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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
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
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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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Groom: Archibald Robinson
Bride: Abigal Barnett
Bond_Date:
Bond #: 000083322
County:
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
Name: Arch Robison
County:
State:
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
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1830
Name: Archibald Robison
County:
State:
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
Name: Archibald Robinson
County:
State:
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)
State of
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
[2] The
[3] The
[4] The
[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
[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
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].
Wit: D. R. Henderson,[Dr?] Isaac Wilson, and Archibald Robison.
[Herman
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[Abstracted by Peggy Reece Bruckner,
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,
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)
[Herman W.
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Mecklenburg Co NC CP & QS Court Minutes: (Book 9, page
421)
Deed from CYNTHIA H. ROBISON to JOHN
KNOX, for 20 1/2 acres bearing date
Deed from ARCHIBALD ROBISON to JOHN KNOX, for 7 1/2 acres
bearing date
[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)
[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)
Deed from CYNTHIA H. ROBISON to JOHN
KNOX, for 20 1/2 acres bearing date
Deed from ARCHIBALD ROBISON to JOHN KNOX, for 7 1/2 acres
bearing date
[Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg NC Court Minutes, Vol V 1841-1850, abstract 421, page 139]
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1850
Name: Archd Robinson
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1792
Birth Place:
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State):
Centre,
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
Name: Cynthia Roberson [Robison]
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Birth Place:
Gender: Female
Home in 1850(City,County,State):
Sugar Creek,
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
[26] Deed from JOHN KNOX & MARY B. KNOX to DAVID S.
HUTCHISON for 110 1/4 acres dated
[Source: Herman W.
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Mecklenburg Co NC -Minutes of Court of Common Pleas &
Quarter Sessions
January Session 1853
10 Book, page 389
Date
[20] Deed from CYNTHIA H. ROBINSON to DAVID S. HUTCHISON for
79 acres dated
[Source: Herman W.
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1860
Name: Archibald Robinson
Age in 1860: 68
Birth Year: abt 1792
Birthplace:
Home in 1860: Western Division,
Gender: Male
Post Office:
Household Members: Name Age
Archibald
Abigal
next page
James Henderson, 50, NC
Sally Henderson 46, NC
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Mecklenburg Co NC Wills - Book J, 203
David S. Hutchison
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.
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1870
Name: Archy Robinson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Age in 1870: 79
Birthplace:
Home in 1870: Long Creek,
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Martindale
Household Members: Name Age
Archibald
Abigal
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1880
Name: Abby Robertson
Home in 1880: Long Creek,
Age: 87
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1793
Birthplace:
Relation to Head of Household: Mother
Father's birthplace:
Mother's birthplace:
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
No LWT or Loose Estate Papers found for either Archibald
Robison/Robinson, or his wife Abigail Barnett Robison...