Name: Elisha ROBBINS
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Birth: 1765 Edgecombe Co. NC
Death: bef 4 Oct 1826 Edgecombe Co. NC
Father: Jacob ROBBINS (1737->1807)
Mother: Mary McMULLINS (1728->1784)
Spouse: Elizabeth
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Birth: abt 1767

Children:
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1 M: Frederick ROBBINS
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2 M: Budy ROBBINS
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3 M: Warrin ROBBINS
Spouse: Elizabeth COBB
Spouse: Elizabeth DABBS
Marriage:  Pontotoc Co MS
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4 M: Carter ROBBINS
Birth: 1809 North Carolina
Death: 1860 Mississippi
Spouse: Martha UNKNOWN
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5 F: Ester ROBBINS
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6 M: George ROBBINS
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7 F: Polly ROBBINS
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8 ?: Cerley ROBBINS
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9 M: John Qunicy ROBBINS
Spouse: Mahallia Jane BRIDGES
Marriage: 25 May 1848
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10 F: Elizabeth ROBBINS
Spouse: Thomas J. BRASWELL
Marriage: 19 Jan 1846 Edgecombe Co NC
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11 M: Duncan ROBBINS
Birth: 1810 Edgecombe Co. NC
Death: 15 May 1885 Rankin Co. MS
Spouse: Peninah BARNES
Marriage: 18 Feb 1831 Edgecombe Co NC
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12 M: Jordan A ROBBINS
Birth: 1811 Edgecombe Co. NC
Death: 1860 Mississippi
Spouse: Eliza BARNES
Marriage: 22 Dec 1834 Edgecombe Co. NC
Spouse: Elizabeth PARKER
Marriage: 15 Nov 1842 Edgecombe Co. NC
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13 M: Joseph ROBBINS
Birth: 1813 North Carolina
Spouse: Adaline UNKNOWN
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14 M: Jacob ROBBINS
Birth: 1820
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15 M: Leroy S. ROBBINS
Birth: 1826
Spouse: Martha DEW
Marriage: 27 Sep 1849

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Notes for Elisha ROBBINS
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This information came from the book by Hugh Buckner Johnston, The Robbins
Family of Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson Counties, NC - edited & published by
Louise Matthews Fuller:

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On 15 Dec 1804,  Jacob Robbins, of Edgecombe Co. to Elisha Robbins, Edge Co. for "in
consideration of the natural love and affection I have and bear unto my beloved son" and "me hereto moving" a tract of land where I now live and one negro boy named Balaam and one negro girl named (Lot or Sal), my oxen, other cattle, horses, hogs, sheep one feather bed and furniture and gees, signed Jacob Robbins, wit. John Robbins, Sally (Windes) Toleson (X).  recorded Feb Court 1805
FHC film 0018889. Edgecombe Co. Db 11, page 343

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On September 12, 1833, Clerk Isaac Norfleet sold Jacob Robbins (Jr.) for $230.00, on the petition of Duncan Robbins and others that the land be sold for division, 348 acres that Elisha Robbins died possessed of adjoining David Williams, Burwell Land, and Hardy Flowers, witnessed by
James M. Redmond.
(Edgecombe Co. NC Deed Book 21, p. 90)
[Note: Elisha was Jacob, Jr.'s brother & Duncan was Elisha's son)

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The personal property of Elisha Robbins was sold on October 24, 1826: 2 axes, 2 wedges,
cross saw, handsaw, iron hasp, sheep shears, mole trap, grindstone, pincers, carpenter's adze,
pair of steelyards; 2 fluke hoes, 2 half shares, 2 grubbing hoes, 4 weeding hoes, 3 plow frames,
plow gear, 9 cider barrels, some other cider barrels, 12 hogsheads, cart and wheels, body cart,
brandy still, coul-ter, cider trough, open barrel, gum, beegum; loom, flax wheel, warping bars;
3 raw-hides, 9 sheepskins, 2 lots of barrel timber, 4 sides of leather, 2 gallons of honey, some
leather, 3 stacks of blade fodder, 2 top stacks and shucks; brindled cow and yearling, red cow
and calf, 2 brindled cows, 2 black cows, 2 yearlings, 3 other cattle, 33 hogs, 2 shoats, 6 pigs,
4 beehives, 2 horses~ mare, 26 sheep, 15 geese, 2 hound dogs; 2 feather beds and furnishings,
chest of wearing apparel, chest, 6 sitting chairs, table, cupboard and contents, looking glass, case,
trunk, case of bottles; lot of books, 2 slates, shot gun, blowing horn, man's saddle; 6 pewter plates,
2 dishes, 8 spoons, some earthen plates, 5 basins, butter pot, knife box with knives and forks, spice
mortar, jug, jug of honey, skillet, pot and hooks, griddle, Dutch oven, pot, churn, meal stand, 2
meal sieves, bread tray, 2 flat irons, pair of Candle molds; 2 piggins, 10 baskets, 3 washing tubs,
2 lots of gourds.
(Inventories & Accounts of Sales, 1826-1830, pp. 137/139)

Purchasers at the sale on October 24, 1826 were the widow Robbins, Jacob Robbins, Stephen
Robbins, William Allen, Redick Barrett, David Beeland, William Beeland, Thomas Boon, Robert
Braswell, Joseph Bullock, Whitmell K. Bullock, Redmon Curl, Willie Flora, Hardy Flowers, Jesse
Lancaster, Joseph Lancaster, Coventer Land, Daniel Land, Jesse Mares, Jonathan Mares, John
Pitman, Dawson Pitt, James Price, Robert Sherrod, Lewis Todd, John Wells, Thomas Wells,
Matthew Whitehead, Benjamin Williams, Sr., Edwin Williford, and Joseph Williford. (Ibidem)

The inventory of Elisha Robbins taken on December 20, 1826 showed 2 slave men, William
Clark's account of $15.00, judgment against Edwin Bullock for $12.00, ditto vs. William Taylor
(son of Teagle Taylor) for $52.00 "doubtful," ditto $80.00 ditto, due bill vs. Thomas Wells for
$9.73 "doubtful," note vs. Harmon Williford for $2.32 "doubtful," ditto Allen Taylor $5.10 ditto,
$21.58 ditto; account vs. John Williams for $.25 "doubtful," ditto Harmon Williford for $.25 ditto.
(Inventories & Accounts of Sales, 1826-1830, p. 139)