Notes for John ROBERSON

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Notes for John ROBERSON

Dates according to Thomas O. Crane of Rahway January 1867. Was he in the
Revolutionary War ? [Refer to letter of John Henry Clark 1853]
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242 JOHN ROBERTSON: Came from Scotland to Woodbridge, N.J., 1685,
d. ab. 1706 (Reference: "THOMAS HALSEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA,
Published Morrisville, N.J., 1895).
(1) Mr. Robertson, 2nd generation.
(A) Mr. Robertson, 3rd generation.
(a) John, 4th generation: b. N.J., Oct. 29, 1749; d. Mar.
2, 1823; m. Mary Crane (dau. of Caleb and Mary Searles
Crane, Apr. 30, 1776, Mary Crane was b. Mar. 14, 1753
and d. Dec. 25, 1830 (Reference, CRANE GENERALOGY, by
Ellery B. Crane). John served in Philip Phillip's Co.,
Col. Joseph Phillip's 1st Regt. Hunterdon County, N.J.
Militia; enlisted Sept. 26, 1777; on rolls to Oct. 7,
1777 with remark "present."
1 Caleb: Mar. 31, 1782; Mar. 22, 1857, Rahway, N.J.;
m. Mary Hines Halsey (dau. of Maj. Daniel Halsey and
Mary Norris), Apr. 23, 1803. She was b. Feb. 25, 1786
and d. Mar. 7, 1875. Buried at Rahway, N.J. He was a
farmer and Presby.
A John: May 1, 1806; Sept. 7, 1862; m. Harriette
Brookfield; 2 ch.
B Ichabod Halsey: Oct. 10, 1608; Mar. 1887; Mary
Jane Stansbury; 4 ch.
C John Dennis Morris: Nov. 2, 1813, Elizabeth, N.J.;
Dec. 9, 1882; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1846, Lydia Anciaux
Kennedy (descended of Francis Kennedy, who came
from Belfast, Ireland to America and fought in the
American Revolution); m. (2) Jan. 29, 1859, Susan
John Lumsden (dau. of John Lumsden and Susannah
Jones, of Jasper Co., Ga.; desc. of Jeremiah
Lumsden and William Jone, Revolutionary veterans,
both of whom came from Va. and settled in Jasper
Co., Ga., after the War). She was b. Mar. 31,
1828, d. Mar. 17, 1910. Lydia Robertson was b.
Sept. 7, 1825, d. May 19, 1856. John was a prom-
inent member of the Presbyerian Church, as were
his forefathers. He was an elder in the church at
Madison, Ga. for years. He was a gentleman,
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refined, gentel. Went to Charleston, S.C. when
he was twenty-one, later went to Ga., became a
staunch southernor and slave owner. He was
connected with a wagon and carriage factory in
Charleston, under the name of Watts and Robertson.
Later he moved to Augusta, Ga., where he m. his
first wife. when the Ga. RR ran their first train
on the new road from Augusta to Madison Robertson
made the trip, and was so charmed by the old town
of Madison (noted for its two colleges, wealth,
aristocracy, culture and beauty), that he decided
to locate there, which he did, 1849, and remained
there until his death. He and his family are
buried in the Robertson lot in the old cemetery.
He was a member of the Ga. Militia during the
Civil War, but owing to feeble health (being age
60), he was relived from service and retained as
home guard and Commissary. He furnished much
material and service free of charge to the Confed-
erate troops, and "with unfailing loyalty gave
inestimable assistance to the cause of the
Confederacy. He dropped his first name and was
afterwards known as Dennis Morris Robertson. See
his picture opp. p. 595. Ch. by 1st m., 4 by 2nd.
a Mary Hines Halsey: Augusta, Ga., Mar. 17, 1847;
June 25, 1848; buried Augusta, Ga.
b Eva Bird: Augusta, Ga., May 12, 1848; May 15,
1848; buried Augusta.
c Alice Howard: Madison, Ga., June 21, 1849; m.
James Emory Nolan, June 21, 1870, in Madison,
Ga.; Meth. Epis.; (BB); r. Port Orange, La.
I Clarence Evans: Morgan Co., Ga., Oct. 3,
1871; m. Naomi Davis, of Sumter, S.C., Dec.
1891; r. Comlumbia, S.C. Ch.: Inez (Apr. 22,
1893, Columbia, S.C.), Leon Evans (Nov. 1,
1902, Columbia).
II Effie May: Aug. 12, 1873, Morgan Co., Ga.;
m. James Leroy Pattillo, Dec. 5, 1896; r.
Port Orange, Fla.; Ch.: Effie Frances (May
15, 1900), Gramline Alexander (Dec. 3, 1902).
III Elmer Robertson: Jan. 1, 1841*, Morgan Co.,
Ga.; m. Maude Kennedy; d. Aug. 16, 1906.
IV Mattie: Dec. 31, 1882, Morgan Co., Ga.; m.
William B. Crane, Dec. 24, 1906; r. Port
Orange, Fla. Ch.: Harriet (Jan. 15, 1908),
Alice (Jan. 2, 1910), William Bohun (Aug.
15, 1916).
d Ola Adelaide: July 16, 1853; m. Marshall Andrews
Pateet, Oct. 30, 1872, Madison Co., Ga., d. Mar.
29, 1893; buried Madison, Ga. Ch.: Claude (Oct. 7,
1873, Madison Co., Ga.; l. Foley, Ala), Dennis
Robertson (Nov. 29, 1874, Madison, Ga.; m. Dorothy
High, Feb. 20, 1919. Ch.: Dorothy High (Mar. 18,
1920); Dennis Robertson (Aug. 4, 1923), Percy
Marshall (Nov. 23, 1862, Madison Co.., Ga.).
e Lydia Kennedy: May 18, 1856; m. Abram Kennedy
Ackerman, Jan. 17, 1867, Madison, Ga.; d. Mar. 25,
1893; buried Madison, Ga.
I Isabell Hill: Oct. 28, 1877; m. Glenn McBride,
Dec. 21, 1894, d. 1903; m. (2) Geo. Breitenbacker,
Dec. 14, 1904; Mem. D.A.R., U.D.C., Presby. 1 ch.
by 1st wife, 2 by second wife. Ch.: Lydia (Nov.
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28, 1895, Decatur, Ga.; m. Ware Holliday, June 20,
1913; r. Coral Gables, Fla.; Ch.: Lydia, July 16,
1916, Isabel Louise (July 23, 1906, Atlanta),
George Albert (Apr. 21, 1910, Atlanta.
f Josephine: Feb. 9, 1860; Feb. 18, 1860; buried
Madison, Ga.
g Johannah: Feb. 9, 1860; Mar. 20, 1860; buried
Madison, Ga.
h Bessie Dennis: June 9, 1861, Madison, Ga.; m. Peter
Gautier Walker, June 8, 1881, Madison, Ga.; r.
Madison, Ga.
I Mineola: Mar. 14, 1882. Jul. 31, 1901; buried
Morgan Co., GA.
II Loula Banks: Mar. 23, 1884, Morgan Co., Ga.; m.
Ely R. Callaway, Oct. 21, 1908; r. LaGrange, Ga.
Ch.: Bessie Walker (Mar. 18, 1910, LaGrange),
Mary (Mar. 28, 1913, LaGrange), Loula (Feb. 20,
1916, LaGrange), Ely Reeves (June 3, 1919,
LaGrange).
III Edmond Bynes: Sept. 19, 1887, Morgan Co., Ga.;
m. Mrs. Laura Smith Carson, Oct. 31, 1920, Tifton,
Ga.; r. Decatur, Ga. Ch.: Louola (b. Feb. 28,
1922, Madison).
IV Pierre Gautier: July 13, 1894, Morgan Co., Ga.;
m. Anne Barrett, or Monroe, Ga., June 18, 1920,
r. Madison, Ga. Ch.: Peter (Feb. 12, 1922), Laura
Barret (Oct. 21, 1925).
i William Preston: Nov. 27, 1864, Madison, Ga.; Nov. 13,
1909; buried Madison, Ga.; m. (1) Carrie Hough (dau.
Alveron Sanford and Sarah Burch), Apr. 21, 1891,
Madison, Ga.; m. (2) Rose Douglas, Jan. 21, 1903;
banker, manufacturer and financier; prominent in all
prospressive workd in his county, beloved and esteemed
by all; Mason, Shriner; K.P.; a fine gardner, lover
of flowers, hunter and lover of the out-of-doors,
collector of curois, student; a gifted and noble man.
2 ch. by 1st, 2 by 2nd mar.
1 Preston Hough: July 7, 1893, Madison, Ga.; m.
Goldie Estella Hobeck (dau. Augustus G. and Anna
Butler, of South Richmond, Va.); m. Mar. 4, 1920,
r. Charlotte, S.C.; Asst. Mgr. Westinghouse
Electric Co., B.P.O.L.
II Sara Carolyn Robertson: Mar. 21, 1895, Anniston,
Ala.; m. Harry Marshall Dixon (son of Catherine
Lucretia Snelling and Robert Thomas Dixon);
Sept. 9, 1920, Atlanta, Ga.; Bapt.; Mem.
American Legion Auxiliary; U.D.C., D.A.R. H.M.
Dixon Served at 1st Officer's Training Camp,
at McPherson, Ga, Harvard University Training
Camp; served as 1st Lieut., Machine Gun Corps,
328th Infantry Regt., 82nd Div.. First enl. May
12, 1917; 3 years overseas; was in Somme
offensive, St.Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; disc. Camp
Lee, Va., May 22, 1919; gassed in Mouse-Argonne
offensive. Sara Robertson Dixon is the contri-
buter of the data on this group; (BB); r. Richland,
Ga. Ch.: Carolyn Hough (Sept. 1, 1923, Richland).
III Douglas McCall: Nov. 30, 1903, Madison, Ga.;
traveling representative, 4th Nat'l Bank, Atlanta,
Ga.; r. Atlanta.
IV William Preston: June 26, 1907, Madison, Ga.; r.
West Palm Beach, Fla,; attended Oglethorpe Univ.,
Atlanta.
D Daniel Halsey: Aug. 27, 1816; Apr. 1843; m. Susan
Limburger; 6 ch.
E Amos Terrell: Jan. 22, 1820; June 14, 1866; m. Dec.
11, 1845, Ann D. Evans (or Emens), who was b. Aug. 9,
1826; Ch.: William C. (Jan. 28, 1847), Adelaide
Celesta (May 15, 1854; Jan. 11, 1865).
Mr.Robertson left a will date 1823 [11503 G - Essex County, New Jersey]

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