William Carroll Roberts (1816 - 1893)

Born 20 Apr 1816 in Giles, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Gragg) Roberts — married 13 Jan 1835 in Lawrence County, Alabama, USA

Husband of Emily M. (Sweet) Roberts — married 29 Mar 1856 in Kansas Territory

Descendants

Died 9 May 1893 at age 77 in Coryell, Texas

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Biography

William C. Roberts was born on April 20, 1816, in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, the child of John M. Roberts Sarah Gheen. He married Caroline Gregg January 13, 1835 in Lawrence County, Alabama. He then married Emily M Sweet 29 Mar 1856, in Kansas Territory, USA. He died on May 9, 1893, in Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, having lived a long life of 77 years.^[1][2][3]

The children of William C. Roberts and Caroline Gregg were:

John H. Roberts 1837–????

George W. Roberts 1839–????

Mary J. Roberts 1841–????

Orleona Roberts 1844–????

Sarah D. Roberts-Hill 1848–1937^[4]

William C. Roberts 1850–1930^[5]

The children of William C. Roberts and Emily M Sweet were:

Nancy Susan Roberts 1856–1942

Charles Jesse Roberts 1857–1920

Matthew H Roberts 1861–????

Emily Roberts 1862–????

Harriet Alabama "Hattie" Roberts 1863–1929

Louis Roberts 1865–????

Hiram Mitchell Roberts 1870–1950

William's grave has yet to be found. It is suspected that he may be buried in the Copperas Cove Cemetery but records from that time are not available from the cemetery.

William's parents were John Roberts of Rowan County, North Carolina and Sarah Gheen of the same county. He had eight brothers and sisters that were all born in Rowan County, N.C. He was the only child born in Tennessee. The Roberts family moved to Giles County, TN around 1809 and John built a home on property that he had not proven the title too and they lost the farm due to some technicality and moved to Lawrence County, Alabama around 1817 and settled into what later became known as Roberts Cove.

Williams parents both died in Lawrence County and are buried in unknown graves in The Roberts Cemetery located in Wren, Lawrence County, AL. William's brother Howard and sister-in-law Nancy Sutton Roberts are also buried in that cemetery. Nancy is the only one that has a headstone.

William dabbled a little in farming but he was most successful in law enforcement and may have been a deputy sheriff for his brother Matthew. William married Caroline Gregg and moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas with his in-laws and started his first family. After Caroline died in 1855 he moved possible with his oldest son John H to the Kansas Territory where William met and married Emily M Sweet in 1856. His children by Caroline that were underage stayed in Fayetteville with their grandparents Henry and Mary Gregg.

William is next found in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. He joined the Confederacy in 1863 and was a 1st Sergeant in the 16th Calvary. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of captain in a reserve unit. After the war he moved and lived in both Hill and Coryell Counties. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Coryell County, TX.

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Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=147055239&ref=acom
2. ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/2494003/person/-769258088/facts
3. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Lisa Young, Saturday, November 8, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
4. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HIL&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=38&GScntry=4&GSsr=5561&GRid=50094594&
5. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148620176&ref=acom

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