Florida Family Group Sheet for the Jonathan Knight ROBERTS Family


Husband: Jonathan Knight ROBERTS
Birthdate: 15 November 1826
Birthplace: Lowndes County, Georiga
Death date: 16 August 1907
Place of death: Duval County, Florida
Burial: Dunns Creek Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Father: Lewis ROBERTS
Mother: Mary KNIGHT

Marriage date: 27 October 1853
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida

Wife: Mary ALFORD
Birthdate: 09 August 1836
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: 25 December 1920
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Florida
Father: Hanceford ALFORD
Mother: Jincy MANN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Enoch Nathaniel ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 16 August 1856
Birth place: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 16 July 1934
Place of death: Wauchula, Hardee County, Florida
Burial: South Prong Cemetery, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: Circa 1876
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Emily GREENE

Child No. 2: Martha Ann ROBERTS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 24 May 1858
Birth place: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 24 January 1935
Place of death: Fernandina, Nassau Co., Florida
Burial: Dunn’s Creek Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Marriage date: Circa 1873
Marriage place: Florida
Spouse's name: William Eli STAFFORD

Child No. 3: Thomas Henry ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 25 November 1859
Birth place: New River County, Florida (now Bradford Co.)
Death date: 20 November 1951
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Edgewater Cemetery, Volusia Co., Florida
Marriage date: 29 July 1883
Marriage place: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Georgia LOWE

Child No. 4: Mary Jane ROBERTS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 04 January 1861
Birth place: Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 25 December 1955
Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Flroida
Marriage date: 03 February 1881
Marriage place: Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida
Spouse's name: Elijah James DOBSON

Child No. 5: Jonathan H. ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 20 June 1863
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 26 November 1866
Place of death: Bradford County, Florida
Marriage date: Never Married
Burial: unknown/Bradford County, Florida
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 6: William Parker ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 15 July 1865
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 26 June 1947
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Dunns Creek Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Marriage date: 31 December 1890
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Isabel BRYANT

Child No. 7: Aaron James ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 05 December 1868
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 11 January 1959
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Eubanks Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Marriage date: 22 July 1897
Marriage place: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Claire Blanche SUARES

Child No. 8: Ozias Francis ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 06 April 1870
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 02 May 1965
Place of death: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Marriage date: 30 August 1915
Marriage place: Baker Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Myrtle GARRISON

Child No. 9: Abel James ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 01 May 1872
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 15 May 1955
Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Marriage date: 01 May 1893
Marriage place: Baker Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Ella Gertrude HILL

Child No. 10: Leonard ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 23 August 1874
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 15 February 1961
Place of death: Duval Co.?, Florida
Burial: Jones Cemetery, Nassau County, Florida
Marriage date: 8 December 1907
Marriage place: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Elizabeth MIZELL

Child No. 11: Lupine ROBERTS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 24 November 1876
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 24 July 1897
Place of death: Florida
Burial: unknown/Florida
Marriage date: 22 February 1894
Marriage place: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Spouse's name: J.M. HIGGINBOTHOM

Child No. 12: Shurod ROBERTS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 04 February 1878
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 02 January 1962
Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Burial: Ferriera Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Marriage date: 20 March 1909
Marriage place: Florida
Spouse's name: Frances Cola WILLIAMS

Child No. 13: Cordelia "Delia" ROBERTS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 17 January 1884
Birth place: Bradford County, Florida
Death date: 02 March 1965
Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Marriage date: 02 April 1905
Marriage place: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Harrison WRIGHT
 
 
Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV;
* Richard Cardell of Jacksonville, Florida,
* Laviece Smallwood of Baker County, Florida.
* Florida Census Records--1850-- Columbia Co., 1860 New River Co., 1880 Bradford Co., 1900 Duval Co.
* Military Record of Jonathan Knight Roberts,
* Pension file of Mary Alford Roberts.

Notes:
* Jonathan Knight Roberts served in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company E, 1st Florida Cavalry which later became Company E, 9th Florida Regiment. He served in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865. He applied for a pension while living in New Smyrna, Florida. He received his pension and after his death his wife Mary Alford Roberts received a widow's pension which was approved in 1908. She received this pension until her death in 1920.
 

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