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to ISRAEL ROBERTS' PLACE



Beaver Dam, Cherokee CO, NC

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

  • appointed deacon of Hanging Dog Baptist Church, Cherokee CO, NC 6 June 1845
    son of

    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

    This site is dedicated to the memory of my parents, Tommy and Beulah (Cline) Nipper.

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    by
    Sandra Ratledge

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