1850 census - Washington Robertson, with Cooley children

1850 U.S. census, Jasper County, Missouri, Jackson Township, page 748 (stamped 374 back), dwelling 209, [no family number] (Washington Robertson); National Archives microfilm M432, roll 402.

See approximate location on map.
Ancestry.com - 1850 United States Federal Census (subscription)
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17th Septr 1850.

Note: The birthplace "Ia" given for the Cooley children is an abbreviation for "Indiana" rather than "Iowa." See 1850 Iowa birthplaces for explanation.

• Washington Robertson, 37, m[ale], farmer, 2000 [real estate], N.C.
• Rebecca     , 35, f[emale], Ky.
• Nathan     , 15, m, [farmer], Ill, [school]
• Rufus K.     , 13, m, [Ill], [school]
• John H.     , 10, m, Mo, [school]
• Elizabeth J.     , 8, f, [Mo], [school]
• Clisby     , 5, m, [Mo], [school]
• Winfield     , 1, m, [Mo],
• Angelina Johnson, 21, f, Orphan, unknown, [cannot read and write]
• Thomas J. Cooley, 19, m, farmer, Ia, [school]
• Nancy     , 10, f, [Ia], [school]
• Samuel Moreton, 29, m, Stone Mason, Me

• Peter Robertson, 61, m[ale], farmer, 3000 [real estate], N.C., [cannot read and write]
• Lydia A.     , 35, f[emale], Ky
• George Downey, 20, m, farmer, [Ky]

• Clisby Robertson, 63, m[ale], [farmer], 800 [real estate], N.C.
• Sarah     , 52, f[emale], [N.C.], [cannot read and write]
• William     , 20, m, farmer, [N.C.]
• Sarah Cooley, 12, f, Ia, [school]

Notes: Have not discovered a connection between these Robersons (and var.) and the Cooleys. According to one fairly well-documented database,* the Robersons came from North Carolina to Illinois and Missouri. The Cooleys had been in Ohio and Indiana before coming to Jasper County.

Others have shown interest in the same question; this 2001 query** appears on the archived MOJASPER mailing list:

These ROBERTSONs were in Jasper County in the 1850. Does anyone know anything about them? Am trying to determine the relationship between them and the orphaned children of Samuel and Margaret RUSK COOLEY.
Thanks....John

* Nancy Brown <spurs10(at)hotmail(dot)com>, "Family of Nancy and Jayne Roberson" (last updated 29 June 2007). Internet database (WorldConnect) <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roberson2duke>. See entries for ID I2396 (Clisby Roberson, 1786-1863) and ID I2528 (George Washington Roberson, 1813-1871).

** John [unknown surname] <ned72(at)webtv(dot)net>, "ROBERTSON, Clisby and Washington," MOJASPER mailing list, 8 November 2001 (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MOJASPER/2001-11/ : accessed 1 June 2007).