Thomas Bolling Robertson (7610195) played a significant role in the origins of Louisiana as an American territory and State, capped by his service as the third United States District Judge for both the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana.
Judge Robertson was born into an influential and distinguished Petersburg, Virginia, family on February 27, 1779. According to Ned Hemard in his 2010 article "New Orleans in 1810" for the New Orleans Bar Association, Judge Robertson was "a descendent of Pocahontas and John Rolfe." He was the son of William Robertson and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson. His younger brother John Robertson (53967530) later became Virginia Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Congressman and Circuit Judge, while another brother, Wyndham Robertson (66009852), became a Virginia legislator, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor.
https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/court-history/judges/robertson
Siblings:
1. Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson, b. 1773; d, 1828, Secretary of Territory, 1st Member of Congress, Attorney General, Governor, U.S. Judge of Louisiana; m. Lelia Skipwith.
2. William Robertson, Member House of Delegates, m. Christina Williams.
3. Judge John Robertson, b, 1787; d, July 5, 1873. Attorney General, Member of Congress, Chancellor, (Virginia); m. Anne Frances Trent, d. of Col. John Archer and Elizabeth Montgomery Trent (Lewis)
4. Anne Robertson m. Dr. Henry Skipwith, 1813
5. Jane Gay Robertson, b. d.; m John H. Bernard (Member of the Virginia Senate)
6. Governor Wyndham Robertson, b, 1803, Member House of Delegates, Member Council of State, Governor of Virginia, 1836; m. Mary F. T. Smith.
Contributor: Aaron Furtado Baldwin (50965906)
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From the Library of Virginia
Robertson, Wyndham. Collection, 1740-1925.
Accession 28653 Miscellaneous reels 3691-3698. 8 reels. Microfilm.
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Collection, 1740-1925, of Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) and his family, including correspondence, business records, financial records, and legal documents.
Papers include correspondence of Archibald, William, and Wyndham Robertson, concerning family affairs, social life, politics, and business matters; commonplace book; and diaries, 1776 and 1797.
Wyndham Robertson's correspondence also details his property in Abingdon, in Louisiana, and in Arkansas; discusses politics and the Civil War; and concerns his business interest in the Buena Vista Plaster Company, his studies in the history of Virginia, particularly his book, "Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe," and politics.
Papers, 1888-1925, detail the growth, problems, and sale of the Buena Vista Plaster Company under Wyndham's son, Frank and Wyndham.
Collection includes reminiscences of the Robertson family and records of the Loyal Company of Virginia containing land surveys, receipts, land grants, accounts, and records of court litigations.
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He was Governor of Virginia from 1836-1837.
He had the monument erected to his family in this cemetery.
Judge Robertson was born into an influential and distinguished Petersburg, Virginia, family on February 27, 1779. According to Ned Hemard in his 2010 article "New Orleans in 1810" for the New Orleans Bar Association, Judge Robertson was "a descendent of Pocahontas and John Rolfe." He was the son of William Robertson and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson. His younger brother John Robertson (53967530) later became Virginia Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Congressman and Circuit Judge, while another brother, Wyndham Robertson (66009852), became a Virginia legislator, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor.
https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/court-history/judges/robertson
Siblings:
1. Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson, b. 1773; d, 1828, Secretary of Territory, 1st Member of Congress, Attorney General, Governor, U.S. Judge of Louisiana; m. Lelia Skipwith.
2. William Robertson, Member House of Delegates, m. Christina Williams.
3. Judge John Robertson, b, 1787; d, July 5, 1873. Attorney General, Member of Congress, Chancellor, (Virginia); m. Anne Frances Trent, d. of Col. John Archer and Elizabeth Montgomery Trent (Lewis)
4. Anne Robertson m. Dr. Henry Skipwith, 1813
5. Jane Gay Robertson, b. d.; m John H. Bernard (Member of the Virginia Senate)
6. Governor Wyndham Robertson, b, 1803, Member House of Delegates, Member Council of State, Governor of Virginia, 1836; m. Mary F. T. Smith.
Contributor: Aaron Furtado Baldwin (50965906)
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From the Library of Virginia
Robertson, Wyndham. Collection, 1740-1925.
Accession 28653 Miscellaneous reels 3691-3698. 8 reels. Microfilm.
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Collection, 1740-1925, of Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) and his family, including correspondence, business records, financial records, and legal documents.
Papers include correspondence of Archibald, William, and Wyndham Robertson, concerning family affairs, social life, politics, and business matters; commonplace book; and diaries, 1776 and 1797.
Wyndham Robertson's correspondence also details his property in Abingdon, in Louisiana, and in Arkansas; discusses politics and the Civil War; and concerns his business interest in the Buena Vista Plaster Company, his studies in the history of Virginia, particularly his book, "Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe," and politics.
Papers, 1888-1925, detail the growth, problems, and sale of the Buena Vista Plaster Company under Wyndham's son, Frank and Wyndham.
Collection includes reminiscences of the Robertson family and records of the Loyal Company of Virginia containing land surveys, receipts, land grants, accounts, and records of court litigations.
===
He was Governor of Virginia from 1836-1837.
He had the monument erected to his family in this cemetery.
Thomas Bolling Robertson (7610195) played a significant role in the origins of Louisiana as an American territory and State, capped by his service as the third United States District Judge for both the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana.
Judge Robertson was born into an influential and distinguished Petersburg, Virginia, family on February 27, 1779. According to Ned Hemard in his 2010 article "New Orleans in 1810" for the New Orleans Bar Association, Judge Robertson was "a descendent of Pocahontas and John Rolfe." He was the son of William Robertson and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson. His younger brother John Robertson (53967530) later became Virginia Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Congressman and Circuit Judge, while another brother, Wyndham Robertson (66009852), became a Virginia legislator, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor.
https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/court-history/judges/robertson
Siblings:
1. Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson, b. 1773; d, 1828, Secretary of Territory, 1st Member of Congress, Attorney General, Governor, U.S. Judge of Louisiana; m. Lelia Skipwith.
2. William Robertson, Member House of Delegates, m. Christina Williams.
3. Judge John Robertson, b, 1787; d, July 5, 1873. Attorney General, Member of Congress, Chancellor, (Virginia); m. Anne Frances Trent, d. of Col. John Archer and Elizabeth Montgomery Trent (Lewis)
4. Anne Robertson m. Dr. Henry Skipwith, 1813
5. Jane Gay Robertson, b. d.; m John H. Bernard (Member of the Virginia Senate)
6. Governor Wyndham Robertson, b, 1803, Member House of Delegates, Member Council of State, Governor of Virginia, 1836; m. Mary F. T. Smith.
Contributor: Aaron Furtado Baldwin (50965906)
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From the Library of Virginia
Robertson, Wyndham. Collection, 1740-1925.
Accession 28653 Miscellaneous reels 3691-3698. 8 reels. Microfilm.
===
Collection, 1740-1925, of Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) and his family, including correspondence, business records, financial records, and legal documents.
Papers include correspondence of Archibald, William, and Wyndham Robertson, concerning family affairs, social life, politics, and business matters; commonplace book; and diaries, 1776 and 1797.
Wyndham Robertson's correspondence also details his property in Abingdon, in Louisiana, and in Arkansas; discusses politics and the Civil War; and concerns his business interest in the Buena Vista Plaster Company, his studies in the history of Virginia, particularly his book, "Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe," and politics.
Papers, 1888-1925, detail the growth, problems, and sale of the Buena Vista Plaster Company under Wyndham's son, Frank and Wyndham.
Collection includes reminiscences of the Robertson family and records of the Loyal Company of Virginia containing land surveys, receipts, land grants, accounts, and records of court litigations.
===
He was Governor of Virginia from 1836-1837.
He had the monument erected to his family in this cemetery.
Judge Robertson was born into an influential and distinguished Petersburg, Virginia, family on February 27, 1779. According to Ned Hemard in his 2010 article "New Orleans in 1810" for the New Orleans Bar Association, Judge Robertson was "a descendent of Pocahontas and John Rolfe." He was the son of William Robertson and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson. His younger brother John Robertson (53967530) later became Virginia Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Congressman and Circuit Judge, while another brother, Wyndham Robertson (66009852), became a Virginia legislator, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor.
https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/court-history/judges/robertson
Siblings:
1. Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson, b. 1773; d, 1828, Secretary of Territory, 1st Member of Congress, Attorney General, Governor, U.S. Judge of Louisiana; m. Lelia Skipwith.
2. William Robertson, Member House of Delegates, m. Christina Williams.
3. Judge John Robertson, b, 1787; d, July 5, 1873. Attorney General, Member of Congress, Chancellor, (Virginia); m. Anne Frances Trent, d. of Col. John Archer and Elizabeth Montgomery Trent (Lewis)
4. Anne Robertson m. Dr. Henry Skipwith, 1813
5. Jane Gay Robertson, b. d.; m John H. Bernard (Member of the Virginia Senate)
6. Governor Wyndham Robertson, b, 1803, Member House of Delegates, Member Council of State, Governor of Virginia, 1836; m. Mary F. T. Smith.
Contributor: Aaron Furtado Baldwin (50965906)
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From the Library of Virginia
Robertson, Wyndham. Collection, 1740-1925.
Accession 28653 Miscellaneous reels 3691-3698. 8 reels. Microfilm.
===
Collection, 1740-1925, of Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) and his family, including correspondence, business records, financial records, and legal documents.
Papers include correspondence of Archibald, William, and Wyndham Robertson, concerning family affairs, social life, politics, and business matters; commonplace book; and diaries, 1776 and 1797.
Wyndham Robertson's correspondence also details his property in Abingdon, in Louisiana, and in Arkansas; discusses politics and the Civil War; and concerns his business interest in the Buena Vista Plaster Company, his studies in the history of Virginia, particularly his book, "Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe," and politics.
Papers, 1888-1925, detail the growth, problems, and sale of the Buena Vista Plaster Company under Wyndham's son, Frank and Wyndham.
Collection includes reminiscences of the Robertson family and records of the Loyal Company of Virginia containing land surveys, receipts, land grants, accounts, and records of court litigations.
===
He was Governor of Virginia from 1836-1837.
He had the monument erected to his family in this cemetery.
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