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551 Surname Spelled: Clemons Clements, Benjamin (Speculation - This Benjamin may not be the son of Benjamin Clements of Pittsylvania County, VA - See Notes) (I3440)
 
552 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
553 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
554 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
555 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
556 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
557 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
558 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
559 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
560 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
561 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
562 Surname spelled: Roberson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
563 Surname spelled: Robertson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
564 Surname spelled: Robertson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
565 Surname spelled: Robertson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
566 Surname spelled: Robertson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
567 Surname spelled: Robertson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
568 Surname spelled: Robertson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
569 Surname spelled: Robinson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
570 Surname spelled: Robinson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
571 Surname spelled: Robinson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
572 Surname spelled: Robinson Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
573 Surname spelled: Robinson (the enumerator inserted a couple of missing letters above the name)  Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
574 Susanah may have been one of as many as three spouses. Family F69
 
575 Sylvia is the name of an individual who was enumerated in the home of Lula Boyle in the 1940 Census. Lula, nee Jones, was the third wife of John Francis Boyle. Sylvia was recorded as a single daughter of Lula with the last name of Edwards. I do not know what the relationship was given the single marrital status and the last name of Edwards. Switzer, Sylvia (Tentative) (I3937)
 
576 Tentative place of birth Combs, Henry (I1040)
 
577 The 1920 Census names Betty as "Beatrice," perhaps her proper, formal name. She was married to Derra White and was living in District 137, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky. Pitcher, Beatrice (I1458)
 
578 The approximation of the date of death is derived from the record of the estate sale of Samuel Brown in October 1814 in Harrison County, Kentucky, Will Book A, Page 279.

The majority of the estate items seem to have been purchased by identifiable family members such as Oliver Barnes, who, if this assumption is correct, would be the son-in-law of Samuel Brown. 
Brown, Samuel (Tentative) (I3071)
 
579 The area of Frederick County, Virginia where Mason was born is now a part of Warren County, Virginia. Combs, Mason (I3287)
 
580 The attending physician listed on James' birth certificate was W.B. Robinson (William Butler Robinson) who was the 3rd cousin, twice removed of James on his mother's side of the family. Boyle, James Arthur (I1846)
 
581 The birth certificates of Lucille Nitti-Martin's daughters, Lorraine and Lillian both indicate that there was one additional child, besides themselves, born to Lucille. What is not known or stated on the certificates is who the father of that other child is. The father could have been William or someone else; the record simply indicates the number of children born and still living to the mother. Unknown, Unknown (I4427)
 
582 The birth place comes from the birth certificate of Angelina's son, Angelo Campanale and from the Boston ship manifest record which also names Angelina's maternal grandmother (difficult to read). Ricci, Angelina (I3182)
 
583 The bondsman was Benjamin's brother-in-law, Thomas T. Thompson, who was married to Benjamin's sister, Frances Robinson. Family F761
 
584 The burial place appears to be Wilmore Cemetery on the death certificate but it is difficult to read and I do not have other confirmation of the burial location so use discretion until additional confirmation is found.

There are several other relatives buried in Wilmore Cemetery including (Source information for burial information below is directly from Kentucky State Death Certificates):

Delina Winkle-Pitcher (granddaughter of Martha Estes-Winkle)
Angeline Warner-Winkle (mother of Delina Winkle-Pitcher)
William Winkle (son of Martha Estes-Winkle)
Susan Jane Warner-Winkle (William Winkle's wife who is also the sister of Angeline Warner-Winkle)
 
Estes, Martha (I1602)
 
585 The cause of death seems to have been discovered in records by the pension examiner in the case of John Francis Boyle for a pension after volunteer service in the Spanish American War. Boyle, Hugh Herbert (I1781)
 
586 The DAR Record Copy for NSDAR member number 732521 appears to be well documented and includes a good list of referenced sources. Barnes, John (I775)
 
587 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Family F1473
 
588 The Death Certificate of Alfred B Back gives Wellington (Menifee Co) Kentucky as the birth place of parents, Benjamin Back and Sarah Wells. This may be more acurate than the information I have of Breathitt County based upon census records. Verify that Menifee County existed in 1843 and whether it was formed from a portion of Breathitt County which is the birth place I have had on record for a long time. Back, Benjamin (I1579)
 
589 The death certificate of Colby Wilson states parents names as, Robt. Wilson and Fanny White. White, Nancy (I2010)
 
590 The Douglas Register does not indicate the location of the birth but the family lived in Spotsylvania County during this time period. Robinson, Agnes (I2797)
 
591 The earliest entry found in probate records is from 15 November 1800, placing Joseph's death sometime prior to that. Turner, Joseph (I4031)
 
592 The family Bible of John Hoffman has been copied on microfilm:

Title
Hoffman family Bible records, ca. 1663-1823

Notes
Microfilm of ms. and typescript (photocopy, 8 leaves).
Photocopy of original records in German accompanied by a typescript English translation.
"This Bible is a part of my paternal inheritance sent to me from Fysern (Fisern) in Nassau-Sigenschon." [John Hoffman]
John Hoffman was born in Germany in 1692, the son of John Hoffman (1663-1731) and Gertrude Reichman Hoffman (d. 1728). He married Anne Catherine J 
Hoffman, John (I868)
 
593 The Family History Library, Pedigree Resource File cites the following source for the Last Will and Testament of Garrett Green (Also Garrard Green):
Will Book B, pg 44-46, Garrard Co, KY - written 3 Oct 1810

At the time of this note, the Will Book cited was not among the online, digitized probate collection available online at familyhistory.org but, if read correctly, should be available on FHL Film 183232: Probate records, 1797-1923; indexes, 1797-1958 Kentucky, County Court (Garrard County).
(DJS - 20 Feb 2013). 
Green, Garrett (I127)
 
594 The family members enumerated with the Henry Combs listed in Greene County, Indiana may have been a third wife and their children or perhaps just some older children in the family - maybe even children from a deceased wife's family. Without additional documents, this census enumeration raises more questions than it answers. There's a reference to his birth in South Carolina but the oldest female member of this family was recorded as being born in Kentucky. This document may also serve to discredit the 1840 Census as being the correct Henry Combs and family. What is known is that Henry was still living in 1848 and he visited, from his home in Indiana, his family in Kentucky. Family members stated that he visited, not that he died in Kentucky. Henry may well have returned to Indiana and still been alive for the 1850 Census enumeration. Use both census enumerations, 1840 & 1850 with discretion (DJS - May 8, 2013). Combs, Henry Harrison (I1038)
 
595 The following article appeared in The Virginia Gazette describing the manufacture of gunpowder. This article only mentions Benajamin's partner, Charles Lynch, in this endeavor but additional letters and articles provide more details on the partnership between Benjamin Clement and Charles Lynch.

Williamsburg, June 16.
We learn from Bedford, that Major Charles Lynch, one of the representatives for that county, has brought the manufactory of gunpowder to very great perfection, and has erected a mill for that purpose. He has not yet made any great quantity, but what of it has been tried by the rifle-men is much approved of. He likewise makes saltpetre in abundance, as pure and good as ever was imported; and it is said he has discovered a sulphur mine about 50 miles from him, where more may be made than would serve the whole continent. 
Clement, Captain Benjamin (I3691)
 
596 The following excerpt from the "Horn Timeline" (widely distributed on the Internet) makes reference to a lawsuit that is important to the genealogy of the Horn Family. Collecting these documents for examination and inclusion in the research is desirable.

Of particular importance is this quoted statement from the deposition of William Horn:
"William Horn, being sworn, states that he WM. came to this country with his father A Horn, and knows the statement made by Stephen Hancock to be accurate."

The preceding statement indicates that William Horn came to Kentucky with his father which, when cross-referenced with the court case in the excerpt below, that arrival date, according to one Stephan Hancock, was in the Spring of 1778. Furthermore, Stephan Hancock stated that he lived with Aaron Horn (who was accompanied by his son, William Horn) in Fort Boonesborough until Aaron Horn's death in at the end of September or beginning of October in 1778.

"Stephan Hancock fully sworn, stated that Aaron Horn, deceased husband of Mrs. Horn and father of Christopher Horn, moved to this country in the Spring of 1778 and died the following fall in the last of September or the first of October at Boonesborough. He (Hancock) lived in the same fort with him from the time he (A Horn) came to this country until he died . . ."

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August. 26 Elizabeth Horn files suit in Madison County Court to regain land taken by her son Christopher Horn. Christopher, as the eldest son under the old inheritance laws of primogeniture, was legally entitled to all of his father?s property in the absence of a will. Most of the family sided with Elizabeth in her fight to reclaim land that her son allegedly pressured her into deeding to him. The surviving records of this case provided extensive information about the early history of the Horn family during the early years in Kentucky.

Madison County chancery Court Records
Be it remembered heretofore to wit on the 26th day of August 1802, Elizabeth Horn by her attorney, filed in the clerk?s office of the quarter session court for Madison County, her bill in Chancier against Christopher Horn and others, and issued out a subpoena in chancery thereon, which bills are in the following words
and figures to wit: To the Honorable Judges of the court of Quarter Session for Madison County in chancery setting.
Elizabeth Horn, humbly complaining, shews to your Honor that she together with her husband in the year 177_ moved to the county and very shortly after , her husband died and that after the death, she raised in this county a crop of corn in 177_ and by virtue and in according to the act of the General assembly of Virginia, in such case made and provided, she applied to and obtained from the commissioners a certificate of preemption of 400 acres of land in what is now Madison County, an attested copy of which certificate she submits and prays that it may be taken as part of this her bill of complaint: that sometime after she obtained a certificate, she entered into a contract with James Estill to locate and clear out the 400 acres of land for her; that she transferred the right (of land) to him and took his obligation to convey to her 200 acres ( of the 400) when a grant should be obtained from the Commonwealth; that after she had received the obligation from Estill, Christopher Horn, the eldest son of her deceased husband ( and whom she prays may be made a defendant) claimed the land as heir to her husband and threatened to sue her if she did not assign to him the obligation upon Estill; that she being timid and fearful of being harassed with law and being persecuted by Christopher Horn, that his right to the land as heir to her husband was good, she signed the obligation for the 200 acres to C Horn; that he never gave her any consideration for the land whatsoever and has since transferred his right and interest in the land to Jesse Noland, (whom she also wishes to be made a defendant); that James Estill has died and left Benjamin Estill, his eldest son and his heir at law in whose name a grant from the Commonwealth has been issued ( and whom she also wishes to be made a defendant) ; that the defendants are combining and federating to injure and oppress her, particularly Jesse Noland and Christopher Horn has refused to give up to her the obligation (for the land) and cancel the assignment and Jesse Noland has brought suit in chancery to compel a conveyance of the 200 acres against Benjamin Estill, all which actions and doings are contrary to equity and good conscience and tend to manifest injury and oppression against her.

For as much as Mrs. Horn is remedy-less in the promises by the strict rules of the common law and can only be relieved in this court whose frauds and mistakes are relieved against and contracts are carried into specific execution. To the end therefore the that the defendants true and distinct and perfect answers make to all and singular the premises and fully and perfectly as if the same were herein again repeated and interrogated and in particular that C Horn set forth and say: Is not the above a true statement and ,if not, what is? (2} Did he not claim the land as heir of law to Mrs. Horn?s husband? (3) Did he not claim the obligation (to the land) by falsely representing his claim as better than hers and threatening to sue her? (4) What did he give her for the bond? That the defendant, Noland may say: Is not above as it respects him a true statement and if not, what is? That your honor will decree that the assignment of Mrs. Horn (to Christopher Horn) be canceled and that Benjamin Estill convey to her the right to the two hundred acres agreeable to the obligation and give other such and further relief as may be agreeable to equity and that the C?wealth writ of warrant be directed. signed: --Hardin and Boyle for Mrs. Horn

Copy of Elizabeth Horns certificate for 400 acres referred to in bill:

Elizabeth Horn this day claimed a preemption of 400 acres of land at the state price in the district of Kentucky lying on the north side of the Kentucky River above the Coporas Lick including a bottom known by the name of the Coperas Lick Bottom by making a deluxe settlement in 1778. Satisfactory proof being made to the court they are of the opinion that she has a right to preemption of the 400 acres of the land to include the above location and that a certificate issue accordingly.
28 December 1779 Attested: Thomas Todd
Subpoena issued by court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff of Madison County. Greetings, you are hereby commanded to summon Christopher Horn, Jesse Noland and Benjamin Estill to appear before the Justices of our Court of Quarter Session for the county of Madison on the first Monday in September next to answer to a bill in chancery submitted against them by Elizabeth Horn and this they shall in no wise omit under the penalty of 100 pounds each and have them here. This writ witness: William Irvine, clerk of said court at the Commonwealth this 26th day of August 1802 and in the 15th year of the Commonwealth. WM. Irvine
This case was continued for answer from court to court from September Court 1802 until February 1803 by rules held in the Clerk?s office.

Obligation from Estill to Elizabeth Horn
Know all men by these presents that I James Estill of the County of Kentucky and state of Virginia, am held and firmly bound unto Elizabeth Horn and Matthew Horn of the county and state aforesaid in the sum of one thousand pounds Virginia currency unto which payment will and truly to be made. I bind myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and every one of them in the penal sum of two thousand pounds like lawful money. Signed, sealed and delivered this 17th January 1780. The condition of the above bound James Estill is such that if the said Estill shall make a good and lawful title to a tract of land containing four hundred acres, two hundred of which is to be the property of Elizabeth Horn and two hundred the property of Matthew Horn. Which land is to be of some of the preemption land which said Estill has purchased then the above obligation is to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Robert Walton and Michael Shearly.
Signed: James Estill

Copy on back of that assignment
I do assign all my right title and interest of my part of this bond to Christopher Horn. March 1785
Witness: Robert Walton Elizabeth (x) Horn
Michael Shearly Matthew (x) Horn

Depositions: Stephen Hancock, Joseph Proctor, Jesse Hodges, William Horn and Matthias (Matthew) Horn taken at the house of Robert Caldwell in Richmond on the 15th January 1803 on behalf of Elizabeth Horn to be read as evidence in the suit in Chancery in Madison county where Elizabeth is complainant and where Christopher Horn and others are defendants.
Stephan Hancock fully sworn, stated that Aaron Horn, deceased husband of Mrs. Horn and father of Christopher Horn, moved to this country in the Spring of 1778 and died the following fall in the last of September or the first of October at Boonesborough. He (Hancock) lived in the same fort with him from the time he (A Horn) came to this country until he died and does not know of Aaron Horn raising any corn or planting any corn that year and is satisfied that he made no provisions for his family by raising corn. He (Hancock) further states that the next year after her husband died , Mrs. Horn put her sons Matthew ,Aaron and William who were under age, to work with A Mr.Thomas Deal who together raised a crop of corn.

Joseph Proctor being sworn that he knew the same as to Aaron Horn coming to this country and death as stated by Stephen Hancock and is convinced that he did not raise any corn in this country as he recollects of his Horns renting some ground but before he planted, he differed from the person he rented of and gave it up.
He further stated that he had frequent conversations with Christopher Horn as to the manner of his getting the land from his mother in which conversation, He(C Horn said that he threatened his mother with a suit if she did not give it up, He claiming it as heir at law to his father until the old woman gave it up to him. He also said after he got it he did not care whether the right of the land came through his father or mother, He would be damned if he did not keep it for he had as good a right to it as anyone. He (Proctor) had frequently heard C Horn threaten to sue his mother if she did not give up the bond and the old woman appeared very uneasy about it, she being not able to read or write in English.

Jesse Hodges , being sworn stated that he was acquainted with Aaron Horn Sr., deceased and knows what is stated by Stephen Hancock to be accurate. He also stated that in or about the year 1786, C Horn had a case of this speaker and Mrs. Horn lived in a cabin near C Horn?s and under him and that while they lived there He ( Hodges) wrote the assignment on the bond from Mrs. Horn to C Horn, and He Hodges thinks the assignment was made in consequence of C Horn?s claiming the land as heir to his father and threatened to sue her for it. Question By Mrs. Horn Did you at the time of the writing of the assignment tell me that tell me you thought I was cheated? Answer At the time of the assignment I did not but some years after ward I told you I thought the assignment was fraudulently obtained and you ought to advertise it if you meant to contend for the land. I then at your request wrote about three advertisements(one of which is attached) and gave them to you to set up.

Copy of the advertisement
This is to forewarn all persons for trading for a bond given to me by James Estill for two hundred acres of land to be out of some of ye preemption that Estill cleared out of shares and (it is) assigned to Christopher Horn as the assignment was fraudulently obtained and I have forewarned Estill from making ye said Christopher Horn a right. I expect the said Horn to trade the bond off.
Elizabeth (X) Horn

William Horn, being sworn, states that he WM. came to this country with his father A Horn, and knows the statement made by Stephen Hancock to be accurate. The next year after his father came here, under the direction of his mother, He and his brothers Matthias and Aaron, all being under age worked with Mr. Thomas deal and raised a crop of corn in partners to help his mother, she having one half and Mr. Deal the other half. He further states that when C Horn came to this country some years later, He claimed the land as heir to his father and threatened to sue her and as she had but one or two cows, It would take them to fee a lawyer and she would lose them and the land too. That he continued his threats for a year or two until the old woman gave up the bond. After He got the bond he said he knew it was his mothers right but he wanted to get the title in his own hands before she knew it; he further said he (Wm.) set up advertisements similar to the one referred to by Jesse Hodges. One as set up at Irvine Lick and the other at Mrs. Woodruff?s. (Question by Jesse Noland) Have you any interest in the event of this cause? (Answer) My mother has said that she will give me part of the land if she gains it, but I never gave her anything for it and having but her word for it,. Christopher Horn also promised me fifty acres of land for taking care of his stock while he went into the old settlement.

Matthew Horn, being sworn, says that he agrees in the statement made by Hancock. He frequently heard C Horn before he got the bond threaten to sue his mother. The old woman frequently came to me and cried and told me of his threats and told me if he sued her it would take all she had left (the Indians having taken all of their horses and part of their cattle) and is convinced it was for fear of the trouble and expense of going to law that she gave up the bond. (Question by Noland) Have you any interest the event of this suit? (Answer} I do not expect to gain or lose one copper by it.

At a Circuit Court continued and held for the Circuit aforesaid at the Courthouse in Richmond on the 7th June 1803. This day came the parties by their attorneys and the court having considered the bill, depositions and exhibits in the cause, do order and decree that the assignment of the alluded to by Mrs. Horn in her bill from her to Christopher Horn be canceled and said obligation given up and further that the defendant, Benjamin Estill by the first day of September next convey 200 acres of land to Mrs. Elizabeth Horn by proper deed agreeable to the obligation assigned and that she recover of Christopher Horn her costs in this suit expended. 
Horn, William (I150)
 
597 The following is a deposition given by Zachariah Phillips on behalf of his mother-in-law, Barbara Green-Meadows, who was the widow of Israel Meadows. In his deposition, Zachariah states the year of his birth as well as some approximations for the age of Nancy Meadows, his own deceased wife and child of Israel Meadows and Barbara. (See the Revolutionary War Pension file of Israel Meadows and Barbara).

The statement of Zachariah Phillips of Estill County, KY who being first duly sworn on the 5th day of October 1838 upon oath says that he was born in the year 1763 and first became acquainted with Israel Meadows aforesaid, about fifty years since in the county of Greenbrier and state of Virginia. That he and Barbara Meadows, his widow, who since signed the foregoing declaration living together as man and wife, and continued to do so, till the death of the said Israel, which took place, as he believes, in the month of September 1827, and that he never heard any one call in question the legality of their marriage. When he first became acquainted with the said Israel Meadows and wife at the time aforesaid, they had several children, the oldest of whom, by the name of Nancy, he afterwards married. His wife was at that time, fifty years ago, a girl eight or ten years old, and from what he has always understood as to the age of his deceased wife, she would, if living, be sixty years old the next spring. He thinks the place by the said Barbara Meadows as the place of their marriage, was at that time, Botetourt County, Virginia. He knows the said Barbara is the identical widow of Israel Meadows aforesaid, and that he drew a pension of ninety-six dollars per year in of his Revolutionary service, till his death, at the pension agency of the United States in Lexington, Kentucky, and that she has remained single since the death of the said deceased husband. Sworn and subscribed to . . . this day and year first above written.
Zachariah Phillips
 
Phillips, Zachariah (I1100)
 
598 The following is from a post on RootsWeb at this URL: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROBINSON/2004-05/1083679651
If anyone can confirm this please let me know. Milford Readnower did order a military headstone for Francis Robinson's grave back in the 1930s.

"Francis,
I think that I may have written to you in the past, and would like to say that the Benjamin Robinson mentioned in your posting is the son of Frances and Mary (Polly) Terrill. Also mentioned were the wife and son of Benjamin. William is the one who was killed in Cynthiana when Morgan made his raid through there in 1862. I think that I also have a list of the others that are buried in that cemetery that someone sent to me. Also have pictures of the mentioned stones, and others that I took while I was there. Did you also know that Frances was buried in the front yard of the house where they lived, and is said to have a military stone. The house was supposed to be about 1/2 mile down from that cemetery, but have never been back there to find it. Frances is a descendant of Christopher Robinson of Hewick. I am a descendant of Sarah, who is the sister to Benjamin." 
Robinson, Francis (I2058)
 
599 The following is quoted from the abstract in the book source. The Will is reported in this book as originating from Will Book A, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Page 233.

Page 233 Will of Henery Harding
My wife, Willmouth
My three sons; George, Henry, Nicholas
My daughter, Nanney Combs
My daughter, Willmouth Smith
Written: 8 September 1779
Probated: 25 November 1779
 
Harding, Henry (I3353)
 
600 The following land record establishes the death date of Agnes to some time after 9 Dec 1795:

Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 about Agnes, Widow Robinson
Name: Agnes, Widow Robinson
Date: 9 Dec 1795
Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA
Property: 62 acres in Spots. Co.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
Remarks: Decr. 9, 1795. Agnes Robinson, widow and relict of Wm. Robinson, Esq., Decd.; Benjamin Robinson and Catherine, his wife, of Spots. Co. to Roger Tandy fo same co. $288.00. 62 a., the tract whereon the said Wm. Robinson, Esq., Decd., lived at the time of
Description: Grantor
Book: O 
Smith, Agnes (I2791)
 

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