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Henry M Robertson

Birth
Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Oct 1849 (aged 44)
Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Burial
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HENRY M. ROBERTSON was born on 10 Jan 1805 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. He died on 20 Oct 1849 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA (Age 44). He was the son of Jeffrey Robertson IV and Ann Webb Hill. (Note: The family Bible of his daughter, Emma Alice Robertson Anderson lists his birth year as 1806. This is likely incorrect and should be 1805. His twin brothers William B. and Matthew Willis Robertson were born 6 January 1806. The Federal Mortality Schedule for Henry Robertson lists is death as October 1849 and that he was 44 years of age at the time of his death.)

For the minor children of Jeffrey Robertson at the time of his death in 1823, the January 1824 Chancery Court for Cumberland County provides that "Hull C. Hill [brother of Ann Webb Hill Robertson] is appointed guardian for William, Matt, Henry, Nancy, Alonzo, Theophilus, and Madison Robertson, Orphans of Jeffry Robertson Jr. dec'd."

On August 29, 1829, Willoughby Chiswell Robertson, Matthew Willis Robertson, Henry M. Robertson, and Sarah "Sally" N. Talley née Robertson "sell to Wm Minter all the right title and estate which they and each of them have in and to a certain tract…it being the same land of which Jeffery Robertson Jr. of Cumberland died seized and to which the aforesaid…are entitled as heirs of the said Jeffery Robertson, dec'd."

Henry Robertson married Martha Jane Brown on 23 Nov 1836 in Cumberland, Virginia, USA. She was born on 07 Sep 1818 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She died after 1870 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA.

Henry Mills Robertson and Martha Jane Brown had the following children:

i. ANN HASLETINE ROBERTSON was born on 29 Sep 1837 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She died on 20 Jun 1839 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA.

ii. BRANCH MANVILLE ROBERTSON was born on 02 Jun 1840 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. He died on 14 Dec 1892 in Virginia, USA.

iii. EMMA ALICE ROBERTSON was born on 05 Jul 1842 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She died on 15 Feb 1896 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She married Pleasant Egbert Anderson on 23 Dec 1866 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He was born on 18 Jan 1840 in Virginia, USA. He died on 08 Jan 1912 in Madison, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

iv. ALFRED BALCH ROBERTSON was born on 20 Nov 1844 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. He died on 26 Sep 1864.
HENRY M. ROBERTSON was born on 10 Jan 1805 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. He died on 20 Oct 1849 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA (Age 44). He was the son of Jeffrey Robertson IV and Ann Webb Hill. (Note: The family Bible of his daughter, Emma Alice Robertson Anderson lists his birth year as 1806. This is likely incorrect and should be 1805. His twin brothers William B. and Matthew Willis Robertson were born 6 January 1806. The Federal Mortality Schedule for Henry Robertson lists is death as October 1849 and that he was 44 years of age at the time of his death.)

For the minor children of Jeffrey Robertson at the time of his death in 1823, the January 1824 Chancery Court for Cumberland County provides that "Hull C. Hill [brother of Ann Webb Hill Robertson] is appointed guardian for William, Matt, Henry, Nancy, Alonzo, Theophilus, and Madison Robertson, Orphans of Jeffry Robertson Jr. dec'd."

On August 29, 1829, Willoughby Chiswell Robertson, Matthew Willis Robertson, Henry M. Robertson, and Sarah "Sally" N. Talley née Robertson "sell to Wm Minter all the right title and estate which they and each of them have in and to a certain tract…it being the same land of which Jeffery Robertson Jr. of Cumberland died seized and to which the aforesaid…are entitled as heirs of the said Jeffery Robertson, dec'd."

Henry Robertson married Martha Jane Brown on 23 Nov 1836 in Cumberland, Virginia, USA. She was born on 07 Sep 1818 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She died after 1870 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA.

Henry Mills Robertson and Martha Jane Brown had the following children:

i. ANN HASLETINE ROBERTSON was born on 29 Sep 1837 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She died on 20 Jun 1839 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA.

ii. BRANCH MANVILLE ROBERTSON was born on 02 Jun 1840 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. He died on 14 Dec 1892 in Virginia, USA.

iii. EMMA ALICE ROBERTSON was born on 05 Jul 1842 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She died on 15 Feb 1896 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. She married Pleasant Egbert Anderson on 23 Dec 1866 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He was born on 18 Jan 1840 in Virginia, USA. He died on 08 Jan 1912 in Madison, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.

iv. ALFRED BALCH ROBERTSON was born on 20 Nov 1844 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA. He died on 26 Sep 1864.


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