MISC Records - For ROBERTS Family, Fayette County, KY Submitted by Ed Roberts Date: 5 May 1999 ******************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. FAYETTE COUNTY, KY Created 1780 from Kentucky Co., VA County Seat: Lexington 40507 KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Survey Date Roberts, Benj 1000A 6-25-1784 Bet Upper & Lower Salt Sp Benj 835-3/4A 6-25-1784 None Benjamin 400A 6-25-1784 Br. Licking Benj 500A 7-8-1783 Howards Cr Benj 1000A 5-28-1785 Br Licking Joseph 1000A 6-25-1784 Licking P.D. 11,646-1/4A 5-30-1783 KY R P.D. 18,353A 3-9-178 N. Fk 3 Fk KY R Wm. 800A 5-3-1785 Ohio R (Note: P.D. is Peter Dominick Robert (French) from Philadelphia) 1787 Virginia Tax List Roberts, Jno Wm. 348A Jessamine Cr & Town Fk 1788 Tax List Roberts, Wm 348A Jno Thomas S. Elkhorn 1789 Tax List Roberts, Wm Jno Thomas George William Nicholas Hezekiah 1790 Tax List Roberts, Wm (Capt. Clay's Company) Wm Jno (Capt. Montgomery's Company) Thomas (Capt. Montgomery's Company) George (Capt. Montgomery's Company) 1791 Tax List Roberts, Wm Thomas William Edward 1792 Tax List Roberts, Wm Thomas Thos Edward Phillip 1793 Tax List Roberts, Wm 348A Jno Thomas 129A 1794 Tax List Roberts, Wm 348A Thomas 128A Phillip 1795 Tax List Roberts, Wm 348A Jno 377A Elkhorn by Robert Patterson (Scott Co.) Thomas 128A Phillip 1796 Tax List Roberts, Wm 233-3/4A & 122A, both on Jessamine Cr Thomas 128A S. Elkhorn 1797 Tax List Roberts, Thomas 128A James Joseph Joseph Jr. 1805 Tax List Roberts, Joseph 1810 Census HH17a/28 J. Peter (actually Peter John Baptist Robert s/o Peter Dominick 1M 1765-84 1F 1765-84 3M 1800-10 1F 1800-10 1M 1794-1800 1F 1794-1800 1F 1784-94 HH126/28 JAMES ROBERTS 1M 1765-84 1F 1765-84 1M 1800-10 HH52/46 IVEN ROBERTS 1M 1765-84 1F 1784-94 1M 1800-10 1F 1800-10 1815 Tax List Roberts, Wm 100A Jessamine Cr (Jessamine Co.) 200A Town Cr (Fayette Co.) 1817 Tax List Roberts, Wm 100A Jessamine Cr 21A Town Fk Will 1818 Tax List Roberts, Wm 19A Town Fk 100A Hickman Cr (Jessamine Co) 1819 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1820 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1820 Census Roberts, William pg 65 Evan pg 92 Thomas pg 101 1821 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1822 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1823 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1824 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1826 Tax List Roberts, Wm 1827 Tax List Roberts, Wm DEATHS, WILLS, PROBATE Frank Gibson Roberts, 20 October 1944 (George Croghan, Wm, Benj, George, John of Spots) Clark B. Roberts, 10 October 1960 (Zachary Herndon, Wm Blackwell, Willis, John, George, John of Spots) MARRIAGES BILLINGSLEY s/o William Roberts to Nancy Jewell, 17 Dec 1810, bond by Jonathan Jewell BOWLING Roberts to Susan Bowling, 12 June 1853 DAVIS Roberts to Margaret "Peggy" Hunt, 5 Jan 1814 JAMES D. Roberts to Jane Bern, 4 Jan 1808 JOHN Roberts to Nancy Bennett, 4 Jan 1812 JOHN E. Roberts to Agnes Ann Wilson, 2 Oct 1837 JOSEPHINE SIDNEY Roberts to Philemon Hunt, 13 Apr 1834, Lexington NANCY JANE Roberts to M.B. Wilson, 28 Sept 1843 THOMAS Q. s/o Thomas Quick Roberts to Harriet May, 25 Dec 1810 THOMAS W. to Virginia A. d/o William Payne, 13 Oct 1864 VIRGINIA CAROLINE d/o Dr. William Billingsley Roberts to Wm. Covington Ducker, 22 Aug 1860 at Lexington WESLEY s/o Isaac Roberts to Eliza d/o Jedia Stout, Oct 1818, all of Fayette Co. W.H. Roberts of Elkton, Todd Co. to Martha Ann d/o Woodson Bryan, 26 Aug 1858 WILLIAM Roberts, Jr. to Dorcus Maxwell, 14 Feb 1809, Bond John Maxwell BIRTHS JOHN s/o Hezekiah & Agnes (Robinson) Roberts, 1790 LEONARD WHEELER s/o Andrew Lewis & Eliza (Waters) Robards, 22 Jan 1831, Lexington LOGAN W. d/o Richard Blevins & Margaret (Gossett) Roberts 14 Jan 1843, Lexington VIRGINIA CAROLINE d/o Dr. William Billingsley & Elizabeth (Payne) Roberts, 18 May 1841 WHEELER LEROY s/o Leonard Wheeler & Margaret (McFarland) Robards, 9 Jan 1872, Lexington History of Kentucky & Kentuckians, 1912, pg 1632 SAMUEL JUDSON ROBERTS. One of the prominent figures in newspaper affairs in Kentucky is Samuel Judson Roberts, editor and publisher of the Lexington "Leader", which is recognized as one of the leading Republican papers of the state, as well as an effective exponent of local interest. Mr. Roberts claims the old Buckeye state as the place of his nativity, and he was born at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on the 11th day of February 1858. He is a son of Rev. EDWARD ROBERTS who was born in Wales and who was there prepared for his chosen vocation by a course of study in the Pontypool Baptist Seminary, after his graduation in which he was duly ordained to the Ministry of the Baptist church. In 1855 he came to America and first located at Ithaca, New York, whence he later removed to Ohio, where he continued in the successful work of the ministry until his death, which occurred in 1860. Before coming to this country he married Miss CAROLINE MATILDA KELLY, who likewise was a native of Wales and who now resides at Canton, Stark County, Ohio, the wife of CALEB K. ROBERTS, a brother of her first husband. GRANT L. ROBERTS (see Franklin Co., KY), a son by the second marriage resides at Frankfort, Kentucky, where he is deputy collector of internal revenue for the Seventh district. Samuel J. Roberts is indebted to public schools of Canton, Ohio, for his early educational training, which was there supplemented by a course in the old Canton Academy. He began newspaper work in 1879 on the reportorial staff of the Cleveland, Ohio "Leader", and a year later became telegraph editor of the Cleveland "Herald", afterward absorbed by the "Leader". In 1882 he returned to Canton, where for the ensuing six years he was concerned more especially with the business affairs of newspaper and publishing enterprises, a part of the time as circulation manager of the Canton "Repository". He was elected a member of the city council of Canton in 1885 and served in this capacity for several years. In 1887 he was the Republican nominee for mayor of Canton, but was defeated. In 1880 Mr. Roberts removed to Kentucky and founded the "Lexington Leader", naming it in honor of the paper in Cleveland on which he had served his novitiate in the field of journalism. Since coming to Kentucky he has been recognized as a leader in the ranks of the Republican party and he had the management of the campaign in this state to secure delegates committed to the support of President McKinley in the Republican National Convention in 1896, besides which he served as chairman of the Republican Campaign Committee of Kentucky in the ensuing campaign which brought the state into line for McKinley. On the 28th day of July 1897, President McKinley appointed Mr. Roberts collector of internal revenue for the Seventh Kentucky district History of Kentucky & Kentuckians, 1912, pg 1632 (cont) and he assumed the duties of this office on the first of October of that year. He continued this incumbency until September 1, 1910, a period of 13 consecutive years less one month notable as the longest term every served by a collector of internal revenue in this state and one of the longest in the history of the entire department. In the year 1888 shortly after locating in Kentucky, Mr. Roberts was married to Miss ANNA TROUT, a daughter of Joseph and Caroline Meyer Trout of Canton, Ohio, in which city she was born and reared, and they have since made their home in Lexington. Kentucky, A Guide to the Bluegrass State pg. 106 - Press and Radio The Lexington "Leader" was founded in 1888 as a Republican daily by SAMUEL J. ROBERTS of Canton, Ohio. It was one of the pioneers in the field of specialized news and departments for family reading. In 1937, its owner purchased the "Herald" and published both papers from the same press without disturbing the political policy or integrity of either.