LANSDEN ROBBINS
8^th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 8 Jun 1842 in Overton County, TN
Died: after 5 Nov 1921
Buried:
Parents: John and Martha E. (Coleman) Robbins

Married: Julia Franklin Eaton about 1868
Born: 11 Oct 1831 in Jackson County, TN
Died: 14 May 1919 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Double Springs Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Joseph L. and Elizabeth (Unknown) Eaton

Children:

1. Powatan H. Robbins
2. Stonewall Robbins

MILITARY INFORMATION

13^th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8^th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company E & F

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Enlisted 1 Aug 1861 at Livingston
• Jun 30 - Dec 31, 1864: Present

25^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company H

 

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Corporal and left as a Private
• Age: 18
• Enlisted 5 Aug 1861 at Livingston
• Aug 5 - Oct 31, 1861: Present
• Jul - Dec, 1862: Present
• Jan - Aug, 1863: Present
• Deserted at Ooltewah Station on 8 Sep 1863
• Wayside Hospital in Richmond, VA on 25 Sep 1864

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S2531

ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 19 Feb 1900
• Accepted
• Residence: Double Springs, Putnam County, TN
• Member: Captain Gore's Co, 8th Tennessee Cavalry
• Wounds: contracted piles, fistua, prolapses, rheumatism
• Born: 8 Jun 1842, Overton County, TN
• Enlisted: Aug 1861 in Captain Richardson Copeland's Co. H, 25th Tennessee Infantry
• Transferred to Dibrell's Cavalry after the battle of Chickamauga
• Wife is 66years old
• 2 sons living in TX and Jackson County, TN
• Attest: Jno. P. Mabury & John L. Bean

Supporting Documents:

• Lansden Robbins (27 Aug 1901) - Status Request
• N. B. Young (22 Jul 1907) - Supports Claim
• J. M. Morgan (25 Jul 1907) - Supports Claim
• N. B. Young (25 Jul 1907) - Supports Claim
• M. L. Gore (1 Aug 1907) - Supports Claim
• Jno. H. Verble (20 Jul ????) - Tax Assessment
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (????) - Need to prove indigency

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 23B
• 1860 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 270A
• 1870 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 207
• 1880 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 183D
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 7B
• 1910 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 100B

WILL

Putnam County, TN Will Book 6, Page 316

• Will: Mrs. Julia F. Robbins
• Written: 21 Nov 1912
• Probated: 5 Nov 1921
• Executors: B. C. Lindsey and R. F. Lindsey
• Widower: Lansden Robbins
• Heirs: P. H. Robbins, Stonewall Robbins, Heirs of Alex Eaton, dec'd

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1919) - #402 - Julie Franklin Robbins
• Jackson County, TN Chancery Court Records: Eaton, A. J. vs. Harris, America et. al (1877)