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Note: Alan, (sent to me by Sandra Fender) After I sent the other message, I found some things on the estate of John Robertson. This is the kind of thing that I love to find. Gives us some idea of what the people had and how they lived. Yancey County settlement Book: Inventory of the goods & chattles sold by the Administrators on the 24 day of March 1866 of John Roberson deceased to wit. Susannah Robertson, 1 four horse buggy 20.00 David Robertson, 1 still 36.00 George Robertson, 1 steel trap 1.50 David Carroway 1 steel trap 2.50 Charles Robertson 1 rifle gun 6.00 David Carroway 2 hogsheads 1.00 B. S. Young 1 mule 70.00 Signed by O. W. Gibbs & Edward Robertson. Report of the Committee who layed off Susannah Robertsons years provisions for self & family begs leave to report the following: All the household & kitchen furniture, one clock, all the bacon on hand, one hundred and fifty lbs. All the corn, one hundred bushels. one roan mare & one bay filly. three milk cows and calfs and one small bull. all the oats, hay & fodder. All the present growing crop, all the farming tools & one set blacksmith tools and all the hogs that belong to the farm, all the sheep, a small ???. all the bee stands on hand, one rifle gun. All of which is respectfully submitted. G. B. Silvers Seth Young E. Williams, JPSettlement Book 1, June 28, 1867 Inventory of property of Susan Robertson deceased, sold on the tenth and eleventh of October 1867. John ROBERTSON and Susannah BAILEY had the following children: 1 i. Mary "Polly" ROBERTSON. ii. George ROBERTSON was born about 1832 in North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, George Robeson is age 18, living with parents. iii. Rosannah ROBERTSON was born about 1834 in North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, Rosannah Robeson is age 16. iv. Elizabeth ROBERTSON was born about 1836 in North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, Elizabeth Robeson is age 14. v. Edward ROBERTSON was born about 1838 in North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, Edward Robeson is age 12. vi. David ROBERTSON was born about 1840 in North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, David Robeson is age 10. vii. Susannah ROBERTSON was born about 1844 in Yancey County, North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, Susannah Robeson is age 6. viii. Charles ROBERTSON was born about 1848 in Yancey County, North Carolina. 1850 Yancey census, Charles Robeson is age 2. provided by Sandra Fender
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