Descendants of Absalom Roberts, Sr

 

Generation No. 1

1. ABSALOM1 ROBERTS, SR died in lexington county, Leesville SC. He married ELIZABETH. She died 1827.

Notes for ABSALOM ROBERTS, SR:

Banks located on same road, came from VA Big Hollow Creek- Land, was neighbor to Nicholas Vansant. This information was provided by Francis Banks Storey.

More About ABSALOM ROBERTS, SR:

Burial: devils backbone road Roberts Cemetery Cedar Grove Church

Children of ABSALOM ROBERTS and ELIZABETH are:

2. i. WILLIAM2 ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1776; d. 1828, Fayetteville, Georgia.

ii. ABSOLOM ROBERTS, JR., b. February 10, 1781, VA; d. December 12, 1856, Mississippii; m. COFFMAN.

Notes for ABSOLOM ROBERTS, JR.:

Lex 1788.

iii. ASEL ROBERTS, m. ELIZABETH CAUFFMAN.

iv. NOAH ROBERTS, b. March 18, 1808; d. March 18, 1860.

v. MOSES SUMMERS ROBERTS, m. LOUISA EMERLIN BERRICK.

vi. ELIZABETH ROBERTS, m. GIGER.

 

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM2 ROBERTS (ABSALOM1)1 was born Abt. 17761, and died 1828 in Fayetteville, Georgia. He married HANA VANSANT1 June 17, 18041, daughter of NICHOLAS VANSANT and NANCY HILLER.

Notes for WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Owned Starr's Mill April 26, 1828 to April 28, 1828.

Blown out of a well and was blind until death

Notes for HANA VANSANT:

She and her family were one of Coweta Co's early settlers.

She was probably buried in Elmore Cemetery on Rockaway Road in Senoia, Goergia.

More About HANA VANSANT:

Burial: Probably Buried in Elmore Cemetery in Senoia GA or Rockway Road.

Children of WILLIAM ROBERTS and HANA VANSANT are:

i. DELILAH3 ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1825; m. JEREMIAH WILSON, November 27, 1845, Coweta County, Georgia; b. 1825.

ii. ELIZABETH ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1818; m. THOMAS NIX, September 13, 1866, Coweta County, Georgia.

Notes for ELIZABETH ROBERTS:

20 november 1820

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH ROBERTS and THOMAS NIX:

Married under the name of Lizzie

iii. LAVINIA ROBERTS, b. 1801.

Notes for LAVINIA ROBERTS:

The 1810 ans 1830 Census tend to support Lavinia Roberts Birth as ca. 1801 making her the eldest child. Lavinia may have moved to another county.

More About LAVINIA ROBERTS:

Property: January 01, 1830, Payment of $65.00 from Estate Funds

3. iv. SHEALTEEL ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1808.

4. v. ZIMRI ROBERTS, b. 1805, Cowpens, South Carolina.

5. vi. LUCINDA ROBERTS, b. 1810; d. 1905, Coweta County, GA.

6. vii. ABSALOM VANSANT ROBERTS, b. December 1814.

7. viii. NIMROD ROBERTS, b. February 18, 1815; d. May 21, 1895, Texas.

8. ix. LURANEY ROBERTS, b. October 25, 1823; d. May 15, 1907.

 

Generation No. 3

3. SHEALTEEL3 ROBERTS (WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born Abt. 1808. He married EDY JOHNSON April 18, 1833 in Coweta County, Georgia. She was born Abt. 1815.

More About SHEALTEEL ROBERTS:

Census: 1840, age 30/39 Coweta County, GA

Property: December 25, 1830, Payment from Estate Funds $26.00

More About EDY JOHNSON:

Census: 1830, age 20/29

Children of SHEALTEEL ROBERTS and EDY JOHNSON are:

i. UNKNOWN4 ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1835.

ii. UNKNOWN ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1837.

iii. UNKNOWN ROBERTS, b. Abt. 1839.

4. ZIMRI3 ROBERTS (WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born 1805 in Cowpens, South Carolina. He married HARRIET BANKS August 28, 1833 in Coweta County, Georgia, daughter of WILLIAM BANKS and ELIZABETH BANKS. She was born 1808 in Abbeville, South Carolina.

Notes for ZIMRI ROBERTS:

FROM BOOK B FAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, COURT OF RECORDS

Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Roberts, deceased.

We do certify upon oath that as far as was produced to us by Zimri Roberts, the foregiving contains a true appraisement of the goods and chattels of the estate of William Roberts, deceased, to the best of our judgement and understanding,

William Morgan

William Morgan _______

James Davis

Alexander Mcdonald

Stephen English

APPRAISERS

I do hereby certify that the above appraisers were sworn to perform their duty as appraisers according to the law this 1st of October, 1828.

Three cows and calves valued at $30.00

four head dry cattle $26.00

two sows and eleven pigs $10.00

one road wagon and hand gear $45.00

two plows and apparatus $2.00

four weeding hoes and mattock $3.00

one iron wedge and one mattock, one handsaw,

one drawing knife $2.00

one lot old irons $2.00

one bar steel $1.75

one set shoemakers tools and awls $4.87

one rifle gun and shot bag $6.00

two pots, one oven, one pair p hooks, one shovel and tongs $5.00

one grindstone $1.25

one pair riggin and tub $1.50

one frying pann $.50

sixteen peuter spoons, four p_____, two p dishes,

one table earthenware $10.00

two smoothing irons, three hooks, and ________ bottles $1.50

one barrell and one sieve $1.50

one pair weavers________, two ___________, and three shuttles $1.87

one spinning wheel and two pair cards $3.50

three sitting chairs and one side leather $.87

three juggs $1.25

one _________rod $.50

one feather bed clothing $15.00

one feather bed clothing $12.00

one feather bed clothing $15.00

one feather bed clothing $10.00

one feather bed clothing $8.00

one _______ and one box $.25

one barrell $.25

_______________________________________________________________________________

Amounting to $226.87

Recorded by me this 27th day of May, 1829

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, CCO

ZIMRI ROBERTD, guardian to LAVINIA ROBERTS, SHELIAE ROBERTS, LUCINDA ROBERTS, NIMROD ROBERTS, ABSALOM ROBERTS, LUCY ROBERTS, LUANNA ROBERTS, AND LILLY ROBERTS, orphans of WILLIAM ROBERTS.

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1828, Dec 20th

from DAVID KISSINGER $135.87

Dec 30, 1828

from ABSALOM ROBERTS, executor of ABSALOM ROBERTS $75.00

Jan 1, 1829

from JOEL JACKSON

received the above on the usual oath of

ZIMRI ROBERTS, Guardian

March 20, 1829

WILLIAM MCBRIDE

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PAGE 53, SAME BOOK OF RECORDS

ZIMRI ROBERTS return for 1829

ZIMRI ROBERTS, guardian for the orphans of WILLIAM ROBERTS, deceased, to said estate.

1828 Appraised of said estate $226.87

Received of Grandfather's estate $266.06

One Negro girl not appraised

1829 Dec 20, received cash from JOHN FOX $31.45

AMOUNT $524.38

1829 Paid out clerk fees $1.25

Value of said estate last Dec 1829 $523.13

GEORGIA Personally came before me ZIMRI ROBERTS, who being duly sworn deposeth and

FAYETTE CO. saith that the above and foregoing contains a just and true account of all moneys that

he has received in or paid out as guardian of the orphans of William Roberts, deceased, during the year 1829. Also the whole value of said estate up to the last of Dec 1829. Sworn to and subscribed before me,

July 7, 1830 ZIMRI ROBERTS

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, clerk

Received in open court Sept 6, 1830

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, CLK

Recorded Sept 22, 1830

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, CLK

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FROM SAME BOOK OF RECORDS

ZIMRI ROBERTS return for 1830

ZIMRI ROBERTS, guardian to the orphans of WILLIAM ROBERTS, deceased, to last returns amount of

appraisement $523.13

1830, Jan 1st

Received from JOEL JOHNSON $30.50

1830, Jan 1st

Received from ABSALOM ROBERTS $100.00

1830, Jan 1st

Received from ABSALOM ROBERTS $38.55

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$692.18

1830, Mar 1

paid to clerk county pr voucher $1.25

Jan 28

Paid to LAVINIA ROBERTS one of the legatees

pr voucher #2 $65.00

Dec 25

Paid to SHELIEA ROBERTS, one of the legatees

pr voucher #3 $26.00

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Balance of said estate $599.93

Received in open court July 4, 1831

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, CLK

Recorded July 21, 1831

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, CLK

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ZIMRI ROBERTS return #4 for 1831

The orphans of WILLIAM ROBERTS, deceased, in account cusmen(?) with ZIMRI ROBERTS, guardian from the 1st Jan 1831 to Dec 31, inclusive.

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WILLIAM ROBERTS OWNED LOT #130 IN 4TH district, originally Henry Co., now Fayetteville. He sold it on April 26, 1828.

The question that arrises here concerns the names used in the documents for WILLIAM ROBERTS. In three separate places, on the same page recorded by WILLIAM MCBRIDE, the name is written WILLIAM ROBERTSON in two places, and in another place it is signed WILLIAM ROBERTS.

Since the records are only as reliable as the people who recorded them, the person known as WILLIAM ROBERTS, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, and WILLIAM ROBBINS, are one and the same.

 

 

 

OATH OF ALLEGIENCE FROM ZIMRI ROBERTS SIGNED TO REGAIN CITIZENSHIP AFTER CIVIL WAR

325 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I, ZIMRI ROBERTS, of the county of Tallapoosa, State of Alabama. do solemnly swear or affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support , protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of States there under and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.

Subscribed and Sworn to before me at Dadeville, Alabama, this 26th day of August, 1865.

Harry Wright

Lieut. 178th New York Vols., Special Commissioner

ZIMRI ROBERTS X (his mark)

The above named has fair complexion, light hair, and grey eyes, and is 5 ft 9 inches high.

 

WRITTEN ON BACK;

I certify on honor that the Internal Revenue Tax has been paid and that I will cancel a _______for the sum.

H Wright

Lt. 178 NY

This document has been handed down to Bill Surls.

****Zimri and Family relocated to Tallapoosa County Prior to 1860 Census, Shown in the 1860 Census as age 54, his wife harriett 49, and children 18,15,11 respectively. The children were Hamilton, William, Rebecca. The first two children were thought to be born in Georgia while Rebecca was born in Tallapoosa, indicating that Zimri left Georgia before 1850. Nearby lived G.M. Roberts-28, Malinda-25, both Born in Georgia and four month old son named Absolum Roberts Who was born in Alabama, This could have been the son of Zemri and Harriett from the 1840 Census.

The last available record of Zimri and Family is the 1870 Census when the family was still in Alabama, with Zimri Shown as 65, Harriett 60, Listed with them and as born in Georgia were Emily, age 34 (?), Hampton 27, and Rebecca 27. Also in the house and born in Alabama were Sadine(?)age 8, Poncetta-5, and Henry(?) age 1. Due to the age of Zimri and Harriett these are probably Grandchildren or Relatives staying with them.

Living next door to the fmaily was Bill Roberts age 23, born in Georgia with his wife Mary and Children Ann, Frances, Jeanilia, Lee and Harriett, All the girls were born in AL. This is William from the 1860 Census.

 

More About ZIMRI ROBERTS:

Fact 1: in marriage book, spelled Zimreah

Children of ZIMRI ROBERTS and HARRIET BANKS are:

i. CELIA H.4 ROBERTS, m. JOHN FREEMAN; d. May 06, 1864, Wilderness, Virginia.

Notes for CELIA H. ROBERTS:

PENSION FILED BY MRS. C. N. FREEMAN COPY OF ORIGINAL HELD BY BECKY SURLS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, CONFEDERATE STATES

SECOND AUDITORS OFFICE

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA NOV 24, 1864

SIR/MADAM;

Your application for arrears of pay etc., due to C.N. Freeman, widow of John Freeman, deceased, late a Private of Company F, 47th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers has been received and filed and will be attended to as early as possible, having regard to the equal claims upon the labors of the office of other business previously on file.

I am, very respectfully, your ob't serv't,

W.H.S. Taylor

Auditor

To Mrs C N Freeman

Starnes Ferry

Tallapoosa Co.

Alabama

Per T Cowart

Chief Division, Deceased Soldiers

 

(This pension is on file in the Alabama State Archives, Montgomery Alabama)

(see notes on John Freeman for a copy of letter sent to his wife before he died)

More About CELIA H. ROBERTS:

Fact 1: nicknamed Aunt Cely

Fact 2: have copy of application for widow's benefits

Notes for JOHN FREEMAN:

He was in Company F, 47th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. He was in Charlottesville Va, August 19, 1862. His commanding officer was Capt. C.D. Clawers. His wife applied for widow's pension on November 21, 1862.

 

LETTER FROM JOHN FREEMAN TO CELIA ROBERTS FREEMAN

Original letter is held by Bill Surls

spelling and punctuation is as written originally

Challitsville, Va

Aug th19, 1862

Dear Wife and Children,

I seat myself this morning to let you know that I am yet in the land of the living. I hope this may reach you saft and find you all injoying a grate blessing of health. This dos not leav me verry well at this time. Tho I am in better health than I hav bin in some time. I hav bin in the hospital about fore weeks sick with the fever. But I am a mending at this time verry fast and if I take no backset I shall soon bee well again. I am in the hospital at Challittsville a little town in this state. I hav suffered a grate deal but I think I shall soon bee able to go back to my regt. Our regiment has bin in one battle but I was not in the battle being I was sick at that time. Our boys whiped the Yankey Villians and run them off the field. I sapose ther was severl of our boys wounded and two of our men kill in our regt. Thay are a looking for a big fight every day. Most all of our forces is together that any whare right of this place. I want you to write to me how John Maran is a getting along. And write all the perticulars of that old county and write something new if you can let me know how _______ looks out thar. I heard that you all had suffered for rain this summer. I never hav seen George nor Kirklin yet they started from home the same day that I started to the hospital and that is the reason that I hav never seen them. I heard that George was at the hospital sick but I dont know whare he is at. He is not at this hospital. I expect he is at Stanton or at Leinchburg if he has not got well and gone back to his regiment. I must bring my letter to a close for this time. I want to sea you all verry bad and I liv in hopes of seaing you all once more on earth. When you write to me yall must direct yore letter to Richmond Va in car of Capt C D Clowers 47th Ala Regt. Company F, and I will be share to get it. I must close by sineing my name JOHN FREEMAN to his Wife and Children.

He never got to see his wife and children again. He was killed at Wilderness Va.

More About JOHN FREEMAN:

Fact 1: Co f, 47th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

Fact 2: Killed in battle, Wilderness Va.

ii. GEORGE MENOEY ROBERTS, m. VIRGINIA A. UNKNOWN.

Notes for GEORGE MENOEY ROBERTS:

He was captured at Spottsylvania Courthouse Many 6, 1864 and released on oath of allegiance June 19, 1865. We have a copy of his war record and also a letter written by him. The letter was handed down to Bill Surls.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SPELLED AND PUNCTUATED EXACTLY AS IN THE ORIGINAL. THIS LETTER FROM GEORGE MENOEY ROBERTS TO HIS FATHER, ZIMRI ROBERTS, ORIGINAL HANDED DOWN TO BILL SURLS.

Liberty, Va Feb 20th, 1863

Dear Father,

I take this opportunity to let you know that I am well and hope this will finde you all in good health. I have got no letter from you for too many months, only the one you sent to the regt. I want you to write to me and let me know whether they got William Benjamin or not in the last conscript Act and ________. I have wrote 8 or 9 letters to you and have got no answers only the one mentioned in this letter. I suppose the reason that you dont write to me you only want to hear frome me. I am a going to quit till you write to me. Brother William sertainly has learned a great deal since he has got married a setting in the chimney corner. If I could see him I could tell him more in one minute than he ever thought of in his life. Well Father I want you to write me all the war nuse that you have. I havnt a lot to write to you. I heard that my regt ordered to Charleston so you might not see nary one of them. Tell all my neighbors to write to me. Let me know where Will and his wife is a living. No more at this time. Remaining you affectionate son GEORGE M ROBERTS. Direct yours to Liberty Va. in care of Regt.

9. iii. WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROBERTS, b. 1835, Georgia; d. June 24, 1911, Tallapoosa AL.

iv. EMILY ROBERTS, b. 1836.

v. MISS HAMPTON ROBERTS, b. 1842.

10. vi. MATILDA ANN REBECCA ROBERTS, b. November 02, 1849, Jackson Gap, ALABAMA; d. July 12, 1932, Cedartown,Georgia.

5. LUCINDA3 ROBERTS (WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born 1810, and died 1905 in Coweta County, GA. She married LEVI BANKS December 19, 1832 in Coweta County, Georgia, son of WILLIAM BANKS and ELIZABETH BANKS. He was born November 13, 1804 in Abbeville, SC, and died 1868 in Coweta County, Georgia.

Notes for LUCINDA ROBERTS:

They lived in the White Oak area north of Bailey's Crossroads. All five of their sons fought in the Confederate Army, two died. During the Civil War, Levi Banks, at age 59, joined the Coweta County police force. Nine children, two died as infants and not named.

 

More About LUCINDA ROBERTS:

Burial: 1905, White Oak A.R.P. Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Smyrna GA

Notes for LEVI BANKS:

They lived in the White Oak area north of Bailey's Crossroads. All five of their sons fought in the Confederate Army, two died. During the Civil War, Levi Banks, at age 59, joined the Coweta Co police force. Nine children, two died as infants and not named.

They had three girls.

 

More About LEVI BANKS:

Burial: 1868, White Oak A.R.P. Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Smyrna GA

Children of LUCINDA ROBERTS and LEVI BANKS are:

11. i. WILLIAM HUBBARD4 BANKS, b. December 29, 1833, Coweta Co, Georgia; d. October 27, 1921, Coweta Co, Georgia.

12. ii. JACOB BERRY BANKS, b. September 08, 1838, Coweta Co, Georgia; d. July 26, 1863.

iii. DAVID A BANKS, b. 1832, Station Town in Kingdom community, Coweta Co, Ga; d. January 11, 1863, General Hospital.

Notes for DAVID A BANKS:

He died at General Hospital while serving in the Confederate Army. He is buried at G. H. Howard's Grove in Richmond. He served as a private in Co A, 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment. In July 1861, he had enlisted for 1 year. Plagued by measles, typhoid and other illnesses, he was discharged and had started home. In Virginia he met up with some of his family and friends from home, and joined again on July 30, 1862 for another year. He was serving as a colonel's orderly when he died, either of smallpox or of a congestion of the brain.

13. iv. LEANDER ROLLIN LEE BANKS, b. May 08, 1843, Coweta Co, Georgia; d. September 03, 1921, Coweta County, Georgia.

14. v. IRA BRANTLEY BANKS, b. March 21, 1845, Coweta County, Georgia; d. November 02, 1938, Carroll County, Ga.

vi. NANCY C BANKS, b. 1847, Coweta Co, Georgia; m. ISAAC SKINNER, November 27, 1870.

Notes for NANCY C BANKS:

In 1880, they were living in Alabama.

 

vii. MALISSA A BANKS, b. 1851, Coweta Co, Georgia; d. 1882, Whitesburg, Ga; m. JOHN WILL DUNCAN, May 25, 1870.

Notes for JOHN WILL DUNCAN:

He was a blacksmith.

 

viii. UNKNOWN BANKS.

ix. UNKNOWN BANKS.

6. ABSALOM VANSANT3 ROBERTS (WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born December 1814. He married EDY ELXLYRA NIXON November 04, 1847 in Coweta County, Georgia. She was born 1826.

Notes for ABSALOM VANSANT ROBERTS:

Records show that in 1860, Absalom was a shoemaker living in Turin, Ga.

Absalom was joint owner with brother Zimri of a land lot sold by the sheriff of Coweta County? on March 18, 1843 and another lot containing 38 acres on 7 Jan 1850.

Record of Jury duty also exist for 1st week of September 1855.

More About ABSALOM VANSANT ROBERTS:

Census: 1850, Coweta County, GA

Occupation: 1850, Shoemaker

Property: Estate value of $1,341

Children of ABSALOM ROBERTS and EDY NIXON are:

i. SUSAN E4 ROBERTS, b. 1847.

ii. MARTHA C ROBERTS, b. 1849.

iii. SARAH G. ROBERTS, b. 1857.

iv. NATHAN Y. ROBERTS, b. 1860.

7. NIMROD3 ROBERTS (WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born February 18, 1815, and died May 21, 1895 in Texas. He married (1) UNKNOWN WIFE. He married (2) SUSAN TEMPY ANN KIRKLAND December 21, 1845 in Coweta County, Georgia, daughter of AARON KIRKLAND and CHARLOTTE PERDEW. She was born 1828, and died June 08, 1857. He married (3) LUCINDA KIRKLAND September 13, 1857 in coweta County, daughter of AARON KIRKLAND and CHARLOTTE PERDEW. She was born 1835, and died August 17, 1892.

Notes for NIMROD ROBERTS:

On January 7, 1850 Nimrod and his Brother-In Laws Micajah Johnson and Jeremiah Wilson sold 38 acres of land, and again in Dec 1850 the men sold 50 acres since the parcels were owned jointly, they may have been assigned from the Estate of William, although no known record supports this theory.

Nimrod remained in Alabama till the early 1860's when he and Lucinda moved to Mississippii.

Children of NIMROD ROBERTS and SUSAN KIRKLAND are:

i. HANNAH4 ROBERTS, b. 1840.

ii. THOMAS JEFFERSON ROBERTS, b. 1846, Tallapoosa County AL; d. 1849, Georgia.

Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON ROBERTS:

1850 Georgia Mortality Schedule recorded that Thomas and William Died in Coweta County GA for reasons unknown.

iii. WILLIAM ARON ROBERTS, b. 1848, AL.; d. 1849, Georgia.

iv. ANDREW JACKSON ROBERTS, b. 1850, Tallapoosa County AL; d. 1912, Texas; m. SUSAN SHULL.

v. LOUISA RACHEL ROBERTS, b. 1852, Tallapoosa County AL; d. 1929, Texas; m. PINKIE STANFORD STRICKLAND.

vi. MANDA JANE ROBERTS, b. 1854, Tallapoosa County AL; d. Mississippii; m. UNKNOWN HUSBAND.

vii. JOHN NATHANIEL ROBERTS, b. 1855, Tallapoosa County AL; d. 1922, Texas; m. EDNA ALICE KELLY.

Children of NIMROD ROBERTS and LUCINDA KIRKLAND are:

viii. CYNTHIA EMILY4 ROBERTS, b. 1859; d. 1937, Texas; m. SAM J. VANDYGRIFF.

ix. MILLIE PROCILLA ROBERTS, b. July 1861, Tallapoosa County AL; d. 1946, Oklahoma; m. (1) LEVY MCNEILLY; m. (2) FRANK FOSTER.

x. ARCHIE AQUILLA ROBERTS, b. July 1861; d. 1908, Texas; m. CORA LEE CHANDLER.

xi. FLORIDA PASTORIA ROBERTS, b. 1863, AL..

xii. MARY HANNA ROBERTS, b. 1865, Mississippii; d. Texas; m. GEORGE VANDYGRIFF.

xiii. SALLIE SAPHRONIA ROBERTS, b. 1869, Mississippii; d. 1949, Texas; m. (1) 1ST LT. JIM EVANS; m. (2) JOEL HODGE.

xiv. TISHIE DEVONIA ROBERTS, b. 1871, Mississippii; d. Oklahoma; m. WILLIAM CHANDLER.

xv. NEOMA ROBERTS, b. 1874, Mississippii; d. Bef. 1880, Mississippii.

xvi. ALFRED NIMROD ROBERTS, b. 1877, Mississippii; d. 1946, Oklahoma; m. LUDIE BAUTMAN.

8. LURANEY3 ROBERTS (WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born October 25, 1823, and died May 15, 1907. She married MICAJAH JOHNSON November 03, 1844 in Coweta County, Georgia.

Notes for LURANEY ROBERTS:

Her mother Hannah was living with them in 1860 and 1870 when the Census's were taken. Micajah's Family was also living with them in 1860 and 1870-

Asel (asa) in 1860 and 1870 and Joel Johnson in 1870.

Luraney's obituary said she was survived by four sons.

More About LURANEY ROBERTS:

Burial: Elmore Cemetery

Fact 1: in marriage book, spelled Lourenia

Children of LURANEY ROBERTS and MICAJAH JOHNSON are:

i. MILES F.4 JOHNSON, b. 1848; m. PASTORIA PATE.

ii. JAMES M. JOHNSON, b. 1851.

iii. NEWTON C. JOHNSON, b. 1853; m. MOLLIE MORGAN.

iv. DAVID C. JOHNSON, b. 1855.

v. JOHN JOHNSON, b. 1861.

 

Generation No. 4

9. WILLIAM BENJAMIN4 ROBERTS (ZIMRI3, WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born 1835 in Georgia, and died June 24, 1911 in Tallapoosa AL. He married MARY HUGHES.

Child of WILLIAM ROBERTS and MARY HUGHES is:

i. BENJAMIN MOSE5 ROBERTS, b. August 09, 1880; d. August 01, 1952; m. MATTIE MONROE, August 06, 1898.

10. MATILDA ANN REBECCA4 ROBERTS (ZIMRI3, WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born November 02, 1849 in Jackson Gap, ALABAMA, and died July 12, 1932 in Cedartown,Georgia. She married WILLIAM RUFFIN SURLS March 04, 1873 in Jackson Gap, ALABAMA, son of FRANK SURLS and UNKNOWN WIFE. He was born 1834 in North Carolina.

Notes for MATILDA ANN REBECCA ROBERTS:

She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Cedartown, Georgia.

She liked to read the Bible, preferably aloud.

She stole a horse from the Yankees, plowed with oxen, quilted, liked to travel even when she was elderly.

She was known as "Becky" until she became a grandmother, then was known affectionately as "Mammy".

She was born November 2, 1849 in Jackson Gap, Alabama.

She was married to William Ruffin Surls and lived with him in Jackson Gap for many years. They separated and he left and was killed in a head-on train collision. She was not notified of this but Uncle L.B. talked to the man who was the fireman on the train and he told her it was true.

She had 2 brothers, William Benjamin Roberts, and George Menoey Roberts, and 1 sister, Celia H Roberts Freeman.

She died July 12, 1932 in Cedartown, Ga.

She was a nurse trained by Dr. John Britt.

She was a whiskey taster fro the government.

She split rails.

She had a gold pendant with gold on one side and orange colored stone on the other side, given to Becky Surls by Mildred Surls Barnett.

She had a bone crochet hook which was handed down to Linda Surls Stell.

When she was about 13 years old, during the war, her mother always cooked enough food so that she could send some over to Cecelia Freeman, Mammy's sister. Mammy had to walk across the pastures to take it to her, and there were army deserters from both sides that hid in the woods. They would throw rocks at her and try to get her to leave the food behind. When asked what she did, she replied, " I just stuck out my tongue and kept right on walking!"

The Surls home was located off the dirt road that leads out of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Jackson Gap. The road is off to left right before you get to the Britt family cemetery which is in the woods on the left. The Surls/Roberts farm was covered by Lake Martin but the cemetery is reportedly still above water.

She had a velvet evening bag with a tassel on it. She kept her money in it in a chest and had a change purse that she kept under her pillow that she kept her house money in.

MAMMY SURLS' RECIPE FOR POUND CAKE;

6 medium eggs

2 sticks butter

1 1/4 cups sugar

2 cups plain flour

1 tsp vanilla

pinch salt

pinch baking powder

Cream butter and sugar together. Alternate eggs and flour, beating as you add, add pinches of salt and baking powder. Add flour, bake at 350 for about 1 hour. Grease and flour pan.

 

MAMMY SURLS' TEA CAKE

1 cup sugar

1 egg in self-rising flour

little milk

buttermilk

1/2 cup crisco

Work up, with nutmeg or vanilla, roll out like biscuits and cut. bake.

More About MATILDA ANN REBECCA ROBERTS:

Fact 1: buried Greenwood cemetery, Cedartown, Ga

Fact 2: nicknamed Mandy, Becky, and Mammy Surls

Notes for WILLIAM RUFFIN SURLS:

He died in a head-on train collision, however the date and place are not known. He left Mammy Surls and the only thing she ever heard about him was that Uncle L.B. talked to the man who was the fireman on the train and he verified that he had been killed. Mammy never got any compensation from the railroad company.

The family never gave him a pet name, they just called him Mr. Surls.

He was married previously in Columbus, Georgia and had several children by his first wife. It is not known whether the marriage ended by divorce or death of his first wife. When Mama and Papa left Jackson Gap, they moved first to Columbus and actually lived on the same street that Mary Surls Cook, one of the children lived on.

The 1880 census for Tallapoosa County , Alabama, lists him as SURELS. It also has his occupation as "mill hand." It also lists him as being born in NC not SC . It is not known if these are errors on the part of the census taker, or fact. It also lists his date of birth as 1834, age 46 at time of census. This also raises the question of whether he served in the Confederacy or not, and where.

More About WILLIAM RUFFIN SURLS:

Fact 1: engineer on Central of Georgia Railroad

Fact 2: killed in head-on train collision?

Children of MATILDA ROBERTS and WILLIAM SURLS are:

i. ANGIE5 SURLS, m. UNKNOWN HOOD.

ii. ELIZABETH AMANDA SURLS, b. April 1875, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; d. November 1938, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; m. LARRY BRYANT BRITT III, 1894, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; b. November 1873.

Notes for ELIZABETH AMANDA SURLS:

Judge A. Craddock married Aunt Lizzie and Uncle L.B. with Frank Sorrels and Zimri Roberts as witnesses in 1894.

More About ELIZABETH AMANDA SURLS:

Fact 1: nicknamed Lizzie

iii. WILLIAM PLEAS SURLS, b. January 25, 1877, Tallapoosa County ALABAMA; d. April 25, 1945, Cedartown,Georgia; m. EPSIE CORRINE BRITT, June 14, 1896, Jackson Gap, ALABAMA; b. December 24, 1876, Tallapoosa County ALABAMA; d. March 10, 1940, Ceadartown, Georgia.

Notes for WILLIAM PLEAS SURLS:

When Papa and Mama were married, both sets of parents insisted they move from Jackson Gap, as it was a very isolated area and a very poor place to raise a family. They moved to Columbus, Ga. where their infant son Marion died, then they moved to Cedartown in 1904.

He was a Mason.

His nephew Felix Hood, lived with them and is listed on the 1900 census with them.

He did a lot of work on the Turntable located in Cedartown. The turntable is now located at the Tennessee Valley Train Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee where it was moved in the mid '80's. We have pictures of the turntable in Chattanooga.

He loved gardening and children.

TOLD TO CRIS SURLS BY JOE P SURLS SR

"Shorty" Suls, (William Pleas), was a coach for Masonic work. When they advance from one step to another, there is a lot of memory work involved. Sometimes they would practice at the fire station, or the filling station, or somewhere they could be away from everyone, but their favorite place to practice was the cemetery, because they could see if anyone was coming and quit talking. On this particular evening, Shorty was there with several of the candidates and they were up on the hill overlooking the railroad tracks. They were squatting or kneeling down in a circle going over the work. A lady who was one of Shorty's neighbors on Broad St. was looking over the tracks and saw them. She couldn't tell what they were doing but thought they were throwing dice and gambling. She called the sheriff and told him that Shorty and some others were in the cemetery gambling. He told her he would take care of it. He went to the cemetery and when he found out what they were doing, as he was a Mason himself, he joined them. When the lady saw him squatting down and joining them she really got upset, so she called the Mayor and told him that Shorty Surls, the Sheriff, and some others were over in the cemetery gambling. She thought it was disgraceful and he'd better do something about it. He told her he would personally take care of it. It so happened that the Mayor was also a Mason, so when he got there, he joined them. After they finished going over the step, they all went over to the lady's house and explained to her and apologized to her for upsetting her. She was much relieved to find out that Shorty was not a gambler after all.

MASONIC HISTORY OF WILLIAM PLEAS SURLS, TAKEN FROM BIBLE OF JOSEPH P SURLS SR

Entered Apprentice April 18, 1921

Fellow Craft May 20, 1921

Master Mason June 17, 1921

Caledonia #121 Faud A.M.

Cedartown, Georgia

Mark Master

Past Master

Most Excellent Master

Royal Arch

Adoniran Chapter

No 41-R.A.M.

Received All Degrees on August 4, 1943

Cedartown, Georgia

His mark is drawn in the Bible.

More About WILLIAM PLEAS SURLS:

Fact 1: Buried Greenwood cemetery, Cedartown, Ga

Fact 2: nicknamed Shorty

Fact 3: called Papa by the family

Fact 4: carpenter for Central of Georgia Railroad

Notes for EPSIE CORRINE BRITT:

She liked gardening, flowers, listening to sports events on radio, particularly boxing. "Young Stribling" was her favorite boxer.

She made knitted lace on very small wire-like needles.

More About EPSIE CORRINE BRITT:

Fact 1: buried Greenwood cemetery, Cedartown, Ga

Fact 2: called Mama

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM SURLS and EPSIE BRITT:

Married on June 14, 1896 at 11 o'clock by Judge A.M. Craddock. We have the original copy of the marriage certificate.

iv. DONNA SURLS, b. September 1879; m. WILLIAM SORRELLS.

v. OMIE SURLS, b. August 1881; m. FRANCIS MARION BRITT; b. May 1878.

More About FRANCIS MARION BRITT:

Fact 1: named after Francis Marion the Swamp Fox

11. WILLIAM HUBBARD4 BANKS (LUCINDA3 ROBERTS, WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born December 29, 1833 in Coweta Co, Georgia, and died October 27, 1921 in Coweta Co, Georgia. He married ELMINA ANNE MCCOLLUM July 13, 1857 in Coweta County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN MCCOLLUM and ADA HUGHENS. She was born October 15, 1831, and died January 31, 1917 in Coweta Co, Georgia.

Notes for WILLIAM HUBBARD BANKS:

He was a private in Co A 7th Ga Vol Infantry, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He enlisted in the fall of 1862 and served until April 9, 1865 when Gen Lee surrendered at Appomattox. He received a letter from Gen Lee after the war thanking him for his services. When Lee surrendered, Billy and his baby brother, Ira Brantley, a sharpshooter, stacked their guns and with their captain, friend and neighbor, David Linch, walked all the way home to the Elder's Mill area south of Turin.

More About WILLIAM HUBBARD BANKS:

Burial: Mt Gilead Methodist Church, Raymond, Ga

Fact 1: nicknamed Billy

More About ELMINA ANNE MCCOLLUM:

Burial: Mt Gilead Methodist Church, Raymond, Ga

Children of WILLIAM BANKS and ELMINA MCCOLLUM are:

i. ADA LUCINDA5 BANKS, b. June 04, 1858, Coweta County, Georgia; d. August 04, 1892; m. WILLIAM ASA HINES, December 26, 1882, Coweta County, Georgia.

ii. JOHN ROBERT BANKS, b. February 28, 1860, Coweta County, Georgia; d. December 18, 1935; m. ROSA ALLINE LEE, October 02, 1898, Coweta County, Georgia.

iii. WILLIAM DAVID BANKS, b. March 03, 1862, Coweta County, Georgia; d. December 29, 1945; m. WILLIE ANN FRANCES NUNNALLY, November 06, 1887.

iv. LEVI BRANTLEY BANKS, b. May 27, 1866, Coweta County, Georgia; d. June 21, 1929; m. NANNIE QUEEN, January 08, 1886.

v. ELIZABETH SUSAN BANKS, b. March 16, 1868, Coweta County, Georgia; d. 1942; m. GUS P SIGNAM, June 03, 1900.

vi. ALMEDA ANN BANKS, b. June 23, 1870, Coweta County, Georgia; d. November 14, 1923; m. RICHARD HOWARD OZMORE, February 12, 1900, Coweta County, Georgia.

vii. EZEKIEL SMITH BANKS, b. November 01, 1872, Coweta County, Georgia; d. November 11, 1955; m. MARY ODESSA HEMBREE, August 06, 1905.

12. JACOB BERRY4 BANKS (LUCINDA3 ROBERTS, WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born September 08, 1838 in Coweta Co, Georgia, and died July 26, 1863. He married ELIZA MCCOLLUM 1859, daughter of JOHN MCCOLLUM and ADA HUGHENS. She was born July 22, 1833 in SC, and died October 20, 1891.

Notes for JACOB BERRY BANKS:

He enlisted on May 6, 1862 in Co D 53rd Infantry, Ga Volunteers, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He was wounded in battle, but reached home and died 10 days later. Wounded in Battle in Sharpsburg, Maryland

Children of JACOB BANKS and ELIZA MCCOLLUM are:

i. MARY ANN5 BANKS, b. October 25, 1860; d. October 16, 1950; m. HENRY CHEAD JONES; b. February 21, 1860; d. September 14, 1944.

ii. SARAH ELLEN BANKS, b. August 23, 1863; d. April 19, 1942, Coweta County, Georgia; m. ELAM WILLIAMS.

Notes for SARAH ELLEN BANKS:

She and Elam Williams had no children, but she helped raise his children from his first marriage.

 

iii. FRANCES BARTOW BANKS, b. 1863; m. TOBE DONEGAN; b. May 29, 1865; d. January 07, 1939.

13. LEANDER ROLLIN LEE4 BANKS (LUCINDA3 ROBERTS, WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born May 08, 1843 in Coweta Co, Georgia, and died September 03, 1921 in Coweta County, Georgia. He married FRANCIS MATILDA CARMICHAEL March 11, 1866 in Coweta County, Georgia, daughter of ARTHUR CARMICHAEL and ELIZABETH COX. She was born January 27, 1844, and died December 16, 1903.

Notes for LEANDER ROLLIN LEE BANKS:

Leander Banks enlisted in the Confederate Army in April 1861 in Co D 53rd Regt of Ga Volunteers. He was wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg and again at the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was shot in the face and mouth, knocking out some of this teeth and jawbone. He was sick and was being hauled in an an ambulance a few miles away when Lee surrendered at Appomattox. The 53rd had surrendered a few days before but the ambulance had been cut off from them and had not been captured. Leander Banks served as tax collector for Coweta Co at one time.

 

More About LEANDER ROLLIN LEE BANKS:

Fact 1: nicknamed Lee

Children of LEANDER BANKS and FRANCIS CARMICHAEL are:

i. HENRY LEANDER5 BANKS, b. December 21, 1866; d. June 23, 1908; m. JOSEPHINE HOLLAND; b. March 14, 1872; d. May 30, 1952.

Notes for HENRY LEANDER BANKS:

Henry was a schoolteacher and died of pneuonia while teaching school at Sargent.

 

ii. ROSA TEXAS BANKS, b. September 24, 1868; d. May 21, 1953; m. MARK FRANK LANDRUM, August 12, 1908, Fayette County, Georgia; b. September 14, 1870.

iii. GEORGIA ELIZABETH BANKS, b. April 30, 1871; d. May 11, 1922; m. GEORGE BRADLEY POPE, December 30, 1902, Coweta County, Georgia; b. April 04, 1874; d. September 04, 1960.

iv. JAMES WALTER BANKS, b. May 13, 1873; d. January 22, 1956; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH HARDY, December 13, 1908, Coweta County, Georgia; b. December 24, 1875; d. April 02, 1948; m. (2) SUSIE CLAYTON, July 31, 1948.

14. IRA BRANTLEY4 BANKS (LUCINDA3 ROBERTS, WILLIAM2, ABSALOM1) was born March 21, 1845 in Coweta County, Georgia, and died November 02, 1938 in Carroll County, Ga. He married (1) E. M. SPRATLIN May 19, 1870 in Coweta County, Georgia. He married (2) MARTHA ELLEN CRUCE December 24, 1882 in Coweta County, Georgia, daughter of STEVEN CRUCE and SARA NEILL. She was born March 30, 1862, and died July 28, 1927.

Notes for IRA BRANTLEY BANKS:

He was the seventh son of Levi Banks and Lucinda Roberts Banks. Being the seventh son earned him the nickname "Dock" and he was considered "lucky."

When the War Between the States came along, he "upped his age" and volunteered so he could be with his brothers. He joined Co A 7th GA Volunteer Infantry, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Cobb House Station, Va, and was a sharpshooter. After the war, he used to regale his family and friends with stories of the war. He told of how Lee had surrendered standing under a little apple tree. He said that within a very short time, the tree had been cut to pieces and even the roots dug out of the ground and carried off as souvenirs by the soldiers.

On October 5, 1879 in Coweta he married first, Miss E M Spratlin, and shortly thereafter they moved to Mineola, Wood Co, Tx. After the deaths of his wife and two little children, Dock Banks returned to Coweta Co in 1874, lived with the Sterling Elder family and ran Elder's Grist Mill.

On December 24, 1882, Ira married second, Martha Ellen (Ella) Cruce, a young schoolteacher and daughter of Steven Oliver Cruce, who died in the Battle of Sharpsburg, and his wife, Sara Eleanor Neill Cruce.

In 1884 Ira, along with friends, Tom and Molly Baughn, bought land north of Bowden in Carroll Co and moved there. They were a very prominent family in the community and their homeplace became known as Banks Crossroads. A school, Mt Airy, was built at this crossroads, and Martha Ellen Banks taught there for several years.

Ira is "Grandpa" from Frances Storey Banks's Book.

Notes for E. M. SPRATLIN:

They had two little children who died, names not known.

 

More About MARTHA ELLEN CRUCE:

Fact 1: nicknamed Ella

Children of IRA BANKS and E. SPRATLIN are:

i. JULIA CLAIR5 BANKS, b. October 24, 1883, Coweta County, Georgia; d. April 02, 1967, Birmingham AL; m. ELI ZERY DAVIDSON, December 27, 1903, Carroll Co, Ga.

ii. WILLIAM STERLING BANKS, b. October 26, 1886; d. May 10, 1965, Richland; m. (1) ANNIE LOU COLE, August 19, 1920; m. (2) JANIE MAE MCNEILL, December 23, 1941.

Notes for WILLIAM STERLING BANKS:

Sterling Banks graduated Bowdon College, Mercer University and attended Howard College, and was ordained to preach.

More About WILLIAM STERLING BANKS:

Fact 1: nicknamed Bud

iii. EUGENE CRUCE BANKS, b. March 29, 1889; d. July 22, 1976, Bowdon; m. ROSA ABERCROMBIE, June 03, 1917, Carroll Co, Ga.

iv. ALVA NEAL BANKS, b. January 12, 1892, Banks Crossroads, Carroll Co, Ga; d. April 04, 1973, LaGrange, Ga; m. (1) ADDIE PAULINE RAKESTRAW SLEDGE; m. (2) MAE HUDDLESTON, December 05, 1915, Carroll Co, Ga; b. May 17, 1897.

Notes for ALVA NEAL BANKS:

Alva Neal Banks, son of Ira Brantley and Martha Ellen Cruce Banks, was born 1-12-1892 at Banks Crossroads in Carroll Co. Attended Bowdon College. As a young man he went to Navarro Co, Texas, to live and attended college there. He joined the Odd Fellows at Traveler's Rest, Texas, in 1915. Due to the illness of his brother Will, back in Georgia, he was sent for to come home.

On dec 5 1915, in a double wedding ceremony with Sam Moon and Mae Lovvorn, he married Mae Huddleston.

Upon the death of his mother in June 1927, Alva moved his family back to the old Banks homeplace to take care of his father, Ira Brantley Banks, who died in November 1938.

Alva Banks was very prominent in community affairs, was a deacon and Sunday School Supt of Indian Creek Baptist Church for many years. He was a trustee of Indian Creek School and helped found and build Smithfield, a two-story rock school, where he was also a trustee.

In December 1940m Alva sold the family farm and moved to Coweta Co. He and Mae were divorced a few years later while their three oldest sons were in service in World War II. In 1953 he married Addie Pauline Rakestraw Sledge of the Rosemont community in Troup Co. May married second, William Rhet Killgo in 1954 in Coweta Co, who had married first Ola Elder

 

v. NELLIE KATE BANKS, b. June 16, 1895; d. December 20, 1981, Carroll Co, Ga; m. (1) ROBERT NEAL MOSES; d. November 04, 1920; m. (2) JAMES WARREN MOSES, December 21, 1922.

More About ROBERT NEAL MOSES:

Fact 1: November 04, 1920, killed in a cotton gin accident

Sources- Information on this page taken from Surls Bible and County Records for Tallapoosa County AL, Also from State of Georgia Archives and the US Archives. Some data extracted from other Genealogist to who I am very Grateful. Some letters and artifacts were obtained by being handed down Generation to Generation. Some of the information came from Family Stories- by Crispin Vessell 1999.

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