John Robertson (1743 - 1798)

Born 1743 in Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Walthall) Robertson — married 1764 in Chesterfield, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1798 at about age 55 in Winterpock, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John Robertson was a Prisoner of War during American Revolution.

Lieutenant John Robertson served with 10th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Robertson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A097275.

John Robertson; b. 20-Aug-1742 , Chesterfield, Virginia; d. 1798 , Chesterfield, Virginia; m. 1764 , Chesterfield, Virginia. John was the son of William Robertson, Jr. & Sarah Towns. ^[1]/ John Robertson who was descended from Willliam Robertson was is considered to be from Winterpock, Chesterfield, Virginia. Winterpock, Chesterfield, Virginia.

Married Ann Walthall [2/126]; b. 1744 , Chesterfield, Virginia; d. 1812 , Chesterfield, Virginia; daughter of Richard Walthall, III & Elizabeth Walthall. John Robertson and his marriage to Ann Walthall is mentioned in MacKenzie, Vol. I, p. 443. His birth and marriage dates ascertained by Gresham, op.cit. p. 7.

The oldest of the eight children, Walthall, was born 31 May 1765, so that the marriage is judged to have occurred in 1764.

John's will made in 1796 and recorded in 1798 (Chesterfield Co., VA Will Book 5, p. 185). Ann Walthall Robertson's will recorded in 1803 (Chesterfield Co. Will Book 6, p. 264). Death dates of both also on family monument referrred to in Gresham op.cit. pp.7-8 (Copies attached). John mentioned in will of his father, William (Chesterfield Will book 8, p. 340). Birth date of Ann Walthall determined by Gresham op.cit. pp. 9-11

Children

1. Walthall Robertson; b. 31-May-1765 , Chesterfield, Virginia; d. 21-Jan-1820 , Chesterfield, Virginia; m. 11-Jan-1787 , Chesterfield, Virginia; Frances Cox ; b. 27-Dec-1769 d. 25-Jan-1793; m. 18-Oct-1794 , Chesterfield, Virginia; Ann Cary; b. 29-Aug-1770 , Virginia; d. 1861 Miami, Saline, Missouri
2. Elizabeth Robertson; m. Josiah Brummell
3. Peter Robertson
4. Anna (Nancy) Robertson ; b. 1775; m. Jeremiah Turpin
5. Martha Robertson
6. John Robertson, Jr. ; b. 1767; m. Catherine Traylor ^[2]
7. Richard Henry Robertson ; m. Philadelphia Stone
8. William Robertson; b. 12-Mar-1786; d. 1859; m. Pamela Moseley; m. Mary McBeth ^[3]

American Revolution

A Revolutionary patriot , John died in Chesterfield County [27 Oct 1796 / 12 Feb 1798 ]. Thomas Burfoot delivered estate accounts for 1797-1800 on 7 November 1800. Among the beneficiaries of John’s will - sandwiched between the names of two daughters - was “brother Peter Robertson.” John’s father named no such son in his will. Ann Robertson paid taxes in Chesterfield County in 1800 and died in 1803.

Adjutant - 10th Virginia - 9 September 1778.

Second Lieutenant - 10th Virginia - 9 Sept. 1778.

Imprisoned by British at Charleston, SC, 12 May 1780.

First Lieutenant - 18 February 1781.

Retired 1 January 1783.^[4][5]

Service shown was: Adjutant 10th Virginia, 4th December, 1777; 2d Lieu tenant, 9th September, 1778; regiment designated 6th Virginia, 14th Septem ber, 1778; taken prisoner at Charleston, 12th May, 1780; 1st Lieutenant, 18th February, 1781; retired 1st January, 1783. ^[6] He served under Capt. Haskins, Col. Febiger, Capt. Walthall and Gen. Stevens, - Military Service in the Colonial Army prior to his marriage entitled him to Compensation to grants of land (Chesterfield Co.) ^[7]

1743—1798 Lt. Continental Army

Death

The Robertson family monument shows John died in 1798 and his wife in 1803. The Robertson graveyard is located near Walkers Quarter, a hunting lodge on the Appomattox River near Winterpock, about twenty-five miles west of Petersburg.

A stone monument was erected in 1992 outside the rock wall which has the following inscription:

This family cemetery was restored May 1992 in memory of

JOHN ROBERTSON

Ray Aiken Robertson

Trustee

October 1992 ^[8]

through the benevolence of

• Find A Grave: Memorial #101550512 WILLIAM ROBERTSON

Father --- "William Robertson of Chesterfield County VA died in 1774. He had several sons, two of which were John and James. In William’s will he provided his son James a slave named Caesar. James left for Natchez in about 1774 and later joined the Illinois regiment and served under Gen George Rogers Clark in the Revolutionary War. He dies in Natchez while serving in 1782 and somehow his property ends up in the hands of a merchant and trader named Philip Barbour. James is allotted 2000 acres for serving in the army. A law suit begins by James’ nieces and nephews (family of his brother John Robertson) in 1809 as they try and recover his lands from Barbour."^[9] They lay buried at Walke’s Quarter Cemetery in Chesterfield County.

Will

Dates of Death are also verified in their respective wills, recorded in Chesterfield Will Book 5, Page 185, and Will Book 6, Page 264. Synopsis of John Roberson's Will

Will of John Robertson (1743-1798)

In the name of God amen I John Robertson of the county of Chesterfield do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in the manner and form following---I desire my just debts to be all paid in the first place.

I lend my loving wife Ann Robertson the use of my land and plantation on Suppony Creek and my two Stills and one Negro Man by the name of Tom during her widowhood also Hand her during life nine negroes by the names of Joe Ailce, Dareas, Milley, Edmond, Elsey, Milan, Adam, and Silvey. also one feather bed and furniture having her choice, two choice horses, one yoak [sic] of steers and chaise, and one-half my household and kitchen furniture except beds, one half my stock of cattle hogs and sheep and one half the plantation utensials [sic] at my plantation at Suppoena in lieu of her right and dower in my estate.

I give to my son Walthall Robertson two negroes that he has now in possession by the names of Henry and Daphney also one negro man by the name of Kitt and the increase. Also one 1,000 acres of Land in the county of Madison located by John Bryant and James Calwell and after my just Debts are paid and legacys [sic] and his deducting two hundred and fifty pounds then to have an equal part of my estate with the rest of my children except my land in the State of Kentucky it being 1,000 acres in a survey with Matthew Robertson to him and his heirs forever.

I give my daughter Elizabeth Turpin two negroes that she now has in possession by the names of Phill and Lucy also a negro woman by the name of Sue and their increase to her and the heirs of her body forever.

I give to my son Peter Robertson two negores that he has now in possession by the name of Joe Griffin and Bobb also one negro woman by the name of Leady and the increase to him and his heirs forever.

I give to my daughter Ann Turpin one negro woman by the name of Winney which she has now in possession also one negro girl by the name of Lude and her increase to her and the heirs of her body forever. Also one hundred dollars.

I give to my daughter Martha Robertson three negroes by the names of Molly, Viney and Matt and their increase to her and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten forever. Also one hundred dollars and one bed and furniture.

I give to my son John Roberson four negroes by the names of Mike, Absolam, Cuttey, and Sarah and their increase to him and his heirs forever also one hundred dollars and one bed and furniture.

I give to my son Richard Henry Robertson three negroes by the names of Will, Fanney, and Paton and the increase to him and his heirs forever also one hundred dollars and one bed and furniture.

I give to my son William Robertson three negroes by the names of James Creasey and Frank and the increase to him and his heirs forever also my blacksmith tools one feather bed and furniture also one hundred dollars.

I give to my grand daughter Frances Cox Robertson one negro girl by the name of Achasey and her increase to her and her heirs forever.

I give my negro man Tom fifty dollars also at my wife’s death or the end of her widowhood his freedom and in case he should get disabled so that he could not get his living to be maintain’d out of my estate during life by all of my children at an equal portion.

I give to John Cousins son of William one half my Mill on [his puting her in repeive?] agreeable to bargain to him and his heirs forever.

I desire that the land and plantation whereon I now live and Mill may be sold either separate or together on a reasonable credit for the best price can had also my stock plantation utensils also household and kitchen furniture not mentioned and the money arising from such sale to be equally divided among my children after my son Walthall deducting two hundred and fifty pounds. Amongst such as shall be living and the issue if any their be of such as be dead also my land in the state of Kentucky being one thousand acres in a survey with Matthew Robertson I desire may be sold for the best price can be had and the money divided among my children except my son Walthall as before directed my plantation on Suppoena Creek and stills at the end of my wife’s widow hood or life and all the remainder of my estate lent her to be sold on a reasonable amount and the money divided among all my children then living or issue of such as should be dead if any the them and theirs forever.

I appoint my friend Thomas Burfoot my son Walthall Robertson and John Robertson executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have unto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of October One Thousand seven hundred and ninety six----Intestined? Before you and in the presence of

• Richard Cousins John *Robertson SS
• Nathan Robertson
• Nancy Beasley

"Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio 1778-1783" written by William Hayden English and published in 1896 describes a meeting of the board of commissioners of the Illinois grant on the 27th day of November, 1809. General George Rogers Clark is presiding. A case is being made by the heirs of John Robertson against Philip Barbour. The suit is being pursued by “Jeremiah Turpin, who intermarried Ann Robertson, daughter of John Robertson”. The other children of John Robertson are mentioned: Walthall Robertson, Henry Turpin and Elizabeth Turpin, Eleazer Cheatham and Martha Cheatham, along with John, Richard, and William Robertson. This claim moves to a civil court hearing that begins in 1810 and carries on for 15 years. ."^[10]

The Robertsons of Winterpock: The Web Page, A Study of the Ancestors and the Descendants of John and Catherine Traylor Robertson of Winterpock, Virginia.

The Robertsons of Winterpock: A Study of the Ancestors and the Descendants of John and Catherine Traylor Robertson of Winterpock, Virginia - With an Addendum of the Descendents of Benjamin Moses Robertson and Anna Cox Aiken Robertson. by Joseph S. Gresham

Sources

1. ↑ Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume I Page 443-444
2. ↑ http://markhamchesterfield.com/features/FeaC01_TraylorWinterpock.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.verhulsts.com/hollyshome/main/deF126.html
4. ↑ DAR #'s 80678, 21834, 45504
5. ↑ Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution page 469
6. ↑ https://archive.org/details/franheitmanreg00bernrich/page/468/mode/2up?view=theater
7. ↑ Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution" by Francis B. Heitman. Page 469,
8. ↑ Chesterfield History.Com Page 5
9. ↑ http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.robertson/5311.1/mb.ashx
10. ↑ http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.robertson/5311.1/mb.ashx

*Descendants of Worsham.Com

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterpock,_Virginia

• https://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ROBERTSON/1998-07/0899386756 The Robertsons of Winterpock

• Vol. I, p. 444; 1907, 1999, Genealogical Pub. co. Volumes 1-7. 1999 Colonial families of the United States of America

George Norbury Mackenzie, Author of Colonial Families of the United States of America: In Which Is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of put the life events in chronological orderColonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775 [7 Volumes]

• http://www.worldcat.org/title/colonial-families-of-the-united-states-of-america-in-which-is-given-the-history-genealogy-and-armorial-bearings-of-colonial-families-who-settled-in-the-american-colonies-from-the-time-of-the-settlement-of-jamestown-13th-may-1607-to-the-battle-of-lexington-19th-april-1775/oclc/32056651&referer=brief_results

• The Robertsons of Winterpock: A Study of the Ancestors and the Descendants of John and Catherine Traylor Robertson of Winterpock, Virginia - With an Addendum of the Descendents of Benjamin Moses Robertson and Anna Cox Aiken Robertson. by Joseph S. Gresham

• Synopsis of John Roberson's Will

Acknowledgments

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