In 1771 he went to the Watauga settlement. He served as agent to the Cherokees for North Carolina and Virginia as early as 1776 and in 1779 led a group of settlers to the Cumberland area, where John Donelson's group joined them the next year.
Robertson represented Davidson County in the North Carolina legislature in 1785 and
1787, in the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1796, and in the General Assembly after statehood.He assisted in the negotiation of several Indian treaties including the Holston Treaty of 1791 and the First Treaty of Tellico, 1798, and remained until his death one of the most influential men in the Cumberland area."
Source - The papers of Andrew Jackson
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/268796835.pdf
In 1771 he went to the Watauga settlement. He served as agent to the Cherokees for North Carolina and Virginia as early as 1776 and in 1779 led a group of settlers to the Cumberland area, where John Donelson's group joined them the next year.
Robertson represented Davidson County in the North Carolina legislature in 1785 and
1787, in the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1796, and in the General Assembly after statehood.He assisted in the negotiation of several Indian treaties including the Holston Treaty of 1791 and the First Treaty of Tellico, 1798, and remained until his death one of the most influential men in the Cumberland area."
Source - The papers of Andrew Jackson
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/268796835.pdf
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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Peyton Robertson
1775–1787
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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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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
