Galen M. Roberts married 2 daughters of Ralph Kilgore and Amelia Wheatley, (1) Esther Jane Kilgore b. abt 1833 m. Jul 27 1850 in Russell Co VA (2) Mary Kilgore (widow of Harrison Dollarhide) b. 1841 m. Sept 13 1878 Wise Co VA-Deborah Thompson Clarkston -----Original Message----- From: Rdvsr@aol.com <Rdvsr@aol.com> To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [VAWISE] Roberts Branch Cemetery > 6. Catherine ROBERTS b c1836 Lee md 13 Jul 1852 Nelson KILGORE >s/o Ralph & Millie (Amelia WHEATLEY) KILGORE, s/o Ralph KILGORE, Sr, & Nancy >GRAY s/o Robert >KILGORE b 1744 Ireland md Winnie CLAYTON. Nelson had bro. Charles, Hiram, >Wm., & James, Nelson 1st md Rachel MAGGARD > 5. Mary Elizabeth ROBERTS b 10 Feb 1856 Wise md Silas MAGGARD b >1862 KY s/o Rudolph & Anna (ROBERTS) d/o Moses ROBERTS (on 1880 Wise in h/h >of Geo. W. & Mary >J. ROBERTS) dtr b Nov 1880 Amanda. Silas moved to Toney Co MO (Moses ROBERTS >family of Clay Co, KY) > >2-9-2-2 James Marion ROBERTS b 1878 & Peggy Jane (White) > Ch: 12 > 1. Cora Ellen ROBERTS b 21 Sep 1903 md 1) 3 Aug 1921, Lemory CLARK, > 2) 30 Aug 1927 John KAREBOLIS, 3) 18 Aug 1934 John MAGGARD, no ch; > > 4. Lucinda M. ROBERTS b c1872 Wise md 24 Oct 1888 WiseCo; M. >MAGGARD b c1867 Letcher Co,KY s/o R & E. MAGGARD > 5. Sarah E. ROBERTS b 1875 Wise Co, md 11 Oct 94 Wise Henry >MAGGARD b 1876 Letcher Co, KY s/o Alfred & Eliz. MAGGARD > #2-4 Galen M. ROBERTS b c 1828 GraysonCo, VA d 1891 in a shootout >known as the >Battle of Critical Fork Va m 13 Sep 1878 Va md 1) Ester (Hester Ann) Jane >KILGORE b 1816 >VA, md 2) Mary DOLLARHIDE b RussCoVa d/o Ralph & Mary Kilgore DOLLARHIDE (1860 >Wise #242 > Ch; > *1. George Washington ROBERTS b 1851 RussCoVa d 15 Nov 1884 >WiseCoVa 33 yr, >15 day, md Mary Jane DAY b c1855 RussCoVA d/o Andrew & A. DAY > 2. America E. ROBERTS b 1855 RUssCoVa m 1870 Wolfe Co, KY Wm. H. >ROBERTS >s/o Commodore ROBERTS on 1860 Wise Commodore on 1870 Wolfe Co > 3. Henry H. ROBERTS b 1854 RussCo Va md Rachel R. JENKINS d/o >Abner & Jane, >#326 1880 Wise, Nancy E. b 1875 d 4 Nov 1884 9yr 11day, Wm. b 1878 > 4. Mary Elizabeth ROBERTS b 10 Feb 1856 Wise md Silas MAGGARD b >1862 KY s/o Rudolph & Anna (ROBERTS) d/o Moses ROBERTS (on 1880 Wise in h/h >of Geo. W. & Mary >J. ROBERTS) dtr b 1880 Amanda. Silas moved to Toney Co MO > >3-1 Preston ROBERTS b c1829 Perry Co d 29 Mar 1911 Breathitt md 1) 3 Jun 1851 >Letcher >Co Rebecca CAUDILL b 1835 d 1860 Breathitt d/o Stephen b 1811 NC & Elizabeth >(Fields >b1815 KY) CAUDILL md 2) c1863 Sarah FIELDS b c1837, Stephen s/o Henry & Phoebe >(Strailer), s/o James, Jr. & Mary CAUDILL, 1860 Letcher Co, 1870 Breathitt Co >E 13th Ky >Calvary (Conf.) Preston Roberts, Pvt. Enl. 1 Jun 1862, Whitesburg, Ky, >deserted 8 Nov 1862. >(In 1864 & 65 a Preston Roberts was mail contractor at Independance, MO) >1890 Special >lists of census of Pike Co, Vet. of Civil War--Peter Creek, "Preschton >Roberts" >Children by Rebecca CAUDILL (All but James reared by Caudill grandparents) >1. Stephen P. ROBERTS b 2 Jul 1852 Letcher md 1871 Letcher Susannah CAUDILL >d/o >Jesse CAUDILL & Mary BACK >2. Dicy ROBERTS b 20 Jan 1854 Letcher Co d 29 May 1883 brd nr Crown KY md >Benjamin >Franklin CORNETT s/o Joseph & Sarah (Brown) CORNETT >3. James ROBERTS b 22 Nov 1855 Letcher Co md Permelia F. _____ (lived >Breathitt Co) >4. Rachel ROBERTS b 14 Oct 1857 Letcher m 24 Feb 1876 Letcher Henry CAUDILL >s/o >Jesse >5. Elizabeth "Betsy" ROBERTS b 15 Feb 1860 Cody, Knott Co md 30 Aug 1876 >Letcher James "Big Jim" BACK b 5 Mar 1856 (This appears incorrect unless 2nd >mrg: Eliz. >Roberts d/o Preston & m Samuel ADAMS s/o Spencer & Cela (Church) ADAMS??) >lived at >Cody, Breedings Cr., Knott Co "Big Jim" cousin to Henry Caudill m Rachael > (James Cornett says Preston had 6 children, if so one must have died >young) > > The descendants of Preston ROBERTS in Letcher Co. said that he >deserted his family >and went west and was never heard from again. > Actually he went west to Breathitt Co. and remd Sarah FIELDS and son >James went >with him. > Children by Sarah FIELDS: 1880 Breathitt > 6. Daniel ROBERTS b 1863 > 7. Lewis ROBERTS b 1865 > 8. Nancy ROBERTS b 1869 > 9. John ROBERTS b 1871 > 10. Louisa ROBERTS b 1873 > 11. Greenville ROBERTS b 1877 > >3-1-1 Stephen ROBERTS b 2 Jul 1852 Letcher Ky md Susannah "Susie' CAUDILL >(sis to >Henry who md Rachel ROBERTS) d/o Jessie CAUDILL s/o Stephen & Sally (Adams) >CAUDILL, & Mary "Polly" BACK d/o Henry & Susan (Maggard) BACK >Ch >1. Mary ROBERTS b c1872 d 1908 md William S. COLLINS see p. 1424 Appalachia >Crossroads for issue. >2. Rachel ROBERTS b 26 Aug 1875 Letcher Co, KY > >3-1-2 Leodicy "Dica" ROBERTS b 2 Jan 1854 Letcher d 29 May 1883 brd nr >Crown,KY d/o >Preston, md Benjamin Franklin CORNETT b 18 Nov 1848 Dry Fork,KY d 13 Mar 1905 >of >typhoid fever s/o Joseph Enoch CORNETT & Sally BROWN b 1815 d 1892 d/o John >Q. & >Betsy (Caudill) BROWN. Joseph s/o Wm. Jesse & Mary Everage CORNETT. Benj. F. >md 2nd >Abby Jane MULLINS b 10 Mar 1867 d 29 Mar 1926 4 sons, 2 dtrs >Ch: >1. Joseph CORNETT killed as child by falling board >2. Elizabeth CORNETT b 1872 KY md Wilburn HAMPTON >3. Jesse CORNETT (Min. of ORB Church) b 23 Apr 1875 Dry Fk,KY d 10 Mar 1963 >brd Uz, KY md 1. Lourancy WHITTAKER 1882-1946 d/o Thomas & Eliz. (Caudill) >4. Preston CORNETT b Feb 1880 KY m Eva MAGGARD >5. Sarah CORNETT b KY m 1) R. DRAUGTON, 2) R.B.CAUDILL >6. Mary CORNETT b 1878 KY > >3-1-3 James ROBERTS b c1856 Letcher KY md Permelia F. ____c1873 > 1880 Breathitt Co #223 > Ch > 1. Linville ROBERTS b c1874 > 2. Elvis ROBERTS b c1876 > 3. Jimmy ROBERTS b c1879 > >3-1-4 Rachael ROBERTS b 14 Oct 1857 Letcher d 1 Jul 1876 Letcher d/o Preston >md 24 Feb >1876 Letcher, Henry CAUDILL b 16 Dec 1855 Letcher s/o Jesse CAUDILL & Polly >(BACK), >Henry md 2nd Borilla C. JONES > >3-1-5 Elizabeth ROBERTS b 15 Feb 1860 Letcher Co, d/o Preston md 30 Aug 1876 >Letcher, James BACK b 5 Mar 1856 lived at Cody,KY on Breedings Cr, Knott Co >Ch: on 1880 Letcher #218 p.40 >1. Rebecca BACK b 18 Aug 1877 n/md >2. David Harvey BACK b 23 May 1879 md Mary DIXON >3. James C. Irvin BACK b 30 Jan 1881 md Elizabeth DIXON >4. Henry BACK b 4 Dec 1882 md 1) Hettie DIXON, 2) Martha WITT >5. Leander BACK b 24 Sep 1884 n/md >6. Nervesta BACK b 18 Jan 1885 md Erastus VAUGHT >7. Ceburn (m) BACK b 4 Oct 1887 md Cythia BACK d/o John BACK >8. Gideon BACK b 28 Sep 1889 >9. Richard BACK b 8 Dec 1891 md Allie BLAIR >10. Alex BACK b 8 Dec 1891 md Maxie ??? >11. Ira BACK b 3 Oct 1894 >12. Shadrach "Shade" BACK > >3-1-6 Mary ROBERTS b c1834 KY md 10 Aug 1848 Letcher, Henry CAUDILL b 26 Jul >1824 >GA s/o Isham CAUDILL s/o James Jr. & Mary (Adams) CAUDILL & Elizabeth CAUDILL >believed to d/o Benjamin Sr >Ch: >1. Ruth b c1850 d c1857 Letcher >2. Sampson CAUDILL b 1 Sep 1853 d c1857 >3. Elizabeth CAUDILL b 9 May 1854 >4. Wiley CAUDILL b c1855 >5. Rebecca CAUDILL b c1856 >6. Susan CAUDILL b c 1860 > > >Rodney Veitschegger, Bowling Green, KY >"This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in >it." Psalms 118:24 (this is not one of the 10 commandments, and, therefore, >is exempt from government prohibitions) > >