Wayne County NcArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, John T October 24, 1915
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Goldsboro News Argus, Mar.14,1916
PASSING ON
An Old Goldsboro Boy-A Volunteer Hero-Whom Few Here Now Remember, Has Answered 
the Last Roll Call
    The March number of the Confederate Veteran contains the following account 
of the death of a former citizen of Goldsboro, and a volunteer member of 
the "Goldsboro Rifles" which left here for Fort Macon April 15, 1861. Our older 
citizens will recall the memory of that eventful day and the personnel of that 
gallant band as they marched away at the country's call:
                    "John T. Roberts"
 "John T. Roberts, born in Goldsboro, N. C. September 1, 1842, died at his home 
in Tampa, Fla., on October 24,1915, having reached the age of seventy-three 
years. He grew up at Goldsboro, and when the war came on, he and two younger 
brothers ran away from college to join the Confederate army, enlisting in the 
same company. They entered the service on April 1,(15)at(Fort)Macon, N. C. as 
privates in Company "A" 27th North Carolina Infantry and served faithfully to 
the end.
 "John T. Roberts was detailed as courier for General Cooke. He took part in 
many battles and was wounded three times. He was on crutches for nine months 
with a minie ball in his ankle. He was paroled at Appomatox.
 "After the surrender Comrade Roberts returned to his home in North Carolina, 
and went to work as a farmer and a carpenter, doing his part manfully in 
rebuilding his State.
 "Some years ago he removed to Florida and made his home in that State for the 
rest of his life. He was married in 1865 and is survived by his wife and seven 
children, five daughters and two sons."
 Some of our old residents will remember John Roberts as a fair haired, blue-
eyed handsome youth, son of Henry Roberts and wife, Nancy Bryan, who lived on 
East Walnut Street, on the lot now owned by Mrs. J. R. Griffin. He and his 
brother James B. were gallant soldiers, both joining the Goldsboro Rifles, 
which was known during the war as Co. "A" 27th N. C. Regt., and shared the fate 
of that heroic company from the beginning of the struggle till the curtain 
dropped at fateful Appomattox.
 Of all that noble band of joyous youth and strong young manhood, that went 
from Goldsboro and immediate vicinity, only four abide now in our midst, R. P. 
Howell, T. W. Slocomb, N. W. Musgrave and W. G. Hollowell. The others have gone 
to the great beyond. Let us sincerely hope they "rest under the shade of the 
trees."
     "Soldier rest, thy warfare o'er."
       
 

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