
to ISRAEL ROBERTS' PLACE
Family Group of
Israel P. Roberts* b ca 1794 Buncombe CO, NC d Aug 1869 in Gravel, Cherokee Co, NC per 1870 Mortality
Schedule
occupation - farmer
m to
Jane _________ * b ca 1794 Newberry District, SC d Feb 1870 Cherokee CO, NC of consumption (TB)
per 1870 Mortality Schedule in Sarah (Roberts) Bryson's household
dau of
issue:
1(M) _______ Roberts b ca 1815-20 d
2(M) Elijah "Eli" Roberts b ? d 22 Jul 1864 executed in Civil War, Hatcher's Run, Petersburg, VA
1 SGT of Capt Goldman Bryson's Union Volunteers of 1863
m 25 Apr 1842 Franklin, Macon CO, NC to
Mary A. M. Eller b d
3(M) Reason "Rease" Roberts** b Feb 1823, Buncombe Co, NC per1900
Cherokee CO, NC census d after 7 Jul 1902 but before 1910 Cherokee CO, NC
PVT, Capt Goldman Bryson's Union Volunteers of 1863
m ca 1844 to
Mary M. "Polly" Allen** b ca 1825 Rutherford CO, NC d after 1902 Cherokee CO, NC
photo of Reason & Mary M. "Polly" (Allen) Roberts
4(F) Sarah Ann Roberts b 14 October 1824, Buncombe Co, NC (source Marty Grant's research) d 19 Nov 1914 Cherokee CO, NC (death certificate)
m ca 1850 to
William G. Bryson b 14 March 1822 Haywood CO, NC d after 1880
5(F) Rachel C. Roberts b ca 1830 NC d
6(F) Elizabeth J. Roberts b ca 1834 Buncombe CO, NC d
7(M) Joel M. Roberts b ca 1838 NC d buried Rafter Cemetery, near Tellico, Monroe CO, TN
m ca 1856 to
Rebecca Allen b 1846 d 10 Mar 1912 buried Rafter Cemetery, near Tellico, Monroe CO, TN
8(M) William Squire Palmer Roberts b ca 1842 Buncombe CO, NC d ca 1918 buried Rafter Cemetery, near Tellico, Monroe CO, TN
photo of William Squire Palmer Roberts' family
m ca 1862 Beaver Dam, Cherokee CO, NC to
Sarah B.Allen b ca 1837 - 1839 d 1908
There may have been another daughter of Israel and Jane Roberts, not identified above.
Many thanks to all the following people for helping gather the above information: Mary Lee Farmer, Bill Allen, Scott Arwood, Lester Hamilton, Janie (Raper) Lasiter, and most of all my mother, Beulah (Cline) Nipper, without whose help this never would have begun!
* great-great-great-great-grandparents &
** great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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by
Sandra Ratledge
All you kinfolks, put some mail in that old box!
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