Hello, Roberson Researchers, Did every Roberson family have a William? There were so many Williams. Mine continues to be a very thick brickwall for me. Here is the info that I have. I don't even know if the names, dates and places are correct. I would like so much to hear from anyone who knows ANYTHING ABOUT MY ROBERSON FAMILY. FREDA ROBERSON NOBLE William Roberson born 1790, died in 1870. He married Elizabeth Bonner, born in 1793, died in 1875. They moved from South Carolina to Alabama and probably lived in Lowndes County (or Wilcox County). Descendents lived in Monroe County. A son was called "Ty." "Ty" may have been a nickname for "Tyre." Ty was born in 1816 and died young in 1842. He married Mary Jane (Polly) Sills, daughter of Clement and Elizabeth Thorton Sills. Ty and Polly had one son Alfred Bennett Roberson. A Census record gives Alfred Bennett's birth state as South Carolina and another, Alabama. Polly Sills Roberson married Isaac Ingram and had several more children. No census record shows Isaac and Polly with a son old enough to have been Alfred Bennett. He is not with his Sills grandparents in any census record. Where was he in 1850? Alfred Bennett, born in 1839 and died in 1909. In 1861, he married Martha Elizabeth Canterberry , daughter of Redding Canterberry who lived in Monroe County. Alfred Bennett and Martha Elizabeth had two sons, Hillard McDuffie, born in 1866, and William Vergin, born in 1868. Hillard died young. Alfred Bennett fought, was wounded and was captured in the Civil War. Martha Elizabeth died in 1869, age 23. In 1873, Alfred Bennett Roberson married Mary Alice Wright, daughter of John W. and Eliza Ann Solomon Wright, in Old Texas, Alabama. They had ten children, five daughters and then five sons. My Father was their youngest child, Alfred Leroy Roberson. Afred Bennett and Mary Alice lived in Excel, Alabama. Families closely connected to this family lived in Greenville County, Virginia; Abbeville, S. Carolina, LongCane, South Carolina; Johnston County, North Carolina; and Richmond/Scotland County, North Carolina. They were: Sills, Solomon, Wright, Williamson, Thorton, Bonner, Buffington, Canterberry, and Godbold. North Carolina census records show a Tyra Roberson who could have been William Roberson's father. Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi