Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Roberson500
Birth7 Nov 1759, Bedford County, VA500
Death20 Jan 1816, Bledsoe County, TN500
FatherJames Roberson (~1737-~1829)
MotherMary Fuqua (~1740-)
Notes for William Roberson
William was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served with the troop from Washington County, VA. under Col. Isaac Shelby. He was in South Carolina at the taking of Thicketty Ford and the battle of Blackstocks. His name is recorded as a private under Col. William Campbell at the battle of King's mountain.
He assisted in the erection of Fort Hamblin in Washington County, VA. in 1776 and in 1783 helped to defend it against Indians.
He moved to Tennessee and in1798 was living in Knox county.
Anderson County was formed in 1801, and William was one of the commissioners appointed to locate the county seat. They were instructed to locate it as near the Clinch River on the north side as circumstances would permit between Island Ford and Samuel Worthington's. William owned a farm on Clinch River which he sold to Jacob Polk on 12 6 1806.
On 11 30 1808 Bledsoe County was created. The commissioners for the county as given in book A, page 403, are John Anderson, John Narramore, John Tollett, Michael Rawlins, William Roberson, James Standifer, and Thomas Coulter.
On May 3 1808, Wiliam Roberson appears on the records of Bledsoe Co. in company with Samuel Smith and Joseph Hoge, buying 4998 acres of land on "Crow Creek, being part of lot 10."
Both William and his eldest son James fought under Andrew Jackson in the war of 1812.
In the commissioner's book of Bledsoe County, 1807-1815, page 300, it appears that William Rainey was commissioned Captain, Joseph Hoge, Lt. and William Roberson ensign; in a volunteer company composed of men not subject to military service in the county of Bledsoe, 5 3 1813.
Source for these notes is DAR, Penelope Johnson Allen.
Many of the above mentioned names of founding families in east Tennessee feature prominently in the marriages of Roberson descendands, including Worthington, Anderson, Coulter, Standifer, etc.500
He assisted in the erection of Fort Hamblin in Washington County, VA. in 1776 and in 1783 helped to defend it against Indians.
He moved to Tennessee and in1798 was living in Knox county.
Anderson County was formed in 1801, and William was one of the commissioners appointed to locate the county seat. They were instructed to locate it as near the Clinch River on the north side as circumstances would permit between Island Ford and Samuel Worthington's. William owned a farm on Clinch River which he sold to Jacob Polk on 12 6 1806.
On 11 30 1808 Bledsoe County was created. The commissioners for the county as given in book A, page 403, are John Anderson, John Narramore, John Tollett, Michael Rawlins, William Roberson, James Standifer, and Thomas Coulter.
On May 3 1808, Wiliam Roberson appears on the records of Bledsoe Co. in company with Samuel Smith and Joseph Hoge, buying 4998 acres of land on "Crow Creek, being part of lot 10."
Both William and his eldest son James fought under Andrew Jackson in the war of 1812.
In the commissioner's book of Bledsoe County, 1807-1815, page 300, it appears that William Rainey was commissioned Captain, Joseph Hoge, Lt. and William Roberson ensign; in a volunteer company composed of men not subject to military service in the county of Bledsoe, 5 3 1813.
Source for these notes is DAR, Penelope Johnson Allen.
Many of the above mentioned names of founding families in east Tennessee feature prominently in the marriages of Roberson descendands, including Worthington, Anderson, Coulter, Standifer, etc.500