When Joseph Jefferson Robinson was born on 18 April 1817, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Armit Robinson, was 28 and his mother, Malinda Jarvis, was 20. He married Malinda Markland on 18 April 1844, in Ripley, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Benton, Missouri, United States in 1876 and White Township, Benton, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 25 March 1896, in Pettis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Prairie Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States.
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The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
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