Descendants of Samuel Mc Roberts

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  SAMUEL1 MC ROBERTS.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MC ROBERTS:

According to the book "The McRoberts of Kentucky" compiled by George C. McRoberts Samuel settled in Augusta County Virginia.  His home was on the South branch of the Catwaba River in May of 1756.  In 1770 he deeded his land to his son John McRoberts (McRoberts of Kentucky)

 

Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA

SECTION IV

 

Patrick Lockhart, George Rutledge, John Mills, Jr., William Calbert, Henry Smith, Edward Carbin, James Gaunt, Samuel McRoberts, Joseph Carrol, Thomas Peage, John Jones, Stephen Hoalston, Henry Walker, William Henry, John Burks, George Givens, Thomas Arbuckle, James Cloyd, David Lawrence, Isaac Lawrence, Patrick Lawrence, William Wills, John Fragor, James McCuown, and William Ross, 14 days each, 17 s. 6 d.

 

Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA

SECTION IV

 

21. 17. 6

 

 

 

War of 1812 Muster Rolls

 

Surname Given Name Middle Initial Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge MISC ROLL-BOX ROLL-EXCT

MCROBERTS SAMUEL  1 REG'T MOUNTED (FINLEY'S), OHIO MILITIA.  PRIVATE PRIVATE  141 602

MCROBERTS SAMUEL  2 REGIMENT (FERGUSON'S), OHIO MILITIA.  PRIVATE CORPORAL  141 602

MCROBERTS SAMUEL  4 REGIMENT (POGUE'S) KENTUCKY VOLS.  PRIVATE PRIVATE  141 602

 

 

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800

AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XII.

page 152

Page (472) Road surveyor: Thomas Rowland, vice Samuel McRoberts.

 

       

Children of SAMUEL MC ROBERTS are:

2.                i.    SAMUEL JR2 MC ROBERTS.

                  ii.    JOHN MC ROBERTS, b. Augusta County, Virginia; m. SARAH MCCLANACHAN, April 12, 1770.

 

Notes for JOHN MC ROBERTS:

According to Community Development in Botetourt County, 1770-1783, John Mcroberts was a militia officer in June 1774, rank second lieutenant on page 384.

 

In 1770, John Mcroberts was appointed Constable in the precincts in Botetourt County, Catawba Creek. (393)

 

"Community Development in Botetourt county, 1770-1783 Page 479 The Catawba Company of Militia, 1783.  Captain Robinson's Company included Alexander McRoberts, John McRoberts, and Samuel McRoberts Jr.

 

 

Notes for SARAH MCCLANACHAN:

p480 of Community Development in Bourtourt County, Marriages in the second Generation

 

 

More About SARAH MCCLANACHAN:

Fact 1: 1770, Marriage

 

Marriage Notes for JOHN MC ROBERTS and SARAH MCCLANACHAN:

Witnesses to their marriage were: William Mcroberts, Samuel Mcroberts, William Webb, and Samuel McClanahan.  Ceremony performed by William Preston. Source Botetourt County Marriages 1770-1853.

 

 

                 iii.    JANE MC ROBERTS, m. GABRIEL SMITHER, May 19, 1772.

3.              iv.    ALEXANDER MC ROBERTS, b. 1755, Augusta County, Virginia; d. 1804, Ross County, Ohio.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  SAMUEL JR2 MC ROBERTS (SAMUEL1).  He married MARGERY?.

 

More About SAMUEL JR MC ROBERTS:

Baptism: March 05, 1748/49, near Catalpa by Reverand John Craig, Pastor, Source Augusta County Virginia Baptismal Records

       

Children of SAMUEL MC ROBERTS and MARGERY? are:

                   i.    ALEXANDER3 MC ROBERTS.

4.               ii.    JAMES MC ROBERTS, b. Bet. 1760 - 1770, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

5.              iii.    JOHN MC ROBERTS, b. 1773, Fincastle in Botetourt, Virginia.

                 iv.    MARY MC ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1786; d. April 20, 1852, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society p.182.

6.               v.    WILLIAM MC ROBERTS, b. June 19, 1789, Botetourt, Virginia; d. October 17, 1860, Champaign Co., Ohio.

 

3.  ALEXANDER2 MC ROBERTS (SAMUEL1) was born 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died 1804 in Ross County, Ohio.  He married NANCY HIGHLAND May 04, 1784 in Botetourt County, Virginia.

 

Notes for ALEXANDER MC ROBERTS:

Came to Ross County from Kentucky in 1796, he was originally from Virginia.  He settled in Chillicothe.  He built a log cabin in Kentucky. The home was located on the northwest corner of Second and Mulberry Streets.

 

"He entered 300 acres of land  in the south part of section seven in the Springfield township."  This land was in Ohio were it is believed that he built one of the first frame houses in Ross County, Ohio.  He went for his family in Kentucky, he died in 1800.

 

Alexander served in the Revolutionary war from Bunker Hill until Yorktown.

(Bennett 331)

 

Revolutionary War Muster Rolls, 1775-83

Combined Matches: 1

Surname Given Name Middle Initial Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes ROLL-BOX ROLL-EXCT

MCROBERTS ALEXANDER    VOL   113

 

Database: Virginia Revolutionary War Records

Combined Matches: 1

Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA

SECTION 11 (17) [DOCUMENT NO. 43] (17) A LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE, AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE STATE NAVY, WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THE ARMY REGISTER, AND WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED BOUNTY LAND FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, RICHMOND, 1835. JOHN H. SMITH, COMR, &C. [The names in this Document have been rearranged alphabetically, separating the Navy--G. M. B.]

 

McRoberts, Alexander, Soldier, Inf

 

Marriage Notes for ALEXANDER MC ROBERTS and NANCY HIGHLAND:

Minister Edward Crawford, Presbyterian minister, witnessed by Davis May, clerk.  Source "Botetourt County Marriages, 1770-1853".

 

       

Children of ALEXANDER MC ROBERTS and NANCY HIGHLAND are:

                   i.    JOHN3 MC ROBERTS.

 

Notes for JOHN MC ROBERTS:

John was the last son home and succeeded upon his fathers death to the parental home.  He was the last McRoberts representative in Ross County. (Bennett 331)

 

 

                  ii.    ALEXANDER H. MC ROBERTS, d. 1853.

 

Notes for ALEXANDER H. MC ROBERTS:

The second son of Alexander was a justice of the piece in Springfield and dies in 1853. (Bennett 331)

 

 

 

7.              iii.    JANE MC ROBERTS, b. 1786, Kentucky; d. 1865, Ross County, Ohio.

8.              iv.    SAMUEL MC ROBERTS, b. 1789, Virgnia; d. 1858, Chillicothe, Ohio.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

4.  JAMES3 MC ROBERTS (SAMUEL JR2, SAMUEL1) was born Bet. 1760 - 1770 in Shenandoah County, Virginia1.  He married MOLLY KEENY.

       

Children of JAMES MC ROBERTS and MOLLY KEENY are:

                   i.    CATHERINE4 MC ROBERTS, b. Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. Randolph County, Missouri; m. HARTLEY FETTY, January 25, 1838.

                  ii.    JAMES JR. MC ROBERTS, b. Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; m. CATHERINE LOWER, December 26, 1833.

                 iii.    LEAH MC ROBERTS, b. Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM LOWER, November 02, 1829, Rush County, Indiana.

9.              iv.    MICHAEL MC ROBERTS, b. October 05, 1798, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. August 21, 1879, Linn County, Iowa.

10.             v.    SAMUEL MC ROBERTS, b. 1799, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. October 09, 1838, Rush County, Indiana.

                 vi.    MARY MC ROBERTS, b. 1801, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; m. JESIAH MCCLOURG, March 1825, Fleming County, Kentucky.

 

Marriage Notes for MARY MC ROBERTS and JESIAH MCCLOURG:

Court Records of Rush County Indiana 1822-1587 indicate divorce in 1832

 

 

                vii.    ANDREW MC ROBERTS, b. 1802, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. Ray County, Missouri; m. MARGARET COLLINS, March 02, 18292.

11.          viii.    WILLIAM R. MC ROBERTS, b. 1804, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky.

12.             ix.    PETER MC ROBERTS, b. January 10, 1804, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. December 24, 1879, Carroll Tp., Tama County, Missouri.

                   x.    NANCY MC ROBERTS, b. October 03, 1812, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. Putman County, Missouri; m. ELI HILLIGOSS, August 30, 1831, Rush County, Indiana.

13.             xi.    HENRY M. MC ROBERTS, b. July 11, 1819, Popular Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. March 08, 1884, Nodaway County, Missouri.

 

5.  JOHN3 MC ROBERTS (SAMUEL JR2, SAMUEL1)3 was born 1773 in Fincastle in Botetourt, Virginia.  He married EUNICE CRAWFORD4 August 06, 1793 in Fincastle in Botetourt, Virginia5, daughter of ANDREW CRAWFORD and MARGARET.

 

Notes for JOHN MC ROBERTS:

John McRoberts was a militia officer.  He was appointed second Lieutenant in June of 1774.

He came from "the old dominion" Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. He was a carpenter and a farmer (Johnson 1315)

 

 

Marriage Notes for JOHN MC ROBERTS and EUNICE CRAWFORD:

Married by Edward Crawford (Presbyterian, witnessed by Henry Bowyer, the clerk.  Source is Botetourt County Marriages 1770-1853

 

       

Children of JOHN MC ROBERTS and EUNICE CRAWFORD are:

                   i.    JOHN4 MC ROBERTS, JR.6.

14.             ii.    ALEXANDER MC ROBERTS, b. Kentucky; d. July 06, 1840, Fleming County, Kentucky.

                 iii.    JANE MC ROBERTS6, b. 1797; m. JOHN SWIM, October 08, 18187.

 

6.  WILLIAM3 MC ROBERTS (SAMUEL JR2, SAMUEL1) was born June 19, 1789 in Botetourt, Virginia, and died October 17, 1860 in Champaign Co., Ohio.  He married (1) MARY A..  He married (2) MARTHA IRBY WINN, daughter of JOHN WINN and MYTILLA.

 

More About WILLIAM MC ROBERTS:

Burial: Ridley Cemetary, south of Route 54 and North of Catawba source "Champaign County Cemetary Inscriptions of Pioneers before 1830"

       

Children of WILLIAM MC ROBERTS and MARTHA WINN are:

                   i.    JOHN WILLIAM4 MC ROBERTS, m. SARAH S. CALDWELL, August 26, 1834, Champaign County, Ohio.

 

Marriage Notes for JOHN MC ROBERTS and SARAH CALDWELL:

Champaign County, Ohio Marriage Records, 1805-1865, Vol 2 (Western Reserve Historical Society, 1940.

 

 

                  ii.    SAMUEL R. MC ROBERTS, d. January 16, 1852, Champaign County, Ohio; m. MARY B. WINN.

 

Notes for SAMUEL R. MC ROBERTS:

"Marriage and Death Notices from Champaign County Ohio Newspaper, 1825-1855.  Urban citizen Gazette p3."

 

 

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE or TERRITORY:  OH  COUNTY:  Champaign  DIVISION: Township of Urbana  REEL NO:  665  PAGE NO:  424b

REFERENCE:  Enumerated by Colin McDonald 18 August 1850

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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE SEX  RACE  OCCUP. VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB

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 2   146  147 Hefflebower    Catherine      17   F OH                      X

 3   146  147 Hefflebower    D P            15   M         Farmer OH                      X

 4   146  147 Hefflebower    Sarah E        13   F OH                      X

 5   146  147 Hefflebower    Abram          10   M OH                      X

 6   146  147 Hefflebower    Adam           7    M OH                      X

 7   146  147 Hefflebower    Elizabeth      19   F VA

 8   147  148 Whorton        William        40   M         Clothier 900       MD

 9   147  148 Whorton        Margaret       38   F MD

 10  147  148 Whorton        E A            14   F OH                      X

 11  147  148 Whorton        Charles V      17   M OH                      X

 12  147  148 Whorton        Sarah J        16   F OH                      X

 13  147  148 Whorton        Martha         9    F OH                      X

 14  147  148 Whorton        Ann Bell       7    F OH                      X

 15  147  148 Whorton        William H      5    M OH

 16  147  148 Whorton        Margaret E     3    F OH

 17  148  149 Marks          Samuel         42   M         Shoemaker PA

 18  148  149 Marks          Mary           47   F PA

 19  148  149 Marks          John           21   M         Shoemaker PA

 20  148  149 Marks          Charles        20   M         Tailor PA

 21  148  149 Marks          Lydia A        18   F PA

 22  148  149 Marks          Wm H           15   M         Shoemaker PA

 23  148  149 Marks          Mary J         13   F PA

 24  149  150 Roland         Mary           53   F 5,000     MD

 25  149  150 Roland         John           22   M         Farme VA

 26  149  150 Roland         Mary           20   F VA

 27  150  151 McRoberts      Samuel         35   M         Farmer 3,000     OH

 28  150  151 McRoberts      Mary           32   F VA

 29  150  151 McRoberts      Willliam C     11   M OH                      X

 30  150  151 McRoberts      Mary E         9    F OH                      X

 31  150  151 McRoberts      Uriah S        7    M OH                      X

 32  150  151 McRoberts      Martha J       5    F OH

 33  150  151 McRoberts      John W         7/12 M OH

 34  151  152 McCrary        John           44   M    M    Farmer 3,000     PA

 35  151  152 McCrary        Mary J         34   F MD

 36  151  152 McCrary        Sarah V        11   F OH

 37  151  152 McCrary        Mary J         8    F OH

 38  151  152 McCrary        Eunice D       6    F OH

 39  151  152 McCrary        William H      4    M OH

 40  151  152 Ridgley        Jacob          25   M         Laborer MD

 41  151  152 Chatton        John           13   M OH

 

 

 

 

Notes for MARY B. WINN:

 

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE or TERRITORY:  OH  COUNTY:  Champaign  DIVISION: Township of Urbana  REEL NO:  665  PAGE NO:  424b

REFERENCE:  Enumerated by Colin McDonald 18 August 1850

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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE SEX  RACE  OCCUP. VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB

========================================================================== ===============================================

 2   146  147 Hefflebower    Catherine      17   F OH                      X

 3   146  147 Hefflebower    D P            15   M         Farmer OH                      X

 4   146  147 Hefflebower    Sarah E        13   F OH                      X

 5   146  147 Hefflebower    Abram          10   M OH                      X

 6   146  147 Hefflebower    Adam           7    M OH                      X

 7   146  147 Hefflebower    Elizabeth      19   F VA

 8   147  148 Whorton        William        40   M         Clothier 900       MD

 9   147  148 Whorton        Margaret       38   F MD

 10  147  148 Whorton        E A            14   F OH                      X

 11  147  148 Whorton        Charles V      17   M OH                      X

 12  147  148 Whorton        Sarah J        16   F OH                      X

 13  147  148 Whorton        Martha         9    F OH                      X

 14  147  148 Whorton        Ann Bell       7    F OH                      X

 15  147  148 Whorton        William H      5    M OH

 16  147  148 Whorton        Margaret E     3    F OH

 17  148  149 Marks          Samuel         42   M         Shoemaker PA

 18  148  149 Marks          Mary           47   F PA

 19  148  149 Marks          John           21   M         Shoemaker PA

 20  148  149 Marks          Charles        20   M         Tailor PA

 21  148  149 Marks          Lydia A        18   F PA

 22  148  149 Marks          Wm H           15   M         Shoemaker PA

 23  148  149 Marks          Mary J         13   F PA

 24  149  150 Roland         Mary           53   F 5,000     MD

 25  149  150 Roland         John           22   M         Farme VA

 26  149  150 Roland         Mary           20   F VA

 27  150  151 McRoberts      Samuel         35   M         Farmer 3,000     OH

 28  150  151 McRoberts      Mary           32   F VA

 29  150  151 McRoberts      Willliam C     11   M OH                      X

 30  150  151 McRoberts      Mary E         9    F OH                      X

 31  150  151 McRoberts      Uriah S        7    M OH                      X

 32  150  151 McRoberts      Martha J       5    F OH

 33  150  151 McRoberts      John W         7/12 M OH

 34  151  152 McCrary        John           44   M    M    Farmer 3,000     PA

 35  151  152 McCrary        Mary J         34   F MD

 36  151  152 McCrary        Sarah V        11   F OH

 37  151  152 McCrary        Mary J         8    F OH

 38  151  152 McCrary        Eunice D       6    F OH

 39  151  152 McCrary        William H      4    M OH

 40  151  152 Ridgley        Jacob          25   M         Laborer MD

 41  151  152 Chatton        John           13   M OH

 

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE or TERRITORY:  OH  COUNTY:  Champaign  DIVISION: Township of Urbana  REEL NO:  665  PAGE NO:  425a

REFERENCE:  Enumerated by Colin McDonald  18 August 1850

 

 

                 iii.    CYNTHIA MC ROBERTS, m. HENRY MARTIN, December 18, 1823, Champaign County, Ohio.

 

More About CYNTHIA MC ROBERTS:

Baptism: March 05, 1748/49, near Catalpa by Reverand John Craig, Pastor, Source Augusta County Virginia Baptismal Records

 

Marriage Notes for CYNTHIA MC ROBERTS and HENRY MARTIN:

Champaign County, Ohio Marriage Records, 1805-1865, Vol 2 (Western Reserve Historical Society, 1940.

 

 

15.            iv.    SUSANNAH IRBY MC ROBERTS, d. May 02, 1849, History of Champaign County, Ohio.

                  v.    MARY ANN M