Nancy ROBESON

• General Notes
  • b. IN, f. b. NC
    m. Franklin Cty, IN 5 Nov 1835 to Parker WISE
    resident in Fountain Cty, IN in 1840
    resident in Jackson, Ripley, IN 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
    
    researcher Andy Peplow 2/06:
    Nancy Robeson Wise is the daughter of James Robeson and Elizabeth Stafford [according to] a biography of Thomas H. Robeson in a Franklin County history:
    
    "The paternal grandparents of Thomas H. Robeson were James Robeson and wife, the former of whom was born in North Carolina and came to Kentucky early in life, and later, about 1809, settled in Franklin county, Indiana, his death occurring in this county in 1871.  Grandmother Robeson died in 1858 in Ripley county, Indiana, at the home of one of her daughters, Mrs. Nancy Wise."
    
    1880 US Census (Jun 7), residing at (no street address given), Jackson, Ripley, IN, dw/fam 83/83 in order of vis, head of h/hold is Parker R. WISE, farmer, age 70 (est. birth year 1810), b. OH, both parents b. VA, living with wife Nancy R., age 66 (est. birth year 1814), b. IN, f/m b. NC/KY.  Nbrs include John/Rhoda WISE, age 32/30, school teacher/keeping house, self/f/m b. IN/OH/IN and OH/OH/OH, and their children Maud, May, Claud, Clyde and Lulu, age 5 down to 6 months.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: T9_307; Family History Film: 1254307; Page: 429.1000; Enumeration District: 156; Image: 0700.
    
    1870 US Census (Aug 10), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, post office Napoleon, head of h/hold is Parker WISE, farmer, age 62 (!) (est. birth year 1808), b. OH, living with Nancy age 57, b. IN, Juda A. 28 IN, Mary E. 26 IN, John A. 22 IN, William H. 15 IN, and Allice M. 13 IN.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M593_355; Page: 141; Image: 283.
    
    1860 US Census (Jun 7), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, post office Napoleon, head of h/hold is Parker WISE, farmer, value of real/pers estate 2000/500, age 50, b. OH, living with Nancy 46 b. IN, Julia A. 18 IN, Marietta 16 IN, John A. 12, William H. 5.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M653_293; Page: 17; Image: 17.
    
    1850 US Census (Oct 15), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, dw/fam 94/94 in order of vis, head of h/hold is Parker R. WISE, farmer, val of real est 1000, age 40, living with Nancy 36 IN, Elizabeth 14 IN, Josiah J. 12 IN, Judy A. 9 IN, Marietta 6 IN, John A. 2.  Only other WISE heads of h/hold b OH in Ripley, IN in 1850 are Charles B. (Laughery Twp), Tully R. (Laughery Twp), and George (Brown Twp)
    
    Image Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M432_169; Page: 368; Image: 357.
    
    1840 US Census, Fountain Cty, IN has a Samuel WISE (misindexed as WIRE) 00121001-01000001, thus one male age 50-60 (1780-1790) (Samuel), one male 20-30 (1810-1820), two males 15-20 (1820-1825), one male 10-15 (1825-1830), one female 50-60 (1780-1790), and one female 5-10 (1830-1835).  On same page are Daniel WISE (misindexed as WIRE) 0000001-0000001, thus one male 40-50 (1790-1800) and one female 40-50 (1790-1800), and William ROBESON 11001-12001, Abraham, James John ROBESON.  (Parker 1809 OH s/o Samuel married Nancy ROBESON.)  Also in county is Parker WISE (misindexed as WIRE) 100001-10001, thus one male age 30-40 (1800-1810) (Parker 1809), one male age 0-5 (1835-1840) (Josiah J. 1838), one female age 20-30 (1810-1820) (Nancy 1814), and one female age 0-5 (1835-1840) (Elizabeth C. 1836), on page 305.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Not Stated, Fountain, Indiana; Roll: 80; Pages: 304-305.
    
    Ohio Land Records:
    Name:    PARKER WISE
    Land Office:    CINCINNATI 
    Document Number:    4476 
    Total Acres:    40 
    Signature:    Yes 
    Canceled Document:    No 
    Issue Date:    October 16, 1835 
    Metes and Bounds:    No 
    Statutory Reference:    3 Stat. 566 
    Multiple Warantee Names:    No 
    Act or Treaty:    April 24, 1820 
    Multiple Patentee Names:    No 
    Entry Classification:    Sale-Cash Entries 
    Remarks:    LANDS IN INDIANA 
    Land Description:    1 SWSW   1ST PPM No 8 N 2 W 21
    (cf. cite for Samuel WISE)
    
    orig. land patent says "in the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section Twenty One.  in Township Eight of Range Two West in the District of Lands subject to sale at Cinncinnati Ohio (Lying in Indiana) containing Forty Acres."
    
    Indiana State Library Genealogy Database:Marriages through 1850:
    Last Name: WISE
    First Name: PARKER
    Spouse- Last Name: ROBESON
    Spouse- First Name: NANCY
    County: Franklin
    Date: 11-5-1835
    
    source:
    http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/whatwehave/dbindex.html
    apparent match:
    1830 US Census for Switzerland Cty, IN (SE of Indianapolis, where OH, IN and KY meet), has James ROBESON 0110001-0212001, thus one male age 40-50 (b est 1780-1790) (James), one male 10-15 (1815-1820), and one male age 5-10 (1820-1825), one female age 40-50 (1780-1790), two females age 15-20 (1810-1815) (one could be Nancy),  one female age 10-15 (1815-1820), and two females age 5-10 (1820-1825), on same pg is a Jonathan ROBESON 00001, thus one male age 15-20 (b est 1810-1815), and one female age 15-20 (1815-1810) (this could be John 1809 and first wife) (Roll: 32, Page: 62) (no other ROBESON on page, roughly alphabetical).
    
    Note also, on next page, James ROBESON 01001-10001, thus one male age 20-30 (b est 1800-1810) (James), one male age 5-10 (1820-1825), one female age 20-30 (1800-1810), and one female age 0-5 (1825-1830) (Roll: 32, Page: 63).  Only other ROBESON on page is Jonathan ROBESON 00210001-00000001, thus one male age 50-60 (1770-1780), one male age 15-20 (1810-1815), two males age 10-15 (1815-1820), and one female age 50-60 (1770-1780).
    No other ROBESON in Switzerland, IN in 1830.  An Isaac ROBESON is indexed as being on page 63, but he does not appear there or among the other 'R' enumerants (roughly alphabetical on original record).
    
    Image Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana; Roll: 32; Page: 62-63.

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