Margaret Robinson

Margaret Robinson was born 1768 in Rutherford Co NC daughter of Thomas Robinson Sr. She married Thomas Price Jr 16 May 1789 in Burke Co NC. He was born 9 Jul 1766 York Dist SC and died 8 Feb 1827 in White Co TN. His father was Thomas Price born c1735 and married c1761 Sarah (Sally) Llewellyn. To see where his grave is click here.

Note on Thomas Price Sr: He was a Patriot of the American Revolution for NC with the rank of Captain. DAR #A093088. Captain Thomas Price was a licensed trader with the Cherokee Indians. At some point the Cherokee couldn't pay for whatever Thomas Price was selling and said he'd have to take land as his payment. He agreed. But evidently before this purchase could be properly recorded "Captain Price was killed in defence of his country and left behind him a helpless widow and orphans". Captain Price fell at the siege of Augusta Georgia in 1781 and that his son, William, was "in the 16th year of his age" and was also present in the same engagement. Thomas Price Sr widow was named Sarah and Cpt Price was buried near the breastworks or trenches built around Fort Cornwallis. Today the grave is in the St Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Augusta, Richmond Co GA. When William Price, son of Cpt Price, went to claim his father's land given in payment by the Cherokee and found that William Sharpe had already entered the land. This long document was a petition on the part of William Price and George Lewis, uncle of Thomas Robinson Jr, who had been closely associated with Thomas Price Sr and also had land that he believed was his, to get the government to disallow William Sharpe's claim on that land.

Known children are Shadrack, George, Meshack, Thomas, Sally (McDaniel), Easter (Carr), and Mary (Rutledge).

Shadrack Price, the oldest son, was born 1 May 1 1791 and daughter Sally born 23 March 23 1793.

After their marriage Thomas Price and family moved to Green Co VA then back to Rutherford Co NC then to Kentucky then to Jefferson Co TN then to White Co TN where Thomas Price died in 1827.

Thomas Price had a brother named William who on 13 December 1846 White Co TN gave testimony as to Margaret Price being the widow of his late brother Thomas. He said that their father Capt Thomas Price raised a volunteer mounted company in Rutherford Co NC where they lived.

Further information shows a deposition by Shadrack Price, son of Thomas Price, on 1/6/1852 White Co TN. He says his father was in the Revolutionary for 3 years. Margaret Price was the widow of Thomas Price. She died in White Co TN 4 April 1845.

Records show that Thomas Price was born 9 Jul 1766 and was the son of Thomas Price Sr. While a resident of Rutherford Co NC he enlisted as a private with the North Carolina Troops under his father Capt Thomas Price. He was in the service during the Battle of King's Mountain but was not engaged in this battle. He was in the Battle of Black Stocks Augusta GA where his father was killed. He was in the military for 2 to 2 1/2 years. He married on 16 May 1789 Burke Co NC to Margaret Robertson.

Margaret Robertson Price widow applied for pension a 4 April 1845.

William Price, brother of Thomas Price, was 81 yrs of age in 1843 living in White Co TN.

State of Tennessee White County:

On this 4th day of November A.D. 1843 personally appeared Margaret Price a citizen of said County aged 74 years before me Shadrach Price one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Thomas Price who was said private in the Revolution of the United States she states that she has no personal knowledge of his services but that her knowledge he is from hearing him and his Brother William Price and Colonel Henry McKinney and others say upon the subject her Recollection from those persons is as follows She states that she has a record of her said husbands age now in possession made out in his own handwriting which was the family Bible of her father in which presented to her at the death of her father in which her husband and her age are both recorded and according to that date he was born in the year 1766 that she often heard him say that he bore arms at 16 which would have been in 1782 at which time he turned as a volunteer under his father Thomas Price who was a volunteer Captain in Rutherford County State of North Carolina where the Old Captain Price then lived that her said husband was permitted by his father in consequence of there being great danger in leaving a boy of his size at home on the account of the abusive Tories and his Elder Brother William was going out also she states she cannot give the day or month of the year but they was marched to Ned Hampton's there had a battle with the British he is Major or Colonel she does not now recollect he was also in a battle at Blackstock's in South Carolina he then returned home as she believes and then went out again and was in the Battle at King Mountain [sic, King's Mountain] then had been kicked with a horse a few days before the Battle and was left back to guard some pack horses and after the Battle of Kings Mountain they returned home again and then turned out again and went to the State of Georgia and was in the siege at agusty [sic, Augusta] at which Battle his father Captain Thomas Price was killed in battle he then returned home and went no more into the British war all these towers [tours] was under his father she heard him say that he was in the service 2 or 3 years in all in all the time a mounted volunteer and sometimes was sent to carry expresses from post to post but she cannot give the trips she states she became acquainted with her late husband some short time after he left the service and in the month of May on the 16th day in the year 1789 she intermarried with said Thomas Price that they were married by one Johnathan Brown an acting Justice of the peace in the County of Birk [Burke] State of North Carolina at the house of said Brown has no record of their marriage but has a Record or Register of the Birth of 2 of her eldest children to wit Shadrach and Salley Price both being on the same sheet with my age in my late husband's together with the names and ages of her 2 brothers William and Thomas Robertson her own maiden name being Robertson it being one side of the title page of the New Testament part of her father's old family Bible with much scribbling on the title page side which Book and Record has been in her possession ever since she was married or had any children my son Shadrach was born May the 1st 1791 in my daughter Salley was Born March the 23rd 1793 which will fully appear by said Record which is this day taken out of said Bible in my presence and marked A. on the title page side under the word "Testament:" and to be filed and sent with this declaration as evidence of the Births of my children the said writing of her age and the age of her late husband she believes is in her husband's handwriting the balance of the ages she is not certain who wrote them but is certain the age of her children is correctly set down.

She states that after their intermarriage they moved to the State of Virginia Greene County then Back to Rutherford County North Carolina thence to the State of Kentucky thence to Tennessee Jackson County then to White County where her late husband departed this life on the 13th day of February 1827 of pulmonary Astana [?] which disease he had lade [laid] a long time with. She states she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1st day of January 1794 to wit at the time above stated she states that her name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state that she never knew until very lately that there was any law in her favor -- otherwise she would have applied sooner that she now resides 20 miles from Sparta or her County seat and is not able to walk one step or ride on horse back she therefore [word obliterated] the war department to make their communications to B. Gabbert at the falling Waters Post office White County Tennessee as he is my agent in this matter.

S/ Margaret Price, X her mark

She further states she has never intermarried with any other person.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date first above written. S/ Shadrach Price, JP

State of Tennessee White County:

Be it known on the 13th day of December A.D. 1843 personally appeared William Price a citizen of the County and State aforesaid and aged eighty-one years before me Shadrach Price one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement in favor of Margaret Price and applicant for a pension as the Widow of Thomas Price deceased who was a soldier in the revolution war he says he was well acquainted with Thomas Price (above mentioned) they being brothers and lived in Rutherford County North Carolina and turned out and joined the company of mounted volunteers under their father Captain Thomas Price who raised a volunteer mounted company in the said Rutherford County where he then lived there Lieutenant Felix Walker Ensign Jarrett Williams under cap major Singleton he says he cannot give the year but was some time previous to the excursion of Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] into that Country their first battle at Ned Hampton's against Dunlap [James Dunlap] of the part of the enemy and meet the British and ran them into Princes Fort in South Carolina and was in a battle on the Pacolet under Colonel Isaac Shelby who succeeded in capturing the British within the Fort who was commanded by one Pad Moore or Patrick Moore these battles under their father was in an after some reconnoitering and Ferguson coming into the Country and took part at Gilbert town in aforesaid Rutherford County; after this tour as well as I recollect my father and brother Thomas was ordered out under Colonel Shelby and Clark to make an attack on a party of British and Tories at Musgrove Mills as was informed, succeeded but was not present in the last mentioned engagement and then joined the Army under the command of Colonels Campbell Shelby Sevier and others my father Thomas and myself in pursuit of Ferguson to the King's Mountain he says he believes his brother Thomas was not immediately in the action but owing to having been disabled by a hurt of some kind on the rapid pursuit or march after Ferguson but knows he was in the service or guard of baggage of those immediately in the battle and further states that after the Kings Mountain battle they continued back in the County of Rutherford a short time occasionally scouting after the British and Tories and then took a line of march, himself his father old Captain Thomas Price and his brother Thomas Price under the command of Colonel Clarke to the siege of Augusta in the State of Georgia and was in several engagements during said siege a part of which time Colonel Lee with a Regiment of cavalry was in command was said to be of the regulars at which place Major Eaton of Lee's Regiment was killed my father was killed at the siege of Augusta after which time my brother Thomas and myself became attached to the company of Captain Moses Shelby to which company we continued during the remainder of our services in the British war he further states that the term of services of his brother Thomas Price would amount to 3 years in the British war.

He further states that after the said war he continued in acquaintance with his brother Thomas above mentioned and believes from all information ever had on the subject was lawfully married to the aforesaid Margaret Price but was not at the wedding nor did I see them married, a circumstance which if never had existed would no doubt been spoken of during the long acquaintance I had with them after their marriage -- which took place previous to the first day of January 1794 and that he has been long acquainted with the said Margaret Price and that he believes she is entitled to full credit on her oath in said court of Justice and further this deponent saith not.

Sworn to and subscribed this day and date first above written. S/Shadrach Price, JP S/William Price

W1072 William Price: This Declarant (William) went there (Augusta) under his father, but shortly after arriving there he joined Capt. Moses Shelby's company of horse. The british and tories were in the city of Augusta and had possession of it. They were in two forts. The tories were commanded by Col. Grayson. We took the fort commanded by Grayson by storm we killed a great many of them, and captured the balance. Shortly after this were reenforced by Col. Lee, who commanded a Regiment of horse, from Virginia - upon his arrival he marched in, inside of our breastworks, and between our men and the British. They fired on him, killed Major Eaton, and some horses. The death of Eaton was much lamented. Lee was a regular officer and took command of the troops at Augusta. He has already stated that fort in which the tories were, was commanded by Grayson. The fort in which the british were, was command by Brown. After the arrival of Lee, we finally captured the British. The fort surrendered. During the seige, Captain Thomas Price the father of this Declarant was killed by the enemy. He died about ten minutes, after receiving a ball in the groin and was buried under the breastwork. Here this Declarant was mustered out of service, or disbanded.

On January 6, 1852 in White County Tennessee Shadrach Price, 60, gave an affidavit in which he states he is the son of Thomas and Margaret Price; that his father died in White County in the month of February 1827 leaving his mother a widow; that his mother never intermarried after the death of his father; that she died in April 1845 leaving the following leaving children: to wit: Shadrach, Georgia, Meshach, Thomas, Sally McDaniel, Easther Carr and Mary Rutledge.

Family bible with birth records below:

Margret Robsn was Born in the year of our Lord 1768 Augst the 6th
William Robison was Born in the year of our Lord 1770 December the 8th
Thos Price was Born July the 9th 1766
Thomas Robinson was born in the year of our Lord 1772 June the 7th [?] Day
Shadrach Price was Bron May the 1st 1791
Sally Price was Born march the 23 1793