Fourth Generation

45. Elliott N ROBERTS was born about 1790 in Amherst Co, VA.^163,246 He served in the military 4 Reg VA Militia in 1812–1815 in Virginia.²⁴⁷ ²⁴⁸ ²⁴⁹ ²⁵⁰ Nelson County Chancery Court Case 1849-008
Chancery Cause : Elliot N. Roberts vs Adm. Of Zachariah Roberts, Nelson Co

To the Honorable Lucas P Thompson Judge of the superior Court of Law & Chancery for the county of Nelson re: the bill of complaint of Elliot N. Roberts of the county of Nelson.

Your Orator begs leave to represent that his father,Zachariah Roberts of the county of Nelson departed this life on the day of in the year 1838 intestate leaving considerable property both real and personal estate. He left his widow Sarah N Roberts & the following children his heirs and legal representatives, To wit, Mathew H, Skiler H., John H., Waddy W., Benjamin F, Sophia and Caroline Roberts and also a grandson, G. Washington Turner, a son of a deceased daughter Sally Turner,formerly Sally Roberts – That administration of the estate of his father to Waddy W. Roberts – Your orator does not suppose that the situation of the said estate, will require its being kept together any length of time, & that it will be important that the ????? according ??????? at as early ?????? ble – To effect this your orator prays that the said administrator & the residue of the representatives may be compelled to answer the bill & say what reason there can be for deferring the division of the said estate and that an order of publication be recorded against Matthew Roberts, Skiler H Roberts who are no inhabitants of this commonwealth, & that a guardian ad litem be assigned to the said G. Washington Turner, who is an infant under 21 years of age, and that the Court would direct the according of the said administrator to be settle & the real & personal estate of his father to be divided according to law after first laying off the said widow her dower therein & to grant such others and further relief as in grant & right.

(The center section is damaged and many words there are completely gone and unreadable.) He appeared in the census in 1850 at Slave Schedule in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵¹ Elliott appeared in the census in 1850 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁴⁶ He died in 1855 at the age of 65.²⁵²

Elliott N ROBERTS and Elizabeth DAWSON were married on 25 December 1815 in Nelson Co, VA.^253,254 They^{^253,254} appeared in the census in 1820 in Buckingham, Nelson, VA.²⁵⁵ They^²⁵⁵ appeared in the census in 1840 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁶ Elizabeth DAWSON, daughter of John Sorrell DAWSON and Jane LYON, died in 1848 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵²

Elliott N ROBERTS-75 and Elizabeth DAWSON-118 had the following children:

102	i.	Martin ROBERTS was born about 1814.²⁵⁷ He died on 29 October 1857 at the age of 43 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁷
103	ii.	William C ROBERTS was born about 1816. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁸ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁹ William died in 1864 at the age of 48 in Shenandoah Co, VA.²⁶⁰ He was buried after 1864 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁶⁰
+104	iii.	Dr John Preston ROBERTS-388.
105	iv.	Sarah Ann ROBERTS was born in January 1821 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁶¹ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁸ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Rockfish, Nelson, VA.²⁶² Sarah appeared in the census in 1880 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁶³ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Rockfish, Nelson, VA.²⁶¹
+106	v.	Elliott N ROBERTS Jr-126.
107	vi.	Elizabeth T "Bettie" ROBERTS was born about 1826 in Nelson Co, VA.^262,264 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁸ She appeared in the census in 1860 at Slave Schedule in Nelson Co, VA.²⁶⁵ Bettie appeared in the census in 1870 in Rockfish, Nelson, VA.²⁶⁶ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Rockfish, Nelson, VA.²⁶³ She died on 31 December 1885 at the age of 59 in Lovingston, Nelson, VA.²⁶⁴
108	vii.	Zachariah ROBERTS was born about 1827.
+109	viii.	Henry Tate ROBERTS-393.
110	ix.	Milton ROBERTS was born about 1837.²⁵⁸ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Nelson Co, VA.²⁵⁸ He appeared in the census in 1860 at Slave Schedule in Nelson Co, VA.²⁶⁷