Name: James B ROBBINS
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Birth: 1810 Edgecombe Co NC
Death: aft 1860 Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Thomas
ROBBINS Sr. (1775-1875)
Mother: Mary
CRIBB? (~1785-1850)
Marriage: 1835 South Carolina
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Spouse: Eliza UNKNOWN
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Birth: 1820 South Carolina
Death: aft 1850 Alabama
Children:
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1 F: Mary ROBBINS
Birth: 1837 South Carolina
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2 F: Emily ROBBINS
Birth: 1838 Alabama
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3 M: George ROBBINS
Birth: 1841 Alabama
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4 M: Samuel ROBBINS
Birth: 1844 Alabama
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5 F: Effay ROBBINS
Birth: 1847 Alabama
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6 F: Caroline ROBBINS
Birth: 1849 Alabama
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Notes for James B ROBBINS
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1840 FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD OF COVINGTON
COUNTY, ALABAMA
James ROBBINS
1 male age 30 to 40 -1 female under 5, 1 female age 5 to 10, 1 female age
20 to
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1850 Covington co. Federal Census
457/457 James B. ROBBINS
40 m farmer 50 NC
Eliza
30 f
SC
Mary ROBBINS
13 f
SC
Emily
12 f
AL
George
9 m
Samuel
6 m
Effay
3 f
Caroline
1 f
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James is listed on the 1850 Agriculture Census
page 42
(12) Robbins, James B. - value of farming
implements and machinery $10, 2 horses, 8 milk cows, 10
other cattle, 50 swine, value of livestock $280,
150 bushels Indian corn, 3 bales of ginned cotton of 400 lbs. each, 10
bushels peas and beans, 100 bushels sweet potatoes, 25 lbs. butter, value
of
home-made manufactures $30, value of animals slaughtered
$90
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Betty (BNOREM@aol.com)
Notes for JAMES B. ROBBINS II:
by 1837 James B. Robbins enlisted as a private
in Captain Littleberry Rogers Company of Mounted Infantry.
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Item Land Purchases
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1836, 19 Nov Robbins, James B.
AL, Covington Township 5 Range 17
Old Sparta & Elba Land Office - 1822-1860
1837, Aug 21 Robbins, James B.
AL, Covington 40.06 acres St. Stephens Meridian
Document # 4744 Sale-Cash Entries
1837, Aug 21 Robbins, James B.
AL, Covington 40.07 acres St. Stephens Meridian
Sparta Land Office Document # 4737 Sale-Cash Entries
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Held account at the Old Cauleysvile Store in Rose
Hill Covington Co. Alabama
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James B Robbins was appointed Justice Of the Peace
for beat#5 7/31/1847
then Elected to JOP beat #4 3/3/1856
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in 1836 James Robbins moved to the Yellow River
Settlement in Covington Co. this land was located on land that Renegade
Creek and Seminole indians claimed and raided the settlers of this area
often.
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