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Robinson, David
Matthew - contrib by Mona Robinson Mills
Robinson, Henry
Mayfield - contrib by Mona Robinson Mills
ROBINSON, DAVID
MATTHEW
Contributed by Mona Robinson Mills
Information about this family was found in a family
file at Itawamba County Historical Society, as submitted by Lionel
G. Summerford in 1993. Mr. Summerford’s notes indicate that his
information came from his Grandpa Henry Mayfield (Major) Robinson
and his mother Vera Cruz Robinson Summerford.
Robinson Family:
David Robinson b 1824 Great-grandpa
Henry Robinson b 1860 Grandpa
Vera Cruz Robinson Summerford b 1890 Mama
Lionel Glenn Summerford b 1925
David Robinson my great grandfather - Prior to the
Civil War - probably during 1860 because Grandpa was his youngest
son and was born in 1860 (David) was killed in a hunting accident.
Passenger pigeons were plentiful. They were killed for food. People
would shoot up into a mass of birds and then clean and salt them in
barrels. Some birds were sold but most were eaten later. Since the
birds were so numerous, they blotted out the sun and made a huge
noise. When a gun was fired the shooter could not hear the shot or
see the result. Many times a muzzle loading gun would "hang fire".
The shooter would blow into a barrel to see if smoke came out. This
also helped clear the barrel of any burning embers that would ignite
the next powder charge. In this case, the gun finally shot while
Great Grandpa Robinson was clearing the last shot. This is all I
ever knew of his death. This is said to have happened near
Pikesville Community, Marion County, Alabama.
Annise Kennedy Robinson, my great grandmother had
eight children. She lived in their home (cabin) at Pikeville near
the Bear Creek in Alabama. During the Civil War, 1861-1865, food and
other supplies were very hard to find. Salt was an important item to
preserve food and to add as seasoning. None was available to buy.
She dug soil from beneath their smokehouse and boiled the salt out
for their use. Since she was alone with her children she had a very
difficult time in raising them. My Grandpa never knew his father due
to his early death. He always had an extra strong feeling for his
"My Ole Mama".
During the battles of Corinth (Shiloh) and Iuka, they
could hear the cannons shooting. One night after that battle was
over, they heard a knock on their door. It was a ragged, hungry
soldier. He was an uncle of Grandpa's. I do not know his name. His
horse was thin and worn out. His uniform was in rags and he was
hungry, which was typical of our Southern Army.
MORE information about David Matthew Robinson,
collected from various sources:
Patentee: DAVID M ROBERTSON (actual grant indicates
David Matthew Robertson)
State: MISSISSIPPI
Acres: 160.1
Metes/Bounds: No
Issue Date: 1/13/1845
Land Office: Pontotoc
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat.
566)
Document Nr.: 18460
Accession/Serial Nr.: MS3100__.290
BLM Serial Nr.: MS NO S/N
Comments: LANDS IN ALABAMA
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1850 Census
Marion County, Alabama
Living next door to Henry J. Robinson and John E.
Robinson
David Roberson 26 SC (born 1824)
Annis 23 AL
Elizabeth J. 6 AL
Missepa 4 AL
Josiah 3 AL
Sarah Ann 1 AL
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1860 Census
Marion County, Alabama
Living next to or near the following households:
George Emerson, John E. Robinson, James Robinson.
David M. Roberson 36 SC (born 1824)
Annise 33 AL
Elizabeth 16 AL (Elizabeth Jane m Solomon Wigginton
Ita Co)
Emelina 13 AL
Joseph 11 AL (Josiah K., married Nancy Angeline
Barnes)
Sarah 9 AL (Sarah Ann m James Polk Donham Marion Co)
Salina 7 AL (m William Andrew Jackson Henley)
Eliza 5 AL
John 3 AL (m Sarah, named son Matthew)
Henry 1 AL (m Mary Candace Wiginton)
ROBINSON, HENRY
MAYFIELD
Contributed by Mona Robinson Mills
Information about this family was found in a family file at
Itawamba County Historical Society, as submitted by Lionel G.
Summerford in 1993. Mr. Summerford’s notes indicate that his
information came from his Grandpa Henry Mayfield (Major) Robinson
and his mother Vera Cruz Robinson Summerford.
Robinson Family:
David Robinson b 1824 Great-grandpa
Henry Robinson b 1860 Grandpa
Vera Cruz Robinson Summerford b 1890 Mama
Lionel Glenn Summerford b 1925
When someone was writing a history of Alabama in about 1930, they
contacted Grandpa Robinson since he was one of the early settlers of
North Alabama.
After the Civil War, many southerners moved westward to Texas in
order to make a new start after the devastation and defeat during
the war. Some of the Robinsons settled in Itasca, Hill County,
Texas. Grandpa Robinson later returned to Marion County. The
Community of Bexar probably got its name from Bexar, Texas.
(Pronounced Bay-har' in Spanish)
Grandpa's family was Wigintons and Kennedys. The Robinson name
was sometimes spelled Robison or Roberson. Grandpa Robinson built a
log house and raised his family near Bexar. Grandma Robinson died
after her last child was born. The Collus Colburn Family, who were
black and lived on his farm, helped raise their family after her
death.
Grandpa had about 100 bee hives and a shop where he made and
repaired the hives. The sale of honey was one source of income. He
had a blacksmith shop and did blacksmithing for other people. He
maintained a grist mill run by steam engine and later converted it
to diesel engine for power. He farmed and raised cotton, corn,
peanuts, watermelons, pigs and cows. He was the casket maker for the
community and his daughters sewed the lining for the caskets. Once a
year he made a trip to Aberdeen, MS to buy supplies for the coming
year. During this trip, he purchased material for his daughters to
make their dresses.
One time when I was about four years old (1929) Mama took me with
Uncle Elbert (her brother), Mary Ellen Robinson, Elbert's daughter,
Ray and Clinton Lindsey, first cousins of mine, to Texas to visit
Aunt Genera, her sister, and Uncle Cliff Goggins. They lived in the
vicinity of where Grandpa Robinson lived many years before. We went
in a large touring car (make not known). As I recall, we went on
U.S. 78 to Memphis. We crossed the Mississippi River on the Old
"Harrihan" Bridge. Later we crossed several other rivers by ferry
boat. Each night we camped near the road. We cooked food over an
open fire. One of the men stayed awake to guard us from robbers.
They had a pistol and a shotgun. They kept the fire bright.
Aunt Genera lived in a house in an open field typical of this
area of Texas. Water was scarce. They had a cistern in which the
rain water was drained from the tin roof into this area for their
use. Their cistern was like a large dug well lined with timbers and
with a tin cover over it.
After Grandpa died in 1945, at this time I was serving in World
War II and was stationed on Guam, Uncle Elbert and Ray Lindsey
burned the house and all of the contents. The house was old and
believed to be germ laden. [end of Mr. Summerford's notes]
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