General Information

Birth
1780
Guilford County, North Carolina
Death
1866

Notes

Robert Rankin lived on his father's home place and filed his will in Guilford County, NC on December 1, 1859. His will indicates that he owned a number of slaves as befitted a gentlemen farmer of the day.

Parents

John Rankin
- Father
1736 - 1814
Birth
27 JUN 1736
New Castle County, Delaware
Death
27 MAR 1814
Guilford County, North Carolina
Burial
Buffalo Church Cemetery, Guilford County, NC
Hannah Carson
- Mother
1746 - 1814
Birth
1746
Newark, Deleware
Death
26 MAY 1814
Guilford County, North Carolina
Burial
Buffalo Church Cemetery, Guilford County, NC

Spouses

Margaret Scott
- Wife
1782 - 1826
Birth
1782
Married
1805
Death
1826
Margaret Patterson
- Wife
Birth
Orange County, NC
Married
18 DEC 1827
Death
1865

Children

Thomas Rankin
- Son
1816 - 1899
Birth
1816
Guilford County, North Carolina
Death
1899
Samuel C. Rankin
- Son
1831 - 1898
Birth
1831
Death
1898
Robert C. Rankin
- Son
1830 - 1921
Birth
1 MAR 1830
Death
9 FEB 1921
Alamance, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, McLeansville, NC
Rebecca Jane Rankin
- Daughter
1828 - 1913
Birth
1828
Death
1913
James Rankin
- Son
1822 - 1892
Birth
1822
Death
1892
Joseph Rankin
- Son
1820 - 1842
Birth
1820
Death
10 SEP 1842
Greensboro, NC
Adam William Rankin
- Son
1812 - 1853
Birth
1812
Death
1853
John Calvin Rankin
- Son
1811 - 1881
Birth
1811
Death
1881
Samuel Rankin
- Son
1809 - 1810
Birth
1809
Death
1810
Hannah Rankin
- Daughter
1807 - 1849
Birth
1807
Death
1849
William S. Rankin
- Son
1806 - 1876
Birth
1806
Death
1876
Nathaniel Patterson Rankin
- Son
1828 - 1913
Birth
1828
Death
JUL 1913
Franklin, NC