11. Susannah BAILEY was born on 13 Mar 1812 in Yancey County NC. She was buried in 1867 in Blue Rock Cemetery Celo NC. She died on 3 Aug 1867 in Celo (Yancey) NC.

John ROBERTSON⁽¹⁾ (son of George ROBERTSON SR and Susannah B WOODY) was born on 27 Feb 1804 in Double Island (Yancey) NC. He was buried in 1865 in Blue Rock (Charles Robertson) Cemetery Celo NC. He died on 14 Feb 1865 in Celo (Yancey) NC. He was a Farmer.

State of NC #5538 - 100 acres to John Robeson in Burke Co. Entered 31 Dec 1829.
State of NC #5539 - 50 acres to John Robeson in Burke Co on South Toe river. Entered 31 Dec 1829. DB 1, page 96.
State of NC #27 - 50 acres in Yancey Co on west side of South Toe river joining George Robeson's red field. Entered 29 Jan 1834. DB 1, page 97.

Listed as John Robeson in Yancey County census of 1850. Susannah BAILEY and John ROBERTSON had the following children:

+12 i. Mary (Polly) ROBERTSON was born in 1830 in Yancey County NC. She died before 1874 in Celo (Yancey) NC. She was buried in Blue Rock Cemetery (Charles Robertson) Celo NC.
+13 ii. George ROBERTSON was born on 28 Jan 1832 in Yancey County NC. He died in 1893 in Celo (Yancey) NC. He was buried in 1893 in Celo NC Blue Rock Cemetery.
+14 iii. Rosannah ROBERTSON was born on 22 Nov 1833 in Yancey County NC. She was buried in Feb 1908 in Sugar Creek Cemetery Fannin Co GA. She died on 9 Feb 1908 in Fannin Co GA.
15 iv. Elizabeth ROBERTSON was born in 1837 in Yancey County NC.
+16 v. Edward (Ned) ROBERTSON was born on 2 Apr 1838 in Yancey County NC. He was buried in Sep 1909 in Robinson Cemetery Celo NC. Was not buried in the Blue Rock (Charles Robertson) cemetery where his family were. Also, the following generation changed the name to Robinson He died in Sep 1909 in Celo (Yancey) NC. He served in the military in Co C 58th NC Infantry CSA. His tombstone noted he served in Co C 58th NC Inf CSA during the Civil War. No dates were on the stone. The 58th NC Regiment was formed in the spring of
1862. Major battles were at:

Chicamauga 1863
Chattanooga 1863 (fall)

During the November campaign to raise the siege, the Army
of the Cumberland evened the score with the rebels in an epic
charge up Missionary Ridge. And when Union soldiers next set foot
on the battlefield of Chickamauga, they were on their way to Atlanta.
On November 25, Sherman attacked the eastern end of Bragg's
line. The Union commander came up against Confederate
General Patrick Cleburne, who fought with particular
stubborness considering he was outnumbered four or five to one. Sherman was held on the right by a force of inferior numbers, and Hooker faired no better on the left--after descending the mountain he had taken the day before, Hooker found that retreating grays had destroyed the only bridge over Chickamauga Creek, preventing his advance.

In the center of the rebel line sat Thomas. Over the past 3 weeks his men had been subject to taunts from Hooker's and Sherman's soldiers over the defeat at Chickamauga two months earlier. At 3:30pm, after word reached headquaters of Sherman's inability to reach his objective, Grant ordered Thomas to advance on the first line of defense on Missionary Ridge. The rebel line resisted at first, then gave in to the advancing Federals.

Fully aware that the men of Sherman’s and Hooker’s armies were watching, the men began to move up Missionary Ridge. Shouting "Chickamauga, Chickamauga" the men advanced on the entrenched rebels. The artillery line had been misplaced at the top of the ridge instead of the crest. The cannon fire was less effective and the Union advance quickly overran the Confederate forces.

Dalton GA 1864 (May 4) Atlanta defense

ROBERTSON, EDWARD: Co. C, Enl. on 5/29/62 at Burnsville. WIA 11/25/63 at
Missionary Ridge, Tenn. Res. Yancey Co. (Neck wound.)
He was a Farmer in Celo (Yancey) NC. Edward was a farmer. In 1870 census he and wife could not read or write. In 1900 census they both could read and write. Last to bear Robertson spelling of last name.
17 vi. David ROBERTSON was born on 24 May 1841 in Yancey County NC. He was buried in 1911 in Blue Rock Cemetery Celo NC. He died on 12 Nov 1911 in Yancey County NC.
+18 vii. Susannah ROBERTSON was born in 1844.
19 viii. Charles ROBERTSON was born on 11 Dec 1847 in Yancey County NC. He was buried in 1917 in Blue Rock Cemetery Celo NC. He died on 20 Mar 1917 in Yancey County NC.
+20 ix. Emmaline ROBERTSON was born in 1851.
21 x. Sarah J ROBERTSON was born in 1856.

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