Elisha Stewart

Male 1830 - 1902  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elisha Stewart was born 16 Nov 1830, Monroe, Indiana, USA (son of Dixon Stewart and Lucinda Roberts); died 11 Aug 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1509
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age on 1 July 1863: 30Marital Status: Married
    • Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 49Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 70Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:


    Bio:
    ELISHA STEWART, farmer, Burnett, was born in Monroe county, Indiana, in 1830, and came to Vigo county in 1832. He has been a resident of this county and of Lost Creek township ever since. In July, 1854, he married Emeline CHAVOUS. She died March 13, 1863, and December 19, 1865, he was married to Elizabeth WALDON, a native of North Carolina. Mr. STEWART is a member of the A.F. and A.M., and is a staunch republican. He has a fine farm, which he has under good cultivation.

    HISTORY OF VIGO AND PARKE COUNTIES, Together With Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley
    H.W. Beckwith - 1880
    Lost Creek Twp. - p. 394


    Buried:
    aka Lost Creek Cemetery

    Died:
    Age: 72

    Elisha married Elizabeth Malone 19 Dec 1865, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Malone and Emily Strayhorn) was born 1833, North Carolina, USA; died 1887. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Stewart was born 1868, Indiana, USA.
    2. Mary A. Stewart was born 1870, Indiana, USA; died 1944, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Arthur A Stewart was born 1872, Indiana, USA; died 1934, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Armenia Stewart was born Jul 1875, Indiana, USA; died Abt 1906, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Elisha married Emeline Chavous 14 Jul 1853, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Emeline was born Abt 1836, North Carolina, USA; died 13 Mar 1863, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 15 Mar 1863, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dixon Stewart was born 8 Aug 1801, Wake, North Carolina, USA (son of James Stewart and Sally Evans); died 30 Mar 1889, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1470
    • Residence: 1830, Monroe, Indiana, USA
    • Civil1: 10 Sep 1835, Vigo, Indiana, USA; 80 acres
    • Residence: 1840, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Land Transaction: 7 Oct 1862, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Purchased 40 A. from James Shepherd and wife
    • Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:



    DIXON STEWART, farmer, Terre Haute, was born in Wake county, North Carolina, in 1801, and came to Monroe county, Indiana, in 1827. From there he came to Vigo county in 1829, and became a resident of Lost Creek township. By energy and economy he became the owner of 900 acres of land, which he divided with his children, giving to each of his sons 100 acres, and to each daughter 75 acres. He has retained enough to keep him as long as he lives. In 1829 he married Lucinda ROBERTS, who was born in North Carolina in 1809. The result of their marriage has been four sons and four daughters: Elisha, Nancy, Mary J., Joseph, Julia, Dixon, Thomas, and Sarah J.

    HISTORY OF VIGO AND PARKE COUNTIES, Together With Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley
    H.W. Beckwith - 1880
    Lost Creek Twp. - p. 393

    Dixon married Lucinda Roberts 24 Jan 1830, Monroe, Indiana, USA. Lucinda (daughter of Kinchen Roberts and Nancy Chavis) was born 1809, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died Dec 1885, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lucinda Roberts was born 1809, Wake, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Kinchen Roberts and Nancy Chavis); died Dec 1885, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1485

    Children:
    1. 1. Elisha Stewart was born 16 Nov 1830, Monroe, Indiana, USA; died 11 Aug 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Kinchen Stewart was born 4 Aug 1833, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 4 Mar 1853, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Elison Stewart was born 6 Jan 1835, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 Jan 1863, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Nancy Stewart was born 1838, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Thomas Stewart was born 27 Jan 1843, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 24 Apr 1880, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Sarah Jane Stewart was born 24 Aug 1847, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 24 Jun 1914, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA.
    7. Julia A Stewart was born 1849, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. Joel H. Stewart was born 15 Jan 1849, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Nov 1905, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    9. Dixon Stewart, Jr was born 1855, Indiana, USA; died 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    10. Mary Jane Stewart was born Abt 1840, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Jan 1891, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Stewart was born Abt 1750, Virginia, USA (son of Rebecca Stewart); died 1815, Craven, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1498

    Notes:

    James Stewart, born say 1750, was living in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 11 January 1774 when he and Littleberry Pompey of Sussex County purchased 270 acres in Meherrin Parish, to be equally divided between them as if two separate deeds had been made. He purchased 50 acres on the north side of the Maherrin River in Brunswick County adjoining Richard Branscomb and Thomas Evans on 23 November 1778 [DB 11:251-3; 13:280]. He was taxable in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, from 1782 to 1796 [PPTL 1782-98, frames 19, 206, 271, 325, 401, 497, 543]. On 26 January 1778 he and Littleberry Pompey and wife Nanny Pompey (James's sister?) sold 135 acres in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, adjoining Steward's Branch. And on 15 August 1792 James and his wife Sarah sold for 50 pounds 137 acres on Buckwater Creek in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, adjoining Dempsey Stewart's land [DB 13:45; 15:498]. He may have been the James Stewart who married Sally Evans, 2 May 1791 Warren County, North Carolina bond, Eaton Walden bondsman. James and his wife Sarah sued (his brother) William Stewart and his wife Keziah in Brunswick County on 23 November 1795, but the case was dismissed at the defendant's costs [Orders 1795-8, 1, 211]. He was head of a Wake County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:798]. By his Wake County will, proved in November 1824, he left his land to his children: Evans, Beedy (married James Walden), Mackey (married Joel Stuart), Tazewell, Dickson, Elijah, and Elisha [WB 19:130]. His children were

    i. Evans, married Milly Stuart, 15 November 1817 Wake County bond, Joel Stuart bondsman.

    ii. Beedy, married James Walden.

    iii. Mackey, married Joel Stuart, 2 January 1821 Wake County bond.

    iv. Tazewell.

    v. Dickson.

    vi. Elijah.

    vii. Elisha.

    James married Sally Evans 2 May 1791, Warren, North Carolina, USA. Sally (daughter of Isaac Evans) was born Abt 1770, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 1823, Craven, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sally Evans was born Abt 1770, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Isaac Evans); died 1823, Craven, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1499

    Notes:

    Evans is a surname found in Bladen in 1168 and 1790.
    David and Theophilus Evens were located in current Bladen in 1189.
    Elizabeth Evans was located east of Great Swamp by 1780. In the 1850
    census of Robeson they reported having been born in Richmond County by
    1800. White (1988) feels that those named Evans possibly descended from
    Saponi Indians living next to the plantation of Col. William Eaton in
    Granville County in the 1750s. The name was given as mulatto in Robeson
    but most carrying the name Evans have typically been White and Scottish as
    found in north Robeson near St. Pauls. Name self-identified as Indian in the
    1900 Census of Robeson and listed on the 1900 Indian Census Schedule.
    Death records show the Indian name in 1954 in Maxton township. Cited at
    New Prospect Methodist Church cemetery and elsewhere by Jane Blanks
    Barnhill in Sacred Grounds, 2007, a listing of 162 Lumbee cemeteries in
    Robeson County.

    Children:
    1. Evan Stewart was born Abt 1790, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Beedy Stewart was born 1792, Craven, North Carolina, USA; died 20 May 1861, Henry, Alabama, USA.
    3. Mackey Stewart was born Abt 1795.
    4. Tazewell Stewart was born Abt 1798, North Carolina, USA.
    5. 2. Dixon Stewart was born 8 Aug 1801, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died 30 Mar 1889, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Elisha Stewart was born Abt 1801, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Elijah Stewart was born Abt 1805, North Carolina, USA; died 27 May 1874, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

  3. 6.  Kinchen RobertsKinchen Roberts was born Abt 1785, Virginia, USA (son of Ishmael Roberts and Silvia); died 30 Jun 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1722
    • Residence: 1810, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1830, Orange, Indiana, USA
    • Civil1: 1 Oct 1835, Vigo, Indiana, USA; 40 acres
    • Civil1: 20 Mar 1837, Vigo, Indiana, USA; 40 acres
    • Residence: 1840, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 65
    • Residence: 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 86
    • Probate: 9 Jul 1870, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Kinchen2, born say 1784, head of a Chatham County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:195]. On 15 August 1821 he purchased 154 acres in Chatham County on the south side of Cape Fear River near the Ferry Road and Drake's land for $430 and sold this land seven years later on 25 December 1828 for $200. On 3 April 1829 he sold the 150 acres on Bush Creek which he received as one of the heirs of (his father?) Ishmael Roberts [DB X:320; AB:134, 186]. He was head of a Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, household in 1850. He was a sixty-five-year-old, born in Virginia, with $3,000 estate, living with Nancy, fifty-eight years old, born in North Carolina [Household no. 202].

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    The buying power of a $3,000 in 1850, would be equal to over $500,000 in value in 2012. The property value of 200+ acres in 2012, would be close to $1, 000,000. Kinchen was affluent in North Carolina, before coming to Lost Creek, and even more so after settling here. The Roberts family resided on Indian Reservation property in Robeson County, North Carolina, and are counted as Indian, on the Lumbee Tribal rolls. Being affluent, the Roberts family were also slave OWNERS, while residing in North Carolina.

    Kinchen married Nancy Chavis. Nancy was born Abt 1792, Virginia, USA; died 7 Feb 1866, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Nancy Chavis was born Abt 1792, Virginia, USA; died 7 Feb 1866, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1725
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 58
    • Residence: 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 87

    Children:
    1. 3. Lucinda Roberts was born 1809, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died Dec 1885, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Banister Roberts was born Abt 1811; died 13 Aug 1832, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Redden Roberts was born Abt 1825, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Dec 1883, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Joseph Roberts was born 1837, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Jane Roberts was born Abt 1812, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Hezekiah Roberts was born 1812, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Feb 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Benjamin Roberts was born 1815, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Rebecca Stewart was born 1717, Virginia, USA (daughter of Patriarch Stewart and Matriarch Stewart).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1686

    Notes:

    Rebecca1 Stewart, born say 1717, sued Charles Hix in Brunswick County, Virginia court in September 1738 for her freedom and a certificate for the same, but the court dismissed the case in February 1738/9 when she failed to appear. Hix was ordered to pay Douglas Irby as an evidence for one day and for coming and going fifty miles [Orders 1732-41, 203, 223]. She was living in Surry County, Virginia, on 17 July 1750 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Albemarle Parish to bind out her children: Moggy, Tom, Jack, Nan, Peter, and James [Orders 1749-51, 110]. Joseph Walker sued her in Brunswick County court on 22 June 1756. The jury found her not guilty on 23 February 1757 and ordered Walker to pay costs. She sued Daniel Clarke and Sylvanus Stanton for trespass, but both suits were dismissed by agreement of the parties on 28 February 1759. And her suit against William Evans was dismissed on 28 May 1760 by agreement of the parties [Orders 1756-7, 65, 128, 201-2; 1757-9, 300; 1760-84, 65]. She purchased 50 acres in Brunswick County on the south side of the Meherrin River and the north side of the Great Road from John Parham for 25 pounds on 26 September 1763, and she purchased 70 acres on Fox Branch from Kirby Moody on 16 April 1764 and sold this 70 acres to Moody on 6 June 1766. She purchased 200 acres near the Rocky Run in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, on 23 September 1776. Her land adjoined Drury Going and the Pompey family according to Going's deed of sale for land on the south side of the Meherrin River in Brunswick County on 10 October 1787 [DB 4:215; 7:384; 8:311; 12:84-5; 14:366]. She was called the executrix of Peter Moggy on 23 January 1783 when the Greensville County court dismissed a suit against her for debt brought by Batt Peterson, assignee of Ephraim Peebles, because she was not residing in the county [Orders 1781-9, 56]. She was called administratrix of the estate of Peter Moggy, deceased, on 27 March 1787 when Peterson sued her in Brunswick County court [Orders 1784-8, 463]. She was probably the unnamed mother of Thomas Stewart who provided for her maintenance by his 24 February 1791 Greensville County will [WB 1:181-3]. Rebecca was the mother of

    i. Moggy, born say 1740.
    ii. Thomas, born say 1743.
    iii. John/ Jack, born say 1745.
    iv. Ann, born say 1746, perhaps the Nanny Pompey who, with husband Littleberry Pompey and (brother?) James Stewart, sold 135 acres adjoining Steward's Branch in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, on 26 January 1778 [DB 13:45].
    Peter, born say 1748.
    vi. James, born say 1750.
    vii. Barnett, born say 1760.
    viii.William, born say 1761.

    Children:
    1. 4. James Stewart was born Abt 1750, Virginia, USA; died 1815, Craven, North Carolina, USA.

  2. 10.  Isaac Evans was born 1735, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (son of Ann Evans).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1688

    Children:
    1. 5. Sally Evans was born Abt 1770, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 1823, Craven, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Matthew West-Evans was born Abt 1760, North Carolina, USA; died 1844.
    3. Leven Evans was born Bef 1776; died 1840, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Pleasant Evans was born 1796, Virginia, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Susannah Evans died , USA.
    6. Godfrey Evans died , USA.

  3. 12.  Ishmael RobertsIshmael Roberts was born 1750, Chatham, North Carolina, USA (son of Margaret Roberts); died 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: Native American
    • Tribe: Lumbee
    • Reference Number: 1723
    • Residence: 1765, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA
    • _MILT: Between 7 Jun 1777 and Jun 1778; Colonel Abraham Shepherd's Company at Head Quarters Valley Forge - Revolutionary War
    • Residence: 1780, North Carolina, USA; Dobbs County
    • Residence: 1782, North Carolina, USA; Dobbs County Early Tsx List,
    • Residence: 1790, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1800, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1810, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
    • Probate: 12 Jul 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA

    Notes:

    ROBERDS/ROBERTS In what may have been the first act of violence by a
    Lumbee Indian in current Robeson County, James Roberts shot James
    McCullam five times 29 Jan. 1754, in S1. Martin's Parish, Bladen County.
    The murder came to court I Feb. 1754 (Secretary of State, Committee of
    Claims, Coroner's Inquests, 1738-1775, SS 316, N.C. Archives). Reuben
    Roberts of Bladen sold two tracts of 310 acres north and northeast of
    Drowning Creek to Thomas Owen 6 July 1773 (Deed Book B, 29-30). He
    lived near Soloman James and Richard Smith. Ishmael Roberts, probably
    Lumbee, was living on Saddletree Swamp near Jacob Blount, Phillip Blount,
    Robert Willis, John Baggett and Thomas Ivey before 12 July 1788 (Deed
    Book A, 282-283). He bought 185 additional acres from Lewis Jenkins 15
    Oct. 1790 east of Saddletree Swamp (B, 166-168). He appears on Saddletree
    Swamp in the 1790 census. Ishmael patented 100 acres east of Raft Swamp
    adjacent to fellow Lumbee Thomas Jackson, Lewis and Edward Jenkins 26
    Nov. 1789 (B, 314, H, 109-110). Two Roberts families, Sampson and
    Etheldred, age 55-100, and both Mulatoe were in the 1830 census of
    Robeson. Several families named Roberts, all listed as mulatto, appear near
    each other in the 1850 census close to the Lumbee families of Hammonds,
    Revels, Briant, Jacobs and Chavis. All six families were listed as mulatoe.
    Roberts was listed as an Indian name in Lumberton e township in the 1870
    census of Robeson. The name was self-identified as Indian in the 1900
    Census of Robeson. One family was listed in the 1900 Indian Census
    Schedule in Robeson County. Lucy Roberts Harris, daughter of White Troy
    Roberts Jr. of Lumberton, came from an affluent family. Her brother, Larry
    Roberts, was a longtime police chief in Pembroke. Roberts was listed as
    Indian in the 1930 census of Pembroke Township. Death records show the
    Indian name of Roberts in 1916 in Lumberton and Pembroke townships.
    They were related to the Oxendine and Smith families. See Native Visions,
    Lumberton, N.C., August, 2005, for Lumberton family of Roberts. Cited at
    Deep Branch Cemetery and New Bethel Methodist Church cemetery,
    Fairmont, by Jane Blanks Barnhill, Sacred Grounds, 2007, a listing of 162
    Lumbee cemeteries of Robeson County.
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    Ishmael1 Roberts, born say 1755, was head of a Robeson County household of 10 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50], 15 in 1800 [NC:415], and 14 in Chatham County in 1810 [NC:195]. He received pay for Revolutionary War service from 3 June 1777 to 3 June 1778 as a private in Colonel Abraham Shepherd's Company. Colonel Shepherd gave him a certificate which stated that he was furloughed at Head Quarters Valley Forge to come home with me who was Inlisted in my Regement for the Term of three years - and Returned Home with me [NCGSJ XV:105]. He entered 100 acres in Robeson County on the north side of Saddle Tree Swamp on 5 September 1787, 100 acres on the north side of Five Mile Branch and 100 acres on the east side of Raft Swamp on 14 February 1788, and 100 acres on the west side of Five Mile Branch on 22 January 1793 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:7, 13, 70]. He sold land by deed proved in Robeson County on 5 January 1801 and purchased land by deed proved in Robeson County on 6 July 1803 [Minutes I:130, 256]. On 18 February 1804 he purchased two tracts of land in Chatham County, one of 250 acres on Bear and Bush Creeks for $450, a second of 100 acres on the waters of the Cape Fear River for $150, and he purchased a further 57 acres on Bush Creek for 75 pounds on 9 January 1805 [DB N:456, 437; M:641]. The sheriff sold 260 acres of this land on 12 February 1808 for a debt of about 16 pounds [DB P:118]. However, Ishmael repurchased this same 260 acre tract for about 17 pounds on 14 August 1811. And he purchased 102 acres on Little Lick Creek on 10 April 1818 [DB S:26; V:131]. On 8 and 12 February 1825 he sold (signing) most of his land to his sons: Richard, James, and Aaron [DB AB:166, 221; AA:275]. By his 12 July 1826 Chatham County will, he left his land on the west side of Bush Creek to his wife Silvey and then to his grandson Ishmael, oldest son of Zachariah. He also left one dollar to a list of persons, no relationship stated (who were identified as his children in his May 1829 Estate Papers), and he willed that his land where John Archie (Archer, his son-in-law) was living was to be sold and divided among his wife and a second list of persons (which included members of the first list), no relationship stated, and left $20 for the schooling of his grandson Thomas Roberts [CR 022.801.16]. When the will was offered for probate in the Tuesday, May 1827 session of the Chatham County court, the jury ruled that it was his will as regards his personal property but not as regards his real estate [Minutes 1822-27, n.p.]. A committee was appointed to settle the problem, and their report was recorded in the Monday, May 1828 session [Minutes 1828-33]. His estate papers listed seventeen persons and called them his children, but at least two of them, Ishmael and Elias, were probably his grandchildren [North Carolina Archives Estate Papers, Chatham County].

    Ishmael married Silvia. was born Abt 1760, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Silvia was born Abt 1760, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1724

    Children:
    1. Zachariah Roberts was born 1782.
    2. 6. Kinchen Roberts was born Abt 1785, Virginia, USA; died 30 Jun 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Mary Polly Roberts was born Abt 1790, North Carolina, USA; died 25 Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 1876, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Jonathan Roberts was born 1784, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Elizabeth Roberts was born 1788; died , USA.
    6. Benjamin F. Roberts was born 1792, North Carolina, USA; died 5 Jul 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Elias Roberts was born 1793, North Carolina, USA; died 31 Jul 1866, Orange, Indiana, USA.
    8. Aaron Roberts was born Abt 1794, North Carolina, USA; died , Washington, Owen, Indiana, USA.
    9. Margaret Roberts was born Bef 1800, Robeson, North Carolina, USA.
    10. Pardon Boin "Bowen" Roberts was born 1800, North Carolina, USA.
    11. James Roberts was born 1800, North Carolina, USA.
    12. Richard Roberts was born 1802, North Carolina, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    13. Delphy Roberts was born Abt 1807, North Carolina, USA.
    14. Ethelred Roberts was born Abt 1780, North Carolina, USA; died , Orange, Indiana, USA.
    15. Lewis Roberts died , USA.
    16. Rebecca Roberts died , USA.