Elizabeth (Judah) STAFFORD

Kentucky

General Notes

b. 1775-1794, 1820 census; 1780-1790, 1830 census; 1780-1790, 1840 census; est. 1790, 1850 census; est. 1798, burial record
m. KY to James ROBESON(bio)
eldest child Henry b KY est 1800-1803
second child John b KY est 1809-1810
third child William b IN est 1810
removed KY > IN "shortly after marriage" (bio, per grandson)
d. Ripley Cty, IN in home of daughter Nancy (ROBESON) WISE 26 Mar 1857
buried in Glass Cemetery, Ripley Cty, IN

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:

from grandson Thomas H.'s bio:
"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."

from grandson George B.'s bio:
"[...] "George B. Robeson's paternal grandfather, James Robeson, was for many years one of the most prominent residents of Dearborn county, and it is still recalled by those whose memories go back to the traditions of pioneer days that no gathering of the neighborhood folk in those early days was complete without him. He was not only famous as a "fiddler," the strains of whose rollicking music were considered necessary to the success of all social meetings of the day, but he was already noted as a skillful Nimrod, whose aim with a rifle when a squirrel ora coon was in sight, was regarding as unerring as that of another Davy Crockett. James Robeson was a native of Kentucky, in which state he married Elizabeth Stafford. Shortly after their marriage they came to Indiana, and entered a government tract comprising what is now known as the W. H. Prifogle farm. Here they put up a cabin in the woods and proceeded to reclaim the soil from the gigantic forest growth with which it was covered. Both continued to live there until a ripe old age, when they retired and moved to Ripley county, where they spent their last days."

source: Reifel, August J. (August Jacob), 1875-1954, History of Franklin County, Indiana; her people, industries and institutions. (1915; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; 1475 p. illus., maps, ports. 27 cm.)

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

evident match, note first name "India":
1850 US Census (Nov 28), residing in Highland, Franklin, IN, dw/fam 302/302 in order of vis, head of h/hold is James ROBESON, age 66 (b est 1784), male, farmer, val of real est 1550, b NC, residing with India 60 (b est 1790) female KY cannot read/write, and India WISE 8 female b "Ia." (= IN). At 304/304 are John/Sophronia ROBESON age 40/35 KY/"Not Known" with Nancy 17 IN, Thomas 9 IN and Sarah 1 IN, plus Jackson MC ANNALLY 13 IN. Only other ROBESON h/hold in Highland, Franklin, IN in 1850 is 299/299 Henry 48 (b est 1802) farmer KY with Elizabeth 18 IN, Sophronia 15 IN and Benjamin 13 IN.

Image Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Highland, Franklin, Indiana; Roll: M432_146; Page: 357; Image: 392.

1840 US Census for Franklin Cty, IN, James ROBESON 00010001, thus one male 50-60 y.o. (b est 1780-1790) (Jsmes), 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, 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.)

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:

Stafford, Gideon

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, 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 John STAFFORD 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, thus:
three free white males age 0-10 (1810-1820)
one free white male age 45+ (< 1775) (John?)
four free white females age 0-10 (1810-1820)
two free white females age 10-16 (1804-1810)
two free white females age 16-26 (1794-1804)
one free white female 45+ (<1775)
one person employed in agriculture
(Roll: M33_13; Page: 169; Image: 183).

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¹ 1850 census