James Robertson was born in 1738 in Augusta, Virginia. James Robertson ... He passed away in 1836.
“ 9. Margaret Poage (c1737 Ireland- ) m 3 May 1762 Augusta Co., Va. Col. James Robertson (16 Nov 1738-28 Aug 1833), son Matthew Robertson and Martha - 8 ch See Robertson family…”
" In 1797 he owned about a thousand acres of land in Montgomery County and three thousand acres in Shelby County, Ky, which he received as soldier bonus for long service in the Colonial Wars under King George, and which in turn descended to his children.
He and Margaret Poage had eight children all it seems, born in present Montgomery County..." [1]
Library of Virginia Land grant 23 July 1791. 247 acres on the north side of Meadow Creek a branch of New River adjoining his own and the lands of James Simpkins and Amos Harris.
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