Henrietta A (Robinson) Marchbanks (1827 - 1867)

Born 27 Apr 1827 in Cumberland County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of George F Marchbanks — married about 1848 in Tennessee

Died 24 Oct 1867 at age 40 in Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas

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Biography

Henrietta was born 27 April 1827 in Cumberland County Virginia. ^[1] She was the daughter of Gross Robinson and Sarah Anderson. ^[2]

Henrietta was still unmarried and living with her widowed mother in Cumberland County on 27 September 1847 when she was summoned to appear for a chancery court case concerning the estate of her father. ^[3] Shortly after this court case was ended, Sally and her children left Virginia , moving to middle Tennessee. It was in Tennessee about 1848 that Henrietta married George Marchbanks.

Henrietta and George can be found in Smith County, Tennessee at the time of the 1850 census. ^[4] On 4 September 1856, Henrietta and George sold her interest in her father's estate to her brother William A Robinson. ^[5]

By the time the 1860 census was taken the family had moved to Texas, and can be found in Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas census records. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Gravestone in Waxahatchie City Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas, Plot addition OC, Block 3
2. ↑ Cumberland County Virginia Order Book page 264, (October 31, 1805), Kathy Anderson, widow of William Anderson, deceased, is assigned guardianship to Shirley Anderson, Sally Anderson, and Caleb Anderson, orphans of William Anderson Deceased
3. ↑ Cumberland County Virginia Chancery Court case (1848-012), Samuel Booker VS Sally Robinson et al, Published by the Library of Virginia online http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=049-1848-012
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDZ-887 : 23 December 2020), Henrietta A Marchbanks in household of George J Marchbanks, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). NOTE this film clearly reads SMITH County TN, the roll includes both Smith and Stewart Counties and has been indexed improperly at familysearch
5. ↑ Putnam County, Tennessee Deed Book A, pages 476-478, Date: 23 Jul 1856, Recorded: 4 Sep 1856, "George F. Marchbanks & wife Henrietta, Interest in the Estate of Gross Robinson to William A. Robinson: Whereas Gross Robinson died in the year 1825 intestate leaving a widow Sarah Robinson and twelve children his heirs and legatees and at his death was possessed of both real and personal estate and whereas then has never been any division of said estate and is still in the possession of the widow Sarah Robinson, and whereas we George Marchbanks and wife Henrietta Marchbanks formerly Henrietta Robinson a daughter of the said Gross Robinson, Attest: [Wilson] Lawrence Sypert, Nancy Robinson", abstract from http://tngenes.net/index.php/court/land/75-putnam-county-tn-deed-book-a-abtracts, images to deed begin here https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39N-8GZC?i=242&cat=231490
6. ↑ 1860; Census Place: Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas; Roll M653_1293; Page: 23; Image: 49; Family History Library Film: 805293 (George, H A, W male Indiana), "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF5-65M : 12 December 2017), H A Marchbanks in entry for George Marchbanks, 1860.

See Also:

• Cumberland County Virginia Deed Book 26, page 434. Family History Library film 30757, On 24 Sep 1847, Zachariah T. Talley bought from Sally Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson, Nancy Robinson, Emily Robinson, Frances Robinson, Ann Robinson, Henrietta Robinson, Jackson G. Meador and wife Lucy, and Gross Robinson per interest of William A. Robinson and Thomas Meador and Thomas's wife Biddy, 109 acres for $327. This land was on the waters of Deep Creek and part of the estate of Gross Robinson, dec'd.