This is the Roberts branch of our family. My father was DeWitt T. Roberts.
This is a brief history of my family from what I have learned from relatives. I present this history so that the future generations may have some knowledge of their beginning. This family consist of the branches of:
Abraham Roberts b-late 1600's or early 1700' in France.
Abraham Roberts II b- Marion District, Colony of S. Carolina ca 1745 d-1817-1820 Amite Co. Miss.
m- Desiree Rogers b- 1751 Marion District S.C. d-1816-1820 Franklin Co. Miss.
Children:1 - David Roberts b-1772 Georgetown Dist., S.C. d-1845 Warren Co.
2- Ms. m-Maria Commander ca 1791
3- Sarah Roberts b-1774 d- 1812 m- Benjamine Hamilton 1801 S.C.
4- Hanna Roberts b-1782 d-1827 m- ? Frazier
* 5 -Abraham Roberts III b-26 Aug 1784 Georgetown Dist. Prince Williams Co. S.C. d-17 March 1863 Amite, Ms. m-Sarah Taylor Nov. 1813 Wilkinson Co. Ms.
6-Robert Middleton b-1786 d-26 Aug. 1843 Caldwell, La. burried Roberts cem, Amite Co. Ms
m- Lovey Taylor 17 Aug. 1815 Amite Co. Ms.
7-Mariah Ann b-1792 S.C. d-1853 m-John Houston Lusk 1810
8-Cathrine b-1794 S.C. d-1835 m- James Taylor 4 Jan 1827 Amite Co. Ms.
Note: Abraham Roberts II served in the Cherokee Expedition of 1759-1760 under Capt.
John McCant, Sgt. Wm. Robert and Sgt. David Robert When the war broke out he served under
Gen Francis Marion.
Children: 1-William Roberts b-26 Sept. 1814
2- James Dixon Roberts b-16 Dec. 1815
3- Susanna Ameline Roberts- 12 Jan. 1818 4- Sara Ann Roberts b-22 Feb 1820
5- Catherine Smantha Roberts b-28 Sept. 1822
6- Anna Maria Carolina Roberts b-1 Dec. 1824
* 7- Abraham Jasper Roberts b-3 June 1830
8- Phillip Newton Roberts b-1832
9- Thomas Griffin Roberts b-1834
Children:* Stephen Leonidis Roberts b-7 Sept. 1865 d- 16 June 1928 burried Antioch Cem, Minden, La. m- Sara Samantha Seale * (my grandfather)
Children:
1- Hoyt Roberts b-5 Nov.1887 d-1942
2- Leta Roberts b- 6 Sept. 1889 d-1926
3- Corbett Roberts b- 22 Aug. 1892 d- 26 Feb. 1963
4- Lampkin Roberts b-22 July 1894- Missing in action WWI
* 5- DeWitt Talmadge Roberts b- 22 May 1896 d- 21 July 1959 (my father)
Died in Alex. La. burried in Alex. La married Mary Eleanor Campbell *
* ( Parents and Grand parents)
Children:
1-DeWitt T. Roberts Jr. b- 17 Nov. 1925 d- infant
2-Leta Louise Roberts b-10 Dec. 1926
3-Eleanor Loraine Roberts b-4 Aug. 1929 d-25 Dec. 1929
4-Patsy Ann Roberts b-26 Dec. 1931
5-DeWitt E. Roberts b- 4 April 1934 (This is me better known as Buddy)
6-Ethel Elizabeth Roberts b-10 July 1935
7-Wanda Elaine Roberts b-8 Nov. 1937 d-8 Feb. 1994 Alex. La.
8-Carolyn Faye Roberts b-24 Aug 1939
9-Charles Wayne Roberts b-5 March 1943
Children of Leta Louise Roberts & Danial Leo Juneau Sr.
1- Danial Leo Juneau Jr. b-June 6 1946 Alexandria, Louisiana
m-Charmaine_____?_____b-Jan 29 1952 Carencro, Louisiana m- Feb 15 1978
Children: a- John Casey Burleigh b- March 1 1971
b- Josh Michael Juneau b-Jan 13 1979
C-Jacob Danial Juneau b-may 24 1982
2 - Sharon Ann Juneau b-July 8 1948 Alexandria, Louisiana
m-James Wayne Yarbourgh -Georgia b-April 6 1948 m-July 3 1970
Children:1-Heather Michelle Yarbrough b-May 22 1971 Alexandria, Louisiana
m- Tracy Roy Griffin Nov.2 1990
Children:a- Anthony James Griffin b-June 26 1993 Alexandria, Louisiana
b-Victiria Page Griffin b-Aug. 29 1996 Alexandria, Louisiana
C-Jordan Danielle Griffin b- 1997 Alexandria, Lousiana
2-James Wayne Yarbrough II b-Dec. 28 1973 Alexandria, Louisiana
3- Milissa Nicole Yarbrough b-Aug. 27 1975 Alexandria, Louisiana
m-Kenneth Wayne Holder m- Sept.21 1993
Children:a-Smantha Nicole Holder b-April 4 1994
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