Benjamin ROBESON (ROBINSON)

• General Notes
  • b. IN
    residing in Highland, Franklin, IN on 28 Nov 1850
    residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN on 7 Jun 1860
    
    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