Lydia (Rentie) Robbins (abt. 1838)

Born about 1838 in Alabama, United States [uncertain]

Died [date unknown] in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Lydia (Rentie) Robbins is a part of US Black heritage.

Lydia was Creek.

Lydia was born about 1838. She is the daughter of Rentie McIntosh and Phillis Rentie.

Slave Owner

1. Jim Smith

Sources

• 1898 Creek Freedman Census. Campbell, John Bert. Campbell’s Abstract of Creek Freedman Census Cards and Index. (Muskogee, Oklahoma: Phoenix Job Printing Company, 1915), p 38 & 40, ‘’Internet Archive’’, ([1]: accessed 16 October 2022)
  • Census Card No. 988, P.O. Muskogee. Enrolled September 1898. Roll #3820, Lydia Robbins, age 60, female, father McIntosh Rentie, deceased, Creek Indian; mother Phyllis Rentie, living, Creek Indian.

• 1899 Creek Nation Freedman Roll. Muskogee, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), "Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914", Card 988, Lydia Robbins family, 31 March 1899, image 177-178 of 200, database with images, Ancestry.com, ([2] and [3]: accessed 17 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M1186
  • Lydia Robbins, age 60, Dawes Roll 3820, Dunn Roll 1771 (shown as Lydia Robinson). Lydia's slave owner was Jim Smith. Lydia registered in 1890 in Canadian town, p. 66. Lydia was on the 1895 roll, #1064. Father: Rentie McIntosh, dead, owned by McIntosh. Mother: Phillis Rentie, owned by Yargee.

• 1900 U.S. census, Muscogee Nation County, Indian Territory, population schedule schedule, T15 R19E, p. 2A (penned), dwelling 23, family 23, Liddy Robbins in the Liddy Robbins household, digital image 3 of 43, FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 16 October 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1854
  • Liddy was born in 1830 in Alabama. She was a farmer. She was the mother of 4 children, 4 were still living. She owned her farm.

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