Dear Franklin Co researchers, I have searched all over VA for the VA origin of my ROBINSON / ROBERSON / ROBERTSON family. The naming pattern in the Franklin Co families by these names - especially the ones married into ENGLISH and HOPKINS families, are remarkably similar. Does anyone recognize either of the families listed below? From the 18th District (Henderson Crossroad - now called Norene) in the Wilson Co TN census of 1850: Anthony B ROBERTSON - 36 VA (~1814 VA) Martha 34 VA (~1816 VA) Alexander 11 VA (~1839 VA) Charles 9 VA (~1841 VA) Mary 8 VA (~1842 VA) Rhoda 4 TN (~1846 TN) Albert 2 TN (~1848 TN) Sally (Sarah) 2 TN (~1848 TN) These additional children are on the 1860 census: Nancy 8 TN (~1852 TN) Henry 6 TN (~1854 TN) Adjacent household: Lewis 58 VA (~1792 VA) missing in 1860 - likely deceased Martha 44 VA (~1806 VA) William 24 VA (~1836 VA) still living with mother in 1860 Calieb 19 VA (~1831 VA) John 16 VA (~1833 VA) still living with mother in 1860 Samuel 14 VA (~1834 VA) Mary 13 VA (~1837 VA) Nathan 8 VA (~1842 VA) still living with mother in 1860 Jane 7 VA (~1843 VA) missing in 1860 - deceased or married Nancy 4 TN (~1846 TN) called "Virginia" on 1860 census Christopher 2 TN (~1848 TN) missing in 1860 - likely deceased My connection to these families: Lewis ROBERTSON (unsure of connection, but believe Anthony is either his son or brother - families were living on adjacent farms in TN and 1860 and appear to have moved from VA to TN together about 1845) Anthony B. ROBERTSON family: Anthony's son Charles L. (~1840 VA) married Sarah Ann Byers (5/7/1850 TN - 11/30/1867 TN). The couple had twin daughters (Sarah Laura & Martha Flaura) on 11/24/1867 and Sarah Ann died a week later. Charles L. ROBERTSON is in the household in the 1870 Wilson TN census with his deceased wife's parents - Moses A. BYERS (8/8/1824 TN - 5/12/1898 TN) and Lucretia PRICHARD BYERS(12/16/1832 - >1898) - and the 2 year old twins. In 1880, the twins (now 12 years old) are still with the grandparents (last name is misspelled BOYER on census), but Charles is gone. I found a marriage of a Charles ROBERTSON to Bettie WRIGHT on 9/23/1880 in Wilson Co. TN which might explain his disappearance. The neighboring DeKalb Co TN newspaper has multiple listings during the 1870''s and 1880's about a Charlie ROBINSON teaching school at a location called Four Corners, which is on the Wilson - DeKalb line. Twin Sarah Laura ROBERTSON died 5/30/1882 without having married. The other twin, Martha Flaura ROBERTSON, married James Henry WHITE (1869 Warren Co TN - 1964 Davidson Co TN) and they had three children. Valeira (1892) Freddie (1894 - lived only 9 days) and Flaura (1896). Martha Flaura ROBERTSON WHITE died 8/23/1896, 13 days after the birth of her daughter Flaura (my maternal grandmother). Do you have a Lewis ROBERTSON or Anthony ROBERTSON in your line? I am in the process of completing work on this transplanted family and willing to share information with others researching the line. Renee Swicegood