This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: amywindsor Surnames: Robinso, Sledge, Myrick, Lee, Westbrook, Davidson, Solomon, Joyner,Lauderdale, Selvidge,Scott, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: TO: jsaral10 My John Piland Robinson is the younger brother of your Sampson Avent Robinson born in Greenville CO, VA. Please contact me at [email protected] - Amy Windsor, Tomball, TX Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: caromomirl Surnames: Robinson, Woolsey, Kelly Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9692/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Wondering if anyone might have any more information regarding James Robinson who married Alma Woolsey somewhere around 1920, most likely in New York. A NY passenger listing showed that Alma's mother Bridget (Kelly) Woolsey gave her residence as her daughter's address as 2425 36th Street, Astoria, Long Island in July 1929. I also found James' and Alma's entry on the 1930 Census which shows they were both born circa 1900/1, they had two children Ellanora (born circa 1922) and James (born circa 1926)but that is as far as I have managed to get so far with the Robinson line. Caroline Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jsaral10 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Robinson line is mostly in Virginia: Janie Dunn Robinson (6/4/1892-1/20/1974) Greensboro,NC Horace Manning Robinson (9/10/1856-2/26/1910)Greensville VA William James Robinson (8/15/1826-2/11/1909)Greensville VA Capt.Sampson Avent Robinson (2/11/1788- / /1871) Greensville Capt. John Robinson (12/22/1762?-5/4/1856?)Stafford VA William M. Robinson (>1715-2/1802) Brunswick Co VA m. Lucy Fox William Robinson (<1689-8/25/1777) Brunswick Co VA m. Sarah S.? Would like to get farther back, with documentation. Is there anything in the book that mught pertain to this line? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JamesAllen227 Surnames: Robinson, Willicombe, Hendrick, Broderick Classification: bible Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9691/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found a Bible for George A.Robinson & Edna B. Willicombe in my grandmother's documents. Edna was apparently a close friend and neighbor in Florida. If anyone is related to this family, I'd be happy to make arragements to get it to the most direct descendant. It has several pages of vital stats for these families including Hendrick, Broderick. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am descended from Capt John P. Robinson of Brunswick Co, VA. Please contact me at [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ROBINSON] This Robinson Line This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jsaral10 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Robinson line is mostly in Virginia: Janie Dunn Robinson (6/4/1892-1/20/1974) Greensboro,NC Horace Manning Robinson (9/10/1856-2/26/1910)Greensville VA William James Robinson (8/15/1826-2/11/1909)Greensville VA Capt.Sampson Avent Robinson (2/11/1788- / /1871) Greensville Capt. John Robinson (12/22/1762?-5/4/1856?)Stafford VA William M. Robinson (>1715-2/1802) Brunswick Co VA m. Lucy Fox William Robinson (<1689-8/25/1777) Brunswick Co VA m. Sarah S.? Would like to get farther back, with documentation. Is there anything in the book that mught pertain to this line? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: brianswales40 Surnames: ROBINSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9690/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have Wilfred Robinson on their family tree? He was born in Yarm on Tees 5th January 1891, the son of James William Robinson & Margaret Josephine (nee Wilson). I'm almost certain Wilfred died in Nottingham 1n 1971. Any help would be much appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: srobinson98 Surnames: Robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9689/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Robert Rufus Robinson born 1842 MD married Susan Catherine Fast 1873 IL died unknown. Robert's dad was born in Scotland and mother in MD according o the 1880 census where Robert susan and their son alonzo lived in house 67/74 with henry gruff and his family barbara A, Cordy A, Jacob E Story has it Robert and some people he knew in the 1880s stole either a horse pig cow or chicken and he took the fall for the all of em and serve jail time either in kansas city MO or Kansas City KS. I don't know what jail or exactly where but I do know he served jail time for stealing. Any information on Robert will be greatly appreciated I have been rying to find him on the 1860 and 1870 censuses with no luck for 7 going on 8 years. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: srobinson98 Surnames: Robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9688/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Robert Rufus Robinson born 1842 MD married Susan Catherine Fast 1873 IL died unknown. Story has it Robert and some people he knew in the 1880s stole either a horse pig cow or chicken and he took the fall for the all of em and serve jail time either in kansas city MO or Kansas City KS. I don't know what jail or exactly where but I do know he served jail time for stealing. Any information on Robert will be greatly appreciated I have been rying to find him on the 1860 and 1870 censuses with no luck for 7 going on 8 years. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lonestar357 Surnames: Robinson, Bishop,Litchfield,Fulford,Brent,Carter,Matthews,Rhodes Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This narrative provides a better description of the movements of this Robinson family: WALLACE ROBINSON AND REBECCA BISHOP Wallace Robinson was born in North Carolina in 1781 and his wife, Rebecca Bishop, was born in 1790 in North Carolina, according to statements from Wallace Robinson and Rev. William Robinson and recorded in the federal records. Wallace and Rebecca were Baptist by faith and so recorded by their grandson, James Franklin Robinson. It was after the year 1809 that Wallace put the oxen to the wagon and began his southerly and westward journey that was to eventually land him and most of his family in Texas. Bidding his native state farewell, his first stop was Alabama. Here he remained approximately thirty years. His wife, Rebecca, was not permitted to complete the journey to the far west. She passed away between 1840 and 1848. In the year 1840, Wallace and Rebecca were living in Sumter County, Alabama, and three of their children were living at home. A son between the ages of fifteen and twenty, and two daughters, one between the ages of ten and fifteen and the other between fifteen and twenty. According to other federal records this indicates the daughters were Britiannia and Nancy. There are six known children and there may have been more. They are as follows: Jane, born 1805 in North Carolina and married Joseph Litchfield; William, born 11 January 1809 in North Carolina and married Julia Lucinda Fulford 16 April 1828 in Marengo County, Alabama, second marriage to Irena Isabel Brent 15 November 1846 in Hinds County, Mississippi; John B., who remained in Louisiana when the rest of the family moved to Rusk County, Texas in 1848; Benjamin F., married to Eran Carter; Britiannia, born 1819 in Alabama and married to Lewis Alexander Matthews 9 September 1850, in Rusk County, Texas; Nancy, born in 1828! in Alabama, married to Richard Rhodes. In the year 1840 Wallace Robinson owned two slaves, a female under ten years of age and a female between twenty-four and thirty-six years of age. Shortly after the year 1840 Wallace and his family and some of his married children and their families, accompanied by a number of slaves, and traveling in ox drawn wagons, started that long trek westward. They reached the western part of the state of Mississippi and called a halt and lived in that state until the last month of the year 1892. Rev. William Robinson states that his last two children, Julia Ann and William Harrison, by his first wife were born in Mississippi. In the last month of the year 1842, the families again put the oxen to the wagon and traveled on westward. It was in the northern part of Louisiana that they again put the slaves to tilling the soil. They remained here for about five years. In the year 1897 the west was still calling and they could resist no longer. All the families were on the move again except for John B. Robinson, who chase to remain in Louisiana where his descendants live to this day. Wallace Robinson and his family, except for his wife, and Rev, William Robinson and his eight children and his second wife, along with the other families, arrived in Rusk County, Texas in 1848. In 1850 in Rusk County, Texas Britiannia was living at home until her marriage 9 September 1850. She was enumerated 28 October 1850 and lived in Dwelling 991. Nancy lived in Dwelling 990. Wallace, who was enumerated as William Robinson, lived in dwelling 489. He gave his age as sixty-nine and born in North Carolina. It is evident that his wile had passed away because the census records state that he was married within the year. Due to the fact that he was enumerated under the name of William, I believe his name to be William Wallace Robinson. He was using his other given name, William, instead of Wallace, a thing that so many of the members of a family did from census year to census year. This record may be found in Sumter County, Alabama, 1840, page 38, and Rusk County, Texas, 1850, page 560, dwelling 489. A. F. OATES Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I find it interesting that my 4th great grandfather, a William Robinso, born abt 1895 in DE, is believed to also have made way to Ohio where his wife, Catherine May, was born and then family moved to Indiana by 1850.  I've have yet to find his parents but always seem to run across other Robinsons from the MD/DE area going to OH, IN, IA.  Do you know if your Joseph Robinson was a Quaker or Methodist? David --- On Thu, 1/7/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [ROBINSON] Joseph Robinson, b. MD abt 1800 To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 8:14 PM This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DonnaFisch97 Surnames: Robinson, Fowler Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9687/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on Joseph Robinson, my GGgrandfather.  He was born in Calvert County, Maryland around 1800.  He brought his children, John William (1830-1912) and Barbara Jane (1831-1902) to Ohio in about 1846-47, where they lived with the Kinsey Skinner family in Belmont County, Ohio.  After his arrival in Ohio, I have been unable to trace Joseph.  I think his wife, Elizabeth Fowler, must have died in Maryland.  Any information would be most welcome, as I have struggled with this brick wall for some time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DonnaFisch97 Surnames: Robinson, Fowler Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9687/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on Joseph Robinson, my GGgrandfather. He was born in Calvert County, Maryland around 1800. He brought his children, John William (1830-1912) and Barbara Jane (1831-1902) to Ohio in about 1846-47, where they lived with the Kinsey Skinner family in Belmont County, Ohio. After his arrival in Ohio, I have been unable to trace Joseph. I think his wife, Elizabeth Fowler, must have died in Maryland. Any information would be most welcome, as I have struggled with this brick wall for some time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lsm357 Surnames: Robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It certainly wasn't my intention to announce the fact that I have this Robinson Genealogy resource, then keep folks guessing as to what it contains. As I stated in the original posting, I subscribe to this message board and receive queries through email. If I see a familiar name in the query, I run it through the data base and look for a match. Unfortunately, the names contained in the recent flurry of activity here aren't matching up to those contained in this publication. It occurs to me that perhaps I've not included enough information which may allow fellow researchers to make a connection. So, here is the line of descent from the earliest known ancestor (Thomas Robinson) down to William "Choctaw Bill" Robinson. It may also help to include that this branch of Robinsons was in the process of western migration as can be seen by William "Choctaw Bill" Robinson's slow but steady progress through Alabama, into Mississippi, then ultimately into Texas. His numerous descendants can't easily be defined by geography, but generally they remained in the State of Texas. Again, if you think your ancestor may be among those contained in this book, I'm always happy to do a look up at your behest. ~ Jeff Thomas Robinson B: 1675~1676, Pasquotank Co, NC. D: 31 Jan 1719 Married: October 9, 1711 Wife: Sarah Symons B: 1679-1680, Pasquotank Co, NC. D: 28 Aug 1717, Albermarle Co., NC They Had Three Known Children: Joseph: B: July 14, 1712 Ann: B: September 1714 John: B: October 26, 1716 ---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Robinson B:July 14, 1712, Pasquotank Mm., Pasquotank Co., NC D: 1776, Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC Wife:Ann Baxter B: 1735 - 1738, Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC They Had Three Known Children: Allen, B: (Male) 1750-1752, Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC Elizabeth, (Female) B: 1758-1760, Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC Lukershe, (Female) B: 1760-1762, Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC ------------------------------------------------------- Allen Robinson: B: (Male) 1750-1752, Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC Married: 1774-1775, North Carolina Wife: Jane Williams, B: 1754-1756, North Carolina They Had Eight Known Children: Wallace, B: 1780, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina William, B: 1776-1777, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina Thomas, B: 30 May 1778, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina Joseph: B: 1782-1784, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina Lucretia, B: 1785-1786, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina Mary, B: 1787-1788, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina Brittania, B: 1789-1790, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina --------------------------------------------------------- Wallace Robinson: B: 1780, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina, D:Texas Married: February 22, 1803, Cedar Island,Carteret Co., North Carolina Wife: Rebecca Bishop, B: April 29, 1784, Hunting Quarters, Carteret Co., NC D: October 2, 1848, Sumter County, Alabama They Had Ten Known Children: William M "Choctaw Bill" Robinson, B: January 11, 1809, D: February 22, 1898, Baggett Creek, Comanche County, Texas Jane Robinson, B: February 27, 1804 Asa Robinson, B: 1805 Lucretia Robinson, B: 1812 Miriam Robinson, B: 1815 John Bishop Robinson, B: 25 April 1817 Britiania Robinson, B: 9 September 1819 Benjamin J. Robinson, B: 1823 Joseph Robinson, B: 1825 Nancy Robinson, B: 26 November 1827 -------------------------------------------------------- As can be seen, this branch of the Robinson family was most prolific, with subsequent generations even moreso. I've not included my direct line of descendancy from this point forward, as it is through William "Choctaw Bill" Robinson, who had two wives. With his first wife, Julia Lucinda Fulford, he fathered eight children: Williamson Milburn "Tump" Robinson, Alsey Robinson, John Robinson, Rebecca Robinson, Emeline Robinson, James Franklin Robinson, Julia Ann Robinson, and WIlliam Harrison Robinson. With his second wife, Irena Isabel Brent, he fathered six more children: Benjamin Charnel Robinson, Ann Elizabeth Robinson, Obadiah B. Robinson, Joseph Monroe Robinson, Lucinda Jane Robinson, and Isabella Corienne Robinson. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: crpatt1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did a Google Book search and only found a picture of the cover. Did a library serarch and it was found at the Angelo State University Library in San Angelo, TX. If that is convenient for anyone give it a try. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi all, GenealogyBuff.com http://www.genealogybuff.com has recently placed several considerable data collections online with ROBINSON data included. Here's the list: ALABAMA - Madison County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/al/madison/webbbs_config.pl ARKANSAS - Clark County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ar/clark/webbbs_config.pl ARKANSAS - Lafayette County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ar/lafayette/webbbs_config.pl FLORIDA - Manatee County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/fl/manatee/webbbs_config.pl GEORGIA - Cherokee County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ga/cherokee/webbbs_config.pl KANSAS - Johnson County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/johnson/webbbs_config.pl MISSOURI - McDonald County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/mo/mcdonald/webbbs_config.pl NEBRASKA - Dawson County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ne/dawson/webbbs_config.pl NEBRASKA - Nuckolls County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ne/nuckolls/webbbs_config.pl NEW YORK - Chautauqua County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ny/chautauqua/webbbs_config.pl NORTH CAROLINA - Lee County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/nc/lee/webbbs_config.pl PENNSYLVANIA - Cumberland County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/pa/cumberland/webbbs_config.pl PENNSYLVANIA - Lycoming County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/pa/lycoming/webbbs_config.pl VIRGINIA - Smyth County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/va/smyth/webbbs_config.pl Each of these data sets are searchable from the upper part of each page. The Manatee County, Florida collection is great because many "snowbirds" from the northern and New England states are represented there. Hope this helps, Bill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tiny721 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/8853.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Connie I sent you info. Hope to hear soon.. Veda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ConnieLRobinson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/8853.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anthony Robinson & Elizabeth Humphrey were my husbands GG Grandparents. Anxiously seeking more info about them. Connie Robinson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mhgoodybox Surnames: Robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/2880.3069.3075.1.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply! I am uncertain about the line, but there are so many similarities. Seeing the name James Madison Robinson is very interesting to me, as this is also my grandfathers name. I am wondering if the young James Madison could be a cousin or nephew, as the name has carried through generations. My grandfather also went to Texas during that year. We know that he took the same path. Our Robinsons eventually ended up in Ellis County, TX. I am curious if you have run into into the nickname "Bud"? I also have a "Wirt" which I believe could have been William Pratt (brother of Nancy Ann) and may have taken the Robinson name? Such a mystery - I would love to share any information we can put together. I have quite a collection of information, received from my uncle prior to his death. He spent many years researching the lineage, and never completed his endeavor. It is interesting that you say the family did not talk much about their history. My Grandfather! ended up in Oregon with the last name of Stovall. We never knew about any of our "Robinson" ancestors until my uncle started digging into the family tree, after Grandpa's death. You can email me direct if you like at [email protected] and we can further discuss our possible family relationships! Thanks so much for your time! Jan Stovall Gig Harbor, WA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tiny721 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/8853.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am related and have info. on Elizabeth Humphrey an etc Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rrobin832 Surnames: Robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/9637.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've been unable to further my search of my Robinson family roots. This is what I presently have: Thomas Robinson was born in Ireland about 1800 and had a son Samuel (1820-25). Samuel was born in Doones Parish of Clones, County Fermanagh Ireland. Samuel married Jane Jones in the Parish of Clones, County Monaghan Ireland on 12 Mar 1846. Jane Jones was also born 1820-25 in Tully, Parish of Clones, Ireland and the daughter of John Jones. They had four sons. Robert (7/1/1859), Thomas, Samuel, and John. Robert and Thomas went to Scotland to work in the mills while Samuel stayed behind to run the farm. They also had two unmarried daughters Bessie Ann and Mary Jane. John later migrated to Scotland and became a police officer in Glasgow. Robert left Scotland to marry (Elizabeth Finlay) his sister-in-law when his 1st wife (Letititecia Finlay) died. They arrived in Boston Massachusetts on 13 Oct 1886 aboard the Prussian from Glasgow, Scotland. There destination was Fall River, Massachusetts where they were married on 20 Nov 1886. They had sons Robert (9/10/1893), William, John and three daughters Annie (with 1st wife Letitecia Finlay, in Scotland abt.1883), Leslie May and Gertrude. It is believed that Samuel and Jane Robinson are buried in the Church of Ireland at Armhadrumsee (St. Mark's) Cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rebeccayeates Surnames: Robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/2880.3069.3075.1.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: As in my prior post, my Robinson family came to Cass County, Texas down the Mississippi River in the latter part of 1869. On the way down the river the smoke stack of the boat blew up and two sons of Thomas Jefferson Robinson died. One of the elder sons, James Madison Robinson saved my grandfathers life by getting part of the smoke stack off his arm so he didn't drown. After the accident the family bought a tean of horses and a wagon and came the rest of the way. They arrived in Jefferson, Texas the latter part of 1869. If you think this might be your family I have a little more information on them. They have been very hard for me to trace. My side of the Robinson family did not talk about their history very much. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.