Generation No. 1
1. JACOB1 ROBINSON
Child of JACOB ROBINSON is:
2. i. WILLIAM2 ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1750, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1804, Claiborne County Tennessee.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM2 ROBINSON (JACOB1) was born Abt. 1750 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1804 in Claiborne County Tennessee. He married CHARITY KENNEDY March 20, 1775 in North Carolina.
Notes for WILLIAM ROBINSON:
Death date, and place, taken from William Robinsons will, filed June term 1804 In the State of Tennessee.
Children of WILLIAM ROBINSON and CHARITY KENNEDY are:
i. JACOB3 ROBINSON, d. July 01, 1828.
ii. WILLIAM ROBINSON, d. January 18, 1820.
iii. LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON, d. September 22, 1822.
iv. NELSON ROBINSON.
3. v. LOADICIE ROBINSON, b. 1763; d. 1840.
vi. ABSALOM ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1776; d. November 27, 1827.
Generation No. 3
3. LOADICIE3 ROBINSON (WILLIAM2, JACOB1) was born 1763, and died 1840. She married MOSES DORTON March 12, 1826 in Abington, Washington, Virginia, son of WILLAM DORTON and ELIZABETH. He was born 1762 in Virginia, and died March 12, 1826 in Washington County, Virginia.
Notes for MOSES DORTON: Moses Dorton was born in Virginia about 1762, in Washington County. He was the son of William Dorton and Elizabeth. He fought in the battle of King's mountain in 1780 during the Revolutionary War, from Washington County Virginia. He and his family migrated from Virginia to Knox County Kentucky around 1805. they settled on the Cumberland River, where he owned a tavern on the Wilderness Road. He died in the spring of 1826 and his wife, Laodicea Robinson, daughter of William Robinson and Charity Kennedy, died in the 1840's.
Children of LOADICIE ROBINSON and MOSES DORTON are:
4. i. WILLIAM4 DORTON, b. Abt. 1784, Wythe County Virginia.
5. ii. ELIZABETH PARMALEE DORTON, b. February 09, 1785, Wythe County Virginia; d. February 03, 1869, Pettis County Missouri.
6. iii. SALLIE DORTON, b. Bet. 1787 - 1790, Washington County Virginia; d. June 10, 1866, Clay County, Ky.
7. iv. PATSY DORTON, b. 1791; d. Abt. 1829.
8. v. LAODICEA DORTON, b. 1798, Virginia; d. March 09, 1867, Knox County Kentucky.
vi. JOSEPH W. DORTON, b. 1800; d. 1889, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee; m. POLLY BOUGH, April 05, 1824, Franklin County, Kentucky.
vii. LUCRETIA DORTON, b. 1801, Virginia; m. (1) JOHN HERNDON, September 20, 1815, Knox County Kentucky; m. (2) JESSE TAYLOR, September 28, 1820, Knox County Kentucky.
9. viii. NANCY DORTON, b. 1804.
10. ix. JAMES DORTON, b. 1808.
11. x. LUCINDA DORTON, b. December 22, 1808, Knox County, Kentucky; d. March 27, 1889.
12. xi. MOSES DORTON JR., b. August 28, 1810; d. Abt. 1837.
13. xii. EMILY DORTON, b. August 28, 1810; d. September 01, 1873.
For more info see Dorton Family
State of Tennessee Claiborne County
Court June Term 1804
At a court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions begun and held for the county of Claiborne, at the court house in Tazewell, on the first Monday in June, in the year of our Lord, 1804, and in the twenty-eighth year of American Independence.
Present: Joseph Webster, Joab Hill, John Hunt Esquire William Robinson exhibited in court the last will and testament of William Robinson, Senior, deceased, and David Chadwell and Hugh McCelland two of the subscribing witnesses thereto, came into court and made oath that they saw the testator William Robinson sign, seal, publish and declare the said instrument of writing to his last will and testament, and that the said William Robinson was at the time of publishing the same, of sound and perfect mind and memory, to the best of their knowledge and belief;
and they further made oath that they saw John White sign the said will as a conc----- evidence ---- and the said will was ordered to be recorded, whereupon William Robinson, one of the executors appointed in and by said will, he came into court and was qualified to execute said will.
State of Tennessee
Claiborne County
June Term 1804
The last will and testament of William Robinson deceased is herein immediately after recorded in the following words and figures. (Niz)
In the name of God, Amen, I William Robinson, of the county of Claiborne, and the State of Tennessee being sick and weak of body, but of sound mind and disposing memory, for which I thank God – and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all worthy estate as it pleased God to bless me with – I give and bequeath in manners following, that is to say:
I bequeath unto my wife Charity the use and benefit of the plantation whereon I now live together with all the buildings thereon, during her life –
I give and bequeath unto my son Absalom the tract of land containing 700 acres, whereon he now lives together with a tract of 400 acres on the North side of Wallins Ridge; I leave to said Absalom, his heirs and assign forever,
I bequeath unto my son Jacob a tract of land lying on both sides of Clinch River, beginning at Anderson's survey and running to the horse shoe, being in three surveys.
I also bequeath unto my son William one tract of land whereon he now lives, containing 400 acres, together with 50 acres I lately purchased from Salathiel Martin –
To my son Littleberry I bequeath a tract of land whereon he now lives in Cassel's Woods, containing 573 acres – and whereas John Ballinger and myself are in equal partnership in 8500 acres of land in the state of Kentucky,
I bequeath to my sons before mentioned and my son-in-law Moses Dorton all my part of the said 8500 acres of land to be equally divided amongst them.
I give and bequeath to my grandson, Joseph Dorton, a tract of land on Wallens Creek, containing 195 acres, also to my grandson, William Dorton, I bequeath 100 acres of land at the ford of Cumberland –
And further, I dispose of my moveable estate in the manner following.
Niz; I give the use of three Negroes, Bob, Tom and Hannah, to my wife Charity, during her life – Nat and Doll, I give and bequeath to Jacob, my son, - to Littleberry, my son, I give and bequeath a Negro wench, called Jean.
To William, my son, I --------xI bequeath a Negro fellow named Bob, a little Negro girl called Jane – I give and bequeath to my grandaughter Edy Robintson, I give and bequeath to my son Absalom, a Negro wench called Big Rashel, Samy and Little Rachel.
I also give for the use of my wife, during her life, and at decease the Negroes left to her use, and their increase, to be disposed of in the following manner.
To my daughter, Dicy Dorton, I bequeath Tom and Hannah.
To Nelson Robinson Robinson, my grandson, I bequeath Sandy, and Littleberry I bequeath Little Rachel.
The claims of land on Yellow Creek, I leave to be equally divided between my son William, and my son-in-law Moses Dorton.
All the rest of my estate, both real and personal, of what nature and kind soever, (except three work horses and cows and hogs sufficient for support of my wife, Charity, during her life).
I desire may be sold and equally divided amongst my daughter and four sons herein before named. And at the decease of my wife all the property then remaining, together with the household furniture of kinds, to be sold and divided asaforesaid.
I also bequeath my granddaughter, Edy Robinson, one mare colt.
In the land before mentioned in partnership with John Ballinger, the number of acres in the whole, amount to 17,000 acres. My part of which is 8500 acres.
Lastly, I do hereby constitute my old friend David Chadwell and my sons, William and Littleberry, executors of this my last will and testament.
