Robert AIKEN / Bettie CROTTS

   Husband: Robert AIKEN           (Descendant Chart)
      Born:                        in: Catawba County, NC
   Married:                        in: 
      Died:                        in: 
    Father:
    Mother:
      Wife: Bettie CROTTS          (Descendant Chart)
      Born:                        in: Lincoln County, NC
      Died:                        in: 
    Father:
    Mother:
  Children:
1     Name: Elizabeth AIKEN
F     Born: ABT 1845               in: Catawba County, NC
      Died: 4 MAR 1920             in: Cleveland County, NC
   Married:                        in: 
    Spouse: David BUFF

The 1850 Burke County census lists Robert Aiken (farmer, age 33) as head of household (household #73) with Elizabeth Aiken (age 30), John Aiken (age 14), Elizabeth Aiken (age 10), Martha Aiken (age 6), Saml Aiken (age 8), and Eliza Aiken (age 4).

The 1860 Cleveland County census lists R.H. Akins (farmer, age 43) as head of household with Elizabeth Akins (age 42), Elizabeth Akins (age 20), Samuel Akins (age 18), Martha Akins (age 14), and Eliza Akins (age 12).

Cleveland County, N.C. Land Entries, 1841-1867:
No. 487. 17 December 1857, R.H. Akin - 75 a. Crooked run joining the estate of Valentine Crottz. Sec. of State list. Not granted. (Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Fall 2019, p.137)¹

Sources:

1. "Cleveland County, N.C. Land Entries, 1841-1867", Bulletin of The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Forest City, NC. Fall 2019, p.123-139. [ p.137: R.H Akin land entry on Crooked Run joining estate of Valentine Crotts. ]