This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/372.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Your Roberts line is very likely descended from Billingsley Roberts of Maryland.. Two of his sons, Richard and John moved to the North Holston area about 1800 to calim land Billingsley willed them.. The land is presently in Smyth co., Va. You will find the will of Billingsley Roberts in the archives of the Roberts-L list.. G.Lee Hearl Abingdon, Va.