Robert Dabney

Abt 1776 - Aft 1860  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Robert Dabney
  Born	Abt 1776	Louisa County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1860	Monroe County, Alabama   [2]
  Person ID	I674	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert (”Robin”) Dabney,   b. 1763/64, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1803, Louisa County, Virginia  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Winston,   b. 1752/53,   d. 1827, Caroline County, Virginia  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Abt 1781/82
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Jackson Christmas,   d. Bef 1823/24
  Married	27 Dec 1792	Louisa County, Virginia   [3]
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F870	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah (__),   b. 11 Aug 1792,   d. 23 May 1855, Monroe County, Alabama  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Abt 1823/24  [4]
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F471	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  (See old notes 45/33, & Louisa PP tax list, 1800) Robert Dabney Jr. was born to Robert “Robin” and Elizabeth (Winston) Dabney about 1776 in Louisa County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Jackson Christmas, daughter of John and Nancy (Jackson) Christmas, December 17, 1792 in Louisa County. They had four daughters: Roxanna, born 1798/99; Ann J.; Mary C.; and Louisa W. Robert was listed in the Louisa County personal property tax list from 1792 to 1797 and the land tax list from 1792 to 1796. In 1814, he was living in Frankfurt, Kentucky, when he sold his share of the mill and tract inherited by his mother to his brothers, William and Joseph F. Dabney. In 1821, Robert deeded one slave to each of his four daughters with Elizabeth Christmas, his first wife, stating that he received the slaves through his marriage with their mother. Since Elizabeth did not sign this gift deed, she was probably deceased. Robert moved to Alabama before March, 1824, when a patent was issued to John Burch for 160 acres in Montgomery County, Alabama, to whom it had been assigned by Robert Dabney. It is likely that Robert filed his original entry for the land at least a few months earlier. Robert probably remarried to his second wife, Sarah (__) about a year before the birth of their first child, William, in 1824/25. Their other children were Robert, born 1831/32; Henry Clay, born1832/33; and a daughter identified on a tombstone as L. C. Durham. In the 1840 and 1850 censuses, Robert and his family were living in Monroe County, Alabama. In 1850, Robert was listed as 68 and a merchant like his son, William. In 1860, Robert was still living in Monroe County, but two Robert Dabneys aged 80 and 79 are listed in the census in different households in the same township that were enumerated 16 days apart. It is likely that they are the same man. Since the second location was the residence of a physician, Robert may have moved there for medical care. Also listed in the 1860 census was a W. W. Dabney, 35, carpenter, in the state prison in Coosa County, sentenced in 1854 for murder, who may be Robert’s son, William. Also listed in the 1860 census for the state prison in Coosa County, Alabama, was a W. W. Dabney, 35, carpenter, sentenced in 1854 for murder, who may be Robert’s son, William. 1840 census Monroe, AL, Robert Dabney, M 1 5-9, 1 10-14, 1 15-19, 1 50-59; F 1 10-14, 1 40-49, 1 in manufacture & trade. Hence probably married 1820-24. 1850 census, Monroe, AL, Robert Dabney, 68, merchant, $300, b. VA; Sarah, 54, Wm. W., 25; Robert, 18; Henry C. (Clay), 17. 1860 census, Monroe, Al, Robert Dabney, 80, wheelwright, b. VA. In household of Thomas Dogget/Dagget, 26, overseer, b. GA; wf Clarissa, 21; John, 2; James, 10/12. Another Robert Dabney, 79, no occup., b. VA; in household of Nancy Fowler, 50, farmer, $10,000/$16,000, b. ?; Richard Fowler, 23, physician, $17,900, b. AL, + 4 ch. 11-17 (probably not son of Robin Dabney) In deeds dated 15 Apr 1821, Robert Jr. gave the four children of his first wife, Elizabeth Christmas, one slave apiece and an unspecified amount of money. He explained that the gifts were property that Elizabeth had brought into the marriage. This suggests that Elizabeth Jackson (Christmas) Dabney was deceased at the time. !860 Census, Coosa Co., AL, State Prison, W. W. Dabney, 1854 (prob. yr sentenced), 35, carpenter, b. AL, murder. Searched for Robert’s early 4 daughters in 1850, found only Roxanna Listed in Louisa PP tax list 1792-1797 (latest year available) Listed in Louisa Land tax list 1792-1796 Sketch says he went south and married, wf unknown. 22 Mar 1814, Robert Dabney of Frankfurt, Ky, sold his share of the tract and mill owned by his dec’d father and his share of his mother’s dower to William and Joseph F. Dabney (Accession CV-0113-418).. 10 March 1824, a patent for a quarter section of land in Montgomery Co., AL, was issued to John Burch, assignee of Robert Dabney. Wife, Sarah Dabney, 11 Aug 1792-23 May 1855, wife of Robert Dabney. Son, Henry Clay, b. 8 Nov 1832, d. 22 Dec 1854, McConnico Cemetery, erected by his sister, L. C. Durham. From: <http://www.trackingyourroots.com/data/monrocem.htm> [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

  
  

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