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- He disappeared in the Fall of the year.
Robert and Amanda Richardson, with children Jane Josephine and Carolyn
Elizabeth were in Clarke County Georgia in the 1850 census. Robert appeared in the
household of William McCord, Dadeville Beat, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama in the 1860
census. Amanda and the children were not counted. They may have been with
him and were missed for some reason by the census taker. Maybe it was
intentional because of Amanda's Indian heritage. I've been told that slaves
and Indians were not considered citizens before the Civil War.
In the fall of 1861, Robert Walker, who was an herb doctor with a "trading
post" where he sold herbal remedies and other goods, left his home on his
horse and was last seen riding south of Tallassee. He did not return and no
trace of him could be found. Family lore is that he was presumed to have been
killed and his body disposed of in the swamps below Tallassee along the river.
During this time there were said to be some hiding out in the swamps to escape
army consignment and they lived by stealing and whatever they could scrounge
or their family could slip them. They were known as "swamp rats". There were
also runaway slaves and deserters from the army who were said to kill for a
man's horse and boots. Whatever happened, he was gone and quickly declared
dead by the court in early 1862. His estate consisted of one slave and
accounts owed to him, none of which were ever collected by his administrator.
Amanda Richardson , age 42, and her children: Jane Josephine 26, Caroline
Elizabeth 24, and John Henry, 21 were listed in the Tallapoosa County 1870
census in the Reeltown Beat. [June Richardson Elkins Smith]
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Abt 1820 - 1861 (41 years)
