Jonathon Roach (1790 - 1854)

Born 2 Dec 1790 in Early County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary A. (Taylor) Roach — married 13 Sep 1821 in Georgia

Husband of Mary Wesley (Boone) Roach — married 24 Nov 1836 in Early County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1854 at age 63 in Apple Springs, Trinity, Texas

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Biography

Jonathon grew up in Georgia of Cherokee descent. He was a private in Captain Hamilton's Company of the Georgia Militia in the War of 1812. He lived in Sumter for a while and was a captain of a riverboat on the Trinity River before moving to Angelina County, Texas and founding May Apple Springs settlement that later became Apple Springs, Texas. His father or grandfather may have been a Revolutionary War patriot from Delaware named Samuel Roach but that is not certain at this writing.

Jonathan Roach married Mary Boon soon after the death of Mary E. Taylor

Sources

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXV6-ZLK : accessed 6 November 2015), Jonathan Roach and Polly Taylor, 13 Sep 1821; citing Marriage, Laurens, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 410,104

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ8-QF1 : accessed 6 November 2015), Jonathan Roach and Mary W. Boon, 24 Nov 1836; citing Marriage, Early, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 164,093.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPB-JNP : accessed 4 January 2016), William Roach in household of Jonathan Roach, Dale county, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing family 41, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33033629