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photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
The death date on the stone is probably in error
Has a VA tombstone & 1776 marker
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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (Ross County) [39.46446 -82.74873]
Born in 1762 in Culpepper County, Virginia.
William served as a private in the companies of Captain Abraham Kendrick and Lieutenant Shirley Kendrick in the Frederick County Virginia Militia. After serving about 12 months he was discharged at Front Royal Virginia.
He married Hannah Frick (1760-1835) on March 26, 1787 in Harrison County Virginia/West Virginia; children: John B, Rebecca, Susan, Wi1liam Jr., Miliada, Elizabeth, Henry, Hezekiah, Daniel, James D., Isaac and Hannah.
William and Hannah came to Ross County as early as 1803 and in 1811 acquired land which he sold to John Reedy in 1835.
His last pension payment was made in Ross County. Ohio in Oct 1835.
He died after Oct 1835 in Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio.
A memorial stone was placed in the Old Lutheran Cemetery in Adelphi, Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio. The death date on the stone is probably in error
DAR Patriot Index, Part lII, p. 2486
History of Ross and Highland Counties, p 252
History of Ross County, Ohio, p. 62 & 245
Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, p. 670
Official Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Ohio, Vol. 2, p. 297
Pension Application File, #S7407; Pension Roll of 1835, Vol.4, p. 284
Author: William A. Roberts
William Roberts, son of William Roberts, was born about 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia and died 14 January 1835, in Marion County, Indiana. He married Hannah Fink, 22 March, 1787, Harrison County, Virginia, daughter of Henry Fink and Mary Magdalen Powers; she was born in 1760, in Virginia, and died 1835 in Ohio. William was a young lad of sixteen, living along the Shenandoah River in Frederick County, Virginia, when he was called into the Militia. His military service is outlined as presented in his Revolutionary War Pension Application of 14 June 1834, to the Court of Common Pleas, Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio and is as follows: “I entered the service about one year and four months prior to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. The Company was commanded by Captain Abraham Kendrick and his brother Lieutenant, Christopher Kendrick and was first mustered at Front Royal and then marched across the Blue Ridge into lower Virginia along the route to Fredericksburg, through Richmond across the James River, to Manchester and on to Petersburg. After staying in that area for some period of time the Company returned to Front Royal, along the same route after being gone for three months. The Company was disbanded at Front Royal with strict orders from Captain Kendrick to keep ready to reassemble at any moment. Within a few days after we had returned home word came to again muster at Front Royal, which the Company did and again under Captain Kendrick. We marched nearly the same route as previously taken to Richmond and then on to Petersburg, where after a period of time received word that General Washington was coming to lay siege to Yorktown. At this time we moved from place to place as a defense against the rising of the Negros and other marauders. After Cornwallis’s surrender we returned to Front Royal and were discharged.”
After the War removed to Harrison County, went out against the Indians under Colonel Edward Jackson, who commanded a company called Rangers. At the termination of the Old Indian War, removed to Ross County Ohio, where he resided for over thirty years.
The children of William and Hannah include 1. John B. (ca 1788) married Martha Stone 2. William (6 Sep 1788-26 Mar 1878) married Martha Patsy Shepherd 3. Rebecca (1790-bef. 1841) married James Van Meter 4. Henry (1792) married Jane Melone 5. Hezekiah (Ezekiel)(1794-1822) married Elizabeth (Law) Cozad 6. Susannah (1796) married Reuben Malone 7. James D. (1800-1842) married Elizabeth Chambers 8. Isaac ( 3 Sep 1804-18 Jan 1873) married Mercy (Massey) Chedister 9. Elijah W. (1806-18390 married Mary Ann Hickle 10. Melinda (1810) married James Mackey 11. Hannah (1811-16 Nov 1884) married William Search
Source: William Roberts Rev. War Pension Application, VS SF#7407 Dill’s History of Fayette Co. Ohio Roberts Genealogy, in possession of William A. Roberts, SAR # 166346
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