Soldier,Legislator,Inventor,Postmaster Carpenter and Mechanic. Born Parker David Robbins in Bertie County North Carolina in 1834. He was mulatto with Chowan Indian background. Robbins was regarded as a free black. He was educated before he enter the Civil War. He had a farm of 120-acre. Parker D. Robbins in 1863 jointed the Union Army in Norfolk, Va. He became sergeant-major in the second U.S. Color Cavalry. Robbins resigned in 1866 due to illness. He went back home to Colerain North Carolina which was Bertie County. He also secured a patient of a new kind of cotton cultivator, and a device to sharpen saws. In 1877, he decided to move to Duplin County, where he established a sawmill and a cotton gin. While in Magnolia, Duplin County he built a steam boat and some houses. Second Regiments United States Colored Cavalry: Robbins, Parker D., Sergeant Major: Resided in Bertie County and enlisted at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on January 1, 1864, at the age of 29. Enlisted as a Private and appointed Sergeant Major on January 11, 1864. Present or accounted for until mustered out at Brazos Santiago, Texas, on February 12, 1866.
Soldier,Legislator,Inventor,Postmaster Carpenter and Mechanic. Born Parker David Robbins in Bertie County North Carolina in 1834. He was mulatto with Chowan Indian background. Robbins was regarded as a free black. He was educated before he enter the Civil War. He had a farm of 120-acre. Parker D. Robbins in 1863 jointed the Union Army in Norfolk, Va. He became sergeant-major in the second U.S. Color Cavalry. Robbins resigned in 1866 due to illness. He went back home to Colerain North Carolina which was Bertie County. He also secured a patient of a new kind of cotton cultivator, and a device to sharpen saws. In 1877, he decided to move to Duplin County, where he established a sawmill and a cotton gin. While in Magnolia, Duplin County he built a steam boat and some houses. Second Regiments United States Colored Cavalry: Robbins, Parker D., Sergeant Major: Resided in Bertie County and enlisted at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on January 1, 1864, at the age of 29. Enlisted as a Private and appointed Sergeant Major on January 11, 1864. Present or accounted for until mustered out at Brazos Santiago, Texas, on February 12, 1866.
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