Jacob Robbins, of Guilford County
1. Jacob Robbins of Guilford County, North Carolina, and Blount County, Alabama, born 1770, in North Carolina; died 1845 in Blount County, Alabama; married Elizabeth Rush (Rousch), born 1771. Her father was possibly Benjamin Rush. Jacob bought land from William Rush in 1802, proved by Benjamin Rush:
Deed from William RUSH of Wane [Wayne] County, KY, to Jacob ROBINS, of Randolph County, NC* for £100⎯"all that tract or parcel of land lying & being in the County of Randolph & State of N. Carolina on the waters of Back Creek Begg at MILLIKANS Corner pine & running No 22 Chs to a Black Oak, thence Et 20 and a half Chs to a stake in BEISLEY's line thence So 6½ Chs to his corner Walnut on the bank of the creek, thence Et crossing the Creek 35 Chs to a Black Oak, thence So 19 Chs to a stake thence Wt to READINGS Corner & along his line in all 43 Chs to a stake thence No 3½ Chs along the creek to a stake thence West to the beginning *witnesses: none*[deed not signed]*27 Aug. 1802.*Proved by Benjn RUSH⎯Nov. Term 1802⎯(signed) HARPER, Clk.
Jacob Robbins appeared on the index of the 1800 U. S. Census, Randolph County, North Carolina, having one male child under ten years of age, one male between 25–45, two females under 10, and one female between 25-45. The only Robbins listed on the 1820 Guilford County census was Jacob Robbins, and on the same alphabetical list was John Ricks [son of Jonas Ricks]. Two members of the Robbins family engaged in agriculture, and Jacob did not own slaves.
Jacob Robbins 1 male 45 and above [born before1775; Jacob]
1 female 26–44 [1776–94; Elizabeth, his wife]
1 male 10–15 [born 1805–10; unknown]
1 female 16–25 [1795–1804; Rebecca]
3 males 0–9 [1811–20; Daniel, Jacob, and Ransom, the Ricks brothers, John and Seth, appeared in their Blount County marriage documents.]
1 female 10–15 [1805–10; Elizabeth, who married Seth M. Ricks in 1828 in Blount County.]
1 female 0–9 [1811–20; Leah, who married Matthew Nelson in Blount County]
Jacob Robbins moved to Blount County, Alabama, before the 1830 census, as early as 1826. He and his wife Elizabeth owned approximately 160 acres of land in Blount County, Alabama. He sold that land to William Cornelius 7 April 1840, for $1,000. On a modern map that land is in Etowah County, Alabama, north of U. S. Highway 278, within the city limits of Walnut Grove, Alabama.
Abstract from an ANCESTRAL HISTORY Manuscript, written by Asbury W. Saye in 1898, at Eastland County, Texas. Asbury was the husband of Phebe Ricks, youngest daughter of John and Massey (Robbins) Ricks, originally of Guilford County, North Carolina. Massey was the daughter of Jacob Robbins. She and her husband John Ricks married in that county before removing to Alabama about 1823-24:
"Elizabeth Robbins married Seth Ricks, a brother to your grandfather [John Ricks]. She had no children. Uncle Seth and his wife did not live to be old. They died about 1845 or 6. There might have been one year or more between their deaths, but it was not long. The sister that grew up at the same time with your grandmother died while young never married.
Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins settled the place where the town of Walnut Grove now stands. He settled there when the country was a wilderness. There was a large fine spring and walnut trees growing all around on the nice plot of ground surrounding the spring, so it was called Walnut Grove, long before it became a town.
Your mother [Pheba Ricks] was very small when her mother left Blount and moved into DeKalb County near a place called Duck Springs. Then, after several years, removed to Mississippi [in 1858]. After we had been married several years we was passing through Alabama to Georgia. We came to Walnut Springs. It was still in the woods. Your mother looked out of the wagon and said, "This is where grandfather
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lived. I knew the place. There is the spring here, is the Walnut Trees, every thing looked so natural, yet she could not have been more than 3 years old if that when she last saw the place. Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins died on this place. He was also the first settler of it. Walnut Grove is now a considerable Depot on the railroad passing through from Gadsden to the south on North Road connecting Birmingham and Decatur. "
This document is available at the Blount County, Alabama, Museum, Oneonta.
1. Jacob Robbins of Guilford County, North Carolina, and Blount County, Alabama, born 1770, in North Carolina; died 1845 in Blount County, Alabama; married Elizabeth Rush (Rousch), born 1771. Her father was possibly Benjamin Rush. Jacob bought land from William Rush in 1802, proved by Benjamin Rush:
Deed from William RUSH of Wane [Wayne] County, KY, to Jacob ROBINS, of Randolph County, NC* for £100⎯"all that tract or parcel of land lying & being in the County of Randolph & State of N. Carolina on the waters of Back Creek Begg at MILLIKANS Corner pine & running No 22 Chs to a Black Oak, thence Et 20 and a half Chs to a stake in BEISLEY's line thence So 6½ Chs to his corner Walnut on the bank of the creek, thence Et crossing the Creek 35 Chs to a Black Oak, thence So 19 Chs to a stake thence Wt to READINGS Corner & along his line in all 43 Chs to a stake thence No 3½ Chs along the creek to a stake thence West to the beginning *witnesses: none*[deed not signed]*27 Aug. 1802.*Proved by Benjn RUSH⎯Nov. Term 1802⎯(signed) HARPER, Clk.
Jacob Robbins appeared on the index of the 1800 U. S. Census, Randolph County, North Carolina, having one male child under ten years of age, one male between 25–45, two females under 10, and one female between 25-45. The only Robbins listed on the 1820 Guilford County census was Jacob Robbins, and on the same alphabetical list was John Ricks [son of Jonas Ricks]. Two members of the Robbins family engaged in agriculture, and Jacob did not own slaves.
Jacob Robbins 1 male 45 and above [born before1775; Jacob]
1 female 26–44 [1776–94; Elizabeth, his wife]
1 male 10–15 [born 1805–10; unknown]
1 female 16–25 [1795–1804; Rebecca]
3 males 0–9 [1811–20; Daniel, Jacob, and Ransom, the Ricks brothers, John and Seth, appeared in their Blount County marriage documents.]
1 female 10–15 [1805–10; Elizabeth, who married Seth M. Ricks in 1828 in Blount County.]
1 female 0–9 [1811–20; Leah, who married Matthew Nelson in Blount County]
Jacob Robbins moved to Blount County, Alabama, before the 1830 census, as early as 1826. He and his wife Elizabeth owned approximately 160 acres of land in Blount County, Alabama. He sold that land to William Cornelius 7 April 1840, for $1,000. On a modern map that land is in Etowah County, Alabama, north of U. S. Highway 278, within the city limits of Walnut Grove, Alabama.
Abstract from an ANCESTRAL HISTORY Manuscript, written by Asbury W. Saye in 1898, at Eastland County, Texas. Asbury was the husband of Phebe Ricks, youngest daughter of John and Massey (Robbins) Ricks, originally of Guilford County, North Carolina. Massey was the daughter of Jacob Robbins. She and her husband John Ricks married in that county before removing to Alabama about 1823-24:
"Elizabeth Robbins married Seth Ricks, a brother to your grandfather [John Ricks]. She had no children. Uncle Seth and his wife did not live to be old. They died about 1845 or 6. There might have been one year or more between their deaths, but it was not long. The sister that grew up at the same time with your grandmother died while young never married.
Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins settled the place where the town of Walnut Grove now stands. He settled there when the country was a wilderness. There was a large fine spring and walnut trees growing all around on the nice plot of ground surrounding the spring, so it was called Walnut Grove, long before it became a town.
Your mother [Pheba Ricks] was very small when her mother left Blount and moved into DeKalb County near a place called Duck Springs. Then, after several years, removed to Mississippi [in 1858]. After we had been married several years we was passing through Alabama to Georgia. We came to Walnut Springs. It was still in the woods. Your mother looked out of the wagon and said, "This is where grandfather
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lived. I knew the place. There is the spring here, is the Walnut Trees, every thing looked so natural, yet she could not have been more than 3 years old if that when she last saw the place. Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins died on this place. He was also the first settler of it. Walnut Grove is now a considerable Depot on the railroad passing through from Gadsden to the south on North Road connecting Birmingham and Decatur. "
This document is available at the Blount County, Alabama, Museum, Oneonta.
Jacob Robbins, of Guilford County
1. Jacob Robbins of Guilford County, North Carolina, and Blount County, Alabama, born 1770, in North Carolina; died 1845 in Blount County, Alabama; married Elizabeth Rush (Rousch), born 1771. Her father was possibly Benjamin Rush. Jacob bought land from William Rush in 1802, proved by Benjamin Rush:
Deed from William RUSH of Wane [Wayne] County, KY, to Jacob ROBINS, of Randolph County, NC* for £100⎯"all that tract or parcel of land lying & being in the County of Randolph & State of N. Carolina on the waters of Back Creek Begg at MILLIKANS Corner pine & running No 22 Chs to a Black Oak, thence Et 20 and a half Chs to a stake in BEISLEY's line thence So 6½ Chs to his corner Walnut on the bank of the creek, thence Et crossing the Creek 35 Chs to a Black Oak, thence So 19 Chs to a stake thence Wt to READINGS Corner & along his line in all 43 Chs to a stake thence No 3½ Chs along the creek to a stake thence West to the beginning *witnesses: none*[deed not signed]*27 Aug. 1802.*Proved by Benjn RUSH⎯Nov. Term 1802⎯(signed) HARPER, Clk.
Jacob Robbins appeared on the index of the 1800 U. S. Census, Randolph County, North Carolina, having one male child under ten years of age, one male between 25–45, two females under 10, and one female between 25-45. The only Robbins listed on the 1820 Guilford County census was Jacob Robbins, and on the same alphabetical list was John Ricks [son of Jonas Ricks]. Two members of the Robbins family engaged in agriculture, and Jacob did not own slaves.
Jacob Robbins 1 male 45 and above [born before1775; Jacob]
1 female 26–44 [1776–94; Elizabeth, his wife]
1 male 10–15 [born 1805–10; unknown]
1 female 16–25 [1795–1804; Rebecca]
3 males 0–9 [1811–20; Daniel, Jacob, and Ransom, the Ricks brothers, John and Seth, appeared in their Blount County marriage documents.]
1 female 10–15 [1805–10; Elizabeth, who married Seth M. Ricks in 1828 in Blount County.]
1 female 0–9 [1811–20; Leah, who married Matthew Nelson in Blount County]
Jacob Robbins moved to Blount County, Alabama, before the 1830 census, as early as 1826. He and his wife Elizabeth owned approximately 160 acres of land in Blount County, Alabama. He sold that land to William Cornelius 7 April 1840, for $1,000. On a modern map that land is in Etowah County, Alabama, north of U. S. Highway 278, within the city limits of Walnut Grove, Alabama.
Abstract from an ANCESTRAL HISTORY Manuscript, written by Asbury W. Saye in 1898, at Eastland County, Texas. Asbury was the husband of Phebe Ricks, youngest daughter of John and Massey (Robbins) Ricks, originally of Guilford County, North Carolina. Massey was the daughter of Jacob Robbins. She and her husband John Ricks married in that county before removing to Alabama about 1823-24:
"Elizabeth Robbins married Seth Ricks, a brother to your grandfather [John Ricks]. She had no children. Uncle Seth and his wife did not live to be old. They died about 1845 or 6. There might have been one year or more between their deaths, but it was not long. The sister that grew up at the same time with your grandmother died while young never married.
Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins settled the place where the town of Walnut Grove now stands. He settled there when the country was a wilderness. There was a large fine spring and walnut trees growing all around on the nice plot of ground surrounding the spring, so it was called Walnut Grove, long before it became a town.
Your mother [Pheba Ricks] was very small when her mother left Blount and moved into DeKalb County near a place called Duck Springs. Then, after several years, removed to Mississippi [in 1858]. After we had been married several years we was passing through Alabama to Georgia. We came to Walnut Springs. It was still in the woods. Your mother looked out of the wagon and said, "This is where grandfather
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lived. I knew the place. There is the spring here, is the Walnut Trees, every thing looked so natural, yet she could not have been more than 3 years old if that when she last saw the place. Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins died on this place. He was also the first settler of it. Walnut Grove is now a considerable Depot on the railroad passing through from Gadsden to the south on North Road connecting Birmingham and Decatur. "
This document is available at the Blount County, Alabama, Museum, Oneonta.
1. Jacob Robbins of Guilford County, North Carolina, and Blount County, Alabama, born 1770, in North Carolina; died 1845 in Blount County, Alabama; married Elizabeth Rush (Rousch), born 1771. Her father was possibly Benjamin Rush. Jacob bought land from William Rush in 1802, proved by Benjamin Rush:
Deed from William RUSH of Wane [Wayne] County, KY, to Jacob ROBINS, of Randolph County, NC* for £100⎯"all that tract or parcel of land lying & being in the County of Randolph & State of N. Carolina on the waters of Back Creek Begg at MILLIKANS Corner pine & running No 22 Chs to a Black Oak, thence Et 20 and a half Chs to a stake in BEISLEY's line thence So 6½ Chs to his corner Walnut on the bank of the creek, thence Et crossing the Creek 35 Chs to a Black Oak, thence So 19 Chs to a stake thence Wt to READINGS Corner & along his line in all 43 Chs to a stake thence No 3½ Chs along the creek to a stake thence West to the beginning *witnesses: none*[deed not signed]*27 Aug. 1802.*Proved by Benjn RUSH⎯Nov. Term 1802⎯(signed) HARPER, Clk.
Jacob Robbins appeared on the index of the 1800 U. S. Census, Randolph County, North Carolina, having one male child under ten years of age, one male between 25–45, two females under 10, and one female between 25-45. The only Robbins listed on the 1820 Guilford County census was Jacob Robbins, and on the same alphabetical list was John Ricks [son of Jonas Ricks]. Two members of the Robbins family engaged in agriculture, and Jacob did not own slaves.
Jacob Robbins 1 male 45 and above [born before1775; Jacob]
1 female 26–44 [1776–94; Elizabeth, his wife]
1 male 10–15 [born 1805–10; unknown]
1 female 16–25 [1795–1804; Rebecca]
3 males 0–9 [1811–20; Daniel, Jacob, and Ransom, the Ricks brothers, John and Seth, appeared in their Blount County marriage documents.]
1 female 10–15 [1805–10; Elizabeth, who married Seth M. Ricks in 1828 in Blount County.]
1 female 0–9 [1811–20; Leah, who married Matthew Nelson in Blount County]
Jacob Robbins moved to Blount County, Alabama, before the 1830 census, as early as 1826. He and his wife Elizabeth owned approximately 160 acres of land in Blount County, Alabama. He sold that land to William Cornelius 7 April 1840, for $1,000. On a modern map that land is in Etowah County, Alabama, north of U. S. Highway 278, within the city limits of Walnut Grove, Alabama.
Abstract from an ANCESTRAL HISTORY Manuscript, written by Asbury W. Saye in 1898, at Eastland County, Texas. Asbury was the husband of Phebe Ricks, youngest daughter of John and Massey (Robbins) Ricks, originally of Guilford County, North Carolina. Massey was the daughter of Jacob Robbins. She and her husband John Ricks married in that county before removing to Alabama about 1823-24:
"Elizabeth Robbins married Seth Ricks, a brother to your grandfather [John Ricks]. She had no children. Uncle Seth and his wife did not live to be old. They died about 1845 or 6. There might have been one year or more between their deaths, but it was not long. The sister that grew up at the same time with your grandmother died while young never married.
Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins settled the place where the town of Walnut Grove now stands. He settled there when the country was a wilderness. There was a large fine spring and walnut trees growing all around on the nice plot of ground surrounding the spring, so it was called Walnut Grove, long before it became a town.
Your mother [Pheba Ricks] was very small when her mother left Blount and moved into DeKalb County near a place called Duck Springs. Then, after several years, removed to Mississippi [in 1858]. After we had been married several years we was passing through Alabama to Georgia. We came to Walnut Springs. It was still in the woods. Your mother looked out of the wagon and said, "This is where grandfather
*** 58 *** [original manuscript page number]
lived. I knew the place. There is the spring here, is the Walnut Trees, every thing looked so natural, yet she could not have been more than 3 years old if that when she last saw the place. Your great grandfather [Jacob] Robbins died on this place. He was also the first settler of it. Walnut Grove is now a considerable Depot on the railroad passing through from Gadsden to the south on North Road connecting Birmingham and Decatur. "
This document is available at the Blount County, Alabama, Museum, Oneonta.
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