Rappahannock County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, Maj. John November 30, 1843 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 August 12, 2008, 4:31 pm The American Almanac and Repository for Useful Knowledge 1844 American Obituaries section Nov 30, 1843 In Rappahannock county, Va., Maj. John Roberts, aged 85. He served in the revolutionary army, in which he attained the rank of Major, and negotiated the exchange for the prisoners obtained by the convention at Saratoga, in 1777. Afterwards, he was a member of the Legislature of Virginia for thirteen successive years, and had great influence in its deliberations. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/rappahannock/obits/r/roberts176gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb