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Selima Robeson (Winchester)

Also Known As: "SELINA", "Selma"
Birthdate:
Death: February 22, 1820 (19)
Place of Burial: Cragfont, near Gallatin, TN
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gen. James Winchester and Susan Winchester
Wife of Maj. Gen. William Lord Robeson
Mother of Susan Robeson
Sister of Maria Eliza Breedlove; Lucilius Winchester; Valerius Publicola Winchester; James Martin Winchester; Louisa Orville Rucker and 4 others

Managed by: Paul Moody Smith
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About Selima Robeson

http://www.tnportraits.org/robeson-selma-win-crag.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/winch2.htm

SELIMA/SELINA WINCHESTER, b 14 Aug 1800, Cragfont, near Gallatin, TN, d 23 Feb 1820, m in Sumner Co, TN, 17 Jun 1817, William Lord Robeson/Robison (b 30 Apr 1791, Bladen Co, NC, d New Orleans, 19 Jun 1835). William entered the Army as a young man and rose quite quickly. He was ensign 3d Infantry, 31 Oct 1812, 3d Lt 12 Mar 1813, 2d Lt 9 Oct 1813, 1st Lt 2 May 1814, disbanded Jun 1815, reinstated May 1816 in Coast Artillary, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster General 30 Aug 1816, resigned Sep 1818. For a time he served as Aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen Winchester and was stationed in LA. (Historical Directory of the United States Army, Heitman, and from pg 116 of the Robeson Genealogy.) Selima and William are both buried at Cragfont.

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Selima Robeson's Timeline

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August 4, 1800
1818
1818
1820
February 22, 1820
Age 19
1820
Age 19
Cragfont, near Gallatin, TN