Christopher Robinson, IV.

His name appeared as Robertson when he purchased 185 acres in St. James Parish from his father for £50 on 18 July 1743. [Goochland Co. Deed Bk. 4:269.] Cumberland County charged Christopher on two tithables in 1759. [Cumberland County Tithable Lists for 1759, The Southside Virginian, 2:112.]

Christopher settled along Black Walnut Creek in Halifax County near John Nichols who held 4,450 acres on Black Walnut 5 September 1749. [Property Lines from an Old Survey Book - Halifax (Dodson), p. 110; Patent Bk. 27:300.] Christopher married Sarah Nichols, a daughter of John Nichols who gave 500 acres on Black Walnut Creek in Halifax County to their daughter Agnes Roberson 16 May 1765. [Halifax Co. Deed Bk. 5:345.] Nichols deeded 330 acres on both sides of Fall Creek to Christopher 18 June 1778. [Halifax Co. Deed Bk. 11:47.] Christopher sold 400 acres on the branches of Black Walnut to Charles Sullivant 19 February 1783. [Halifax Co. Deed Bk. 12:273.]

Christopher was head of a household of five whites and six blacks in Halifax County in 1782. [Heads of Families at the First Census 1790, Virginia, p. and col. 23D] Four whites were in his household in 1785 and his property was comprised of a 24' by 16' log dwelling house, barn, kitchen, and five cabins. [Heads of Families at the First Census 1790, Virginia, p. and col. 87B; A List of White Persons and Houses Taken in the County of Halifax, The Southside Virginian, 4:59.]

The will of Christopher Robertson remembered wife, Sarah, and children Drucilla Sampson, Molly Thompson, Betty Gates, Phoebe Fambrough, Sarah Keene, Agnes Gates, Jesse Robertson, George Robertson (will dated 3 Jan. 1789, recorded 27 June 1791).

Sources

• Updated from MyHeritage Match via brother Hezekiah Robinson by SmartCopy: Sep 9 2014, 6:09:04 UTC
• Updated from MyHeritage Match via brother Hezekiah Robinson by SmartCopy: Sep 9 2014, 6:09:04 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

A manuscript that was handed down thru the family says that he was the son of a Christopher Robertson so this need to be looked into.