Robinson

Age: 58

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1792

Birth Place: North Carolina

Gender: Male

Home in 1850(City,County,State): Centre, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

 

Archd Robinson, 58, NC

Abigail Robinson, 59, NC

 

 

Next door is Margaret Jane (Robison) (Mrs. W. H.) Vance and family...

 

Next to Willam & Margaret is:

 

Malinda Fraiser, 58, NC

 

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1850 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Cynthia Roberson [Robison]

Age: 38

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812

Birth Place: North Carolina

Gender: Female

Home in 1850(City,County,State): Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

 

Cynthia Robison, 38, NC

Dorcas E. Alexander, 14, NC [future wife of David S. Hutchison]

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC -Minutes of Court of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions

January Session 1853

10 Book, page 371

Date January 24, 1853

 

[26] Deed from JOHN KNOX & MARY B. KNOX to DAVID S. HUTCHISON for 110 1/4 acres dated August 24th 1852, proved by J[OHN] R. KNOX.

 

[Source: Herman W. Ferguson,  Minutes of Mecklenburg Co NC Court of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions Vol  : 1851 - 1860 , page 27 ]

 

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Mecklenburg Co NC -Minutes of Court of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions

January Session 1853

10 Book, page 389

Date April 4, 1853

 

[20] Deed from CYNTHIA H. ROBINSON to DAVID S. HUTCHISON for 79 acres dated Mar 8th 1853, proved by T. H. Brem.

 

[Source: Herman W. Ferguson,  Minutes of Mecklenburg Co NC Court of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions Vol  : 1851 - 1860 , page 32 ]

 

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1860 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Archibald Robinson

Age in 1860: 68 

Birth Year: abt 1792 

Birthplace: North Carolina 

Home in 1860: Western Division, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Gender: Male 

Post Office: Charlotte

 

Household Members: Name Age

Archibald Robinson 68, NC - farmer

Abigal Robinson 67, NC

 

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James Henderson, 50, NC

Sally Henderson 46, NC 

 

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Mecklenburg Co  NC Wills - Book J, 203

 

David S. Hutchison

 

19 Sept 1863, prb in Oct 1865 Ct

 

I will to my wife Dorcas Elizabeth [Alexander] Hutchison, during her lifetime, my plantation, and at her death it is to descend to my son Joseph R. Hutchison.  I also will to my wife, during her lifetime, my sales Hal, Edger, Cinda, and Adaline, and at a her death they are to be divided equally between my son Joseph and my dau Mary;  Joseph is also to have the slave Hannah, and Mary the slave Jane.  All the remainder of my estate is for the use of my wife during her lifetime, and at her death it is to be divided equally between my two children.  My wifes' aunt Cynthia H. Robison is to be supported from my estate during her lifetime.

 

Sole exr: Friend James M[acon]. Hutchison [son of Dr. Thos L. Hutchison]

 

Witness: J. M. Hutchison and S. W. Alexander [wife's near kin? may be Wm. S.]

Wm Maxwell, CCC

 

[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg Co NC Wills 1791-1868 Books A-J; 1207, p 175]

 

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1870 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Archy Robinson

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791

Age in 1870: 79 

Birthplace: North Carolina 

Home in 1870: Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Race: White 

Gender: Male 

Post Office: Martindale 

 

Household Members: Name Age

Archibald Robinson 79, NC - at home

Abigal Robinson 78, NC

 

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1880 United States Federal Census

 

Name: Abby Robertson

Home in 1880: Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Age: 87

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1793

Birthplace: North Carolina

Relation to Head of Household: Mother

Father's birthplace: North Carolina

Mother's birthplace: North Carolina

 

Occupation: At Home With Daughter

Race: White

Gender: Female

 

Household Members: Name Age

J. Margaret Vance 53, dau, NC/NC/NC [Margaret Jane Robison, wid of W. H. Vance]

Abby Robertson 87, mother NC/NC/NC 

 

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Archibald d. 1879 and Abigail d. 1888.  Both are buried at Hopewell, as is Mary Abigail Alexander Robison, widow of Dr. Carnes Henderson Alexander.  They are the only three Robison/Robinsons who appear in the Hopewell Cemetery listing.  It seems likely Carnes is also there... [Margaret Jane (Robison) Vance, dau of Archibald & Abigal is also buried at Hopewell with other Vances]

 

No LWT or Loose Estate Papers found for either Archibald Robison/Robinson, or his wife Abigail Barnett Robison...