James ROBERTSON^[1]

1742 - 1814  (72 years)

• Name	James ROBERTSON
  Birth	28 Jun 1742	Brunswick County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	B7C4BE157EF74468910C184C6E09FCB99CA2
  Death	1 Sep 1814	Chickasaw Agency, Tennessee
  Burial	Nashville "Old City" Cemetery
  Person ID	I32389	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2000

  
  

  Father	John ROBERTSON, Sr.,   b. near Belfast, Ireland d. Bef 1776, Wake County, North Carolina
  Mother	Mary GOWER,   b. Abt 1722, Virginia or Scotland d. Bef 1776, Wake Co., North Carolina (Age < 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1741	Brunswick Co., Virginia
  _UID	BC668B3A056B478BB057263B7A78E565CD2F
  _UID	BC668B3A056B478BB057263B7A78E565CD2F
  Family ID	F25770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte REEVES,   b. 2 Jan 1751, North Carolina d. 11 Jun 1843, Nashville, Tennessee (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1768	Wake County, North Carolina
  _UID	988439FF728D4667A5498BFD2FACD29FC26C
  _UID	988439FF728D4667A5498BFD2FACD29FC26C
  Notes	Married in North Carolina (part which in 1770 became Wake Co.). Married in North Carolina (part which in 1770 became Wake Co.).
  Children	1. Delilah ROBERTSON,   b. 30 Nov 1773, Watauga settlement d. Aft 1854, probably Cannan Co., Tennessee (Age > 82 years)   2. Felix ROBERTSON, Sr.,   b. 11 Jan 1781, Nashville, Tennessee d. 10 Jul 1865 (Age 84 years)   3. Jonathan Friar ROBERTSON, Sr.,   b. 13 Jun 1769, Wake, North Carolina d. 14 Oct 1814, near Nashville, Tennessee (Age 45 years)   4. James Randolph ROBERTSON,   b. 11 Dec 1771, Watauga settlement d. 11 Dec 1793, Nashville, Tennessee (Age 22 years)   5. Peyton Henderson ROBERTSON,   b. 22 Nov 1775   d. Mar 1788, near Nashville, Tennessee (Age 12 years)   6. Charlotte ROBERTSON,   b. 11 Jul 1778   7. Charlotte Washington ROBERTSON,   b. 11 Mar 1783, Nashville, Tennessee d. Aft 1854, probably near Hickman Co., Tennessee (Age > 72 years)   8. William Blount ROBERTSON, Sr.,   b. 15 Jun 1785   d. 23 Oct 1837, Iberville Parish, Louisiana (Age 52 years)   9. Peyton ROBERTSON,   b. 8 Dec 1787, Nashville, Tennessee   10. Lavinia ROBERTSON,   b. 23 Feb 1790   d. 31 Dec 1866 (Age 76 years)   11. John McNairy ROBERTSON,   b. 26 Apr 1792   d. Aft 1854, probably Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Age > 63 years)
  Family ID	F26083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  General James Robertson was a famous man in his time and for several generations after. His story comprises several pages in the following book. Founder of Nashville,, Tennessee. "Kinfolks" by William Curry Harllee p. 2493-2548, 2570, 2597, 2610, 2627. Robertson, James: age, 32; rank, private; of Tennessee, came to Texas from Louisiana. Rhonda Cluck eeyorslatigo@yahoo.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S217] jenmend.ged.