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James Davis Roberts 1817 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1817

Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia

Death Date: Aft 1880

Death Location: Sumner County, Tennessee

Father: Benjamin Roberts

Mother: Mary Cock

Spouse(s): Jane McGrady

Children(s): William Roberts

James Davis Roberts Sr was born in 1817 in Washington County, Virginia, the child of Benjamin Roberts and Mary Cock. James Davis Roberts Sr married Jane McGrady, and had children including William Doyle DeLance Roberts. James Davis Roberts Sr passed away in 1880 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

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Biography

  • James Davis Roberts Sr was born in 1817 in Washington County, Virginia, the child of Benjamin Roberts and Mary Cock.
  • James Davis Roberts Sr married Jane McGrady, and had children including William Doyle DeLance Roberts.
  • James Davis Roberts Sr passed away in 1880 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Roberts
1780 – 1865
Birth Location: Landrake, Cornwall, England
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Mary Cock
1780 –
Birth Location: Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Jane McGrady
1830 – 1880
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

William Roberts
1849 –
Birth Location: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America
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James Roberts's Ancestors

Self
James Roberts
1817 – 1880
Birth Place: Washington County, Virginia
Parents
Benjamin Roberts
1780 – 1865
Landrake, Cornwall, England
Mary Cock
1780 –
Virginia
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Roberts's Descendants

1.
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James (Davis) Roberts (Abt 1817 – Aft 1880) m. Jane McGrady (1830 – aft 1880)
  1. 1. William (Doyle DeLance) Roberts (Apr 1849 – ) m. Martha (Jane) Gatlin (Jul 1848 – 1910)
    1. 1. James (H.) Roberts (abt 1870 – 24 March 1945)
    2. 2. Jane (L.) Roberts (16 Aug 1873 – 15 December 1967)
    3. 3. Alice (M.) Roberts (abt 1876 – 25 Mar 1947)
    4. 4. John (W.) Roberts (19 January 1877 – 25 Nov 1924) m. Minnie (Mae) Hester (14 Jan 1887 – 19 Jan 1974)
      1. 1. Grover (Tayler) Roberts (7 Jan 1903 – 17 June 1981) m. Irma (B.) Roberts (21 August 1909 – 18 September 1997) m. Erma Roberts (abt 1910 – )
        1. 1. Walter (Frank) Roberts (30 May 1930 – 21 Mar 1936)
        2. 2. L (Harold) Roberts (abt 1932 – )
        3. 3. Ted (Edward) Roberts (2 Aug 1933 – 19 Aug 1933)
        4. 4. Carl Roberts (abt 1935 – 27 Dec 1984)
        5. 5. David (Warren) Roberts (2 Feb 1937 – 31 July 2014)
        6. 6. Ruth (Lucille) Roberts (10 Feb 1939 – 27 Oct 2004) m. David (Eugene) Troxtell (20 Jun 1934 – 14 Sep 2008)
        7. 7. Cecile (A) Johnson (12 March 1941 – 27 January 1999)
        8. 8. Susan (C) Roberts (14 Jul 1947 – 26 May 2012)
        9. 9. Nanny (M) Woods (22 June 1950 – 23 April 2015)
      2. 2. Mariee Roberts (abt 1905 – )
      3. 3. Maybelle Summers (10 March 1905 – 10 November 1987) m. Jaby (D) Summers (abt 1898 – )
        1. 1. J (Mitchell) Summers (abt 1919 – )
        2. 2. Lena (B) Summers (abt 1921 – )
        3. 3. Mamie (Ruth) Covington (25 Jul 1928 – 26 Apr 2005)
        4. 4. Eddie (J) Summers (abt 1937 – )
      4. 4. Mabel Roberts (abt 1906 – 11 Nov 1987)
      5. 5. Lora (L.) Long (16 Apr 1907 – Oct 1990)
      6. 6. Laura (Lena) Roberts (16 Apr 1907 – 18 Oct 1990)
      7. 7. Lora Long (16 April 1907 – 18 October 1990)
      8. 8. Homer (G) Roberts (13 June 1908 – 30 June 1992)
      9. 9. James (A) Roberts (13 September 1911 – 26 October 1912)
      10. 10. Edward Roberts (abt 1914 – 24 Oct 1945)
      11. 11. Alma (Estelle) Callis (5 May 1915 – 3 April 1981)
      12. 12. Alma Roberts (abt 1917 – 5 May 2001)
      13. 13. Aubrey Roberts (abt 1918 – 10 Nov 1993)
      14. 14. Joseph (Wardell) Roberts (12 Jun 1919 – 25 Dec 1944)
      15. 15. Mamie (Lee) Jones (5 Jan 1921 – 25 May 1998)
    5. 5. Doyle (D.) Roberts (Aug Abt 1879 – before 1959)
    6. 6. Richard Roberts (22 August 1881 – 12 December 1950)
    7. 7. Eugene (Archa) Roberts (29 May 1885 – 6 Sep 1910)
    8. 8. David Robert (7 November 1886 – 31 May 1965)
    9. 9. Louise (A) Robert (Apr 1889 – 25 May 1975)

James Roberts's Timeline

2 Records

1817
Abt 1817
Birth of James Davis Roberts Sr in Washington County, Virginia
Washington County, Virginia
1880
Aft 1880
Age 63
Death of James Davis Roberts Sr in Sumner County, Tennessee
Sumner County, Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1817
    Event Place: Washington County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 1880
    Event Place: Sumner County, Tennessee
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