Cynthia H. Robison

…“Tale of Two Johns” Character Profiles…

Cynthia H. Robison

b. 30 Apr 1806 – d. 19 Dec 1864

Cynthia H. Robison was the daughter of Robert Robison II and Margaret Henderson.

She is named as his wife's "Aunt" in David S. Hutchison's LWT ... David S. Hutchison is mentioned in John Knox's LWT. David was the husband of John and Mary's niece, Dorcas Elizabeth Alexander, daughter of Alexander Gillespie and Elizabeth Robison, Mary's younger sister.

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 - 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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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

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Mecklenburg Co, NC - Court Minutes

Book 9, 1843. January Session, 68

Ordered etc. that C[ynthia] H. Robinson [sic Robison] be Guardian of Dorcas E. Alexander with Archibald Robison and Robert F. Barnett, Securities, in the Sum of $4000.

[HWF, page 45]

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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]

1) Elizabeth's heirs were: Joseph Robison Gillespie, son by Alexander Gillespie; Dorcas Elizabeth Alexander, daughter by Elias Alexander.

2)* Elizabeth is shown as "decd", but Mary isn't shown as "decd" in the Ferguson transcription -- and is clearly alive in subsequent transactions. The actual court document shows decd marked through on the first page, and then not used on subsequent pages. This was a clerical error.

3) Elizabeth (Robison-Gillespie) was the sister of Archibald Robison, Mary B. (Robison) Knox, Cynthia H. Robison, & Cairns Henderson Robison -- all children of Robert Robison II & Margaret Henderson ]

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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 esistence, 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; abstract 926, page 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, 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 adn that an issue be made up devesavit vel non.

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

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Title: File No. 5820, Cynthia H. Robinson

Parent Records: State Records

Secretary of State Record Group

Land Office: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey, and Related Records

Mecklenburg County

Years: 1846

Call Number: S.108.854; Frames:384-389

Site: Archives Search Room (Raleigh)

MARS Id: 12.14.87.5781 (Folder)

Genres / Forms: Warrants, Plats

Land Grant Info: Acres: 37

Grant Number: 2159

Issued: Dec. 3, 1846

Warrant Number: 1499

Entered: Oct. 30, 1846

Book, Page: 151:269

Location: On waters of Sugar Creek

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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 Deeds

Book 3, page 746

4 Nov 1847. Cyntha Robison of County of Mecklenburg and B. B. Smith of the County of Mecklenburg for $125... Beginning at a Hickory on the great road...to a stake...J. P.Henderson corner...to a rock on the great road...43 A more or less...said land is part of tract of land of Robert Robison, decd...

Signed: Cynthia H. Robison

Wit: Martha Tarlton & Thomas B. Cerry

Reg 10 Feb 1854

[PRB Note: This appears to be Benjamin B. Smith who m. Mary B. Knox, Cynthia's niece]

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Mecklenburg Deeds

Book 2, page 446

23 April 1849. Trust Deed. Benj. B. Smith transferred to Henry Sloan* in trust for $10 the following property: [___] A on the Statesville Road about four miles from Charlotte adj. Wm. Black, James P. Henderson, and Cynthia Robison being a part of a tract formerly owned by K. H. [Kearns/Carnes Henderson Robison], also two horses, three cattle, 10 hogs, his current crop of cotton, hay, oats, & wheat growing on the land of M.[Monroe?] Gillespie, and his crop on the Fulwood place where the sd Smith then resided. Smith also transferred to Sloan all his household & kitchen furniture not bound to Ephraim Brevard. Smith was indebted to Henry A. Sloan in the sum of $69, to Dr. S. H. Johnston of Lincoln Co. for about $56, to John A. Young for about $25, to Mrs. Fulwood for about $17, to Henderson & Smith for about $27, to Rufus Reed with John D. Graham as security for about $19, to Davidson & Reed for about $45, to D. Parks for about $45, to Wm. L. Davidson with Jos. Potts as security for about $12, to Leroy Springs for about $85, to Springs & Withers [?] about $15, and to Jos. Patterson for about $12. If Smith paid these debts by 25 Dec 1849 this deed was to be void.

Wit: Wm. Johnston. Proved by grantor in the office of the Clerk 24 April 1849, test B. Oates, CCC.

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PRB note:

This is probably Henry A. Sloan, son of Robert Sloan & Agnes Curry.

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1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Cynthia Roberson [Robison]

Age: 38

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812 [tombstone shows b. 1806]

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 Census of Mecklenburg Co, NC

No record found for David or Dorcus Hutchison (or variants) or Cynthia Robison (or variants...but David and Cynthia did not die until after the 1860 Census, so they must be there...or were somehow missed.

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Mecklenburg Co NC Wills - Book J, page 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; abstract 1207, page 175]

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Cynthia died a few months after David died (Aug 1864)...

http://www.cmstory.org/cemetery/burialrecorddetail.asp?id=10778

Buried at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian

Robinson Cynthey H. 4/30/1806 12/19/1864 age 58 yrs., 7 ms., 19 ds.; graveyard no. 3