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• Elizabeth Robertson
  Affidavit of name form
  Re earlier reigstration under form Robinson
  Husband John Robertson
  
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  Virginia, Montgomery County Sct.
  
  This day, Mrs Elizabeth Robertson widow of John Robertson deceased, personally appeared before me, and upon her oath made the following declaration as a supplement to the one made by her before the county court of our county on the 3rd day of February 1840. She states that she believes that the name of her late husband, and that of herself has been frequently spelt Robinson and at the time her first declaration was prepared, she did not pay any attention to the spellings and left that matter entirely to the individuals who prepared her declaration, that she is unlearned and did not know how the name had been spelt. She again repeats that she is the widow of John Robertson deceased, who was an applicant for pension under the act of the 18th March 1818, and that she is the same individual referred to in the affidavits of Philip Hagonder and John Marale.
  
  Elizabeth Robertson
  (her mark)
  
  Sworn to and subscribed before me, Robert Gardner, a Justice of the Peace for said county the 18th day of May 1840
  
  (Signed R. Gardner JP)
  Virginia Montgomery county Sct.
  
  I, Rice D Montague clerk of the county court of said county, do hereby certify that Robert Gardner before whom the above affidavit was made, is now and was at the time of signing & asking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that his signature above is genuine.
  
  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of May 1840
  
  (Signed) R. D. Montague C.
  
  Transcription of Statement by Elizabeth Robertson Regarding Differences in spelling of name
  
  Taken from NARA M804 - R - Robertson/Robinson W4324 - Pg. 53
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  In 1850, Elizabeth was enumerated in the household of what appears to be her parents-in-law.  Her daughter Judith is with her.  I have not determined which one of George and Susannah's sons was Elizabeth's husband.  George and Susannah were buried in Double Island Cemetery, Yancey County, North Carolina, where Judith's husband was buried.
  
  It may be that this Elizabeth is George and Susannah's own daughter, since they also had a daughter named Elizabeth born about the same time.  But Judith would be their granddaughter.  They also had a daughter named Judith (Judea, or Juda) but she was born about 1809.  Most Robertson genealogies have incomplete information on most of George and Susannah's children.  There are also many duplications and confusions of other kinds.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, 19 August, page 813 (scan 407), Hse/Fam #360
  George Robeson [sic] 74 M Farmer $700 Real Estate value b Virgina
  Susannah Robeson 65 F b Virgina
  Mary Robeson 48 F b North Carolina
  Elizabeth Robeson 35 F b North Carolina
  Judith Robeson 12 F b North Carolina
  
  Judith's mother Elizabeth is enumerated as a member of her daughter's household in the 1860 census.  This entry also provides the correct spelling form of the family name.  In various genealogies the family name is spelled Roberson, Robertson and Robinson.  These variations occur in various censuses.  In 1850, her age would make her birth in about 1815.  But in 1860 it would be 1810 or 1811.
  
  However, later censuses of Judith and her husband James Hall report Elizabeth living with them, so her mother was named Elizabeth and would have had the married name Elizabeth Robertson, whether this is the correct Elizabeth Robertson in the 1850 census or not.  But being with Judith, this Elizabeth seems most likely to be the widowed daughter-in-law of George and Susannah.  In the mixed and incomplete information in the various Robertson genealogies and other sources, I have not been able to resolve which son that might be.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, 27 August, PO Burnsville, page 201 (scan #469), Hse/Fam #1330
  James M Hall 29 M Farmer $400 Real Estate $375 Personal  born NC
  Judea Hall 22 F born NC
  Cornelius Hall 6 M b NC
  Mary M Hall 4 F born NC
  James G Hall 5mos M b NC
  Ann E Hall 2 F born NC
  Jason Carroway 19 M Farmer b NC
  Elizabeth Robertson 49 F b NC
  
  In 1870, Elizabeth is still in Judith's home, but her last name is given as Hall.  In other censuses she is named Robertson.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, 16 July, South Toe Township, PO not stated, page 2, Hse/Fam #8
  Hall, J M 35 M W Farmer $150 Real Estate $200 Personal b NC Cannot read or write
  Hall, Juda 33 F W Keeping House b NC Cannot read or write
  Hall [Robertson], Elizabeth 63 F W At Home b NC Cannot read or write
  
  1880 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, 9 June, Crabtree Township, District 238, page 11 (scan 587C), Hse #67, Fam #68
  Hall, James M  W M 42  Farmer NC NC NC
  Hall, Rachael  W F 22 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC Cannot read or write
  Roberson, Elizabeth W F  72 Mother-in-Law NC NC NC Cannot read or write

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Texas County, Missouri
  • 15 July, page ?, District 95, Hse/Fam #29
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina
  • 19 August, page 813 (scan 407), Hse/Fam #360
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina
  • 27 August, PO Burnsville, page 201 (scan #469), Hse/Fam #1330
• 4. Montgomery County Virginia Records
  • Elizabeth Robertson, Affidavit of name form
• 5. Various Robertson-Hall sources