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Note for: James Thomas Roberts, 16 SEP 1889 - 20 APR 1965
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Burial: Place: Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery
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Note for: Sabrina Juliet Thorn, -
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Living Individual, details withheld
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Note for: Jacob Roberts, -
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Living Individual, details withheld
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Note for: William Campbell Jr. Boineau, -
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Living Individual, details withheld
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Note for: Paul McKAY Tomlinson, -
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Living Individual, details withheld
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Note for: Dana Marie Tomlinson, -
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Living Individual, details withheld
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Note for: John Fredrick Roberts, -
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Living Individual, details withheld
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Note for: Martha "Mattie" Malinda Simmons, 25 DEC 1855 - 25 SEP 1940
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She was named for her paternal grandmother Martha Malinda Dennis. She is
listed as Mattie in all of the records except the 1860/1880 Monroe
County, Georgia censuses where she is listed as Martha. Five of her
eight children lived to be adults. The names or birth dates of the three
children that died is not known, but they were most likely born between
1882 and 1892. Mattie lived and worked hard on the family farms in
Monroe/Jasper County, from her marriage until 1922. Then she moved with
her son Zeph to Monticello and lived with his family until her death.
While living in town, she was active in civic and religious affairs and
ministered to the sick and needy. She was a strong willed, likable woman
who ruled the household which must have made for a difficult situation
for her daughter-in-law Bessie. She was always working on something and
when someone visited her she would not let them leave without having them
take a small gift.
Her granddaughter Martha Roberts Hatcher said she was very fearful of
being left alone in the house and would not sleep in the bedroom by
herself. This fear was most likely cause by the following incident:
During the latter part of the Civil War, while her father was a soldier
serving in Virginia, a Yankee soldier entered her bedroom while she was
asleep, crawled across her bed and took or kidnapped a female slave who
was sleeping in the room with her. The troops most likely took
everything of value in the house as well as any slaves living there.
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Note for: Wiley Verner Roberts, 25 NOV 1875 - 21 JUN 1967
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He was named for his grandfather (Wiley Roberts) but have no idea where
his middle name, by which he was called, came from. Listed in Jasper
County, Georgia 1900 census. Lived in Monticello, Georgia close to his
brother Z. T. and owned and ran a service station. He is not listed in
the 1910 Georgia census but is in the 1920 Jasper County, Georgia census
living with his wife and two children. He is listed as owning an
automobile business. The business was Cornwell, Roberts, Oxford
Company. On December 6, 1924 he opened the first of its kind filling
station close to the town square (Monticello News 12/3/1924). In
November 1934 he ran for Monticello City Council and finished seventh out
of eight men running for the five man council (Monticello News
11/29/1934). On July 18, 1936 he opened a new station called Roberts
Filling Station on Greene Street and in November 1936 he sold the station
to a Eugene Allen (Monticello New 7/16 and 11/5/1936 In January 1937 he
and his wife moved to Augusta, Georgia, where he also purchased and ran a
service station. He is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Augusta.