The Robinson Road was designated as a mail route in 1822, which diverted northern Mississippi traffic from the Natchez Trace.[4] The United States government appropriated funds to improve Robinson Road in 1823, as did the Mississippi Legislature in 1824, as the road served as the only contemporary route that connected Jackson to settlements along the Tombigbee River.[3]
The road appeared on a map of Mississippi from 1831 that illustrated the Robinson Road extending from Columbus to the Natchez Trace near Wiggins in Leake County.[5]