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ROBINSON, JAMES W. (1790–1857). James W. Robinson, judge, attorney, and San Jacinto veteran, was born in 1790 in what is ... He was probably the son of Samuel and Margaret (Newell) Robinson, but his parentage has not been definitely established. He was ...

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ROBINSON, ANDREW (ca. 1770–?). Andrew Robinson, one of Stephen F. Austin 's Old Three Hundred colonists, paid ... him across the Sabine River into Texas in June 1821. The Robinson family may have been the first of the Austin colonists to cross the ...

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ROBINSON, THOMAS C. (1847–1876). Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson, Texas Ranger and journalist, son of Thomas and Harriet B. Robinson, was born near Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on November 27, ...

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ROBINSON, TOD (1812–1870). Tod Robinson, lawyer and legislator, was born on March 1, 1812, in Anson County, ... and edited the San Luis Advocate . In 1841 Robinson was elected to represent Brazoria County in the House of ...

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ROBINSON, TEXAS (McLennan County). Robinson, on State Highway 77 six miles south of Waco in central McLennan County, came into existence after brothers John and Levi Robinson established homesteads in the area in the early 1850s. The original ...

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ROBINSON, JESSE J. (1797–?). Jesse J. Robinson, farmer and legislator, was born in North Carolina in 1797. He moved ... of the First Legislature in 1846. In the spring of 1847 Robinson announced himself a candidate for the office of governor and began ...

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CHOCTAW ROBINSON OAK . In the mid-1800s Hazel Dell was a tough settlement at a site on ... County. A missionary Baptist preacher named William Robinson qv came to Central Texas in the late 1840s and was preaching in ... "White man lie. Him talk too long." From this incident, Robinson acquired his nickname "Choctaw Bill," and the tree under which he ...

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ROBINSON, WILLIAM [CHOCTAW BILL] (1809–1898). William Robinson, Baptist minister, also known as "Choctaw Bill," son of Wallace and Rebecca (Bishop) Robinson, was born on January 11, 1809, at Cedar Island, North Carolina. He ...

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RALLS, JOHN ROBINSON (1862–1921). John Robinson Ralls, rancher, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, was born in Monroe ... Georgia, on November 13, 1862, the eldest son of John Robinson and Fannie Minnie (Bird) Ralls. While helping his mother operate a ...

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LUTCHER, FRANCES ANN ROBINSON (1841–1924). Frances Ann Robinson Lutcher, philanthropist and humanitarian, daughter of David Robinson, was born on October 17, 1841, in Pennsylvania. She married Henry ...

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