Sylvester married Mary Lucinda ROBERTSON on 24 Oct 1872. Mary (daughter of George Lewis ROBERTSON and Emily JOHNSON) was born on 21 Feb 1854 in Missouri; died on 27 Jul 1947 in Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa; was buried in Brethren Cemetery, Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gorge Lewis Robertson, son of Elizabeth and Harvey Robertson was born in the state of Virginia in the year 1817, March the eighth one hundred and nineteen years ago. He was the son of a family of eight children: Judith, Millie, Lucinda, Anthony, Harvey, Tom, Cornelious and himself the youngest.
 When he was about one year old he and his parents and his brothers and sisters moved to Tennessee. He remained in the home of his father til he was a young man, when he wanted to see some other part of the country so he took his worldly posessions consisting of what clothes he had, a horse and saddle and started out on horseback.
 He stopped in Missouri near Springfield, where he met a family by lthe name of Johnson. He married the eldest daughter Emily, of Mr. & Mrs. Williamson Johnson, he being twenty nine years old and his young wife sixteen. To this union were born eleven children two sons and nine daughters, Viz Elizabeth, Harve, Benjamine, Lucinda, Jane, Armilda, Ida, and Elva beside three having died when small.
 While his oldest children were quite small his father died who was still living in Tennessee; he, George, went back to Tenn. and brought his aged mother to live with him in Mo.. The last years of her life she was an invalid, he secured a negro mammy, as they were called in those days, to care for her. She lived to the unusual age of Ninety Six years.
 During the war of 1861 between the North and South things became most unpleasant for George, as most of his wifes people favored the South and he had Northern views and seventeen of his wifes relatives were fighting for the south he saw plainly he would have to join the Confederate army or leave Mo.. They had and opportunity to leave and go out under protection of a regiment of union Soldiers; so along with several other families they left in wagons for Illinois.
 In crossing the Mississippi river he stepped out on the wagon tongue to unreign his horses to drink and he slipped off the tongue and the wagon ran over him breaking several ribs. He was disabled for a few days but he wouldn’t give up so on they went till they arrived near Springfield and near here they remained for about two years.
 About that time he heard of cheap land in Iowa, so hither they came landing in Dallas C. in Oct. 1864 settling on the land where his son Ben now lives, the old house stood west of Ben’s about a half mile. But misfortune came to him in the loss of his wife Emily in year 1868? leaving him with a large family; one daughter Elizabeth was married at this time. He struggled along as best he could, the oldest daughter Lucinda being fourteen years old at the time of her mothers death.
 A few years later he became acquainted, through a friend, John Halderman, with a widow lady Elizabeth Leak and her daughters living in Polk County. To make a long story short he married one of the daughters Sarah Jane, March 21, 1871. To this union two daughters were born Louisa Bell and Susie Dell, the latter dying at the age of three months.
 At the time of this writing June 1936, there are five daughters living, also one son: Mrs. Mary Lucinda Wilson of Granger, Ia. Mrs. Martha Armilda Stoner of Granger, Ia., Mrs. Ida C. Rowe of Dallas Center, Mrs. Elva A. Brown of Los Angeles, Califl, Mrs. Louisa B. Aldrich of Waukee, Ia and Benjamin F. Robertson of Grimes, Ia.
 George L. Robertson died Sept. 1, 1908 at age 91 years five months and 23 days. He was a member of the Methodist church for 60 years, active in religious work, a strong believer in the necessity and worth of living the Christian life. His wife Sarah followed him in death three years later on Sept. 3rd, 1911. His daughter Jane Stoner died in 1893. His daughter Elizabeth Smith in 1907. His son Harvey in 1908. At this time June 1936 as near as can be estimated there are about 250 in this Robertson family.
Written by Aunt Lou Aldrich and read at the Robertson Reunion.

George married Emily JOHNSON on 26 Jul 1846 in Polk, Missouri. Emily (daughter of Williamson JOHNSON and Elizabeth F. PERRIMAN) was born on 11 Oct 1830 in Tennessee; died on 11 Apr 1868 in Dallas, Iowa; was buried in Brethren Cemetery, Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LDS spells "Emmaly"

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The family was enumerated on the 1850 and 1860 Census for Polk, Mo. Lyle Keith WILLIAMS, p. 57, only stated that George married and resided in Adel, IOWA.

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BIBLE: The following ROBERTSON Family Bible record was submitted by Betty Adwell Smith, Rt 3, Box 127, Rockwood, TN 37854. The Bible, now in her possession, came to her from her grandmother, Emma Wassom McCuistion, after having been passed down through the family of Harvey Robertson and Mahalia Pearson. The Bible was published in Cincinnati br E. Morgan and Son in 1837. Several members of the Harvey Logan family are interred in the Lety Cemetery in Rhea County. These graves were removed to the Marsh Cemetery near Spring City during the construction of Watts Bar Dam.

Apr 1820; Roane Co TN Order Book: 1801-20, page 174; Apr 1820 Session; (Hazel L COLLINS) NOTE: On the petition of Joseph PRIGMORE and Thomas PRIGMORE, it is ordered by the court that Thomas PRIGMORE, Joseph PRIGMORE, George ALEXANDER, James GAMBLE, Thomas GAMBLE, Harvey ROBERTSON, and Lewis DeROSSETT, or any five of them being first sworn for that purpose, do view the present road to a new way through Benjamin PAWLEY farm and report to next Court.

Members of both the Benjamin ROBERTSON (1780) and Henry (Harvey) ROBERTSON families were resideing in Polk, by 1850 and were enumerated on that Census. Their surname was spelled with a variant spelling. All but one of the five"ROBERTSON" households enumerated on the 1850 Polk, CENSUS can be identified as a descendant of either Benjamin (1780) or Henry (HARVEY). The one exception was a Benjamin ROBINSON, abt. 1810. He was a lawyer from SOUTH CAROLINA and hadmigrated to MO. before 1834.2. Robertson Family Bible. NOTE: Robertson Family Bible is in possession of Betty Adwell Smith, Rt. 3, Box 127, Rockwood, TN 378543. Amherst, VIRGINIA MARRIAGE RECORDS.

Henry married Elizabeth Frances LOGAN on 28 Aug 1799 in Amherst, Virginia. Elizabeth was born on 25 Apr 1774 in Amherst, Virginia; died on 15 May 1850 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Robertson Family Bible NOTE:......
Henry(Hervey) ROBERTSON b 4 Oct 1768
Elizabeth F.((LOGAN)) ROBERTSON 25 Apr 1774....
Judith b 18 Jul 1799
Thomas b 18 Jul 1801
Milly b Mar 1 1803
Benjamin b 2 Dec 1805
Anthony b 1 Jan 1809
Cornelius b 14 May 1812
Harvy b 19 Sep 1814
George b 8 Mar 1817
Lucinda b 28 Oct 1819......

1810 Federal Census Amherst Co VA page 285, female 1784-94.

BIRTH: Marilyn L KIDD 390 East 7th South Logan UT 84321; corres dated 19 Sep 1996; NOTE: Elizabeth LOGAN b abt 1774.

CORRES:dated 11 Dec 1999 from Mrs Betty SMITH 529 Old Hwy 70, Rockwood TN 37854; to Mr.ROBERTSON; NOTE: ...very pleased to receive your phone call and look forward to sharing the ROBERTSON family history. Enclosed are copies of pages from the ROBERTSON Family Bible which my grandmother gave to me many years ago... small piece of paper tucked into it contains the names: William SMITH...and John FILYOW..knows not how they connect to the family...
1861
[Elizabeth F. ROBERTSON(LOGAN) died the 21st May 1852 AL
Mr. William SMITH Was Bornd in the year of juble 1729
John FILYOW Was Bornd in the years of jubley 1728].

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Amherst, Virginia Marriage Records

Williamson married Elizabeth F. PERRIMAN about 1832 in Wilson, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 4 Jan 1809 in Wilson, Tennessee; died on 25 Aug 1891 in Polk, Missouri; was buried in McMasters Cemetery, Polk, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]