Diane, I am most interested in your Jackson Robinson and any siblings that he may have had. I am searching for information on the father of John Jackson Roberson/Robinson born August 19, 1852. Basic query ( I do have a more informative query if anyone is interested) James F. or John J. Roberson/Robinson (unsure of 1st name) married to Anna (Annie) Eastwood before 1852. One child born to this union, John Jackson Roberson, born August 19, 1852, on the White River possibly near Jackson Port, Jackson County, Ark. The father James or John Roberson/Robinson died on or about the same time of the child's birth. Mother and child settled first in Ouachita County, Ark. and later in Carterville, Bossier Parish, Louisiana; near the Lafayette County Arkansas State line. I am also interested in the following Robinson found in Goodspeed for Washington County John M. Robinson moved to Lafayette County Arkansas before returingin to Franklin County Arkansas Any information is greatly appreciated. Kathy Robinson. SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. Washington County, Ark. John M. Robinson, a skillful blacksmith, of Elm Springs, Ark., was born in Alabama in 1838, and is a son of Archibald Robinson, who was also born in Alabama, and was overseer on a plantation. He was married to Sarah French, and their union was blessed in the birth of two children, their son, John M., being reared on a plantation in his native State. At the age of sixteen years he determined to carve out his own future, and accordingly went to Texas, where he remained seven months, and then took up his abode in Arkansas, locating first in Lafayette County, where he was engaged in tilling the soil and learning the blacksmith's trade, and afterward, in 1860, settled in Franklin County. In [p.1013] February, 1863, he joined the Federal army, and served in Company C, First Arkansas Infantry, until 1864, and was then promoted to lieutenant in Company A. same regiment, and served until the close of the war, participating in the following battles: Elk Horn, Poison Spring and Jenkin's Ferry, besides numerous skirmishes. He was married while in Lafayette County, Ark., in 1858, to Miss Mary J. Waldrip, who was born in Alabama in 1840, and by her became the father of four children: Mary E., James Monroe. Sarah A. and Henry D. Mr. Robinson remained in Franklin County, Ark., farming and working at his trade until 1873, when he came to , locating near Elm Springs, and in 1883 became a member of the blacksmith firm of Smith & Robinson. Mr. Robinson is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and G. A. R. All the family belong to the Christian Church. Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 19:44:42 -0800From: Diane Taylor <A HREF="mailto:djtaylor@puc.edu">To: ARWASHIN-L@rootsweb.comMessage-ID: <B8AEC19B.2221%djtaylor@puc.edu>Subject: [ARWASHIN] ROBINSON LOOKUPSContent-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"Content-transfer-encoding: 7bitOlan,I am sending this to the list so others interested in the ROBINSON name canalso check it out. (there are actually 91 listed!)Here is what I found on the persons you asked for and a few extra:ROBINSON, William pg. 648ROBINSON, William J. pg. 1314ROBINSON, Harve (yes, it is spelled that way) pg. 1314ROBINSON, Harvey Lee pg. 1113ROBINSON, Hester (Hettie) pg. 1070ROBINSON, J.A. pg. 768ROBINSON, J.M. pg. 722ROBINSON, Jack pg. 1314ROBINSON, Jackson pg. 1070ROBINSON, James L. pg. 1313If you would like any of these pages copied, let me know. Or if you wantmore information or more names.Diane> For you great folks that are doing lookups, thank you very much.>> I am interested in Robinsons. For the most part my Robinson's lived in or> around West Fork in Washington County.>> Ny grandfather was William Harvey Robinson, he was born in West Fork on> Oct. 13, 1859. He married Lucinda Colbert Carlton. Some time between 1893> and 1894 they moved to St. Paul in Madison County.>> My great grandfather was Jackson Robinson, he was born in Tenn on 12 Jan> 1817 and died in 1891 in West Fork and is buried in the Campbell Cem in> West Fork. He was married to Hester Harer, and she is also buried in the> Campbell Cem in West Fork.>> Jackson and Hester Robinson had several other children besides my> grandfather, and I believe that most of them continued to live in the West> Fork area of Washington County.>> Thank you for any information that you might be able to find.>> Olan Watkins </A>