Wade & Webb Family History

George Washington Robbins1836–1863

Nixburg · Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery · Marietta

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. 6 May 1836 Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 24 Jan 1859 Susan Caroline Jackson, at Coosa Co Al 4
  2. 25 Jan 1859 Susan Caroline Jackson 4
  3. 25 Jan 1859 Susan Caroline Jackson, at , Coosa, Alabama 4
  4. 25 Jan 1859 Susan Caroline Jackson, at , Coosa, Alabama 4
  5. 25 Jan 1859 Susan Caroline Jackson, at Coosa,Alabama 4

Death and burial

  1. 1863 Burial: Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery, Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama
  2. 10 Jul 1863 Death: Marietta, Cobb, Georgia 7

Family

Parents
Solomon Robbins Sr. 1791–1879
Mary Martha Wilson 1801–1878
Spouse, 24 Jan 1859
Susan Caroline Jackson 1841–1925
Children
Mary Vick Robbins 1863–?
George Washington Robbins Jr. 1858–1860
William Sanders Robbins 1859–1929

Line of descent Webb line

  1. George Washington Robbins
  2. Brother of Eliza Robbins
  3. William Walker Walden, son
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

2nd great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

George Washington Robbins was born on 6 May 1836 at Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama, a son of Solomon Robbins Sr. and Mary Martha Wilson, according to the FamilySearch tree, which cites no source for the date.1 His younger sister Kate Grayson, in a letter about the family printed in George E. Brewer's "History of Coosa County, Alabama" (1942), gives the same date and place; the letter is a family recollection printed in a county history, a secondary source.2 The federal census of 1850 listed George Robbins in the Coosa County household indexed under his mother, Mary Robbins.3

On 25 January 1859 he married Caroline Jackson in Coosa County; the tree also carries a marriage event dated 24 January 1859.4 The census of 1860 recorded G. W. Robbins in Coosa County, with "S C Robbins", his wife Susan Caroline, in his household, and his sister's letter gives her name as Susan Caroline Jackson.5 The tree names three children: George Washington Jr. (1858–1860), William Sanders (1859–1929) and Mary Vick (born 1863).6 The year 1858 for George Jr. would put his birth before the marriage, and no source is attached to it.6

The tree records, without a source, his Confederate service in Company B of the 60th Alabama Infantry, also given as Company C, 3rd Battalion, "Hillard's Legion", from 3 May 1862, and his death at Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, on 10 July 1863.7 Kate Grayson's letter gives the same date of death, 10 July 1863, and says that he died while in Confederate service, without naming a place.8 A second family account in the same history, by H. R. Robbins, says that the four sons of Solomon Robbins's second marriage, Putnam, John, Thomas and George, "were killed or died in the late War Between the States, each one leaving widows and children."9 Westley D. Walden, the widower of his sister Eliza, was captain of the same company, by the tree's account, and died at Marietta three months later.10 Brewer's history and Kate Grayson's letter tell Walden's death differently: Brewer makes him captain of a company of Hilliard's Legion that later formed part of the 59th Alabama Regiment, and both say he was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, fought on 19 and 20 September 1863.11 The tree places George's burial in the Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery, where a Find a Grave memorial to him is indexed.12 His son's Alabama death record of 1929, indexed under the name William Sandy Robbins, gives the father's name as W. S. Robbins.13 Inference These are the son's own initials, so the entry is probably a slip by the informant or the clerk.13

Documents

  1. 1942 History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch) George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942) · book

Places

  1. 1836Nixburg
  2. 1850–1860Coosa
  3. 1863Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery
  4. 1863Marietta

Timeline

  1. 6 May 1836BirthNixburg, Coosa, Alabama
  2. 1850ResidenceCoosa, Alabama
  3. 24 Jan 1859Marriage, Susan Caroline JacksonCoosa Co Al
  4. 25 Jan 1859Marriage, Susan Caroline Jackson
  5. 25 Jan 1859Marriage, Susan Caroline Jackson, Coosa, Alabama
  6. 25 Jan 1859Marriage, Susan Caroline Jackson, Coosa, Alabama
  7. 25 Jan 1859Marriage, Susan Caroline JacksonCoosa,Alabama
  8. 1860Residence: CensusCoosa, Alabama
  9. 3 May 1862Military service: Company B 60th Alabama Infantry CSA/AKA Company C 3rd Battalion Hillard's Legion CSAVirginia
  10. 1863BurialNixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery, Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama
  11. 10 Jul 1863DeathMarietta, Cobb, Georgia

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH3C-641: birth 6 May 1836, Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama, no source attached; parents Solomon Robbins Sr. and Mary Martha Wilson back to the text
  2. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): Kate Grayson's letter, pp. 248–254: The next, George Washington, was born in Nixburg, Coosa County, Ala., May 6th, 1836 back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, George Robbins in entry for Mary Robbins, 1850. Record: George Robbins in entry for Mary Robbins, 1850 back to the text
  4. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, George W. Robbins and Caroline Jackson, 25 Jan 1859. Record: George W. Robbins and Caroline Jackson, 25 Jan 1859 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, George W. Robbins, 25 Jan 1859. Record: George W. Robbins, 25 Jan 1859 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH3C-641: marriage events 24 Jan 1859, Coosa Co Al, and 25 Jan 1859, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, G W Robbins, 1860. Record: G W Robbins, 1860 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, S C Robbins in entry for G W Robbins, 1860. Record: S C Robbins in entry for G W Robbins, 1860 History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): married Susan Caroline Jackson back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH3C-641: children George Washington Robbins Jr. 1858–1860, William Sanders Robbins 1859–1929, Mary Vick Robbins 1863; no sources on the birth years back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH3C-641: military service 3 May 1862, Virginia: Company B 60th Alabama Infantry CSA/AKA Company C 3rd Battalion Hillard's Legion CSA; death 10 Jul 1863, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia; no source attached back to the text
  8. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): and died July 10th, 1863, while in Confederate […] back to the text
  9. History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): H. R. Robbins's sketch, p. 245: Putnam, John, Thomas, and George, all of whom were killed or died in the late War Between the States, each one leaving widows and children back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KCR9-YLT (their page): Captain Company B 60th Alabama Infantry CSA; death 10 Oct 1863, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH37-HSX (their page): wife of Westley D Walden back to the text
  11. 1942-coosa-history-w-d-walden: p. 233: He led a company to the war in June 1862, joining Hilliard's Legion. His company was afterward in the 59th Ala. Regt. He was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga; Facts: Battle of Chickamauga (19–20 Sept 1863) History of Coosa County: the Robbins family (Kate Grayson's letter and H. R. Robbins's sketch), George E. Brewer, "History of Coosa County, Alabama," The Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2 (Montgomery, Alabama, Summer 1942): He was Captain of a Company during the civil war, and was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga back to the text
  12. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH3C-641: burial 1863, Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, George Washington Robbins. Record: George Washington Robbins, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  13. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, W.s. Robbins in entry for William Sandy Robbins, 1929. Record: W.s. Robbins in entry for William Sandy Robbins, 1929 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to George Washington Robbins (13)
  1. 1850George Robbins, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 25 Jan 1859George W. Robbins, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 1859George W. Robbins, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  4. 1859George W. Robbins, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  5. 25 Jan 1859George W. Robbins, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  6. 1860G W Robbins, "United States, Census, 1860"
  7. 1929W.s. Robbins, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  8. Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls 1861-1865
  9. Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls 1861-1865 #2
  10. Alabama Civil War Soldiers 1860-1865
  11. Civil War Soldier Records 1861-1865
  12. Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records 1861-1865
  13. George Washington Robbins, "Find a Grave Index"