Drewry Roberts (1782 - 1856)

Born 1 Jan 1782 in Burke County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Chloe (Golightly) Roberts — married 2 Jun 1807 in Lauren County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1856 at age 74 in Miller County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Drewry Roberts was born Jan 1, 1782 in Burke County, Georgia and died January 1, 1856. He was the son of Drew Roberts and Rachel Douglas. Drewry married Chloe Golightly on June 2, 1807 in Lauren County, Georgia.

The Heritage of Miller Co., GA 1856 - 2003, pg.162-163: Drewry homesteaded in Miller County about three miles from Colquitt on the banks of Spring Creek, building a log cabin. Travelers began coming through, crossing the creek, and wanting to spend the night. Drewry enlarged his cabin and called this part of the creek "Roberts Crossing." (Years later it became known as Rawls Landing.) Up the hill from the crossing, he built a house for his family.

Early County, GA, Deed Book "B", page 122, 4 January 1827. Deed, from Daniel Pynes of Henry Co., GA. to Drewry Roberts of Early Co., GA. Consideration $150. for land lot #51 in 28th district of Early Co. Witnesses F. H. Hall, A McBryde. Registered 8 January, 1827.

Early Co., GA, Deed Book "D", page 499, 3 October 1837. Deed from R. W. Sheffield, administrator of the estate of Drewry Sheffield, to Drewry Roberts. Lot #92 in 28th District of Early Co. Witnesses Geo. T. Spann, Daniel M. Jordan, J. P. Recorded 4 October 1837.

The History Of Miller County Georgia 1856 - 1980: "At the January term, 1838, Drewry Roberts having previously built a bridge across Spring Creek at or near his house, and cut out a road across the swamp out to the road on the east side of the Creek, the court ordered the road across the Creek to be recognized as a public road and the road at the east side of the Creek to be recognized as a public road in lieu of the road on the west side, which was discontinued. This was a great error. There was no swamp on the west side of the Creek, but on the east it was so bad that it could not be made passable in high water, except by a turnpike, which was never built. The bridge was located opposite Mr. Thomas Rawls."

"An Abstract of Title Deed Book, Miller County shows this bridge to be in District 13, Lot 171 and still in use in 1857. This is the area called Rawls Landing which is east of Rawls Cemetery. It is known that Drewry Roberts' home was on the small hill to the south of Rawls Cemetery."

1850 Early County GA Census: Roberts Drewry 68 M Farmer 1,500 Ga
Roberts Cloey 18 M Ga
Roberts Drewry 18 M Ga
Roberts Mary 18 F Ga
Roberts Ashley 16 M Ga

Burial

Rawls Cemetery, Miller County, GA

Written on Headstone: "Son of Drewry Roberts Revolutionary Soldier and wife Rachel"

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY2-YX2 : 9 November 2014), Drury Roberts, Early county, Early, Georgia, United States; citing family 600, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). DRURY ROBERTS IS ON LAST LINE OF THE CENSUS PAGE.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 20276151 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20276151

• The History Of Miller County Georgia 1856 - 1980, pg. 300.

• Seminole County Historical Society, Cornerstone of Georgia Seminole County 1920-1991, (1991).

• The Heritage of Miller County Ga. 1856 - 2003, (2003 Miller Co. Heritage Committee & County Heritage, Inc.), pg. 111, 162.

• Tombstone, Rawls Cemetery, Miller County, GA

• Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line].

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 25, Early, Georgia; Roll: M432_68; Page: 335A; Image: 221

• Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line].