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RABB, I
Nicholas
b. 1725
d. 14 Sept. 1797
Adams County---1788 Margaret 
( Feight?)
Nicholas, II
1766 - 1807;
Margaret 1769- 1830;
John Mar.1772-1829;
Peter c 1776- 1829;
Elizabeth 1779;
Catholic--buried in St. Joseph's Catholic 
Cemetery Baton 
Rouge, LA; 
Farmer?
Spanish Records at Natchez, Ms.;
1804 Land Claims to the US Government.;
St. Joseph Burial Records, Baton Rouge, La.;
Jean Holley Day -
RANDALL,
Johnson
ca 1750-1831 Wilkinson Co., MS 
(now Amite) 
by 04 Nov 1808
Rachel Roundtree Isham;
Hiram;
Thomas;
Rebecca;
Charter member of
Galilee Baptist Church;
Farmer
1784-1787 Montgomery Co.,
NC Tax List;
1790 Census Montgomery Co., NC;
1800 Franklin Co., GA Tax List;
1805 Georgia Land Lottery 
(drew 2 blanks);
1807 Georgia Land Lottery 
(drew lots 150 and 53);
Franklin Co., GA land and court documents;
1808 Power of Attorney from Wilkinson Co., MS;
1816 Territorial Census for MS;
1820 Census of MS;
1830 Census of MS
Land and other court documents from Amite Co., MS;
Marriage records of Amite & Wilkinson Co., MS for children;
1831 Probate records of Amite Co., MS;
Cemetery records of Amite Co., MS;
Galilee Baptist Church Minutes, Amite Co., MS; And much more
Elaine Randall English -
REILY,
Samuel
b. 1767 Near Centreville Mississippi Territory Martha Nelson McDonald John Young Reily
- Old family Bible dated 1830 O. W. (Wain ) Reily, III -
ROBINET,
Marie Francoise
b ca 1728
d after 1780
Natchez (Fort Rosalie)
(after 1730, lived in New Orleans)
Jean Monget (Surname Monget)
Jean Baptiste; 
Jean Louis; 
Louis Francois; 
Angelique; 
Francois Clement; 
Marie Francoise; 
Jean Louis; 
Jean Claude; 
Jean Joseph; 
Marie Louise; 
Marguerite Justine; 
Antoine; 
Marie Angelique; 
b in Natchez 
(Fort Rosalie);
Roman Catholic;
1.  St. Louis Catholic Cathedral (New Orleans),
marriage book 1, p. 19, abstracted in "Sacramental Records of the Roman
Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans," Woods, Rev. Msgr.
Earl C., and Charles E. Nolan, vol. 1 (1987) ("Perinne Nezet, native of Kianteque, Diocese of Vannes, widow of Simon Robinet, deceased of
Natchez, m[arried] Francois Genoui, August 8, 1730").
2.  "Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans," Woods, Rev. Msgr. Earl C., and Charles E. Nolan, vols. 1 & 2 (abstracts from baptism books of St. Louis Catholic Cathedral (New
Orleans) from 1747 through 1772).
3.  "First Families of Louisiana," Conrad, Glenn, vol. 2, page 134 ("List
[dated December 13, 1737] of those who died in the time of the massacre begun by the Natchez Indians on November 1, 1729, and lasting until
August 1, 1730," one of whom is "Simon Robinet, native of Burgundy, his
wife is living and married to a man named Lacoste").
4.  "Louisiana Marriage Contracts," Daly, Alice Forsyth (Polyanthos, New
Orleans, 1980), p. 136 (abstract of marriage contract (July 7, 1736) of "Jean LaCoste, a widower, resident of New Orleans, with Perrinne Nezette, widow in the first nuptial with Simon Robinet who died at Natchez, and in
the second with Francois Genouis").
5.  "Louisiana Marriage Contracts," Daly, Alice Forsyth (Polyanthos, New
Orleans, 1980), pp. 94, 95 (abstracts of marriage contracts (Apr. 17 & 18, 1740) of "Mathurin Horo, called LaBoute," with "Perine Nezette, widow of the deceased Jean LaCoste," with special provisions "made for the daughter of the named Nezette, Marie Francoise Ro--[illegible], until she
has reached the age of 23 years.").
6.  Will (in Spanish) of Maria Francisca (i.e., Marie-Francoise) Monget
(Nov. 8, 1802) (taken by New Orleans Notary Public Pedesclaux, 42/822), in which she declares that she is the daughter of "Maria Robinet, natural del Puerto de Natchez.").
Rafael A. Madan -
ROBINET,
Simon
b ca 1700
d ca Nov 28, 1729
Natchez (Fort Rosalie) Perinne Nezette Marie Francoise (Robinet)
Apparently from 
Burgundy;
Roman Catholic;
Killed by the Natchez 
Indians in the Natchez Massacre of 
November 1729
1.  "The Natchez Massacre," Hart, Richard H., translating report July 12, 1730 of Rev. Mathurin LePetit, S.J. (Poor
Richard Press, New Orleans, 1910), appendix (containing a list of Natchez Massacre victims compiled on June 9, 1730 by Rev. Philibert, O.F.M.Cap., one of which victims is "Robinet, Simon").
2.  "First Families of Louisiana," Conrad, Glenn, vol. 2, page 134 ("List
[dated December 13, 1737] of those who died in the time of the massacre begun by the Natchez Indians on November 1, 1729, and lasting until
August 1, 1730," one of whom is "Simon Robinet, native of Burgundy, his wife is living and married to a man named Lacoste").
3.  St. Louis Catholic Cathedral (New Orleans), marriage book 1, p. 19,
abstracted in "Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the
Archdiocese of New Orleans," Woods, Rev. Msgr. Earl C., and Charles E.
Nolan, vol. 1 (1987) ("Perinne Nezet, native of Kianteque, Diocese of Vannes, widow of Simon Robinet, deceased of Natchez, m[arried] Francois
Genoui, August 8, 1730").
4.  "Louisiana Marriage Contracts," Daly, Alice Forsyth (Polyanthos, New
Orleans, 1980), p. 136 (abstract of marriage contract (July 7, 1736) of
"Jean LaCoste, a widower, resident of New Orleans, with Perrinne Nezette, widow in the first nuptial with Simon Robinet who died at Natchez, and in the second with Francois Genouis").
5.  "Louisiana Marriage Contracts," Daly, Alice Forsyth (Polyanthos, New
Orleans, 1980), pp. 94, 95 (abstracts of marriage contracts (Apr. 17 &
18, 1740) of "Mathurin Horo, called LaBoute," with "Perine Nezette, widow of the deceased Jean LaCoste," with special provisions "made for the daughter of the named Nezette, Marie Francoise Ro--[illegible], until she
has reached the age of 23 years.").
6.  Will (in Spanish) of Maria Francisca (i.e., Marie-Francoise) Monget
(Nov. 8, 1802) (taken by New Orleans Notary Public Pedesclaux, 42/822),
in which she declares that she is the daughter of "Maria Robinet, natural del Puerto de Natchez.").
7.  "Fort Rosalie," Register, James (1969), p. 107 (containing a list of Natchez Massacre victims, one of whom is "Robinet, Simon, from Burgundy).
Rafael A. Madan -
ROBINSON,
Robert
1726-aft 1776 November 14,1776: "do give and grant unto Robert Robinson that tract of land situated about 16 miles south of the Natchez
on the east side of South Creek bounded on the north by land granted to Mr. Thomas Hutchins Westerly by Second Creek and on the other sides by land surveyed out to the Hon. Col. William Harcourt. (State of Miss.
Archives);
Rhoda Horton
1728-1771
Robert-b abt1750;
Rhoda-b abt1752;
Phebe b abt1754;
Mary;
Bryant 1760-1815;
Caleb;
Joseph;
John;
Robert left Morris County, New Jersey with 11 others, probably including, Justus and Caleb King, Gabriel and Richard Swayze,Jr., and Silas Crane, and settled at Natchez, on the Mississippi River. He was killed by Indians while working in the field. His family did not know he died until after the Revolutionary war State of Mississippi Archives--Robert Robinson,
Nov. 14,1776, 100 acres;
Will of Robert Robinson, District of Natchez, Province of West Florida, Sept. 27, 1778
"Early Inhabitants of Natchez Districts"1963,Norman E. Gilles and Irene S. Gilles;
Tim Drake -
ROBINSON,
Winnifred Roberts
b. ca 1772 Natchez 1812 James Elizabeth b ca 1793 m William Cole;
Mary b 1 Jan. 1796 Tenn. m 18 Mar. 1813 Adams County, John Brown Stevens;
- Adams County land deed 1812; 1816 Territorial census;
Adams County 1818 tax record; Adams County wills 1822;
Carolyn Martin Cole -
ROUNDTREE,
Reuben
b: ca. 1791  SC; 
d: March, 1857 
Amite Co., MS
Amite Co. about 1810 Margaret 
Trentham
Elsey (M);
Lavinia;
Eliza;
Missourie;
Starlane/Starling;
Victoria;
Shaderick;
Farmer;
Served in War of 1812 
and Creek War
Lt. Col. David Neilson's Detachment of the Miss. Militia;
Charter member of 
Mars Hill Baptist 
Church, 1815;
The History of Amite 
Co. by A.E. Casey;
Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812 by Mrs. Dunbar Rowland;
Amite Co. Marriage Records, Book I 
(July 23, 1817);
Julia Taylor Healey -
RUCKER,
Peter
b ca 1731
d July 1775 in Natchez
Natchez District, 
Adams County
May 1775
Sarah WISDOM Colby m Sarah ROBERTS;
Jonathan m Ann PERRY;
Susanna m John BISLAND;
Catherine m John TURNBULL;
William m Mary BETHANY;
George; 
Indian Agent Claim No. 1895 for 400 acres from the British
Government to widow Sarah RUCKER and children, Colby, 
Jonathan, Susanna,
Catherine, George 
and William RUCKER.  Land was situated in Claiborne Co on south side of Bayou Pierre above the mouth of a small creek called the Widow's Creek, 10 miles up Bayou Pierre from where it empties into the Mississippi River. 
Claim was filed 
11 October 1777, and
rejected 27 April 1807. 
In 1807 Sarah was 
named Sarah DAVIS.
Frances Willess -
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