I think Jim is right that Scatter Creek was the initial source of water for the Robbins family, and that it continued to be the source of water for livestock. I believe you can take it as given that as soon as they had a roof they improvised a cistern for human use. They would also have looked for the closest dowser to tell them where to dig a well, as even large cisterns could become a bit rank, or even be emptied, in time of prolonged drought. "Col.." John Robbins, son of Nathaniel Robbins, and husband of Cynthia Humphreys Robbins took a headright in his own name and participated in another that was obtained in the name of his father-in-law by Humphrey's heirs. John Robbins, for whom Robbinsville took its name, would almost certainly have contrived to have the town on his headright, so a headright map such as the one at the Tax District office would provide a reliable indication of the town's whereabouts. Robbins was an aggressive, thigh-slapping individual of inordinate ambition (he tried to get the Republic of Texas to locate the projected Dallas-toward-the-US highway to be sited along a Robbins turning-row). Robbins came to the area with the "Nathaniel Robbins Party,' in 1818. His name appears in several surviving issues of the Northern Standard- ---- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" <samples@1starnet.com> To: "Jim Giddens" <jimgidd@suddenlink.net>; <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Location of Robinsonville > My mother told me that the roadside park on Hwy 82 was in just about the > exact location of the old Robbinsville School. All the old timers called > that general area Robbinsville, but there is nothing left. I remember > when > there were lots of houses there. There are none now. > > Cynthia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Giddens" <jimgidd@suddenlink.net> > To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Location of Robinsonville > > >> Robbinsville is basically at the intersection of US 82 and CR 2106 >> (county >> road) that runs north to Bagwell This put it about 1/4 mile east of where >> Ward Creek run into Scatter. It is not certain to me the pin point >> location. I feel certain that Scatter Creek (or Ward) was their water >> supply. Just east of the intersection at 82 about 1/4 mile is a road >> side park, maybe this was the actually location. >> However, I have found what remains of a couple of grave marker, up CR >> 2106 >> about 1/4 to 1/2 mile, on your left (west side) about 100 feet before you >> reach a corral and about 50 to 80 feet from the fence in the pasture. >> This land is owned by ______Somerville and his wife Connie. The >> remains >> are only a base ( with a slot in it) that held the slab type marker. >> All >> the markers were carried about some years back (maybe 80). These >> remains >> is all of Robbinsville that is left that I know anything of. >> William Becknell is buried in a pasture about 200 feet south of US >> 82, >> about a mile or so east of the mentioned road side park. Some have >> referred to this cemetery as the Robbinsville Cemetery, but that is not >> where Robbinsville was. >> When the railroad came in about 2 miles north of Robbinsville, it was >> only a short time until the community moved to the railroad and became >> Bagwell. >> FYI: up north on the Ward Creek, Cool Creek from Bagwell runs into >> it. >> Also, Robbinsville will be about 7 miles west of Clarksville on 82. >> Jim Giddens >> Paris, Tx >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Pinkerton" <gpinkerton@gt.rr.com> >> To: "RootsWeb - Red River County" <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:41 PM >> Subject: [TXREDRIV] Location of Robinsonville >> >> >>> Anyone know the location of old Robinsonville in Red River County? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Gary Pinkerton >>> >>> www.trammelstrace.org >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >