John Calhoun Roberts
1837 - 1919 (81 years)-
Name John Calhoun Roberts [1, 2] Born 25 Dec 1837 Winston, Mississippi, USA 
[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Gender Male Died 25 Mar 1919 Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA [2, 5, 8] Buried 26 Mar 1919 Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA [2, 5, 8] - Lincecum - Roberts Cemetery
Person ID I7153 My Genealogy Last Modified 20 Mar 2020
Father Alexander Roberts, b. 9 Jan 1813, Franklin, Tennessee, USA , d. 11 Jun 1886, Gillespie, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) Mother Sabra Vise, b. Abt 1815, South Carolina, USA , d. Jul 1855, Cole Creek, Blanco, Texas. USA (Age ~ 40 years) Married Between 1832 and 1833 Pickens, Alabama, USA Family ID F3663 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Fernandella Brazoria Lincecum, b. 3 Jul 1840, Lowndes, Mississippi, USA , d. 9 Sep 1933, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 93 years) Married 9 Aug 1857 Caldwell, Texas, USA [2, 4, 8, 9, 10] Children 1. Jacob Garland Roberts, b. 26 Jun 1858, Caldwell, Texas, USA , d. 21 Dec 1938, Caldwell, Texas, USA (Age 80 years) [natural]2. Alexander Chalmus Roberts, b. 15 Dec 1861, Texas, USA , d. 3 Feb 1950, Cotulla, La Salle, Texas, USA (Age 88 years) [natural]3. Daniel Brazos Roberts, b. 7 Apr 1864, Dale, Caldwell, Texas, USA , d. 17 May 1941, Dale, Caldwell County, Texas (Age 77 years) [natural]4. Louada Roberts, b. Between 1865 and 1867, Texas, USA [natural]5. James Travis Roberts, b. 11 Feb 1872, Dale, Caldwell, Texas, USA , d. 10 Nov 1951, Olla, La Salle, Louisiana, USA (Age 79 years) [natural]6. John B. J. Roberts, b. 13 Oct 1876, Texas, USA , d. 23 Jan 1925 (Age 48 years) [natural]7. Sullivan Ross Roberts, b. 13 Jan 1886, Dale, Caldwell, Texas, USA , d. 17 Mar 1958, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 72 years) [natural]Last Modified 22 Feb 2020 Family ID F2499 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 25 Dec 1837 - Winston, Mississippi, USA 
Married - 9 Aug 1857 - Caldwell, Texas, USA 
Died - 25 Mar 1919 - Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA Buried - 26 Mar 1919 - Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
John C. Roberts Family
FRONT: John C., Ross, Della, Dan
BACK: Jim, John Jr., Alexander C.John C. Roberts
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Documents 
John C. Roberts Est.
Burial expenses. From Mrs. Della Roberts's (Confederate) widow's pension application. This was submitted as a "Mortuary Warrant" -- government would pay. ["Alabama, Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958" database via Ancestry (2010).]
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Notes - Father
John C. Roberts
Age 81 Yrs. 3 Mo.
Born Dec 25, 1837
Died Mar 25, 1919
They who knew him best
will bless his name and
keep his memory dear
while life shall last.
- According to the 1870 Caldwell County, Texas Federal census, J. C. could not read or write.
According to the 1910 Caldwell County, Texas Federal census, both of John's parents were born in Alabama.
- From October 1914 Indigent Pension Application (No. 29601) of John C. Roberts:
When asked of what state was his command, he replied with Texas. John went on to say: "Enlisted at Austin July 1863. Served until May 1865...Was immediately detailed to serve in Subsistence Department and was put to work gathering cattle for Luckett's Regiment. My entire time was put in driving Beeves for the command. I did not serve in any company as a soldier."
The mortuary warrant submitted by D. B. Roberts, John's son, states John died of heart disease at home, "8 mi east of" Lockhart in Caldwell County, Texas.
Rangers and Sovereignty
The Ranger & His Wife:
Two Accounts of the Early Days of the Texas Rangers by a Married Couple
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Sources - [S222] Lineages, Inc., comp. GENE POOL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
- [S599] Crisler, Patricia Fogle, "Lincecum-Roberts History".
- [S740] 1860 Census of United States, Texas, Caldwell, Lockhart, population Schedule; Online Images, Page No. 41, dwelling 310, family 296, J. C. Roberts household, accessed 29 July 2016, National Archives and Records Administration credited.
Includes F. D. (female, age 18) and Jacob (age 2) - [S744] 1900 Census of United States, Texas, Caldwell, Precint No. 6, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 125, sheet no. 8A, dwelling & family 130, John C. Roberts household, accessed 29 July 2016, National Archives and records Administration credited.
Includes wife Della B.; and sons John B. and Ross - [S746] Lincecum - Roberts Cemetery (Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, USA), Grave Markers, Digital image of tombstone for John C. Roberts at FindAGrave.com -- memorial #17976200 by Judy Rodgers.
- [S748] 1850 Census of United States, Texas, Caldwell, population Schedule; Online Images, Dwelling & Family 160, Alexander Roberts household, accessed 30 July 2016.
Includes Sabra (age 35); James M. (age 17); Jacob F. (age 14); John C. (age 13); Daniel W. (age 9); Ann Eliza (age 6); Amanda (age 3); and Buck (age 1) - [S751] Lockhart Post-Register, Lockhart, Texas (print edition), Issued 13 June 1985, "Roberts Descendants Meet for Reunion in Smithville," transcription via pennyholmes571 (Ancestry Public Member Trees).
- [S745] Alabama, Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, Digital images of Mrs. Della Roberts "Widow's Application for a Pension".
- [S737] Texas County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, John C. Roberts m. Fernandella Lincecum 9 August 1857, Caldwell County.
- [S739] 1910 Census of United States, Texas, Caldwell, Justice Precint 6, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 34, sheet no. 13A, dwellings & families 236-238, James T. Roberts household, John C. Roberts household, Daniel B. Roberts household, accessed 29 July 2016, National Archives and Records Administration credited.
- [S222] Lineages, Inc., comp. GENE POOL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
