John Roberds (1800-1880)

John Roberds was a true Sourtherner. He was born in Franklin County, Georgia. John was the son of Thomas Roberds and Sarah Gilbert. John may have had another wife by the name of Sarah Williamson. Records indicate their marriage was 14 December 1764 in Union County, South Carolina, USA. This record indicates that John would have been born about 1746. Not much is known about his yourth. He married Martha Tucker Walpole on 4 September 1834 in Monroe County, Mississippi. Records indicate Martha was born in the year 1817. This puts John about 17 years older than Martha. She lived 20 years after he died. I know for 14 years he traveled from Monroe, Mississippi to Rincon, San Bernardino County, California before settleing down. This is a very big issue because as a family with all the children many of them would have been teenagers.

I know that my grandfather, was the the 13th child. His name was George Washington Roberds. I have one old picture with him and his son George Monroe Roberds. Monroe was the oldest of the George Washington clan. I will add more as the picture becomes more clear.