Florida Family Group Sheet for the Jonathan Knight ROBERTS Family *********************************************** Copyright John Burnett. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: John Burnett Email address: Husband: Jonathan Knight ROBERTS Birth date: 15 November 1826 Birth place: Lowndes County, Georiga Death date: 16 August 1907 Place of death: Duval County, Florida Burial: Dunns Creek Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Father: Lewis ROBERTS Mother: Mary KNIGHT Marriage date: 27 October 1853 Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida Wife: Mary ALFORD Birth date: 09 August 1836 Birth place: Hamilton County, Florida Death date: 25 December 1920 Place of death: Baker County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Florida Father: Hanceford ALFORD Mother: Jincy MANN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Enoch Nathaniel ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 16 August 1856 Birth place: Columbia County, Florida Death date: 16 July 1934 Place of death: Wauchula, Hardee County, Florida Burial: South Prong Cemetery, Baker County, Florida Marriage date: Circa 1876 Marriage place: Baker County, Florida Spouse's name: Emily GREENE Child No. 2: Martha Ann ROBERTS Sex: Female Birth date: 24 May 1858 Birth place: Columbia County, Florida Death date: 24 January 1935 Place of death: Nassau County, Florida Burial: Unknown/Florida Marriage date: Circa 1873 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: William Eli STAFFORD Child No. 3: Thomas Henry ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 25 November 1859 Birth place: New River County, Florida (now Bradford Co.) Death date: 20 November 1951 Place of death: Florida Burial: Edgewater Cemetery, Volusia Co., Florida Marriage date: 29 July 1893 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Georgia LOWE Child No. 4: Mary Jane ROBERTS Sex: Female Birth date: 04 January 1861 Birth place: Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida Death date: 25 December 1955 Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Flroida Marriage date: 03 February 1881 Marriage place: Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida Spouse's name: Elijah James DOBSON Child No. 5: Jonathan H. ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 20 June 1863 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 26 November 1866 Place of death: Bradford County, Florida Marriage date: Never Married Burial: Unknown/Bradford County, Florida Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: William Parker ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 15 July 1865 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 26 June 1947 Place of death: Florida Burial: Dunns Creek Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Marriage date: 31 December 1890 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Isabel BRYANT Child No. 7: Aaron James ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 05 December 1868 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 11 January 1959 Place of death: Florida Burial: Eubanks Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Marriage date: 22 July 1897 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Claire Blanche SUARES Child No. 8: Ozias Francis ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 06 April 1870 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 02 May 1965 Place of death: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Marriage date: Circa 1895 Marriage place: Florida? Spouse's name: Myrtle GARRISON Child No. 9: Abel James ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 01 May 1872 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 15 May 1955 Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Marriage date: 01 May 1893 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Ella Gertrude HILL Child No. 10: Leonard ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 23 August 1874 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 15 February 1961 Place of death: Duval Co.?, Florida Burial: Jones Cemetery, Nassau County, Florida Marriage date: Circa 1899 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Elizabeth MIZELL Child No. 11: Lupine ROBERTS Sex: Female Birth date: 24 November 1876 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 24 July 1897 Place of death: Florida Burial: Unknown/Florida Marriage date: 22 February 1894 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: J.M. HIGGINBOTHOM Child No. 12: Shurod ROBERTS Sex: Male Birth date: 04 February 1878 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 02 January 1962 Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida Burial: Ferriera Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida Marriage date: Circa 1900 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Frances Cola WILLIAMS Child No. 13: Cordelia "Delia" ROBERTS Sex: Female Birth date: 17 January 1884 Birth place: Bradford County, Florida Death date: 02 March 1965 Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida Marriage date: Circa 1904 Marriage place: Florida Spouse's name: Harrison WRIGHT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation: Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV; Richard Cardell of Jacksonville, Florida, Laviece Smallwood of Baker County, Florida. Jonathan Knight Roberts served in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company E, 1st Florida Cavalry which later became Company E, 9th Florida Regiment. He served in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865. He applied for a pension while living in New Smyrna, Florida. He received his pension and after his death his wife Mary Alford Roberts received a widow's pension which was approved in 1908. She received this pension until her death in 1920. Other sources: Florida Census Records--1850-- Columbia Co., 1860 New River Co., 1880 Bradford Co., 1900 Duval Co. Military Record of Jonathan Knight Roberts, Pension file of Mary Alford Roberts. . Last Updated: 8/23/2008