Richard Roberts b. 1802 North Carolina, USA d. Yes, date unknown: The Lost Creek Settlement

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1802 - Yes, date unknown

Name	Richard Roberts [1, 2, 3, 4]
Born	1802	North Carolina, USA
Gender	Male
Reference Number	1735
Residence	1840	Ripley, Rush, Indiana, USA [2]
	Head of household of 5 "free colored"
Died	Yes, date unknown
Person ID	I1735	Families

Father	Ishmael Roberts, b. 1750, Chatham, North Carolina, USA , d. 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA (Age 76 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Silvia, b. Abt 1760, Orange, North Carolina, USA , d. Aft 1826, Chatham, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 67 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F292	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Edith Newsom, b. North Carolina, USA , d. USA

Children

	1. Aaron Roberts, b. 12 Jan 1834, Indiana, USA , d. 9 Sep 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age 86 years) [natural]
	2. James Roberts, b. 28 May 1836, Indiana, USA , d. 9 Apr 1903, Perry, Lawrence, Indiana, USA (Age 66 years) [natural]

Family ID F3039 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Born - 1802 - North Carolina, USA

Residence - Head of household of 5 "free colored" - 1840 - Ripley, Rush, Indiana, USA

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Richard3, born say 1802, purchased 100 acres in Chatham County on Bush Creek from his father for $400 on 8 February 1825 [DB AB:221]. The Thursday session of the August 1821 Chatham County court ordered him to support his child by Elleky Evans [Minutes 1805-10]. He married ___ Bird, 14 December 1827 Chatham County bond, John Archy bondsman. His wife was probably the daughter of Josiah Bird, head of a Chatham County household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:211]. He sold land by deed proved in Chatham County on Wednesday, May term, 1837 [Minutes 1833-41]. Richard may have been the Richard Roberts who was head of a Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana household of 5 "free colored" in 1840.

Sources

[S266] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Eeron Roberts
[S211] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Ripley, Rush, Indiana; Roll: 93; Page: 213; Image: 433; Family History Library Film: 0007729.
Record for Richard Roberts
[S237] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for James Roberts
[S319] Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Knox County, Indiana; Index to Supplemental Record Marriage Transcript 1, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: H-44; Page: 290.
Record for Aaron Roberts

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