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Name: Evan (Irvin) ROBBINS
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Birth: 14 Oct 1843 Rose Hill, Alabama, Covington
Co
Death: 28 Feb 1935 Opp, Alabama, Covington Co
Burial: Cool Springs Cemetary
Alias/AKA: Irvin
Father: Thomas
ROBBINS (1817-1880)
Mother: Matilda
EVENS (1821-1855)
Other Spouses: Mary Jane MARTIN
Marriage: 1869 Alabama, Covengton Co
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Spouse: Mary Winfred COON
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Birth: 30 Sep 1839 Alabama
Death: 14 Feb 1897 Alabama, Covengton Co
Burial: Cool Springs Cemetary
Alias/AKA: Winnie
Father: James J. COON
Mother: Winney Ann BRYAN ( the Winney Bryant
Cemetery know known as the Shilo Cemetery was named for ""Aunt Winnie Bryant""
Children:
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1 F: Martha Freedonia (Donie) ROBBINS
Birth: 7 Aug 1872 Covington Co Alabama
Spouse: Daniel Thomas WALLACE
Marriage: 17 Aug 1890
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2 M: Joseph William ROBBINS
Birth: 4 Jul 1875 Alabama, Covengton Co
Death: 13 Feb 1897 Opp, Covington Co. Alabama
Spouse: Lurettha Estelle (Luler) HARRELSON
Marriage: 14 May 1894 Walton Co. Flordia
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3 M: James Larkins ROBBINS
Birth: 11 Jul 1878 Covington Co AL
Death: 10 May 1958 Walnut Hill, Escambia Co FL
Spouse: Melissa BELL
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4 F: Emily Sapphriona ROBBINS
Birth: 9 Mar 1880 Covington Co AL
Death: 15 Dec 1958 Opp, Covington Co AL
Spouse: John Samuel ADAMS
Marriage: 8 Feb 1899 Covington Co AL
Spouse: William Henry SIMPSON
Marriage: 29 Apr 1920 Covington Co AL
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5 F: Elsolonia (Lonie) ROBBINS
Birth: Jan 1884 Covington Co AL
Death: 1916 Covington Co AL
Spouse: Daniel VAN MARAMAN
Marriage: 18 May 1905 Covington Co AL
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6 M: Hughey ROBBINS
Birth: Mar 1887 Covington Co AL
Death: 1985 McDavid, Escambia Co FL
Spouse: Reesie Estelle PEEVY
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Second Marriage of Evan (Irvin) Robbins
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Spouse: Mary Jane MARTIN
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Birth: Apr 1872 Alabama, Covengton Co
Father: William MARTIN
Mother: Eliza A. (1872-1946)
Children:
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1 F: Lena C. (Malvie) ROBBINS
Birth: 3 Nov 1900 Opp, Covington Co AL
Death: 21 Mar 1991 Merritt Island, Orange Co FL
Spouse: Counts RIGDON
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Notes for Evan (Irvin) ROBBINS
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1870 Federal Census Covington Co. Rose Hill Pg
503 lines 17 & 18 Listed only Evan age 26 and Mary W. age 22
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1880 Federal Census AL, Covington Co., Beat 4
335/335 ROBINS, Evens
W/M 38 Head Farming
AL NC SC
Winnie W/F
27 Wife Keeping House
AL AL SC
Dona W/F
08 Dau At school
AL AL AL
Joseph W/M
05 Son
AL AL AL
Larkins W/M 02
Son
AL AL AL
Sapphronia W/F 3 mo. Dau
AL AL AL
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1900 Federal Census AL, Covington Co., Precinct
3 Hallton
2/2 Robbins, Evan
Head W/M Oct 1843 - 56 m. 2 years Farmer
AL SC GA
Mary J. Wife W/F
Apr 1872 - 28 m. 2 years, no children AL AL
AL
Lonie Dau
W/F Jan 1884 - 16 s
AL AL AL
Hughey Son
W/M Mch 1887- 13 s
Farm Labor AL AL AL
(census above lists Evan's second wife Winnie
had died in 1897)
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BLM Land Records
1892, Aug 1 Robbins, Evan
AL, Covington 160 Acres Montgomery Land Office,
Document # 11095 - Homestead
NOTE from Betty: This land is located about 2
- 3 mile SE of Opp, AL.
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Evan ROBBINS enlistd as Pvt. CO H, 6th AL
REGT Confederate States of America
(captured and paroled at Macon, GA at end of war)
Source1: 1907 CENSUS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN
ESCAMBIA CO., AL
Source2: Pension Application of 30 Nov. 1909 -
(Resided at Atmore, Escambia Co., AL at
time of application)
Family tradition has it that Evan lost a leg or arm during the Civil War,and that he watched while the surgeon removed it.
The cover of his application for a pension says
that Evan enlisted in May 1864 at Dolphin, Georgia in the Confederates
States Army in the 6th Alabama Reg., CompanyH., but affadavits from
his step mother, Martha and her brother, William Bradley, states that William
Bradley carried Evan to Greenville, AL where he enlisted as a Private in
the 6thFlorida Regiment Company H. He was captured at Macon, Georgia
and paroled there at the end of the war, and went home about a month after
the surrender. This information comesfrom his application for a CW pension,
from the Alabama Archives,Birmingham, AL.
He was living at Atmore, AL in Escambia County
at the time of his application on 30 Nov. 1909, altho the application was
filed in Covington County. This application specifically states that he
was not wounded while in the war, but does say that he could no longerwork
and make a living because of a sore leg. A physicians statement says he
had "erysepticoc", a chronicinfection, of the leg, which was badly swollen.
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Notes for Mary Ann Winnie Coon :
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According to relatives, Winnie died within a week
after her son, Joseph. He died 13 Feb. 1897, so she would have died between
then and 21 Feb, 1897. source Betty
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Notes for Mary Jane Martin
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Mary Jane first appears on the following census:
1880 DALLAS CO, AL p.193
WILLIAM
J. MARTIN 36 GA GA GA
Eliza A.
25 AL AL AL
JOSEPH B.
9 AL GA AL
Mary J. *
6 AL
Emma C.
5 AL
John D.
2 AL
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Source: Betty Robbins
Marriage Notes for EVAN ROBBINS and MARY MARTIN:
8 Oct 1999:
The story of Evan and Mary "Mollie" Jane Martin
is a mystery that has not
been completely cleared up yet. The author posted
a query on the Covington
County, AL genealogy discussion mail list on 23
Aug 1999, requesting that
anyone with more information on four of Evan's
children, also any further
data on Evan's 2nd wife, Mary Jane Martin, to
please contact her. Two
replies were received: one from Doris Annette
Johns, a gggranddaughter of
Evan & first wife, Winnie Coon, who helped
to fill in a lot of missing data
on her grandmother, Saphronia, plus some on the
other three children, and
on Mollie Martin. It seems that Mollie gave birth
to a daughter, Lena D., on
3 Nov. 1900, and Evan didn't believe the child
belonged to him so he left
Mollie and later divorced her. No one knows just
why he was convinced the
little girl was not his child, but several years
later, when he was living with
his daughter, Saphronia and her family, he became
ill and Mollie brought the
girl to see him and told him that she was his
daughter, but he still wouldn't
believe her. Mollie and the girl were listed on
the 1910 Covington county
census, living with her father, William Jasper
Martin, Jr., and had the Robbins
surname, but Mollie was listed as a widow. By
the 1920 census, she was still
living with her father, but went by the name of
Mary J. Martin. No divorce
papers are available because the Andalusia courthouse
burned in 1918 and
destroyed all the records, so it's unclear whether
Mollie legally took her maiden
name back after the divorce or if she just decided
to drop the married name of
Robbins because of her problems with Evan. However,
the child, Lena, did carry
the surname of Robbins until her marriage to Counce
Rigdon about 1920,
according to information from Mollies' granddaughter,
Bobbie Inman, who lives
in Opp, AL. Bobbie is the daughter of Mollie's
son, Nathan Martin, who Bobbie
says was the result of Mollie being raped
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