PERRY ROBINSON, c. 1806-1857
Treasurer of the Eastern Shore, 1840 and 1842-1843
Perry Robinson was born ca. 1806 in Oxford Neck, Talbot County, at "Long Point", a farm which had been owned by his father's family for several generations. He was the son of David Robinson (ca. 1753-1807) who had served as a tobacco inspector at the Oxford warehouse for several years before his death.
Robinson and his six brothers and sisters spent their childhood at "Long Point" in the care of their widowed mother. In their father's will, his eldest brother, Richard (?-1838), was given the responsibility for the education of his younger brothers "through the rule of three". When Robinson was 15 years old the family farm, which had been mortgaged two years before, was sold by the sheriff as the result of a foreclosure.
Robinson held his first public office at the age of 23, when he served for one year as a justice of the peace and a justice of the Levy Court. His next civil office was not until 1840 when he was appointed Treasurer of the Eastern Shore for one year. In 1842, he was reappointed to this office, which was then abolished by law in 1843.
In 1848, Robinson resumed his public service when he was appointed justice of the peace of Talbot County, in which office he served until 1853. During this time, he was residing in a hotel in Easton where his occupation was acknowledged to be "Public Officer." He apparently had never married.
His last post was as State Armorer at Easton, a position he held from 1854 until his death on August 27, 1857.
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