James Forbes ROBINSON (VETERAN CSA)
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Additional ROBINSON Surnames in LAKE VILLAGE CITY Cemetery
Additional ROBINSON Surnames in CHICOT County
ROBINSON, MalindaROBINSON, CasROBINSON, Edward FROBINSON, LoreneROBINSON, ArthurROBINSON, ElveniaROBINSON, AnnieROBINSON, LillieROBINSON, RubyROBINSON, EdgarROBINSON, MillieROBINSON, Antonio RROBINSON, Thurman LeeROBINSON, WardellROBINSON, Willie LeeROBINSON, BeatriceROBINSON, Beatrice (photo)ROBINSON, Annie RROBINSON, AnnieROBINSON, CharlesROBINSON, EvansROBINSON, FelixROBINSON, IsabelleROBINSON, JamesROBINSON, Roosevelt "Fuzzy"ROBINSON, Rosie LeeROBINSON, Rosie Lee (portrait)ROBINSON, Samantha SophiaROBINSON, Tom SROBINSON, Trudy LROBINSON, Willie SROBINSON, WillieROBINSON, Wanda GeneROBINSON, Amanda JROBINSON, Clara FROBINSON, Willie Lee "Bill"ROBINSON, OctaviaROBINSON, Octavia (close up)
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Submitted: 10/20/11 • Approved: 4/10/21 • Last Updated: 4/13/21 • R603958-G0-S3
MAJOR CSA
Company G 23 Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
1833- 1909
Film # M 376 Roll 20
Served 1861 - 1865
*James Forbes Robinson was born in Ireland on November 28, 1830, and came to America in 1835. He
graduated from Jefferson College in Virginia in 1852 and then settled in Natchez, Mississippi. In 1854,
he moved to Chicot County, Arkansas, where in 1857, he married Mary Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of Dr.
Richard Gaines. As of 1860, he was a prosperous lawyer in Lake Village. During the Civil War Robinson
served as Captain of the Chicot Guards, which became Company G of the Twenty-Third Arkansas
Infantry, Confederate States Army. He rose to the rank of Major. His military service includes the battles
of Corinth and Iuka in Mississippi, and the defense of Port Hudson in Louisiana. After the Civil War,
Robinson returned to Chicot County, where he owned and operated a large plantation called Deerfield.
He served in the Arkansas General Assembly from Chicot County, 1881-1882. He also served for eight
years as the chancellor of the Second Arkansas Chancery District Court. After the death of his first wife,
he married Maggie G. Chapman in 1880. Robinson died at his home in 1909.
*Source: James Forbes Robinson papers, 1862-1872 at Arkives (Arkansas Digital Archives)
Contributed on 10/20/11 by deltabelle55
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