William Roberts
William
Roberts was born July 27, 1801 in
Tennessee, the second of four sons
born to unknown parents. He was
married three times.
By November 16,
1850 William and his first wife, Piety
(born 1806, South Carolina), are
living in Lamar Co., Texas, where he his
occupation is farmer.
Children living the home are:
Samuel, born 1829, Tennessee
John Peley Sweet, July
3, 1824, Illinois - 20 January 1894,
Jacksonville, Sullivan Co., Missouri
William, born
1831, Illinois
Isabella,
1831, Panola Co., Mississippi - August
1863, Texas
Henry, 1843, Panola Co., Mississippi -
before 1847
William
married a second time to Jane Adeline Smith
Wilson,
widow of James Wilson, on July 10, 1856 in
Lamar Co, Texas. By
June 1860 the family is living in Decatur,
Wise Co., Texas.
William is 59 years of age and
occupied as a farmer; Jane is 23
years of age.
Children living in the home are:
John, age 26, occupation - rancher
Thomas Bryant,
age 18 (July
9, 1843 - September 9, 1919, Montague Co.
Texas); occupation - farmer
Henry, age 16
James Wilson, age 6, Jane's firstborn,
child of Jane and James Wilson
William B.,
age 4, born July 1857, Lamar Co., Texas -
October 31, 1879, Bozeman Gallatin Co.,
Montana
Simuel Buford
"Sim", age 2, born October 16, 1858,
Paris, Lamar Co., Texas - Sept 22, 1927,
Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT
Mollie, age 4 months, Texas
Before
1863 the family had moved to Whitesboro
area in Grayson Co., Texas.
Their fourth child, a daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, was born January
7, 1863 in Whitesboro, Grayson Co., Texas.
Jane died in 1863
either in childbirth or soon after.
The 1870 census,
dated November 8, 1870, enumerates William
Roberts and his 3rd wife,
Catherine "Kittie" Adaline Brumley
Roberts, living in Whitesboro.
William's occupation is that of
farmer. The ages of
Mary Elizabeth and Belle in the 1870
census are 7 and 6, respectively.
The birth date of William and
his 3rd wife's child is December 1863.
William married Kittie in February
or March of 1863.
William
died December 26, 1874 in Whitesboro,
Grayson County, Texas and was buried in Oakwood
Cemetery,
Whitesboro. His will dated December
17, 1874 bears an "X" for his
signature; in the District Court of
Grayson County, J.W. Short swore on
February 5, 1875, that he and J.R. Diamond
were witnesses of William
Roberts' signature to Will. His
will provided the following:
1.
The children of his 2nd wife, Jane -
William Roberts, Samuel
Buford, Roberts, Jane Roberts and Lizzie
Roberts were to receive 100
acres each of the William Birdwell
headright in Wise Co., Texas,
located about 3 miles from the town of
Decatur, the same land being
deeded to William Roberts by William
Birdwell on May 2, 1860 in a Bond for Title.
2.
The proceeds from the sale of his
homestead in Lamar Co., Texas,
were to go to Thomas Roberts, child of his
1st wife, as well as the four
children mentioned in the above item,
divided among them equally.
3. To his 3rd wife, Kittie Adaline
and his daughter, William Roberts
Bell Roberts,
he willed his homestead situated about one
mile south of Whitesboro,
along with all the horses, cattle and
other stock by him in the
counties of Grayson, Lamar, Montague, and
Wise or elsewhere; all
perishable property of whatever
description or character that remained
after the payment of his lawful debts.
4. He designated his
wife, Kittie Adaline Roberts, as the
Executor of his Will; accordingly
she was to take charge of any property and
all property mentioned in the
above items and bring suit to recover any
amount or property that
should be unlawfully held or detained.
She was to take possession
of 110 acres of land situated in Wise Co.,
Texas and retain in her
possession for the benefit of his children
named in the above items.
The proceeds of the homestead in
Lamar Co. she was to retain also
for the benefit of the children mentioned
in the above items.
When the above mentioned children
reached the age of 21, she was
to deliver to him or her their
distributive share of the proceeds of
said land as well as the proceeds of the
sale of the Lamar Co., Texas
homestead.
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