son of Jesse P. Roberts & Miriam "Mira" Shrofe of Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1851 TO
Nancy Caroline Reed b 24 Nov 1830 (vicinity present Yancy CO, NC) d 9 June 1915 Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek (Station) Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
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Caroline (Reed) Roberts Horton's death certificate
dau of Robert Reed & Elizabeth Mashburn of Cherokee CO, NC
[NOTE: After Emund Roberts' death, Nancy Caroline (Reed) Roberts married (2) 18 Feb 1872 by H. Lovingood, JP Cherokee CO, NC TO Spencer Horton.]
issue: (children of Edmund & Nancy Caroline (Reed) Roberts)
1(M) Robert H. Roberts b ca 1852 Cherokee CO, NC d
2(M) Alfred Zimariah "Zim / Zimrie" Roberts b Aug 1853 Cherokee CO, NC d 1939 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 10 Mar 1872 by E. A. Deweese, Mag Cherokee CO, NC TO
Martha Sue C. Roberts b Feb 1851 Cherokee CO, NC d 9 Dec 1937 Beaverdam, Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
3(F) Mira Elizabeth Roberts b ca 1855 Cherokee CO, NC d after 1880
4(M) Jesse L. Reason Roberts b 6 June 1856 Cherokee CO, NC d 7 May 1940 Monroe CO, TN buried Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m (1) 14 Apr 1878 by T. W. Vest, JP Cherokee CO, NC TO
Elizabeth "Betsy" / "Betty" Passmore b ca 1855 NC d ca 1881 - 1883
m (2) ca 1883? TO
Winnie E. _____ b Apr 1854 NC d ca 1901 - 1909
5(M) Nineveh Gaines "Nennie" Roberts b (July) 1856 [per tombstone, but probably 1858] Cherokee CO, NC d 18 May 1934 Gilmer CO, GA buried New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Ellijay, Gilmer CO. GA
m ca 1884 TO
Texas Magnolia Thurman b 1860 TN d 1932 buried New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Ellijay, Gilmer CO. GA
6(F) Paralee D. Roberts b Mar 1860 Cherokee CO, NC d ca 1921 - 1929
m 5 Oct 1884 Cherokee CO, NC by H. Lovingood, JP, wit: Jackson Cook & Ann Lovingood, TO
William Brownlow "Brown" Cook b ca May 1849 Grandview, Cherokee CO, NC d 31 July 1930 Beaverdam, Cherokee CO, NC buried Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
7(F) Nancy Evelyn "Eva" Roberts b 5 Apr 1862 Cherokee CO, NC d 14 Feb 1944 Tellico Plains, Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Evelyn Powell's death certificate
m 16 Mar 1905 by G. J. Crow, JP Cherokee CO, NC TO
Frank Powell b 7 June 1852 GA d 10 Dec 1945 Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Frank Powell's death certificate
8(F) Paulina Roberts b 9 Nov 1863 Cherokee CO, NC d 28 May 1928 Tellico Plains, Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 10 Oct 1880 by Rev. William A. Cobb, wit: J. L. Roberts & Nancy E. Roberts, at Spencer Horton's home, TO
George Washington Radford b 3 Apr 1859 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 11 Nov 1942 Coker Creek, Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
9(M) Jim? Roberts b NC d
10(M) Newton Roberts b 28 June 1865 NC d 9 Feb 1929 Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 21 Dec 1890 by E. H. Nelson, JP Cherokee CO, NC TO
Era Bee Hall b 29 Jan 1874 NC d 20 Aug 1953 Coker Creek, Monroe CO, TN buried Coker Creek Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
[NOTE: Were there others?]
Many thanks to Cousins Joe Irons and Scott Arwood for help with these lines!
