Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts

Male 1802 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name Richard Roberts  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1802  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1735 
    Residence 1840  Ripley, Rush, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Head of household of 5 "free colored" 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1735  Families

    Father Ishmael Roberts,   b. 1750, Chatham, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Silvia,   b. Abt 1760, Orange, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith Newsom,   b. North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Aaron Roberts,   b. 12 Jan 1834, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     2. James Roberts,   b. 28 May 1836, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1903, Perry, Lawrence, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F3039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1802 - North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Head of household of 5 "free colored" - 1840 - Ripley, Rush, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Richard3, born say 1802, purchased 100 acres in Chatham County on Bush Creek from his father for $400 on 8 February 1825 [DB AB:221]. The Thursday session of the August 1821 Chatham County court ordered him to support his child by Elleky Evans [Minutes 1805-10]. He married ___ Bird, 14 December 1827 Chatham County bond, John Archy bondsman. His wife was probably the daughter of Josiah Bird, head of a Chatham County household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:211]. He sold land by deed proved in Chatham County on Wednesday, May term, 1837 [Minutes 1833-41]. Richard may have been the Richard Roberts who was head of a Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana household of 5 "free colored" in 1840.

  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Eeron Roberts

    2. [S211] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Ripley, Rush, Indiana; Roll: 93; Page: 213; Image: 433; Family History Library Film: 0007729.
      Record for Richard Roberts

    3. [S237] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for James Roberts

    4. [S319] Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Knox County, Indiana; Index to Supplemental Record Marriage Transcript 1, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: H-44; Page: 290.
      Record for Aaron Roberts