Henry ROBESON

• General Notes
  • b. KY (alt. dates 1802-1804, 1820 census; 1800-1810, 1830 census; 1790-1800, 1840 census; est. 1805, burial record)
    residing in Franklin, IN in 1820
    residing in Franklin, IN in 1830
    m. (1st) (Franklin, IN) < 1840 to FNU LNU
    residing in Highland, Franklin, IN on 28 Nov 1850
    m. (2nd) (Franklin or Ripley, IN) > 28 Nov 1850 and prob. est. 1853 to Mary LNU
    residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN on 7 Jun 1860
    buried Green Cemetery, Ripley Cty, IN
    
    burial record:
    
    ROBESON, Henry - 22Sep1879 aged 74y
    ROBESON, James - 20Jul1869 in his 87th year
    ROBESON, Judah - 26Mar1857 aged 58y
    w/o James
    
    Glass Cemetery, located about 2 & 1/2 miles north of Napoleon, on left side of St. Rd. 29 (current day US 421) from Versailles towards Greensburg. Contains 25 unmarked graves also.
    
    source:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~inripchs/glass.html
    
    researcher Andy Peplow:
    1870 Census, Henry Robeson, Jackson Township, Ripley County, Indiana (March 24, 2005) 
        Robeson, Henry (66), Mary (49), Nancy A. (16), Margaret (14), Henry (12), James (11), Katharine A. (8), John L. (4)
    
    1880 Census, Mary Robeson, Jackson Township, Ripley County, Indiana (March 24, 2005) 
        Robinson, Mary (59), James (21), John (14)
    
    1860 US Census (7 Jun), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, post office Napoleon, dw/fam 126/126, head of h/hold is Henry ROBINSON (sic), age 56 (1803), male, farmer, val of real/pers est 1000/500, b. KY, living with Mary 38 F IN, Nancy A. 6 IN has attended school within the year, Margaretta 4 F IN has attended school within the year, Henry S. 2 M IN, James 1 M IN, Edwin RUTTIDGE 11 M IN (crossed out:  mark to indicate school attendance within year), Benjamin F. ROBINSON 23 M IN farmer val of pers est 150, married within the year, and Ann Elizabeth ROBINSON 20 F IN "housewifery."
    
    Image Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M653_293; Page: 18; Image: 18.
    
    1850 US Census (28 Nov), residing in Highland, Franklin, IN, dw/fam 299/299, head of h/hold is Henry ROBESON, age 48 (1802), male, farmer, val of real est 900, b KY, residing with Elizabeth 18 F IN, Sophronia 15 F IN has attended school within the year, and Benjamin 13 M IN has attended school within the year.  Note (father) James ROBESON is at 302/302.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Highland, Franklin, Indiana; Roll: M432_146; Page: 356; Image: 391.
    
    1840 US Census for Franklin Cty, IN, James ROBESON 00010001, thus one male 50-60 y.o. (b est 1780-1790) (James), one male 15-20 (1820-1825) (John) and one female 50-60 (1780-1790) (Elizabeth) (NB dtr Nancy 1814 reportedly married in 1835, thus not here).  On same page is John ROBESON age 30-40 (1800-1810) 000001-010001, and Abraham ROBESON age 20-30 (1810-1820) 10001-110001. 
    Only other ROBESON (exact) heads of h/hold in Fountain, IN in 1840 are Henery (sic) age 40-50 (b est 1790-1800) 1000001-012101 on page 301, thus also one male 0-5 (1835-1840) (Benjamin),
    one female 5-10 (1830-1835) (Elizabeth? Sophronia?),
    two females 10-15 (1825-1830),
    one female 15-20 (1820-1825),
    one female 30-40 (1800-1810),
    one person employed in agriculture.
    Also William age 20-30 (1810-1820) 11001-12001 on page 304; and another William, also age 20-30 (1810-1820) 10001-10001 on page 295.  Note presence of Samuel and Parker WISE (misindexed as WIRE) in same county in 1840; Nancy ROBESON 1814 d/o James m. Parker WISE 1835.  (Note:  Ancestry has misindexed these records as being from Fountain Cty, IN, but see note from Franklin Cty, IN GenWeb below.)  There is no James ROBINSON in Franklin in 1840.  Note James ROBINSON in Jackson Twp, neighboring Ripley County in 1840 21000001-010001, thus eldest male age 50-60 (1780-1790), one male 5-10 (1830-1835), two males 0-5 (1835-1840), one female 30-40 (1800-1810), one female 5-10 (1830-1835), plus James ROBINSON in Johnson, Ripley 100001-11001, thus elder male 30-40 (1800-1810), one male 0-5 (1835-1840), eldest female 20-30 (1810-1820), one female 5-10 (1830-1835), and one female 0-5 (1835-1840).  No other James ROBINSON (exact/soundex) in Franklin, Ripley or Fountain (check for misindexing) in 1840.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Not Stated, Franklin, Indiana; Roll: 80; Page: 305.
    
    From Franklin Cty, IN GenWeb 1840 census name index, including page numbers:
    Robeson, Abraham  305
    Robeson, Henery  301
    Robeson, James  305
    Robeson, John  305
    Robeson, William  295
    Robeson, William  304
    
    1834 tax lists, Highland, Franklin, IN have:
    
    Robertson, Abram 
    Robertson, James 
    Robertson, Henry
    Robertson, William
    Robertson, John 
    
    source:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~infrankl/
    
    1830 US Census for Franklin, IN has a James ROBINSON 0002101-0001001, thus:
    one male age 40-50 (b est 1780-1790) (James 1784?)
    one male 20-30 (1800-1810) (John 1809?)
    two males 15-20 (1810-1815) (William 1810? and Abraham 1812?)
    one female 40-50 (1780-1790) (Elizabeth/India 1790?)
    one female 15-20 (1810-1815) (Nancy 1814?)
    
    On same page is Henry ROBINSON 00011-11001,On same page is Henry ROBINSON 00011-11001, thus:
    eldest male 20-30 (1800-1810) (Henry 1803?)
    one male 15-20 (1810-1815) (too old to be Henry's son)
    eldest female 20-30 (1800-1810) (spouse)
    one female 5-10 (1820-1825) (d/o Henry?)
    one female 0-5 (1825-1830) (d/o Henry?)
    
    Also Fanny ROBINSON 0000001-001101, thus eldest male 40-50 (1780-1790) and eldest female 30-40 (1790-1800).  Records arranged roughly alphabetically (Roll 27, Page 308).  On previous page are Samuel ROBINSON 00001-00001, thus one male and one female both 20-30 (1800-1810), and John ROBINSON 000001-010001, thus one male and one female both 30-40 (1790-1800), one female 5-10 (1820-1825) (Roll 27, Page 307).  No other ROBESON, ROBISON or ROBINSON (exact & soundex) in Franklin, IN in 1830.
    Searching for a STAFFORD (soundex) in IN:  Franklin has Gideon 1100001-0121001, thus eldest male 40-50 (1780-1790), etc., next to Tyne STAFFORD (indexed as Lne) 211001-110001, thus eldest male 30-40 (1790-1800), etc. (Roll: 27, Page: 313) (records arranged roughly alphabetically on page); also John STAFFORD 110001-00101, thus eldest male 30-40 (1790-1800) (Roll: 27, Page: 311) (records arranged roughly alphabetically on page).
    In Fountain, IN (checking for misindexing):  a James and John STAFFORD are accurately indexed as being in Fountain.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Franklin, Indiana; Roll: 27; Page: 307-308
    
    A Henry Robertson appears in 1828 Highland, Franklin, IN tax list.
    
    source:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~infrankl/
    
    1820 US Census for Whitewater, Franklin, IN has a James ROBINSON 211110-1101102 columns unlabeled either on this page or on first page of record, but likely: 
    two free white males age 0-10 (1810-1820) (William 1810? and Abraham 1812?),
    one free white male age 10-16 (1804-1810) (John 1809?),
    one free white male age 16-18 (1802-1804) (Henry 1803?),
    one free white male age 16-26 (1794-1804) (Henry 1803 again?),
    one free white male age 26-45 (1776-1794) (James),
    no free white males age 45+,
    one free white female age 0-10 (1810-1820) (Nancy 1814?),
    one free white female age 10-16 (1804-1810),
    no free white female age 16-26,
    one free white female age 26-45 (1775-1794) (Elizabeth?),
    one free white female 45+ (<1775)
    (1820 Whitewater, Franklin, IN; Roll: M33_13; Page: 162; Image: 176).  1820 has one STAFFORD (soundex) in Franklin, IN:  a John STAFFORD in Brookville, Franklin, IN 3000014220101 (Roll: M33_13; Page: 169; Image: 183).
    
    Brookville, Franklin, IN has a Stephen ROBISON 00-0-10010100-0-0-0-1, thus apparently one free white male  age 1626-45 (1775-1794).  Immed nbrs Ann COOPER and E. W. THURSTON (1820 Brookville, Franklin, IN, Roll: M33_13; Page: 186; Image: 200).

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