Robbins, Wiley Wiley Robbins born 1836 Robbins Ferry on Trinity River near Madisonville, Montgomery County. * Parents - George S Nathaniel Robbins - Cynthia Robinson Robbins Spillers * Family: Came to Texas in 1818 * Grandmother-Rebecca Robbins * Uncles: Nathanial, Early, John, Thomas, Joshua, William; Aunt: Rebecca Jr; * Aunts-Lavinia, Elizabeth, Sarah and two other. * George helped sister in law - Lucy and Nathaniel Robbins Jr, ran ferry after Nathaniel Sr died in 1836. * George died in 1836 at the Alamo. * Sister in law Lucy Robbins & Nathaniel Robbins JR both died in Indian Raid approx 1847. * After George died in the Alamo, Cynthia married Spillers and Wiley and his two sisters, Rebecca and Martha lived with them for a short period. Sister Rebecca went and lived with Grandfather William Robinson until she married. Cynthia died and Wiley went and lived with his Grandfather William Robinson. * Nathaniel Robbins Jr was a private, Nathaniel Robbins Sr a Colonel in the revolution. * Wile! y served CSA Company G, 7th Texas Cavalry, 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers, 3rd Regiment Sibley's Brigade. Wiley was with Sibley's Brigade, in New Mexico. With Steele, at Galveston, with Tom Green, along Texas Lousiana border with Terrell's Raiders. Ended 1st Lieutenant, Company G, 3rd Regiment Green's Brigade. * Married 1886 - Mary "Molly" James Childress Spear in Montgomery County. John Reid's "History of Texas" articles, stated Wiley Robbins was first cowboy to take herd up Chisholm Trail. * Was in Tom Green County in 1880 picking up buffalo bones - the largest cash crop during that time (were shipped back east to make buttons and bone china). * Was working for Baugh during the wire cutting war in Brown County. Died - 1886, Brown County, of complications (pneumonia had set in) after being shot during a wire cutting battle (This was the year that the cattle froze standing up due to not being able to drift because of the newly installed barbed wire. * Buried Roberts-B! augh Cemetery, Brown Co,Texas. * Children- Charlie, James Reuben, George Franklin, Wiley Jr., Martha Jane, Mary Rebecca, William, Olene, Ivey. * 1991 - Senate Proclamation #426, Military tombstone. * Eyes of Texas aired story January 1993. * (GD) Mary Eunice Robbins Mauldin #19247 (GGS) Roy Lee Mauldin #5274 Contributed by: Patti Mauldin on January 28, 2006 ROBERSON, Thomas W. Born 1804, Abbeville Co. South Carolina, son of Mathew Newton and Ann _________ Roberson/Robinson. Moved ca. 1810 to Franklin Co. TN,where he married ca. 1826, Margaret Ann "Peggy" Emerson, b. 1807, South Carolina, daughter of ________ Emerson and Mary Elizabeth ____________ Margaret's Mother was born in Northern Ireland. Eldest children b. in Tennessee. (Mathew Newton Roberson, Jerushia Addeline Roberson, James E.) Thomas and Peggy and children moved to Tippah Co, MS with Thomas's younger brother, William Magee Roberson Other children b. in MS: Elmina Francis Roberson (my 3rd g-grandmother), Sarah, William R. "Buck" Roberson, Malinda C. :Lucinda", Martha, Thomas Walker Roberson. (Possibly another daugther, Margaret, unless this was just Sarah's middle name) Thomas's brother William married Prudence Rainwater in MS. Thomas's oldest son, Mathew Newton, went to Erath Co. Texas ca, 1856 with friends, the Hollis Family. Thomas and William Roberson and familes followed by wag! on train in 1858, arriving Erath Co. Jan 1859. Settled near Duffau creek. Many descendants still live in the area. Roberson boys (sons of both Thomas and William) served in War Between the States, as did husbands of Roberson daughters. Looking for more info on this line. Contact: KLCoombs@aol.com Five other relatives from different branches also researching this line. Roberts, William William Roberts' father may have been Scots/Welsh. His mother was probably a Cherokee or Delaware Indian. He knew Indian songs, chants and dances that she taught him. William was born in the Wilburn or Willman township of the Louisiana territory. This became Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri Territory, then finally Conway Co., Arkansas. William moved to Arkadelphia and may have made a stop in Fannin County in 1847 (where he married his third wife, Jane H. Jones) before finally settling in Navarro County, TX. William was about 5'11" and weighed about 180 lbs. He never smoked or drank. He was converted and became a Christian in his twenties. William was called "Uncle Billy" by everyone. He helped start several churches in Navarro County and he also donated land for the first high school in Navarro County. He raised orphans and census records show he raised the son of his second wife (who died a few months after their marriage). He grew the first bale of cotton in Navarro County. My great-grandfather Charlie Lee Roberts wrote about him, "Great Grandfather William Roberts was religious. He lived until his eighties and in his last years was almost blind, but decline to use glasses - saying if God wanted him to be that way, he would not have it otherwise. William Robers lived his last years a resident of Brownwood, TX, with a daughter by his first wife, Tabitha." I would love to talk with anyone who knows more about William Roberts' roots. hr2hs@earthlink.net SHEEN http://www.lonestargenealogy.com/bound/boundr.html