Just after the Robertson family had moved into their new brick home, Traveler's Rest, in the Spring of 1787 tragedy struck again in their circle. On a March afternoon Charlotte Robertson heard the screams of her son, the voice of her twelve year old son Peyton Robertson who had gone with young Randall Johnston to tap maple trees for sugar.
Source - General James Robertson, The Founder of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley, edited.
When Charlotte Robertson reached the two boys, Peyton Robertson lay gasping in the throes of death and the younger Randall Johnston writhed in unutterable agony with the scalp severed from his head and the light of his boyish eyes gone out. Merciful death came to his release a few hours later.
Both are buried near the spring, less than a hundred yards from the house close to the bank of Richland Creek.
Source - Article entitled "Home of Jas. Robertson Recently Destroyed" by Emma Look Scott in the Nashville Daily News dated September 27, 1902, edited.
Just after the Robertson family had moved into their new brick home, Traveler's Rest, in the Spring of 1787 tragedy struck again in their circle. On a March afternoon Charlotte Robertson heard the screams of her son, the voice of her twelve year old son Peyton Robertson who had gone with young Randall Johnston to tap maple trees for sugar.
Source - General James Robertson, The Founder of Nashville by Sarah Foster Kelley, edited.
When Charlotte Robertson reached the two boys, Peyton Robertson lay gasping in the throes of death and the younger Randall Johnston writhed in unutterable agony with the scalp severed from his head and the light of his boyish eyes gone out. Merciful death came to his release a few hours later.
Both are buried near the spring, less than a hundred yards from the house close to the bank of Richland Creek.
Source - Article entitled "Home of Jas. Robertson Recently Destroyed" by Emma Look Scott in the Nashville Daily News dated September 27, 1902, edited.
Family Members
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Jonathan Friar Robertson
1769–1814
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James Randolph Robertson Jr
1771–1794
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Delilah Robertson Bosley
1773–1866
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Charlotte Reeves Robertson
1778–1780
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Felix Randolph Robertson
1781–1865
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Charlotte Robertson Napier
1783–1860
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William Blount Robertson Sr
1785–1837
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Dr Peyton Henderson Robertson
1787–1840
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Dr Peyton Robertson
1787–1840
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Lavinia Robertson Craighead
1790–1866
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John McNairy Robertson Sr
1792–1875
