Florida Family Group Sheet for the John ROBERTS Family *********************************************** Copyright John Burnett. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: John Burnett Email address: Husband: John ROBERTS Birthdate: 27 February 1777 Birthplace: Charleston Dist., South Carolina Death date: 14 May 1854 Place of death: Columbia County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union County, Florida Father: Lewis ROBERTS Mother: Mary (Last Name Unknown) Marriage date: 1798 Marriage place: McIntosh County, Georgia Wife: Phoebe WEEKS Birthdate: 22 February 1785 Birthplace: Carteret Co., North Carolina Death date: 1851 Place of death: Columbia County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union County, Florida Father: John OSTEEN (See Notes) Mother: Ada WEEKS CHILDREN Child No. 1: John J. ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 02 October 1799 Birthplace: McIntosh Co., Georgia Death date: 16 January 1877 Place of death: Columbia County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union Co., Florida Marriage date: Circa 1821 arriage place: Georgia Spouse's name: Sarah SWEAT Child No. 2: Lewis ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 23 June 1802 Birthplace: McIntosh Co., Georgia Death date: 01 September 1854 Place of death: Columbia County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union County, Florida Marriage date: 15 December 1825 Marriage place: Irwin County, Georgia Spouse's name: Mary KNIGHT Child No. 3: William P. ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 11 October 1804 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 02 December 1852 Place of death: Lowndes County, Georgia Burial: Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Georgia Marriage date: 22 December 1825 Marriage place: Irwin County, Georgia Spouse's name: Sarah KNIGHT Child No. 4: Reubin ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 17 April 1807 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 1875 Place of death: Berrien County, Georgia Burial: Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Georgia Marriage date: 1835 Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia Spouse's name: Elizabeth A. CLEMENTS Child No. 5: Bryant J. ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 04 June 1809 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 08 July 1888 Place of death: Lowndes County, Georgia Burial: Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia Marriage date: 26 January 1832 Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia Spouse's name: Wealthy MATHIS Child No. 6: Nathan ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 1811 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 02 September 1874 Place of death: Columbia Co., Florida Burial: Florida Marriage date: 1832 Marriage place: (Lowndes Co., Georgia Spouse's name: Nancy SWEAT Child No. 7: George ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 23 April 1812 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 10 January 1885 Place of death: Echols County, Georgia Burial: Unknown/Echols County, Georgia Marriage date: 1840 Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia Spouse's name: May Ann "Pollie" MATHIS Child No. 8: Stephen ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 06 February 1814 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 10 January 1874 Place of death: Columbia County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union County, Florida Marriage date: 1838 Marriage place: Lowndes Co., Georgia Spouse's name: Mary BOYD Child No. 9: Phoebe ROBERTS Sex: Female Birthdate: 1815 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 18 April 1854 Place of death: Columbia County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union County, Florida Marriage date: 1832 Marriage place: Lowndes Co., Georgia Spouse's name: Isaac B. CARLTON Child No. 10: Nathaniel Enoch ROBERTS Sex: Male Birthdate: 1820 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 15 April 1869 Place of death: Lake Butler, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union County, Florida Marriage date: 1847 Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia Spouse's name: Parthenia A. MORGAN Child No. 11: Mary ROBERTS Sex: Female Birthdate: 26 April 1826 Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia Death date: 02 April 1903 Place of death: Lowndes Co., Georgia Burial: Fender Cemetery, Lowndes Co., Georgia Marriage date: 25 January 1841 Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia Spouse's name: Josiah SIRMANS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation: Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV. Sources: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia by Folks Huxford, Vol. 1, pages 240-242, Vol. 2-7 have other sketches on his sons. US Census: 1820 Wayne Co., Georgia; 1830, 1840 Lowndes Co., Georgia; 1850 Columbia Co., Florida. Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion) Records of Union County Florida (Swift Creek Cemetery is located north of Lake Butler, Florida). Note: John Roberts is listed on a Florida State Historic Marker as being the first person buried in Swift Creek Cemetery. His wife Phoebe was said to be the daughter of John Osteen. In Ada Weeks Osteen's bible records it listed Phoebe as Phoebe Weeks, her birth having been prior to John Osteen and Ada Weeks marriage. According to the Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, John Roberts was very active in church affairs and an "unswerving Whig" in politics. The Roberts were a pioneer family of Wayne and Lowndes Counties, Georgia. John Roberts and his wife moved to Columbia County, Florida late in life and lived near Lake Butler, Florida. They left numerous descendants in Georgia and Florida. .