Robert Rogers (1804 - 1858)

Born 4 Jun 1804 in Suwanee Creek, Cherokee Nation East

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Died 5 Jan 1858 at age 53 in Milton County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Robert was Cherokee.

Robert Rogers was born 4 June 1804 in the old Cherokee Nation (now Gwinnett County, Georgia), the son of John Rogers (1774-1851) and Sarah (Cordery) Rogers (abt.1786-1842). He was 1/4 Cherokee. His grandmother, Sonicooie (1764-1835), was a full-blood from the Kituah or Wild Potato clan.^[1][2][3]

Robert married Mary Ann Baptiste in 1829,whom he later divorced. They had seven children:

1. Charles Rogers (~1830–~1874) .
2. Gilbert Rogers (~1833–~1872) .
3. William Rogers (~1835–1862) .
4. John Howard Rogers (1838–1877) .
5. Sarah Ellen Rogers (1840–1910) .
6. Robert Emmet Rogers (~1842–~1875) .
7. Thomas Tipton Rogers (1846–1926)

Robert married Mary Scott Jones in 1851. Their children were:

1. Jackson Thaddeus Rogers (1852–1920) .
2. W. F. Rogers (~1854– ) .
3. Robia L. Rogers (1856–1892) .
4. W. E. Rogers (1858– )

He also had a son, George Mitchell (Rogers) Hunnicutt (1841-1900) (raised a Hunnicutt) with Harriet Jinks. And a son,Joseph Miller (1848-), with Sarah Miller.

Dr. Robert Rogers was a Methodist minister and physician. He was a Cherokee delegate involved in negotiations for the Treaty of New Echota.

He died 5 January 1858 in Chattahoochee, Georgia. He is buried at the Rogers Family Cemetery in Fulton County, Georgia. He cut himself while chopping wood and died in his Chattahoochee home of blood poisoning.

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Chapman Roll, Forsyth Co, GA
2. ↑ Siler Roll: 1851 Forsythe Co., GA, Census of Cherokee's east of the Mississippi, Family #7, Robert Rogers age 47, mixed
3. ↑ https://texascherokees.net/culture-and-traditions/tsalagi-clans-ugaya/

• 1830 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia. Married with one son.
• 1835. James W. Tyner, Those Who Cried, The 16,000 (Book), 1835 Henderson Roll, Victory Creek, GA census roll, p. 55. Vickory Creek, Georgia. 5-1/4 bloods, 3 slaves
• 1840 US Census, Forsyth, Georgia.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYL-BC5 : 12 April 2016), Robert Rogers, Forsyth county, Forsyth, Georgia, United States; citing family 470, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Robert Rogers M 45 Georgia, United States

Charles Rogers M 19 Georgia, United States

William Rogers M 15 Georgia, United States

John H Rogers M 12 Georgia, United States

Ellen S Rogers F 10 Georgia, United States

Robert L Rogers M 7 Georgia, United States

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMF-GLP : 13 December 2017), W F Rogers in entry for Mary S Rogers, 1860. Milton, Georgia. Robert is deceased.

Mary S Rogers F 30 Ga

J S Rogers M 7 Ga

W F Rogers F 6 Ga

R L Rogers F 3 Ga

W E Rogers M 1 Ga

• Blankenship, Bob, Cherokee Roots, Vol. 1, pp. 34, 58, 70.
• Unhallowed Intrusion, Don L. Shadburn, 1993, p. 124-137
• Cherokee Mixed-Bloods, David K. Hampton, 2005, p. 23.
• Hicks, James R. Cherokee Lineages