When Alexander Patterson Robinson was born in 1815, in South Carolina, United States, his father, William Harvey Robinson, was 53 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Boggs, was 31. He married Margaret A Patterson about 1836, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Texas, United States for about 14 years. In 1850, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as wheelwright. He died in 1900, in Freestone, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Freestone, Texas, United States.