Robert was a son of James Richardson and Anne Payne Ware.
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Robert married 1st to Elizabeth Wright on 27 June 1842 and they had Sarah A., Mary and Margaret.
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1850 Census, Rockingham County, N.C.:
female Wright 51 NC (Elizabeth's mother)
(all the following are Richardson, Elizabeth had died in 1849)
Robert Richardson 30 NC
S.A. 6 NC female
M.E. 5 NC female
M.J. 3 NC female
Benj. Williamson 20 NC
Rich. D. Ray 22 NC
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Robert married 2nd to Mary Watlington on 30 Dec. 1850 and they had James, Robert Jr., Anna, Edmond and Marion.
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He owned Richardson Tobacco Company.
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Reidsville, N.C. was incorporated in 1873 by the State Legislature, but it dates back to the early 1800s when William Wright of the Little Troublesome Creek area owned a tavern and store on the road connecting Danville, Va. and Salem, N.C.
This outpost was called "Wrights Cross Roads", and was the earliest settlement in the present-day city and was overseen by Wrights' son, Nathan, and then Nathan Wrights' son-in-law, Robert Payne Richardson.
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Roberts' home, built in 1842 on a knoll overlooking Little Troublesome Creek. It still remains on Richardson Drive and has the distinction of being the oldest standing house in the city.
His son, Robert, also had a home on Richardson Drive.

Robert was a son of James Richardson and Anne Payne Ware.
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Robert married 1st to Elizabeth Wright on 27 June 1842 and they had Sarah A., Mary and Margaret.
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1850 Census, Rockingham County, N.C.:
female Wright 51 NC (Elizabeth's mother)
(all the following are Richardson, Elizabeth had died in 1849)
Robert Richardson 30 NC
S.A. 6 NC female
M.E. 5 NC female
M.J. 3 NC female
Benj. Williamson 20 NC
Rich. D. Ray 22 NC
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Robert married 2nd to Mary Watlington on 30 Dec. 1850 and they had James, Robert Jr., Anna, Edmond and Marion.
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He owned Richardson Tobacco Company.
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Reidsville, N.C. was incorporated in 1873 by the State Legislature, but it dates back to the early 1800s when William Wright of the Little Troublesome Creek area owned a tavern and store on the road connecting Danville, Va. and Salem, N.C.
This outpost was called "Wrights Cross Roads", and was the earliest settlement in the present-day city and was overseen by Wrights' son, Nathan, and then Nathan Wrights' son-in-law, Robert Payne Richardson.
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Roberts' home, built in 1842 on a knoll overlooking Little Troublesome Creek. It still remains on Richardson Drive and has the distinction of being the oldest standing house in the city.
His son, Robert, also had a home on Richardson Drive.