A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
Joel Walter Robison was born Oct. 4, 1815 in Georgia to John Galimore and Frances Robison. The family moved to Monticello, Florida where John G. Robison was named as the area’s first postmaster in 1826.
The Robison family including Joel and his sister Sabrina and her husband Stephen Townsend immigrated to Texas in 1831. Trouble with M…