William's grave has yet to be found. It is suspected that he may be buried in the Copperas Cove Cemetery but records from that time are not available from the cemetery.
William's parents were John Roberts of Rowan County, North Carolina and Sarah Gheen of the same county. He had eight brothers and sisters that were all born in Rowan County, N.C. He was the only child born in Tennessee. The Roberts family moved to Giles County, TN around 1809 and John built a home on property that he had not proven the title too and they lost the farm due to some technicality and moved to Lawrence County, Alabama around 1817 and settled into what later became known as Roberts Cove.
Williams parents both died in Lawrence County and are buried in unknown graves in The Roberts Cemetery located in Wren, Lawrence County, AL. William's brother Howard and sister-in-law Nancy Sutton Roberts are also buried in that cemetery. Nancy is the only one that has a headstone.
William dabbled a little in farming but he was most successful in law enforcement and may have been a deputy sheriff for his brother Matthew. William married Caroline Gregg and moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas with his in-laws and started his first family. After Caroline died in 1855 he moved possible with his oldest son John H to the Kansas Territory where William met and married Emily M Sweet in 1856. His children by Caroline that were underage stayed in Fayetteville with their grandparents Henry and Mary Gregg.
William is next found in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. He joined the Confederacy in 1863 and was a 1st Sergeant in the 16th Calvary. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of captain in a reserve unit. After the war he moved and lived in both Hill and Coryell Counties. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Coryell County, TX.
William's parents were John Roberts of Rowan County, North Carolina and Sarah Gheen of the same county. He had eight brothers and sisters that were all born in Rowan County, N.C. He was the only child born in Tennessee. The Roberts family moved to Giles County, TN around 1809 and John built a home on property that he had not proven the title too and they lost the farm due to some technicality and moved to Lawrence County, Alabama around 1817 and settled into what later became known as Roberts Cove.
Williams parents both died in Lawrence County and are buried in unknown graves in The Roberts Cemetery located in Wren, Lawrence County, AL. William's brother Howard and sister-in-law Nancy Sutton Roberts are also buried in that cemetery. Nancy is the only one that has a headstone.
William dabbled a little in farming but he was most successful in law enforcement and may have been a deputy sheriff for his brother Matthew. William married Caroline Gregg and moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas with his in-laws and started his first family. After Caroline died in 1855 he moved possible with his oldest son John H to the Kansas Territory where William met and married Emily M Sweet in 1856. His children by Caroline that were underage stayed in Fayetteville with their grandparents Henry and Mary Gregg.
William is next found in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. He joined the Confederacy in 1863 and was a 1st Sergeant in the 16th Calvary. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of captain in a reserve unit. After the war he moved and lived in both Hill and Coryell Counties. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Coryell County, TX.
William's grave has yet to be found. It is suspected that he may be buried in the Copperas Cove Cemetery but records from that time are not available from the cemetery.
William's parents were John Roberts of Rowan County, North Carolina and Sarah Gheen of the same county. He had eight brothers and sisters that were all born in Rowan County, N.C. He was the only child born in Tennessee. The Roberts family moved to Giles County, TN around 1809 and John built a home on property that he had not proven the title too and they lost the farm due to some technicality and moved to Lawrence County, Alabama around 1817 and settled into what later became known as Roberts Cove.
Williams parents both died in Lawrence County and are buried in unknown graves in The Roberts Cemetery located in Wren, Lawrence County, AL. William's brother Howard and sister-in-law Nancy Sutton Roberts are also buried in that cemetery. Nancy is the only one that has a headstone.
William dabbled a little in farming but he was most successful in law enforcement and may have been a deputy sheriff for his brother Matthew. William married Caroline Gregg and moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas with his in-laws and started his first family. After Caroline died in 1855 he moved possible with his oldest son John H to the Kansas Territory where William met and married Emily M Sweet in 1856. His children by Caroline that were underage stayed in Fayetteville with their grandparents Henry and Mary Gregg.
William is next found in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. He joined the Confederacy in 1863 and was a 1st Sergeant in the 16th Calvary. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of captain in a reserve unit. After the war he moved and lived in both Hill and Coryell Counties. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Coryell County, TX.
William's parents were John Roberts of Rowan County, North Carolina and Sarah Gheen of the same county. He had eight brothers and sisters that were all born in Rowan County, N.C. He was the only child born in Tennessee. The Roberts family moved to Giles County, TN around 1809 and John built a home on property that he had not proven the title too and they lost the farm due to some technicality and moved to Lawrence County, Alabama around 1817 and settled into what later became known as Roberts Cove.
Williams parents both died in Lawrence County and are buried in unknown graves in The Roberts Cemetery located in Wren, Lawrence County, AL. William's brother Howard and sister-in-law Nancy Sutton Roberts are also buried in that cemetery. Nancy is the only one that has a headstone.
William dabbled a little in farming but he was most successful in law enforcement and may have been a deputy sheriff for his brother Matthew. William married Caroline Gregg and moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas with his in-laws and started his first family. After Caroline died in 1855 he moved possible with his oldest son John H to the Kansas Territory where William met and married Emily M Sweet in 1856. His children by Caroline that were underage stayed in Fayetteville with their grandparents Henry and Mary Gregg.
William is next found in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. He joined the Confederacy in 1863 and was a 1st Sergeant in the 16th Calvary. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of captain in a reserve unit. After the war he moved and lived in both Hill and Coryell Counties. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Coryell County, TX.
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