Person Page - 2613

     Nellie V. Roberts lived in 1883 at Dent Co., Missouri, USA; per Roberts (1968, p. 255): "...under the guardianship of W. C. Tallent.."¹

     William L. Roberts lived in 1883 at Dent Co., Missouri, USA; per Roberts (1968, p. 255): "...under the guardianship of W. C. Tallent.."¹

     Callie L. McCarroll was born in February 1888 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     Callie L. McCarroll was listed as a resident in J. T. McCarroll and Elizabeth J. Brown's household in the census report on 29 June 1900 at District 10, Morgan Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 12, lines 67-72, dwelling 196, family 197

     Elizabeth J. Brown was born on 27 February 1871 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Aged 9 in 1800 census.^1,3,4 She married J. T. McCarroll on 10 July 1887 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation:
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.²
Elizabeth J. Brown died on 6 September 1911 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 40.⁴
Elizabeth J. Brown was buried after 6 September 1911 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Elizabeth J. Brown was listed as a resident in Margaret Gardner's household in the census report on 12 June 1880 at District 14, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 418C, lines 43-45, Dwelling 58, Family 58

Elizabeth J. Brown and J. T. McCarroll appeared in the census of 29 June 1900 at District 10, Morgan Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 12, lines 67-72, dwelling 196, family 197

Elizabeth J. Brown and J. T. McCarroll appeared in the census of 17 April 1920 at South Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 6-B, lines 57-64, dwelling 122, family 123
57 MCCARROLL, Tom Head M W 43 [1867] Maried 1x 23yrs TN TN TN Farmer
58 " , Lizzie Wife F W 39 [1871] Maried 1x 23yrs TN Germany TN
59 " , Emma Daughter F W 18 [1892] Single TN TN TN Basket Maker
60 " , Myrtle Daughter F W 16 [1894] Single TN TN TN Basket Maker
61 " , Earnest S M 11 [1899] Single TN TN TN Basket Maker
62 " , Elmer Son M W 8 [1902] TN TN TN
63 " , Roy Son M W 6 [1904] TN TN TN
64 " , Clay Son M W 1 7/12 [1908] TN TN TN.⁶

     Elijah Roberts was born at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹
Elijah Roberts died after 1858; per Roberts (1968, p. 258): "Elijah is listed among the heirs in the Court Settlement of the Elias Roberts estate in 1856-1858."¹

     Phebe Roberts was born at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹ She married John Nesmith on 2 January 1824.¹

Phebe Roberts died before 1854.¹

     John Nesmith was born at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹ He married Phebe Roberts, daughter of Elias Roberts and Rebecca Brashears, on 2 January 1824.¹

     Jane Erwin was born circa 1825 at Tennessee, USA; aged 25 in 1850 census.^1,2
     Jane Erwin was listed as a resident in William Erwin and Mary "Polly" Roberts's household in the census report on 12 November 1850 at District 14, Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA; [Note: On the same page as multiple ERWIN families]
p. 115A, lines 9-13, Dwelling 1602, Family 1602
     9 ERWIN, William 49 [1801] M $600 NC Pauper
     10 " , Mary 48 [1802] F TN Cannot read
     11 " , Jane 25 [1825] F TN Cannot read
     12 " , Rebecca 21 [1829] F TN
     13 " , William 12 [1838] M TN attending school.²

     Rebecca Erwin was born circa 1829 at Tennessee, USA; aged 21 in 1850 census.^1,2
     Rebecca Erwin was listed as a resident in William Erwin and Mary "Polly" Roberts's household in the census report on 12 November 1850 at District 14, Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA; [Note: On the same page as multiple ERWIN families]
p. 115A, lines 9-13, Dwelling 1602, Family 1602
     9 ERWIN, William 49 [1801] M $600 NC Pauper
     10 " , Mary 48 [1802] F TN Cannot read
     11 " , Jane 25 [1825] F TN Cannot read
     12 " , Rebecca 21 [1829] F TN
     13 " , William 12 [1838] M TN attending school.²

     William Erwin was born circa 1838 at Tennessee, USA; aged 12 in 1850 census.^1,2
     William Erwin was listed as a resident in William Erwin and Mary "Polly" Roberts's household in the census report on 12 November 1850 at District 14, Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA; [Note: On the same page as multiple ERWIN families]
p. 115A, lines 9-13, Dwelling 1602, Family 1602
     9 ERWIN, William 49 [1801] M $600 NC Pauper
     10 " , Mary 48 [1802] F TN Cannot read
     11 " , Jane 25 [1825] F TN Cannot read
     12 " , Rebecca 21 [1829] F TN
     13 " , William 12 [1838] M TN attending school.²

     Edward Cornell Roberts was born on 20 September 1729 at Merionethshire, Wales, England (now); Immigration record shows an Edward ROBERTS aged 25 in 1756 (i.e., born ca 1731).^2,1,6 He married Amanda Louise Barnes in 1752 at Pennsylvania, USA.^7,1,3,8

Edward Cornell Roberts died on 26 December 1789 at Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, USA, at age 60.^1,3
     He was Research Issues
We seem to have evidence of at least five Edward ROBERTS's who may be the same person or similarly named, but different people:

1. Patriarch Edward #78371 (1753-1789), father of Zaccheus #78372 (born in 1753 in PA), Elias #78210, and several other children, and who may have died in MI in 1789.
2. Quaker Edward: I have found four cases of notes in the Quaker Radnor Monthly Meeting records of an Edward ROBERTS in at least 1752 and 1759. However, Immigrant Edward (arriving in 1756), would not have been in at least the 1752 Quaker record. Radnor Monthly Meeting, est. in 1718, is in Delaware Co., PA, next to Chester Co., PA, and consistent with an immigrant arriving in MD.
3. Immigrant Edward: Patriarch Edward could have arrived in the Americas in 1756. The record is just a name and an approximate age, with no other information. However, this arrival date is inconsistent with his PA marriage in 1752 and the proposed DOB for his son Zaccheus (1753), supposedly born in PA.
4. Chester Co. Edward (1770) - from Ancestry’s reconstructed records: There is also the 1770 Chester Co. Edward ROBERTS, who might or might not have been a Quaker (there were many in Chester Co.)
5. Rev War Edward (ca 1776-80?) - This could be Immigrant Edward and/or Chester Co. Edward. It was probably not Quaker Edward. This could be a middle-aged Patriarch Edward #78371. If Patriarch Edward was at least 18 when he married in 1752, he would have been 42 in 1776 and, though a little old, fully eligible for militia service. It is also unlikely that the Quaker Edward was the same Edward who later served in the PA Milita during the Revolution. I had considerable luck researching another PA family line by finding more details regarding their PA militia service (units were often mostly recruited from one township) and the names of others serving concurrently in the same units. This might identify older sons serving with their father, or siblings and in-laws.

Looking at it chronologically for the known Edward Cornell ROBERTS #78371: GAV-5.

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U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Edward Roberts
Quaker Record #1:

Quaker Record #2:

Quaker Record #3:

Quaker Record #4:

Edward Cornell Roberts immigrated in 1756 to Frederick Co., Maryland, USA;
Edward Roberts in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Edward Cornell Roberts appeared in the census of 1770 at Concord Township, Chester Co. (now Delaware Co.), Pennsylvania, USA;
Edward Roberts in the U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
NB: I have no proof that this Chester Co., PA Edward ROBERTS was actually Edward ROBERTS #78371

Edward Cornell Roberts began military service circa 1776 at Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania, USA,
Edward Roberts in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783
There was an Edward ROBERTS in Chester Co., PA in a 1770 record, and there was an Edward ROBERTS in a PA militia unit in the Revolutionary War (two records attached), but I do not know if this was Edward Cornell ROBERTS #78371.
Record #1:
Record #2:
From Ancestry Source Description: If your ancestor was an associator, militiaman, or line trooper from Pennsylvania during the Revolution, you may find him in this database.^13,14

     Zaccheus Roberts was born on 12 May 1753 at Brownsville Township, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^4,5 He married Nancy Brashears, daughter of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, on 11 December 1788 at Pendleton Co., South Carolina, USA.^4,6,7

Zaccheus Roberts died on 29 December 1826 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 73.^4,5,7
Zaccheus Roberts was buried after 29 December 1826 at Roberts Cemetery, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      May 12, 1753, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Dec. 29, 1826, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Zaccheus Roberts was the son of Edward Roberts of Pennsylvania. His mother's name is unknown. Zaccheus was a Revolutionary War Soldier who fought in South Carolina in the war for American Independence. He was in the Battle of Fort Moultrie, the Battle of Hanging Rock and the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
     The pension application of Zaccheus's widow, Nancy Brashears Roberts states that he served under the following officers in the war: Capt. Eli Cashaw [Kershaw], Lt. Col. Mason [James Mayson] and Col. Thompson. Records for Capt. Kershaw and Lt. Col. Mason and Col. Thompson state that they were in the 3rd South Carolina Rangers.
     Family links: Parents: Edward Roberts (1729 - 1789)
     Spouse: Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)*
     Children:
      Brasher Roberts (1795 - 1862)*
      Nancy Roberts Nesmith (1800 - 1867)*
      Elizabeth Roberts Nesmith (1802 - ____)*
      Isaac Roberts (1812 - 1890)*
     Inscription: Pvt 3 SC Rangers Rev War
     Burial: Roberts Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: C. R. Lane
     Record added: Nov 29, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 62308835.⁵
     Zaccheus Roberts began military service between 1776 and 1783 Roberts (1968, pp. 262-263) quotes Nancy's 22 Sept 1848 pension application:
"a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Eli Cashaw, in the Regiment commanded by col. Thomason, Lt. Col. Mason, in March 1776, and was in the battle at Fort Moultrie .. the batle of Eutaw Springs and Hanging Rock..."

Nancy Roberts, widow of Zacheus
in the American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions

     Nancy Brashears was born on 11 May 1773 at Guilford, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.^1,2,3 She married Zaccheus Roberts, son of Edward Cornell Roberts and Amanda Louise Barnes, on 11 December 1788 at Pendleton Co., South Carolina, USA.^1,2,3

Nancy Brashears died on 12 July 1850 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 77.^1,2
Nancy Brashears was buried after 12 July 1850 at Roberts Cemetery, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      May 11, 1773, Guilford, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
     Death:      Jul. 12, 1850, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Nancy was the daughter of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks. She married Zaccheus Roberts December 11, 1788 in South Carolina.
     Nancy's known siblings are: Rebecca Brashears, who married Elias Roberts; Bazzell Brashears who married Margaret Horton and Mary "Polly" Brashears who married Daniel Mason.
     Family links: Parents:
      Robert Samuel Brashears (1731 - 1816)
      Phoebe Nicks Brashears (1738 - 1811)
     Spouse: Zaccheus Roberts (1753 - 1826)
     Children:
      Brasher Roberts (1795 - 1862)*
      Nancy Roberts Nesmith (1800 - 1867)*
      Elizabeth Roberts Nesmith (1802 - ____)*
      Isaac Roberts (1812 - 1890)*
     Siblings:
      Phillip Brashears (1755 - 1815)*
      Isaac Brashears (1760 - 1833)*
      Samuel Brashears (1763 - 1829)*
      Rebecca Brashears Roberts (1771 - 1859)*
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)
      Mary Brashear Mason (1776 - 1816)*
      Bassil Brashears (1781 - 1826)*
      Robert Samuel Roberts (1789 - 1873)*
     Burial: Roberts Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     *Cenotaph
     Created by: C. R. Lane
     Record added: Nov 29, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 62308868.²
     She was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^4,5,6,7

     Edward Roberts was born on 20 September 1789.¹
Edward Roberts died on 26 December 1789.¹

     Basil Roberts was born on 17 September 1790.¹
Basil Roberts died on 15 April 1795 at age 4.¹

     Zarubabel Roberts was born on 2 April 1792.¹
Zarubabel Roberts died on 12 April 1795 at age 3.¹

     Brashear Roberts was born on 19 February 1795.^1,2 He married Peggy L. Rogers on 11 September 1828.^1,2

Brashear Roberts died on 12 September 1862 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 67.^1,2
Brashear Roberts was buried after 12 September 1862 at Roberts Cemetery, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Feb. 19, 1795
     Death:      Sep. 12, 1862, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Brasher, who is believed to be more correctly known as Brashear(s), Roberts was born in Roane County, TN, the son of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears Roberts. His wife was Margaret L. "Peggy" Rogers whom he married September 11, 1828.
     Brashear served in the War of 1812 as a private in Captain C. Conway's Co., Chiles Battalion, of the Tennessee Mounted Gunmen.
     Family links: Parents:
      Zaccheus Roberts (1753 - 1826)
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)
     Spouse: Peggy L Rodgers Roberts (1802 - 1879)
     Children:
      Mary D Roberts Hagler (1832 - 1918)*
      Thomas L Roberts (1834 - 1916)*
     Siblings:
      Brasher Roberts (1795 - 1862)
      Nancy Roberts Nesmith (1800 - 1867)*
      Elizabeth Roberts Nesmith (1802 - ____)*
      Isaac Roberts (1812 - 1890)*
     Burial: Roberts Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: C. R. Lane
     Record added: Aug 29, 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial# 21234411.²
     Brashear Roberts was also known as Brashers Roberts.²

     Peggy L. Rogers was born on 2 March 1802.^1,2 She married Brashear Roberts, son of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears, on 11 September 1828.^1,3

Peggy L. Rogers died on 7 November 1879 at age 77; Roberts [1968:264] says d. 1880.^1,2
Peggy L. Rogers was buried after 7 November 1879 at Roberts Cemetery, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Mar. 2, 1802
     Death:      Nov. 7, 1879
     Margaret "Peggy" L. Rodgers married Brasher/Brashear Roberts September 11, 1828. She was the daughter of Thomas Rodgers and Mary Donelson (or Donaldson) Rodgers. She is the sister of Rebecca P. "Becca" Rodgers who is buried near her.
     Family links: Spouse: Brasher Roberts (1795 - 1862)*
     Children:
      Mary D Roberts Hagler (1832 - 1918)*
      Thomas L Roberts (1834 - 1916)*
     Burial: Roberts Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Maintained by: C. R. Lane
     Originally Created by: Louise (Bruman) Dice
     Record added: Oct 20, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 60372024.²
     Peggy L. Rogers was also known as Peggy L. Rodgers.²

     Robert Zaccheus Roberts was born on 28 May 1797.¹ He married Mary Moore on 3 November 1852.¹

Robert Zaccheus Roberts died on 29 April 1875 at age 77.¹

     Mary Moore died on 6 August.¹ She married Robert Zaccheus Roberts, son of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears, on 3 November 1852.¹

     Nancy Roberts was born on 1 May 1800 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.^1,2 She married Alexander Nesmith on 11 November 1823.^1,2

Nancy Roberts died circa 1867 at Alabama, USA.^1,2
Nancy Roberts was buried in 1867 at Nesmith Cemetery, Pumpkin Center, Morgan Co., Alabama, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      May 1, 1800, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Death:      1867, Alabama, USA
     Nancy was the daughter of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears Roberts of Roane County, TN. Her father was a Revolutionary War Soldier who fought in the Battles of Fort Moultrie, the Battle of Eutaw Springs and the Battle of Hanging Rock. He enlisted in March, 1776 and served until 1783. Nancy's mother was from an old and respected family of French Hugenots who fled France due to religious persecution.
     Nancy married Alexander Nesmith in Roane County, Tennessee November 11, 1823. She was Alexander's second wife. Nancy's sister, Elizabeth, married Alexander's son, Thomas, making Nancy her older sister's step mother-in-law. The Nesmith family came to North Alabama in the late 1820's or early 1830's. Isaac Roberts, the younger brother of Nancy and Elizabeth Roberts, followed in the early 1840's. Isaac married Elizabeth Dunaway. Elizabeth, Nancy and Isaac are the only three siblings of the eleven children of Zaccheus Roberts known to migrate to Alabama.
     The death date documented for Nancy Roberts Nesmith in the book "Roberts Families of Roane County Tennessee" by Snyder E. Roberts is approximated at the year 1867. Family history has long accepted that this abandoned cemetery is her resting place. This information has been handed down through several generations of the Roberts family. It is possible that Nancy's husband, Alexander Nesmith, is also buried in this cemetery but his burial here has not been substantiated.
     Family links: Parents:
      Zaccheus Roberts (1753 - 1826)
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)
     Spouse: Alexander Nesmith (1779 - ____)
     Children: Eliza NeSmith Watterson (1835 - 1923)*
     Siblings:
      Brasher Roberts (1795 - 1862)*
      Nancy Roberts Nesmith (1800 - 1867)
      Elizabeth Roberts Nesmith (1802 - ____)*
      Isaac Roberts (1812 - 1890)*
     Burial: Nesmith Cemetery, Pumpkin Center, Morgan County, Alabama, USA
     Created by: C. R. Lane
     Record added: Mar 20, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 35008997.²

     Alexander Nesmith was born on 23 February 1779.¹ He married Nancy Roberts, daughter of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears, on 11 November 1823.^1,2

Alexander Nesmith died in 1852.¹

     Elizabeth Roberts was born on 4 September 1802 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.^1,2 She married Thomas Nesmith on 29 November 1820 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.^1,2

Elizabeth Roberts was buried at Nesmith Cemetery, Pumpkin Center, Morgan Co., Alabama, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Sep. 4, 1802, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Death:      unknown
     Elizabeth was the daughter of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears Roberts of Roane County, TN. Her father was a Revolutionary War Soldier and her mother was from an old and prestigious family of French Hugenots who fled France and came to America because of religious persecution.
     Elizabeth married Thomas Nesmith November 29, 1820 in Roane County, TN. Her sister, Nancy Roberts, married Alexander Nesmith, the widowed father of Elizabeth's husband, Thomas. Elizabeth's brother was Isaac Roberts who married Elizabeth Dunaway. These three are the only known siblings to migrate to Alabama out of a family of eleven children born to Zaccheus and Nancy Roberts.
     Elizabeth Nesmith's death date is unknown, however, she was still living in the 1850 Morgan County census but has passed away by the 1860 census.
     Although no marker can be found for Mrs. Nesmith, her burial place has been accepted as this abandoned "lost" cemetery according to Roberts family information that has been handed down through the generations.
     Family links: Parents:
      Zaccheus Roberts (1753 - 1826)
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)
     Spouse: Thomas Nesmith (1802 - 1856)
     Children: Robert Burns Nesmith (1829 - 1863)*
     Siblings:
      Brasher Roberts (1795 - 1862)*
      Nancy Roberts Nesmith (1800 - 1867)*
      Elizabeth Roberts Nesmith (1802 - ____)
      Isaac Roberts (1812 - 1890)*
     Burial: Nesmith Cemetery, Pumpkin Center, Morgan County, Alabama, USA
     Created by: C. R. Lane
     Record added: Mar 18, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 34937308.²
Elizabeth Roberts died between 1850 and 1860 at Morgan Co., Alabama, USA.²

     Thomas Nesmith was born on 14 December 1802; Roberts [1968:264] says b. 1802.^1,2 He married Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears, on 29 November 1820 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.^1,3

Thomas Nesmith was buried in 1856 at Unknown location ; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Dec. 14, 1802
     Death:      1856
     Family links: Parents: Alexander Nesmith (1779 - ____)
     Spouse: Elizabeth Roberts Nesmith (1802 - ____)*
     Children: Robert Burns Nesmith (1829 - 1863)*
     Sibling:
      Thomas Nesmith (1802 - 1856)
      Eliza NeSmith Watterson (1835 - 1923)*
     Burial: Unknown
     Created by: C. R. Lane
     Record added: Apr 25, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 68911826.
Thomas Nesmith died in 1856.²

     James Roberts was born on 21 May 1805.¹

     Zedekiah Roberts was born on 29 October 1807.¹ He married Martha Barnett on 24 December 1829.¹

     Martha Barnett married Zedekiah Roberts, son of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears, on 24 December 1829.¹

     David F. Roberts was born on 17 July 1809.¹

     Isaac Roberts was born on 3 July 1812.¹ He married Elizabeth Liles on 28 February 1832.¹

     Elizabeth Liles was born in 1823.¹ She married Isaac Roberts, son of Zaccheus Roberts and Nancy Brashears, on 28 February 1832.¹