!Birth: birthdate calculated from age on grave marker in
McQuade Cemetery, Wills Township.
!Marriage: Emma Eliza Laughlin genealogy. Do not have marriage record.
"David and Josiah Robe each agreed to name his eldest son for the other,
and they kept the agreement," writes Emma. Josiah's eldest son is indeed
named David. But David named his eldest son William, unless by his
first wife he had a son who died in childhood.
Josiah in 1825 Guernsey Co., OH tax list page 5. No William. There is a
David Robb, and a Benjamin Rose, and a William Robinson.
Ohio 1830 Census, Wills Township, Guernsey County:
*William Robe, one male under 5 (Thomas Hannah Robe), one male aged 30-40
(William). One female under 5 (Sarah Robe), one female age 15-20 (who is
this?), one female aged 20-30 (Jane Hannah Robe).
*Josian Robb, one male age 5-10 (Robert, age 8), one male age 15-20
(William, age 16), one male age 20-30 (David Frame Robe age 23), one male
age 60-70 (Josiah, age 62). One female under 5 (Maria, age 4), one
female age 5-10 (Rebecca, age 10), one female age 10-15 (Susanna, age
12), one female age 15-20 (Jane Thompson Robe, age 19), one female age
40-50 (Jane Dunlap Frame Robe, age 45).
!Death: Will of Josiah Robe, Guernsey Co., OH 1841, proven 1845. "Be it
remembered that at the October term Anno Domini eighteen hundred and
forty-five of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of
Guernsey...John Laughlin one of the subscribing witnesses appeared in
open court...Which will is in the words and figures following; to wit--
November 20th, 1841. This is my last will and testament, and in the
first place I recommend my sole to God who gave it and my body to deasant
buriel. And secondly I allow all my just debts to be paid, and thirdly I
will and bequeath to my loving wife Jane Robe one thousand dollars part
in that Property Bought of Thomas Cochran and the balance to be paid in
money the property to be at her disposal at her death. I also bequeath
to my loving wife one fourth part of my vandue money live stock and
household furniture and fourthly I bequeath to my two daughters Sary and
Jane Laughlin Fifty dollars each, and fifthly I bequeath to my son David
one hundred dollars to be paid out of the second payment of my land, and
Sixthly I bequeath to my son William one Bible, and seventhly I bequeath
to my daughter Susanna six hundred dollars and one forth part of my
vandue money live stock and household furniture, and Eighthly to my two
daughters Rebecca and Mariah three hundred and fifty dollars each, and
each of them one forth part of my vandue money live stock and household
furniture, and Ninthly I bequeath to my son Robert nine hundred dollars
in money and one lot of land containing forty acars, it being the
Northwest quarter of the northern quarter of section seven, township No.
three of range No. 3 military in Zanesville land district, and Tenthly I
appoint Alexander Laughlin and William Robe my executors in this my last
will and Disanulling all former wills. Given under my hand and seal the
day and year above written. Josiah (his X mark) Robe. In preasants of us
John Laughlin David (his X mark) McConkey. Copied by hand from the will
book at the Cambridge, OH courthouse by Emma E. Laughlin.
!Land grant to Josiah Robe of Guernsey Co., OH dated 00 00 0000 by
President James Madison for the NE quarter of Township #3, Range 3,
Section 7. This land was sold by him to Guernsey County in 1841 for $2500
for use as a County Home and Poor Farm. The original building is gone but
the County Home is today (1997) in the same location.
284. MADISON, JAMES. Also signed by JAMES MONROE as Secretary of State.
Partly-Printed Document Signed as President, one page, oblong folio,
Washington, D.C., December 23, 1811. A land grant issued to Josiah Robe,
"...for the North East Quarter of Section...of the unappropriated Lands
in the Military District of the Lands directed to be sold at Zanesville
by the act of Congress, entitled 'An act providing for the sale of the
Lands of the United States in the Territory north-west of Ohio, and above
the mouth of Kentucky river'..." The document bears some brown stains at
the center fold and perimeter well away from the two strong signatures.
The paper wafer seal is entirely present. Overall a fine and impressive
document bearing the signatures of two important early presidents.
(1500/2000) Offered for sale by Pacific Book Auction Galleries Sale 87
Autographs & Manuscripts Thurs 26 Oct 1995 1PM
1820 Ohio Census Index lists Robb, Joshua [sic] p. 180A, Wills Twp.,
Guernsey Co. Males: 210010 Females 3001001 total: 9.
!Sarah Robe's family history in the Currey-Barker-Baldwin Genealogy
states: "I will now speak of Josiah he lived in Guernsey Co. Ohio. He was
an excellent good man. Raised a family of good children. His son Robert
is a Presbyterian minister in Oregon. Josiah died in the year 1845."