Category: Family History

Why did the Roberts move from Scotland to England?

If I have tracked my family back correctly, they came from the Deal, Kent, area of England to the United States.  But, reportedly they were originally from Scotland.  I have been trying to find the reason why they moved.  I found the following post from a John Roberts who...
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Blackwater German Baptist Church of the Brethren

I remember Dad telling me that my great-grandpa, Elbert Roberts, attended a German Baptist Church in Blackwater.  The German Baptist were also known as “Dunkers” since they believed in completely immersing a person three times during baptism.  They are commonly known as the Church of the Brethren today. I...
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1782 Land Taxes Pittsylvania County, Virginia

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/1782LandTaxes.htm Name                                                   Acres Joseph Bayes                                       350 William Beel                                          100 William Griggory                                  60 Clement McDaniel                               300 James Caldwell                                     300 John Watkins                                       100 Samuel Brooks                                      125 Henry Blanks                                        175 Abednigo Tunner                                50                                                                                                                          ...
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Oaths of Allegiance – 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/Oaths.html copy done by Cynthia Hubbard Headen source: The Magazine of VA Genealogy, v.23, #1 (Feb.1985), transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito These lists were taken from a typewritten copy found in the Clerk’s Office, Pittsylvania County, at Chatham, Virginia.  The two following affidavits found attached to the copy are...
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Roberts on the 1850 Federal Census for Lee County, Virginia

This is the 1850 Federal Census for Lee County, Virginia Year: 1850   State: Virginia   County: Lee   Sheet No: 319B Reel No: M423-955   Division: District 31   Page No: 35 Enumerated on: August 1st, 1850 by: Stephen Crockett Transcribed by Ellen Finley-Johnson for USGenWeb, LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname       Lastname        ...
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