Elijah D Robbins was born in Spotsylvania, Virginia 28 Jan 1787. Public records indicate he was 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds. He had light hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. Elijah married his first wife Sarah Lewis in Spotsylvania Virginia where they lived many years. All of their children were born there. Years later they would move to Franklin County, Tennessee where his wife would die in 1842.
There were 2 records for Elijah D. Robins in the war of 1812. He was inducted and discharged as a Sergeant in both of the records. They are: The 1st Regiment (Crutchfield's) Virginia Militia and 16th Regiment (Waller's) Virginia Militia. (National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls. Both records found on Roll 177, Ext 602) Further research is needed to verify this finding.
Elijah knew that he would not receive anything of his father's estate until his after mother died. Whether there was an estrangement with his father is not known. We do know that two months later Elijah D. was in Franklin Co, Tennessee by 27 May 1823 when he was the highest bidder for 340 acres on the Elk River (Franklin Co., Deed Book "D"). It is believed that some of Sarah Lewis' kinfolk might have made the trip with them.
Some years after the death of Sarah he married her cousin, Mary E B (Lewis) Moore June 01, 1843. This was probably a marriage of convenience. Mary was some 18 years younger than Elijah D. and her husband; Dyer Perkins Moore had just passed away 11 Oct 1840. She had a family of 7 minor children by her late husband and Elijah raised them as his own. Sarah's father and Mary's father were half-brothers. Before Elijah and his second wife married, they signed an Article of Agreement, as she possessed "real and personal property" which was to remain hers. It was not to be used to secure debt. (Franklin Co., Deed Book "T" p134)
Land was getting scarce in Tennessee and Elijah and Mary knew that opportunity was slipping away. Mary persuaded her father, Col. James Lewis to advance her a portion of her inheritance to buy land at least twice. (Source: April 1841 Codicil #1 Jas Lewis will, amended March 1845) Either they did not make the best of deals or they were not the best farmers, either way they did not seem to prosper. By March of 1847 Col. Lewis amended his will with a second codicil in which he states: "Upon reflection and examination I am satisfied that my daughter Mary E Robbins, wife of E. D. Robbins has had by way of advancements received her full portion of my estate, wherefore I do hereby revoke all and every item and clause in my said will and Codicil devising any portion of my estate." (Source: March 1847 Codicil #2 Jas Lewis will) Col. Lewis was 91 years old at the time. Perhaps he could see that Elijah D. and Mary were not advancing their wealth. Perhaps he didn't expect to live as long as he did and saw his extended families grow and his own estates dwindle. Whatever the reason by the second codicil he pretty much severed all ties with Elijah and Mary. "I do devise and direct that the Negro slaves devised to Mary E. Robbins in my said Will and Codicil be by my executors applied to the satisfaction of the Legacy to the children of Sally (Sarah) T. Carter."
Mary wasn't the only heir to have received advancements. The children of her sister Sarah T. and their father Steven Carter had received at least $3140.00. John T. and David C. had received as much as she. Eliza had already received almost $1,000.00 more than she had and she wasn't written out of the will. But out she went, leaving David C. as executor. (Source: Codicil #1 & #2 will of Col Lewis) Col. Lewis died February 21, 1849. Mary surely pleaded with her brother David C. to be fair. But he was steadfast like their father. No, the Col. was clear in his desire that she receive no more of the estate. Mary and Elijah D took it to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. On December 16, 1850, in Jacksonville Tennessee the court ruled to uphold that "the Codicil No. 2 to the Last Will and Testament of James Lewis deceased dated 27th March 1847 is the true second Codicil." (Source: Project Preservation Franklin county Archives, 304 1st St NW, Winchester, TN 1840-198)
About the time Elijah and Mary were protesting her father's will in Tennessee, all of Elijah D's children were arriving in Texas to start a new life. That left Elijah, then 64 years old, to sell his property in order to survive. Helen Swenson's "Franklin Co., TN 1860 Census and Marriages for Head of Household" p150 (p214,1517/1489) list Elijah D. and Mary as living with her daughter and son in law, Sarah (MOORE) and Robert HINES.
Elijah D. Robbins died August 05, 1862 and is buried in the Woods (Handley) Cemetery with only a footstone left as a marker. Mary Elizabeth Branham Lewis died January 1892. Elijah and Mary had no children together.
Elijah D. Robbins and Sarah Sally Lewis had the following children:
1. MARY ROBBINS (1810-1822)
2. JAMES ROBBINS (Dec 1812-1853)
3. LEWIS TUREMAN ROBBINS SR. (Apr 1814-1839)
4. JOHN LEWIS ROBBINS (17 Apr 1817-22 Oct 1855)
5. JANE LEWIS ROBBINS (06 Mar 1819-24 Aug 1883)
6. JOSEPH O. ROBBINS (29 Jul 1821-02 Jan 1879)
7. RICE ROBBINS (20 Sep 1833-Jun 1850)
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There were 2 records for Elijah D. Robins in the war of 1812. He was inducted and discharged as a Sergeant in both of the records. They are: The 1st Regiment (Crutchfield's) Virginia Militia and 16th Regiment (Waller's) Virginia Militia. (National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls. Both records found on Roll 177, Ext 602) Further research is needed to verify this finding.
Elijah knew that he would not receive anything of his father's estate until his after mother died. Whether there was an estrangement with his father is not known. We do know that two months later Elijah D. was in Franklin Co, Tennessee by 27 May 1823 when he was the highest bidder for 340 acres on the Elk River (Franklin Co., Deed Book "D"). It is believed that some of Sarah Lewis' kinfolk might have made the trip with them.
Some years after the death of Sarah he married her cousin, Mary E B (Lewis) Moore June 01, 1843. This was probably a marriage of convenience. Mary was some 18 years younger than Elijah D. and her husband; Dyer Perkins Moore had just passed away 11 Oct 1840. She had a family of 7 minor children by her late husband and Elijah raised them as his own. Sarah's father and Mary's father were half-brothers. Before Elijah and his second wife married, they signed an Article of Agreement, as she possessed "real and personal property" which was to remain hers. It was not to be used to secure debt. (Franklin Co., Deed Book "T" p134)
Land was getting scarce in Tennessee and Elijah and Mary knew that opportunity was slipping away. Mary persuaded her father, Col. James Lewis to advance her a portion of her inheritance to buy land at least twice. (Source: April 1841 Codicil #1 Jas Lewis will, amended March 1845) Either they did not make the best of deals or they were not the best farmers, either way they did not seem to prosper. By March of 1847 Col. Lewis amended his will with a second codicil in which he states: "Upon reflection and examination I am satisfied that my daughter Mary E Robbins, wife of E. D. Robbins has had by way of advancements received her full portion of my estate, wherefore I do hereby revoke all and every item and clause in my said will and Codicil devising any portion of my estate." (Source: March 1847 Codicil #2 Jas Lewis will) Col. Lewis was 91 years old at the time. Perhaps he could see that Elijah D. and Mary were not advancing their wealth. Perhaps he didn't expect to live as long as he did and saw his extended families grow and his own estates dwindle. Whatever the reason by the second codicil he pretty much severed all ties with Elijah and Mary. "I do devise and direct that the Negro slaves devised to Mary E. Robbins in my said Will and Codicil be by my executors applied to the satisfaction of the Legacy to the children of Sally (Sarah) T. Carter."
Mary wasn't the only heir to have received advancements. The children of her sister Sarah T. and their father Steven Carter had received at least $3140.00. John T. and David C. had received as much as she. Eliza had already received almost $1,000.00 more than she had and she wasn't written out of the will. But out she went, leaving David C. as executor. (Source: Codicil #1 & #2 will of Col Lewis) Col. Lewis died February 21, 1849. Mary surely pleaded with her brother David C. to be fair. But he was steadfast like their father. No, the Col. was clear in his desire that she receive no more of the estate. Mary and Elijah D took it to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. On December 16, 1850, in Jacksonville Tennessee the court ruled to uphold that "the Codicil No. 2 to the Last Will and Testament of James Lewis deceased dated 27th March 1847 is the true second Codicil." (Source: Project Preservation Franklin county Archives, 304 1st St NW, Winchester, TN 1840-198)
About the time Elijah and Mary were protesting her father's will in Tennessee, all of Elijah D's children were arriving in Texas to start a new life. That left Elijah, then 64 years old, to sell his property in order to survive. Helen Swenson's "Franklin Co., TN 1860 Census and Marriages for Head of Household" p150 (p214,1517/1489) list Elijah D. and Mary as living with her daughter and son in law, Sarah (MOORE) and Robert HINES.
Elijah D. Robbins died August 05, 1862 and is buried in the Woods (Handley) Cemetery with only a footstone left as a marker. Mary Elizabeth Branham Lewis died January 1892. Elijah and Mary had no children together.
Elijah D. Robbins and Sarah Sally Lewis had the following children:
1. MARY ROBBINS (1810-1822)
2. JAMES ROBBINS (Dec 1812-1853)
3. LEWIS TUREMAN ROBBINS SR. (Apr 1814-1839)
4. JOHN LEWIS ROBBINS (17 Apr 1817-22 Oct 1855)
5. JANE LEWIS ROBBINS (06 Mar 1819-24 Aug 1883)
6. JOSEPH O. ROBBINS (29 Jul 1821-02 Jan 1879)
7. RICE ROBBINS (20 Sep 1833-Jun 1850)
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Elijah D Robbins was born in Spotsylvania, Virginia 28 Jan 1787. Public records indicate he was 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds. He had light hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. Elijah married his first wife Sarah Lewis in Spotsylvania Virginia where they lived many years. All of their children were born there. Years later they would move to Franklin County, Tennessee where his wife would die in 1842.
There were 2 records for Elijah D. Robins in the war of 1812. He was inducted and discharged as a Sergeant in both of the records. They are: The 1st Regiment (Crutchfield's) Virginia Militia and 16th Regiment (Waller's) Virginia Militia. (National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls. Both records found on Roll 177, Ext 602) Further research is needed to verify this finding.
Elijah knew that he would not receive anything of his father's estate until his after mother died. Whether there was an estrangement with his father is not known. We do know that two months later Elijah D. was in Franklin Co, Tennessee by 27 May 1823 when he was the highest bidder for 340 acres on the Elk River (Franklin Co., Deed Book "D"). It is believed that some of Sarah Lewis' kinfolk might have made the trip with them.
Some years after the death of Sarah he married her cousin, Mary E B (Lewis) Moore June 01, 1843. This was probably a marriage of convenience. Mary was some 18 years younger than Elijah D. and her husband; Dyer Perkins Moore had just passed away 11 Oct 1840. She had a family of 7 minor children by her late husband and Elijah raised them as his own. Sarah's father and Mary's father were half-brothers. Before Elijah and his second wife married, they signed an Article of Agreement, as she possessed "real and personal property" which was to remain hers. It was not to be used to secure debt. (Franklin Co., Deed Book "T" p134)
Land was getting scarce in Tennessee and Elijah and Mary knew that opportunity was slipping away. Mary persuaded her father, Col. James Lewis to advance her a portion of her inheritance to buy land at least twice. (Source: April 1841 Codicil #1 Jas Lewis will, amended March 1845) Either they did not make the best of deals or they were not the best farmers, either way they did not seem to prosper. By March of 1847 Col. Lewis amended his will with a second codicil in which he states: "Upon reflection and examination I am satisfied that my daughter Mary E Robbins, wife of E. D. Robbins has had by way of advancements received her full portion of my estate, wherefore I do hereby revoke all and every item and clause in my said will and Codicil devising any portion of my estate." (Source: March 1847 Codicil #2 Jas Lewis will) Col. Lewis was 91 years old at the time. Perhaps he could see that Elijah D. and Mary were not advancing their wealth. Perhaps he didn't expect to live as long as he did and saw his extended families grow and his own estates dwindle. Whatever the reason by the second codicil he pretty much severed all ties with Elijah and Mary. "I do devise and direct that the Negro slaves devised to Mary E. Robbins in my said Will and Codicil be by my executors applied to the satisfaction of the Legacy to the children of Sally (Sarah) T. Carter."
Mary wasn't the only heir to have received advancements. The children of her sister Sarah T. and their father Steven Carter had received at least $3140.00. John T. and David C. had received as much as she. Eliza had already received almost $1,000.00 more than she had and she wasn't written out of the will. But out she went, leaving David C. as executor. (Source: Codicil #1 & #2 will of Col Lewis) Col. Lewis died February 21, 1849. Mary surely pleaded with her brother David C. to be fair. But he was steadfast like their father. No, the Col. was clear in his desire that she receive no more of the estate. Mary and Elijah D took it to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. On December 16, 1850, in Jacksonville Tennessee the court ruled to uphold that "the Codicil No. 2 to the Last Will and Testament of James Lewis deceased dated 27th March 1847 is the true second Codicil." (Source: Project Preservation Franklin county Archives, 304 1st St NW, Winchester, TN 1840-198)
About the time Elijah and Mary were protesting her father's will in Tennessee, all of Elijah D's children were arriving in Texas to start a new life. That left Elijah, then 64 years old, to sell his property in order to survive. Helen Swenson's "Franklin Co., TN 1860 Census and Marriages for Head of Household" p150 (p214,1517/1489) list Elijah D. and Mary as living with her daughter and son in law, Sarah (MOORE) and Robert HINES.
Elijah D. Robbins died August 05, 1862 and is buried in the Woods (Handley) Cemetery with only a footstone left as a marker. Mary Elizabeth Branham Lewis died January 1892. Elijah and Mary had no children together.
Elijah D. Robbins and Sarah Sally Lewis had the following children:
1. MARY ROBBINS (1810-1822)
2. JAMES ROBBINS (Dec 1812-1853)
3. LEWIS TUREMAN ROBBINS SR. (Apr 1814-1839)
4. JOHN LEWIS ROBBINS (17 Apr 1817-22 Oct 1855)
5. JANE LEWIS ROBBINS (06 Mar 1819-24 Aug 1883)
6. JOSEPH O. ROBBINS (29 Jul 1821-02 Jan 1879)
7. RICE ROBBINS (20 Sep 1833-Jun 1850)
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There were 2 records for Elijah D. Robins in the war of 1812. He was inducted and discharged as a Sergeant in both of the records. They are: The 1st Regiment (Crutchfield's) Virginia Militia and 16th Regiment (Waller's) Virginia Militia. (National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls. Both records found on Roll 177, Ext 602) Further research is needed to verify this finding.
Elijah knew that he would not receive anything of his father's estate until his after mother died. Whether there was an estrangement with his father is not known. We do know that two months later Elijah D. was in Franklin Co, Tennessee by 27 May 1823 when he was the highest bidder for 340 acres on the Elk River (Franklin Co., Deed Book "D"). It is believed that some of Sarah Lewis' kinfolk might have made the trip with them.
Some years after the death of Sarah he married her cousin, Mary E B (Lewis) Moore June 01, 1843. This was probably a marriage of convenience. Mary was some 18 years younger than Elijah D. and her husband; Dyer Perkins Moore had just passed away 11 Oct 1840. She had a family of 7 minor children by her late husband and Elijah raised them as his own. Sarah's father and Mary's father were half-brothers. Before Elijah and his second wife married, they signed an Article of Agreement, as she possessed "real and personal property" which was to remain hers. It was not to be used to secure debt. (Franklin Co., Deed Book "T" p134)
Land was getting scarce in Tennessee and Elijah and Mary knew that opportunity was slipping away. Mary persuaded her father, Col. James Lewis to advance her a portion of her inheritance to buy land at least twice. (Source: April 1841 Codicil #1 Jas Lewis will, amended March 1845) Either they did not make the best of deals or they were not the best farmers, either way they did not seem to prosper. By March of 1847 Col. Lewis amended his will with a second codicil in which he states: "Upon reflection and examination I am satisfied that my daughter Mary E Robbins, wife of E. D. Robbins has had by way of advancements received her full portion of my estate, wherefore I do hereby revoke all and every item and clause in my said will and Codicil devising any portion of my estate." (Source: March 1847 Codicil #2 Jas Lewis will) Col. Lewis was 91 years old at the time. Perhaps he could see that Elijah D. and Mary were not advancing their wealth. Perhaps he didn't expect to live as long as he did and saw his extended families grow and his own estates dwindle. Whatever the reason by the second codicil he pretty much severed all ties with Elijah and Mary. "I do devise and direct that the Negro slaves devised to Mary E. Robbins in my said Will and Codicil be by my executors applied to the satisfaction of the Legacy to the children of Sally (Sarah) T. Carter."
Mary wasn't the only heir to have received advancements. The children of her sister Sarah T. and their father Steven Carter had received at least $3140.00. John T. and David C. had received as much as she. Eliza had already received almost $1,000.00 more than she had and she wasn't written out of the will. But out she went, leaving David C. as executor. (Source: Codicil #1 & #2 will of Col Lewis) Col. Lewis died February 21, 1849. Mary surely pleaded with her brother David C. to be fair. But he was steadfast like their father. No, the Col. was clear in his desire that she receive no more of the estate. Mary and Elijah D took it to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. On December 16, 1850, in Jacksonville Tennessee the court ruled to uphold that "the Codicil No. 2 to the Last Will and Testament of James Lewis deceased dated 27th March 1847 is the true second Codicil." (Source: Project Preservation Franklin county Archives, 304 1st St NW, Winchester, TN 1840-198)
About the time Elijah and Mary were protesting her father's will in Tennessee, all of Elijah D's children were arriving in Texas to start a new life. That left Elijah, then 64 years old, to sell his property in order to survive. Helen Swenson's "Franklin Co., TN 1860 Census and Marriages for Head of Household" p150 (p214,1517/1489) list Elijah D. and Mary as living with her daughter and son in law, Sarah (MOORE) and Robert HINES.
Elijah D. Robbins died August 05, 1862 and is buried in the Woods (Handley) Cemetery with only a footstone left as a marker. Mary Elizabeth Branham Lewis died January 1892. Elijah and Mary had no children together.
Elijah D. Robbins and Sarah Sally Lewis had the following children:
1. MARY ROBBINS (1810-1822)
2. JAMES ROBBINS (Dec 1812-1853)
3. LEWIS TUREMAN ROBBINS SR. (Apr 1814-1839)
4. JOHN LEWIS ROBBINS (17 Apr 1817-22 Oct 1855)
5. JANE LEWIS ROBBINS (06 Mar 1819-24 Aug 1883)
6. JOSEPH O. ROBBINS (29 Jul 1821-02 Jan 1879)
7. RICE ROBBINS (20 Sep 1833-Jun 1850)
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