Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Thomas W. Robeson, student 1853-1854

Robeson, variantly spelled Roberson, was a farmer and involved in manufacturing in Bladen County, NC when he enlisted on April 26, 1861 as a private in the Bladen Guards, Co. K of the 8th NC Infantry, later the 18th NC Infantry. He was promoted to sergeant on July 27, 1861 and to 2nd lieutenant on March 3, 1862. He was discharged on April 24, 1862 .

Robeson was a farmer in Bladen County in the 1870 census, but fails to appear in the 1880 census.

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