John Roberts (abt. 1792)

Born about 1792 in Washington, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Private John Roberts served in the War of 1812
Service started: 1814
Unit(s): 2nd Regiment, East Tennesee Volunteers
Service ended: 1815

John Roberts was born about 1792. He was the son of Reuben Derrith Roberts and Mary Millie Asher. He passed away in ????.

John served in the War of 1812. The muster roll available for men of his area shows Privates James and John Roberts in the Company of Capt. Asabel [Asahel] Rains. This company was a part of the 2nd Regiment, West Tennessee Militia, commanded by Col. Alexander Lowrey and Lieut. Col. Leroy Hammonds. Captain Rains, company was, with his regiment, mustered into service at Fayetteville, Tennessee on September 20, 1814 and served until December 31, of the same year.^[1]

John Roberts married L. Corbit, born 1807. They had one child -

John Roberts Jr.

John Roberts is buried at ????

NOTES from The Generations of Reuben

There is not much information available about John Roberts. He was very involved in getting his father Reuben a military pension, and John's name is on many land records in Warren County Tennessee. He also attended his father's estate sale on October 4, 1841, where he purchased items in the value of thirteen dollars and fifty cents.

On August 30, 1842, John Roberts was one of six heirs of Reuben Roberts, Sr., who sold two hundred acres of land of their deceased father.

On May 27, 1856, John McKelvey Cotton, nephew of John Roberts, visited his uncle John Roberts in Monroe County, Mississippi. He reported that his Uncle John Roberts and family were doing well, except for John Roberts Jr., who was suffering from rheumatic pain.

NOTES about John Osborn Roberts

There is a John Osborn Roberts buried at Friendship Cemetery, Wayne County, Tennessee. This is a different John Roberts.

Sources

1. ↑ Warren County in the War of 1812, Warren County Tennessee, A Genealogy & History, TNGenNet Inc, TNGenWeb Project.

• Laney James Roberts, “The Generations of Reuben”, College Press 1977, page 2, pages 128-129