James Robertson (7 Jul 1797-1 Jun 1864) — m. Mahala Everett on 16 Jun 1814; m. Elizabeth Luttrell on 31 Dec 1819
Elizabeth (~1800-????) — m. James Everett on 5 May 1825
William Eli (11 Jan 1800-????) — m. Martha Sample on 4 Mar 1819
Josiah (4 Jan or 1 Apr 1802-13 Sep 1871) — m. Mary “Polly” Stone on 25 Dec 1823
Moses (21 Feb 1806-~1880) — m. Mary Ann Kyle on 3 Feb 1830
Benjamin Franklin (9 Dec 1808-31 Jan 1893) — m. Mary “Polly” Berry on 3 Jul 1827; m. Ann Iva Rimmer on 29 Dec 1842
Zachariah (2 May 1811-18??) — m. Naomi McKinney about 1830
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” (1814-1892) — m. James F. Guinn on 10 Jun 1829
Nancy C. (27 Aug 1817-????)
Jacob was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania to Patrick James Roberts (Mar 1740-????) and Rachel Barrie (1742-1773), who married about 1762.
Patsy was born in Amherst County, Virginia, to Josiah Dodd, Sr. (1740-1808) and Mary “Polly” Luttrell (1757-15 Dec 1809). The family later settled in Knox County, Tennessee.
Jacob and Patsy married on 8 Jan 1796 in Amherst County, Virginia, where she was from.
They moved to Knox County, Tennessee around the turn of the century. Their son Moses was born in Knoxville in 1806.
Jacob died in 1825 in Knox County. Patsy died in 1846. She’s reportedly buried in Roberts Cemetery in North Knoxville, but nobody seems to know where that cemetery is.
James, born in his mother’s home county of Amherst County, Virginia, married Mahala Everett on 16 Jun 1814 in Knox County. I don’t know whether they had children. He married Elizabeth Luttrell (4 Nov 1793-20 Jan 1887) from Virginia, probably a cousin, on 31 Dec 1819. The family remained in Knox County. Known children with Elizabeth:
William McKendree (Nov 1819-190x) — m. Darthula Caroline Smith on 25 Feb 1852
Malinda Jane (2 Jul 1821-6 Oct 1913) — m. John Smith Bell on 21 Jan 1848
James Madison (25 Apr 1823-10 Jul 1907) — m. Margaret J. May on 25 May 1865
John Marshall (6 Jan 1825-31 Jan 1880) — m. Margaret Ann Dowlen
Martha E. (1827-25 Apr 1915) — never married
Milton Young (Aug 1828-1919) — m. Elizabeth M. Fox on 8 Sep 1855; m. Eliza L. Wooten on 10 Aug 1885
Tilitha Caroline (~1830-????) — poss. m. Owen ?Garanto? on 12 May 1853
Elbert Sevier (1832-????)
Andrew L. (1834-????)
The 1840 census showed the family as a couple in their 40s with a man in his twenties, two boys and a girl age 15-19, two girls and a boy age 10-14, two boys age 5-9, and a boy under 5. By 1860, the only children remaining were Martha, Caroline, and Elbert, all the women were lying about their ages, and they had a probable grandson named Pethway (6). James reportedly died in 1864.
In 1880, Elizabeth was living with her daughter Martha and grandson Charles. She reportedly died in 1887 at Beaver Creek, Knox County.
Elizabeth married James Everett (~1804-????) from Virginia, a brother to her brother James’s first wife, on 5 May 1825 in Knox County. They had at least four children:
Jacob W. (~1826-????)
Zachariah (~1827-~1870) — m. Cena Malinda McBride about 1847
Joseph (~1827-????)
Louisa (~1831-????)
The 1830 census for Knox County listed the household of James Everett as a man in his twenties, a woman in her thirties, a boy under 10, and a boy under 5. The 1840 Tennessee census listed three families that might have been them, but the most probable is the one in Monroe County: a man in his thirties, a woman in her forties, two boys and a girl under 15, and a boy under 10. That almost matches the four claimed children, and almost agrees with the 1830 census.
In 1860, Elizabeth (60) and James (56) were living in Bradley County, with no children left at home. No trace of them thereafter. At least one of their sons moved to Illinois.
William, born in Tennessee, married Martha Sample (~1802-????) on 4 Mar 1819 in Knox County. They had at least one child:
William A. (~1823-185x) — m. Virenia ??? in 184x
The 1850 census of Knox County showed William (58) with wife Martha (48) and a girl named Nancy A. Mason (30 Apr 1840-8 Mar 1885), who married George W. Davis in 1864. Don’t know what her connection to them was. Their son William A. was living next door with his wife and 4-month old daughter Martha.
The 1860 census of Sevier County showed William (68) with wife Martha (58) and orphaned grand-daughter Martha Caroline “Mattie” Roberts (Jul 1850-9 Apr 1924), who married Porter L. Carmichael in 1867. There are no definite records for William after 1860.
Josiah, named for his maternal grandfather, was a Methodist preacher. He married Mary “Polly” Stone (~1802-????) from North Carolina on 25 Dec 1823 in Blount County, Tennessee. Known children:
Elbert F. Sevier (1827-1900) — m. Mary “Fannie” Moses about 1857
John W. D. (~1830-????) — m. Martha V. Cole on 9 Jan 1860
Wilkinson T. S. (~1832-????)
Narcissa K. Lee (~1844-1871) — m. James Matthew Jones on 15 or 31 July 1861
Leonora M. Caroline (~1846-????) — m. John F. Burt on 17 Feb 1870
The family moved to Georgia about 1830 or 1831; to Itawamba County, Mississippi by 1844, where the 1850 census listed them as slave-owners; and to Pleasant Ridge Township, Fulton County, Arkansas by 1860.
The 1870 census showed Josiah and Mary living in Gainesboro Township, Independence County, Arkansas. Josiah died in 1871, and is buried in Campground Cemetery, Bethesda, Independence County.
Moses has his own entry in the family tree.
Benjamin’s first wife was Mary “Polly” Berry, whom he married in 1827. They lived in Knox County, Tennessee. Their children:
Patrick Nelson (1 May 1829-????) — m. Mary J. Martin on 28 Oct 1848; m. Sarah A. Duckett on 17 Jun 1866
Sarah Elizabeth (28 Mar 1830-11 Jan 1901) — m. Oliver P. Runyan
Cynthia Catherine (10 Apr 1832-6 Jul 1918) — m. William D. Brown on 2 Jul 1850
Martha E. (28 Aug 1834-5 May 1898)
Mahala Almeda (1 Feb 1837-5 Oct 1903) — m. James Albert Brooks
Jacob Newton (1839-????) — m. Ellen G. A. Davidson on 14 Oct 1860
On 29 Dec 1842, Benjamin married Ann Iva “Anivy” Rimmer (1823-1905) from North or South Carolina. There are several alternate transcriptions of her surname, including Reimus, Reiman, Remmus, and Risner. Their children:
John Wesley (30 Nov 1844-5 Feb 1924) — m. Ella or Elen Virtue on 15 Feb 1866; m. Eliza Ann McReady about 1886
James Benjamin (1844-1844)
Josiah Lawson (1846-1846)
William Ellis (28 Nov 1848-11 Mar 1925) — m. Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Bettis on 1 Nov 1866
Morton Alexander Peter (1 Mar 1850-30 Mar 1933) — m. Clara Lee Bell
Mary Jane (1852-????)
Harriet Malinda “Hattie” (1854-188x) — m. Nealus S. Brown Hammond on 1 Feb 1874
Elijah Huston (1856-1856)
On 12 Sep 1854, Benjamin was appointed postmaster of Thorn Grove, Knox County. Between 1860 and 1870, Benjamin and Ann Ivy moved a short distance east to Jefferson County, Tennessee, where about 1870 Benjamin was a dry-goods merchant in the town of Kansas. Benjamin died there in 1893. He is buried in Balch Cemetery, Jefferson County. Anivy died in 1905, and is buried with him.
Zachariah married Naomi McKinney (~1808-18xx) from North Carolina about 1830. They lit out for Alabama, where their second and third children were born, and then Texas, where the 1850 and 1860 census records found them. Known children:
Martha Adeline (1831-????)
Mary Ann (1834-????)
Charles Whitfield (1836-????) — m. Delila Fair Adamson about 1856
M. (1843-????)
Harriet “Hattie” (1848-????) — m. James M. Wright on 4 Oct 1865
No trace of Zachariah or Naomi after 1860. The 1870 census showed Mary Ann and her married sister Harriet living in Collin County, Texas. The 1880 census showed Charles, a widower, living with his children and his sister Mary Ann in Dallas, and Harriet, also widowed, in the same area. I can’t find any of them after 1880, although some descendants later moved to California.
Sally married James F. Guinn (~1801-186x) in 1829. They lived in Knox County. Children:
Martha (1830-????)
William W. (10 Nov 1833-9 Feb 1911) — m. Clementine Kinser
Horace M. (1836-after 1880) — m. Sarah A. Gaines in 185x
Mary Ann (1838-18 Aug 1896) — m. Richard Sarenden Shelton on 5 Apr 1859
Nancy (1841-????) — m. William Davis
Catharine (1844-????)
Hugh (1846-?7 Mar 1865?)
Margaret Elizabeth (19 May 1849-1 Jul 1930) — m. Nicholas Woodfin Moody about 1871
John Adam (5 Oct 1853-17 Mar 1908) — m. Sarah Jane Rymer about 1876
James Howard (7 Jul 1859-19 Mar 1942) — m. Mary Julia Boyd about 1880; m. Callie Graham on 12 May 1889; m. Laura Norman on 5 Feb 1921
James died in the 1860s. A man with details matching son Hugh died in 1865 while serving with the 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, a Union regiment. By 1870, Sally was living in Polk County with just her three youngest. By 1880 she was in Grainger County with just son James. She reportedly died in 1892.
No information
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crystal/desc/rd.htm -- Detailed Dodd-Roberts lineage
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crystal/direct/1130.htm -- Jacob
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ARIZARD/2007-10/1192070481 -- Roberts lineage
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ARIZARD/2007-10/1192134522 -- Ditto
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/roberts/2769/ -- Ditto
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/jacob-roberts_1893295 -- Jacob
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/roberts/9124/ -- Patsy
https://www.geni.com/people/no-name/6000000000435339391 -- Jacob, with links
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/history/oregon_trail/b1.htm -- Family of William’s wife
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDN-CDW -- 1796 wedding
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VND8-DFD -- 1814 wedding of James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ43-LZ7 -- 1819 wedding of James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ43-LM6 -- 1819 wedding of William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN4G-Z6G -- 1823 wedding of Josiah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ44-MNY -- 1825 wedding of Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ44-F4W -- 1829 wedding of Sally
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1N-W5S -- 1830 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-V2S -- 1830 census, Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-S9Y -- 1840 census, James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-4CY -- 1840 census, prob. Elizabeth in Monroe County
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ44-HZ7 -- 1842 wedding registration of Benjamin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDL-ZWM -- 1850 census, James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LZ-V46 -- 1850 census, Josiah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-VFV -- 1850 census, Benjamin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDK-YLP -- 1850 census, Sally
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-T2S -- 1850 census, William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-87N -- 1850 census, Zachariah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDR-XGR -- 1850 census, Elizabeth’s son Zachariah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-T27 -- 1850 census, William’s son William A.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-GV2 -- 1850 census, Benjamin’s son Patrick
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4H-4ZK -- 1852 wedding of James’s son William M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQD-6MT -- 1855 wedding of James’s son Milton
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TG-RCD -- 1860 census, James
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-RTR -- 1860 census, prob. Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W9-MPM -- 1860 census, Josiah (as “Joseph”)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TP-NS5 -- 1860 census, Benjamin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TV-Q74 -- 1860 census, William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFX-CJ1 -- 1860 census, Zachariah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-RNP -- 1860 census, Sally
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TP-SY5 -- 1860 census, James’s son William M.; Charles might be a nephew
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-TZ7 -- 1860 census, Benjamin’s son Patrick
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TP-MJC -- 1860 census, prob. James’s son James M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N995-X65 -- 1860 wedding of Josiah’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCN-4T3 -- 1864 wedding of William’s grand-daughter Nancy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4Q-VW1 -- 1865 wedding of prob. James’s son James M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-HNQ -- 1865 wedding of Zachariah’s daughter Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-5Y74 -- 1867 wedding of William’s grand-daughter Martha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC7-6LC -- 1870 census, Josiah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDH-B2B -- 1870 census, Benjamin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZB-7P8 -- 1870 census, Sally
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDZ-H5B -- 1870 census, James’s son Milton
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDC-7WS -- 1870 census, Benjamin’s son John W.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8J-66P -- 1870 census, Benjamin’s son Patrick
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGG-25J -- 1870 census, Zachariah’s daughters Harriet & Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDZ-SX9 -- 1870 census, William’s grand-daughter Nancy
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17094455 -- 1871 grave of Josiah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7K-SWD -- 1880 census, Benjamin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWQ-3B5 -- 1880 census, Sally
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-5MG -- 1880 census, James's daughter Martha and widow Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-8NT -- 1880 census, William’s grand-daughter Nancy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-TWQ -- 1880 census, prob. James’s son James M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JJ-DBZ -- 1880 census, Josiah’s son E. F. S.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNS-NF2 -- 1880 census, Zachariah’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNS-NF1 -- 1880 census, Zachariah’s daughter Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7V-88H -- 1880 census, Benjamin’s son Patrick
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW2-8Q1 -- 1880 census, Benjamin’s son Jacob
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5HN-H26 -- 1885 wedding of James’s son Milton
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69295504 -- 1885 grave of William’s grand-daughter Nancy
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10672423/benjamin-franklin-roberts -- 1893 grave of Benjamin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCX-DGG -- 1900 census, James’s son Milton
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDQ-TG1 -- 1900 census, James’s son William M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSD7-858 -- 1900 census, James's daughter Martha
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16806465 -- 1900 grave of Josiah’s son E. F. S.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC8-YFB -- 1900 census, widow and daughters of Josiah’s son E. F. S.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42623081 -- 1907 grave of prob. James’s son James M.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGN5-NBX -- 1910 census, James's daughter Martha
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50446570/malinda-j-bell -- 1913 grave of James’s daughter Malinda
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142182742/darthula-caroline-roberts -- 1915 grave of William M.’s wife
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9PF-FZ8 -- 1915 death of James’s daughter Martha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCM-1573 -- 1924 death of William’s grand-daughter Martha
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25550222 -- 1924 grave of William’s grand-daughter Martha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSXP-QMR -- 1925 death of Benjamin’s son William
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39692893 -- 1928 grave of the widow of Benjamin’s son Patrick
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYC-KFJ -- 1850 census, poss. Elizabeth’s son Jacob
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4Q-42D -- 1853 wedding of poss. James’s daughter Tilitha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-RTR -- 1860 census, poss. Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-TB7 -- 1860 census, poss. Elizabeth’s son Jacob
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2971919/william-roberts -- 1864 grave in Knoxville
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207101323/hugh-guinn -- 1865 grave of poss. Sally’s son Hugh
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJT-KXX -- 1880 census, maybe Elizabeth’s son Jacob
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S3-GYM -- 1890 veterans census, maybe William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S3-G2L -- 1890 veterans census, also maybe William
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2324054/roberts-cemetery -- Roberts Cemetery, allegedly in North Knoxville; unlocated, poss. not related
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8G-QQC -- 1870 census, NOT Elizabeth