Fellow Rob*son/Shelton/Southside VA Researchers: I recently realized that the DAR Library has several microfilm reals of Amelica Co Wills, so I made copies of the Will of Henry Robertson who died between the date the will was written, 27 Oct 1781, and proven 27 June 1782. I haven't had a chance to get his inventory yet. If any one has a better death date I'd love to have it. He was the son of Christopher Robertson who d. 1749 in Amelia Co (as shown in land patents), whose wife is frequently listed at Sarah, but at his death he was married to an Ellenor, who dies not long after and their probates end up being administered jointly. The will does not mention by name all the "Small Children" of Henry's second wife Tralucia Stegar, widow of a Greenwood, but probably mentions all the sons. Also not mentioned is probably eldest daughter by first marriage Chloe who married Abraham SHELTON, son of Crispen Shelton and Letitia. Probably oldest son Christopher is mentioned, but not given any bequests but probably received his share before the will was written. I desend through daughter Susannah who married Vincent SHELTON, brother of Abraham Shelton. They and at least Henry's son Christopher migrated to Pittsylvania Co. VA Re the various Drury Robertsons, I note with interest that the land in the will in Charlotte Co Va, adjoins that of a Drury Stith. I have not studied these sons of Henry closely, but I know there is alot of confusion about the various Amelia Co Robertsons (well about alot of the Southside Robertsons for that matter), especially regarding the various Christophers, Nathaniels, and Warning Peter Robertsons. After the will I will paste in two early emails on the Robertson list regarding this particular family to provide a little background. One is my own from 1998, and a second comes from one of Shirley's posts from the Robertson reports in 1998. I have tried to transcribe this faithfully, and my reading of some of the names differs from that of the person who did the original abstract for the will in the published volumes. There is virtually no punctuation, and the spelling is inconsistent. If any of you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know. I know I don't have much of a future as a transcriber :-) It's darn hard work. There is no copyright involved here, so feel free to pass it on as you wish. I hope this helps someone out there. I apologize for the cross-posting, but there has been interest in these folks on several lists. My best regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter, formerly at janmim@aol.com Will of Henry Robertson, 1782, Amelia Co VA Transcribed from the microfilm of Amelia Co Will Book:3 page 123-5 Henry Robertson, 27 Oct 1781 -- Proven: 27 June 1782 In the Name of God Amen. I Henry Robertson of Amelia County being sick and weak but in perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will & Testament in manner an form following Vizt: Item I give and bequeath to my son Warning Peter Robertson my Mill tract of Land lying on both sides the falls of little Nottoway containing by patent nine hundred and Seventy acres More or less allso my Mills and balling Cloth on the falls allso my Will and desire is that if my Wife should want bread to support her Children wilst they are raising under her that she be supply’d with it out of the Mills. I allso give to my son Peter two Negros Miller Joe and Val one feather bed and furniture allso a small beginning of Cattle Sheep and Hogs but if my Son Warning Peter should die without a lawfull begotten Heir of his body then my whole estate land & Negros divised to him be equally divided between my three Sons Daniel, William Henry and John Robertson. Item I Lend to my Daughter Susanna Shelton two Negroes Peg and Rissey and their increase during her Natural life . I also give the above mentioned Negroes and increase to such of her Children as she shall nominate in her lifetime. Item I give and bequeath to my three Sons David, Edward and William Henry Robertson my Tract of Land Containing Fourteen Hundred Acres More or less Lying in Charlotte County on the branches of the Buffalow and Blewstone Creeks adjoining the lands of William Robertson, James ?Bardin?, George ?Massey? Newbys, and Drury Stith lines to be Equally Divided between them. Item I lend to my wife Tralucia during her Widowhood or life the land and plantation I now Live on to bring my Small Children up upon also an Equal part with her said Children of the Slaves hereafter mentioned:. Vizt. Tom Tobey Toney Judy and Mary which are out at Mehearin Also Great Toney, Brister Jim Charles Joe Son of Hanner and Ned also Hanner Amey Cat Jerroy Anthony Isack Edey Millay And Lawney. Also my stock of Cattle Horses Sheep and Hogs. My furniture of Difrent kinds. Also my will and desire is that the aforesaid Slaves and their Future increase to be Equally Divided between my Children which I had by her the division to be made by my Executors when the first Come of Age or Marry and so a Division to be made as they come of Age or Marry one after the other. Item I give and bequeath to my son Daniel Robertson my Land on the middle fork of Mehearin joining my son Christopher Robertsons line adjudged to be fore Hundred Acres More or less. Item I give and bequeath to my son John Robertson that plantation whereon I now live when he comes of Age. Also my Butterwood tract of land to be sold at the Direction of my Executors and the Money arising to be Equally Divided between my five above mentioned Sons. Item My Will and desire is that if Either ____ the above mentioned Brothers should die without a lawfull begotten heir of his body that the part devised to them to be Equally divided between the Surviving Brothers above mentioned. It is my desire that my Executors shall receive the Crops and lay them out as they think proper for the Advantage of the Children. Also it is my desire that any Bond that shall become due hereafter shall be at the discretion of my Executors to Lay out or put to Interest as they shall think proper and shall be equally Divided between my two son Daniel and John Robertson when either of them shall come of age, also it is my desire that there shall be no appraisment of my Estate. Item I do hereby revoke & disanul all other wills by me made confirming this to be my last Will and Testament and appoint my two sons Christopher and Warning Peter Robertson Executors to this my last will and Testament. In Witness where I do here unto set my hand & affix my seal this twenty seventh day of October One thousand seven hundred and Eighty one. Signed Sealed & Published in Presence of Richd Jones, Junr Henry Robertson Will. FitzGerrald Ro: FitzGerrald __________________ __________________ CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 105) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:30:29 EDT From: <MeiToi@aol.com> To: ROBERTSON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4f362a95.357436b6@aol.com> Subject: Re: ROBERTSON-D Digest V98 #104 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/2/98 6:20:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ROBERTSON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ROBERTSON EARLY CENSUS LOOK-UP Gerry, I have just looked through the remaining vol of Robertson Report and will give you all information on any Daniel in Virginia. Vol 6 Dec. 1986 (2) Robertson, Henry b 1708 of Amelia, Va; d 24 apr 1782 Amelia, Va; father - Christopher Robertson, Sr; m 1 Apr 1762 Amelia, Va, Tralucia Steger b abt 1730 London, Engl; wd 12 Aug 1890 Nttw, Va; father - Hans Hinrick Steger; mother - Tralucia Ginn; 1st husband Mr. Greenwood Children: 1. Anna Mariah Robertson b 1 July 1764 Amelia Va. 2. David Robertson b 2 July 1766 Amelia Co., Va 3. Dolly Robertson b 25 Apr 1768 Amelia Co., Va; d 7 Jun 1836 (1) m Thomas Polard; m 2) 5 Sept 1797 Frederick Lester 4. Daniel Robertson b 8 Jul 1770 Amelia co, Va; d 17 Mar 1803; m 26 Oct 1797 Betsy Edmundson 5. Edward Robertson b 2 Apr 1772 Amelia, Va 6. William Henry Robertson b 24 Feb 1776 Amelia Co, Va; d 7 Dec 1856; m. Susanna Winn 7. John Robertson b 31 Aug `1778 Amelia Co, Va Sources: Early Marr. of Va by Crozier p 69; notes on Southside Va by Watson p 115; Amelia Co, Va will bk 3 p 123; Nttw Co, Va will bk 1 p 27; Mssp Soc gen rec vol 2 p 23; Mssp cem and bible rec p 73; Mrs. Ruth Rasband, 2476 Burlington Stl, Oakland, Ca 94602 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vol 13 June 1989 Rev. War Pension Application Abstracts for Robertson, abstracted from microfilm series m805, rolls 2061 and 2062 submitted by Wanda C. Weinblatt, 609 West Fannin, Temple, Tx 70501 George Robertson W-18834. Continental Va Service. Married Ann ______ March 1783. Died 14 Mar 1824, Esses Co, Va Children mentioned are: 1. John b 25 Feb 1787 2. Elizabeth S. b 29 May 1789 3. Sarah S. b 8 Sep 1791 4. William b 18 Jan 1796 5. Mary b 23 Mar 1798 6. Daniel M. b 5 Dec 1800, mar Elizabeth P. Gayle 1 Dec 1825 7. ann b 13 Jul 1803 8 Catharine b 5 Dec 1805 9. Maria b 14 May 1811 Children of Daniel M. and Elizabeth were: Maria (8 Jan 1827) ann Elizabeth (3 Oct 1829), and Mary Ann (8 Jul 1832) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vol 21 Oct 1995 I. Christopher Robertson and wife Sarah II. Henry Robertson b 1708, poss. Prince Edward, Va; d 24 Apr 1782, amelia Co, Va; mar/1: Susannah/Anna; mar /2: 1 apr 1762, amelia Co, Va to Tralucia Stegar B ca 1733, Eng (d/o) Hans Heinrich Stegar and Tralucia Ginne); d prob 12 Aug 1790 poss. amelia Co, Va Children of Henry and Susannah 1. Rev Warning Peter Robertson b Va mar Lucy Mackie 2. Susannah Robertson mar Mr. Shelton 3. Ann Robertson b 8 May 1734 4. Cloe Robertson b ca 1744 5. Capt. Christopher Robertson b 1746 6. Kaniel [sic] Robertson b 1746 Children of Henry and Tralucia: 7. Amy Maria Robertson b 1 Jan 1764, Va 8. David Robertson b 2 Jul 1766, Va 9. Dorothy "Dollie" Robertson b 25 Apr 1768, Va; d 7 Jun 1876, Franklin Co, Mo; mar. 1 Nov 1783, Amelia Co, Va to Thomas Pollard 10. Daniel Robertson b 8 Jul 1770; d 17 Mar 1803 11. Edward Robertson 12. William Robertson 13. Henry Robertson b 21 Feb 1776 14 John Robertson b 31 Aug 1778 Submitted by Betty Irene Beck, 9940 Lancaster Dr, Sun City, Az 85351, (602) 972-5267 That is all I found on Daniel in Va. Shirley ___________________ ___________________ FROM MY EMAIL OF Sep 23 1998 Notes: Comment, I don't think any of us believe that Christopher was the immigrant, but probably descended from one of the Prince George Co VA Robertsons. Fellow Southside/Robertson/Robinson Researchers: I found the following information in a very large bound volume labelled Robertsons at the DAR library in Washington DC. There is no table of contents,no index, it includes several other families as well. It contains the sort of typewritten linneage material that the DAR has in quantity for families. It also has handwritten maps showing where many of the Robertsons below had land, businesses, graves, etc. To followup my post on Sunday, I believe my Robertsons (Susannah who married Vincent Shelton) are here and would like to correspond with any of you who might have information or ties with the following. The book has information showing a Christopher Robertson (d. 1749 -- Immigrant status unknown), with a wife Sarah. They had (at least) these children: Henry, Christopher Jr, Edward Robertson (father of George Cabiness), Nathaniel, and Mary. [JH note 2001 -- in the tax records of Amelia Co, mid 1700s, there is also consistently a Higdon Robertson on the same lists as Henry, Christopher, Edward and Nathaniel.] It says that my Henry Robertson (1708=1782) wed Susannah (also sometimes called Anna and Ann in deeds)...(presumably mother of all his children) and 2nd by Amelia county marriage bond, 4/1/1762 Tranlusia Stegar (widow of...Greenwood). His will dated 1781 mentions several children (order of birth unknown): Rev. Warning Peter Robertson m. Lucy Mackie 1801, Dorothy Robertson m.Thomas Pollard - 11/1/1788; Susannah Robertson m. Vincent Shelton, 1777, emigrated to Pittsylvania Co. VA; Amy Mariah Robertson; David Robertson, Daniel Robertson,William Henry Robertson, Edward Robertson, John Robertson,Christopher Robertson b. 1746 (and the focus of most of what follows in the book, but there are questionmarks noted). The text does not mention Chloe Robertson (who married my Vincent's older brother Abraham), <END>