Family Group of
Reason "Rease" Roberts** b Feb 1823, Buncombe Co, NC per 1900 Cherokee CO, NC census d after 7 Jul 1902 but before 1910 Cherokee CO, NC
occupation - farmer & lay preacher
PVT, Capt Goldman Bryson's Union Volunteers of 1863
will of Reason Roberts, Will Book A, Cherokee CO, NC, 7 Jul 1902
son of Israel P. & Jane Roberts* of Beaver Dam, Cherokee CO, NC

m ca 1844 to
Mary M. "Polly" Allen** b ca 1825 Rutherford CO, NC d after 1902 Cherokee CO, NC; memorial tombstone placed in Hanging Dog Bapt Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC by the Dockery Family Association
photo of Reason & Mary M. "Polly" (Allen) Roberts
dau of James & Phoebe (Johnson) Allen* of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC

issue:
1(M) Jonathan B. Roberts b 1845 Cherokee CO, NC d

2(F) Phoeba Jane Roberts** b Nov 1846 Cherokee CO, NC d 1 May 1929 Grandview, Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 13 Apr 1873 Cherokee CO, NC, at Reason Roberts', with T. H. Hampton, Ozena Hampton, and Susan E. Roberts as witnesses, solemnized by William A. Cobb, M. G., TO
John Henry Hampton** b Oct 1851 Buncombe CO, NC d 21 May 1927 Grandview, Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
photo # 1 and 2 of John Henry & Phoeba Jane (Roberts) Hampton

3(M) William Riley "Dub" Roberts b 1847 Cherokee CO, NC (moved to CA ca 1904) d
m 9 July 1878 Cherokee CO, NC (and later divorced) TO
Frances Mae "Rexie" Kilby b d

4(F) Sarah A. "Sally" Roberts b 10 Apr 1849 Cherokee CO, NC d 20 Mar 1935 Monroe CO, TN death cert. #11262 buried Ironsburg Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN (no stone)
m never

5(F) Martha Sue C. Roberts b 1851 Cherokee CO, NC d 9 Dec 1937 Cherokee CO, NC (death certificate) buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 10 Mar 1872 by E. A. Deweese, magistrate Cherokee CO, NC TO
Alfred Zimrie "Zim" Roberts b 1853 Cherokee CO, NC d 1939 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

6(F) Katherine Susannah Jane "Susan" Roberts b 1854 Cherokee CO, NC d 21 Oct 1932 Monroe CO, TN death cert. #21501 buried Ironsburg Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN (stones without dates)
m ca 1879 TO
Hubert "Bert" Jones b 1849 Cherokee CO, NC d 1934 Monroe CO, TN death cert. #6248 buried Ironsburg Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN (stones without dates)

7(M) James Eli "Bone" Roberts b 1855 Cherokee CO, NC d 16 Nov 1921 Cherokee CO, NC (death certificate) buried Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 7 Apr 1885 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Caldonia "Donie" Dockery b ca 1856 d buried Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

8(F) Clarissa E. Roberts b 1857 Cherokee CO, NC d ca 1860-70

9(M) Reason "Hump" Roberts, Jr. b ca 1858 Cherokee CO, NC d ca 1895 - 1898 Hunt CO, TX
photo of Reason & Sarah (Sanderson) Roberts' family
m 24 Aug 1884 by John B. Evans, JP at Elizabeth Roberts' home in Cherokee CO, NC, witnessed by John M. Burgess & B. L. Roberts, TO
Sarah Elizabeth Sanderson b 27 Nov 1866 Hayesville, Clay CO, NC d 14 Mar 1952 Leonard, Fannin CO, TX

10(M) John C. B. Roberts b 1859 Cherokee CO, NC d ca 1860-70

11(F) Mary Margaret "Node" Roberts b 1859 Cherokee CO, NC d 7 Jul 1927 Cherokee CO, NC (death certificate) buried Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1878 TO
William Tal West b 1855 d 4 Aug 1922 buried Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

12(M) Jacob (J. R.?) Roberts b 1860 Cherokee CO, NC d

13(F) Phoeba Roberts b d

Many thanks to all the following people for helping gather the above information: Mary Lee Farmer, Deborah Seamons, Bill Allen, Scott Arwood, 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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