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SMITH\u2014ROBERTS BIBLE, Entries dated from 1792 to 1898<\/em><\/span>
\nBible of Sarah (Smith) Roberts (b 1774 NC\/SC? \u2013 d Tenn.) &
\nJohn Roberts (c1770 Va.-1861 Tenn.)<\/p>\n

Submitter, transcriber, & current holder of the Bible:<\/p>\n

Patricia A. West, wiz [at] websitewiz [dot] com<\/a> http:\/\/ www.websitewiz.com\/genealogy\/
\nThe Bible fragment consists of pages 581-1080 and pages 1-25 of the Psalms of David in
\nMetre. The Bible is in fragile condition, with a leather binding only on the spine. The Bible
\nregister pages (pages 677-680) were professionally restored\u2014de-acidified, cleaned and
\nstrengthened\u2014 and the Bible was placed in an archival phase box in 1994. The transcription of the Bible was published in Middle Tennessee Genealogy, Vol. VI, No. 3, Winter, 1993,<\/p>\n

p.103-4. (Note two corrections made after the Bible was cleaned in the transcription below to the printed version.) Tennessee Ancestors: A Publication of the East Tennessee Historical Society, Vol. 9, No. 3, December 1993, pp. 207-8, also printed this record. The Bible transcription appears on the web site of www.websitewiz.com\/genealogy\/, along with additional family information and more Bible register transcriptions.<\/p>\n

Surnames in the Bible:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Gilbert
\nRoberts
\nFoster
\nIngland\/\/England\/Ingold\/Inglold
\nMoore
\nGibson
\nSmith
\nMorton<\/p>\n

Newspaper Clipping Found Inside the Bible Pages, undated, but before 1898 when
\nMrs. Rachel (Roberts) Gilbert died. The clipping shows how the Bible was passed down
\nthrough the family. On a trip to Tennessee in the 1950s, Morton-Gilbert cousins gave the
\nBible to Alice Eugenia (Kirkland) West, d\/o of Gertie B. (Morton) Kirkland, b 1892 in Lincoln
\nCo., Tennessee, and Patrick G. Kirkland. Gertie Kirkland descends from three of John Roberts
\nand Sarah (Smith) Roberts\u2019 daughters, below. Alice Kirkland West gave the Bible to her
\ndaughter, Patricia A. West, the transcriber.<\/p>\n

Transcriber’s comments<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Verbatim transcription<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cR.A. Wagster, of Chestnut Ridge, [Lincoln Co., Tenn.] has an heirloom in his family that is
\nhighly cherished. It is an old bible. It was first purchased by his great great grandfather, Jack
\nSmith, [1752-1816] who in turn handed it down to Rason Smith, [b 1781, brother of Sarah]
\nwho in turn handed it down to his [refers to R.A. Wagster] great grandmother, Sarah
\n[Smith] Roberts. She left it to her daughter, Rachael Gilbert, who gave it to Mr. Wagster for
\nSmith-Roberts Bible, 1792-1898 Transcribed by Patricia A. West 8\/15\/2015 Page 2 of 4
\nsafe keeping. Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. Wagster’s grandmother is a very old lady, now living near
\nChestnut Ridge [Tenn.], and delivered this book to her grandson, knowing it would be
\nproperly preserved by him and kept in the family as a reminder to the rising generation of
\nthe love for the book by their ancestors.\u201d [Mrs. Gilbert died in 1898.]<\/p>\n

Bible Record Transcription<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Transcriber’s comments
\nVerbatim transcription:
\nFirst page
\npage 677<\/p>\n

Births<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah M. Gilbert was bornd April 21, 1834 [married William C. Morton; d\/o John Gilbert and
\nRachael Roberts Gilbert; see below for repeat]
\n[Next entry is too faded to read]
\nMary An [Ann] Gilbert was bornd August the 11, 1835
\nAtemisia Gilbert was bornd December 1 + 1836 [?yr]
\nA.B. Gilbert was bornd march the 23 + 1838
\nJohn C. Gilbert was bornd march the 8, 1839
\nMarriages [includes births]
\nRezin Roberts was married September 11, 1826<\/p>\n

\n

[the following 2 Roberts are children of Rezin Roberts, son of John and Sarah (Smith)
\nRoberts:]
\nJohn Roberts was bornd November 13, in the year 1827
\nAilcy Roberts was bornd December 18th in the year 1829<\/p>\n

\n

Sarah Morton Gilbert was borne April the 21, 1834 [married William C. Morton]
\nSecond page
\npage 678<\/p>\n

Births<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

[all 12 Roberts children below are proved to be siblings & children of John Roberts and
\nSarah Smith Roberts:]
\nElisabeth Roberts was born july the 26th 1792 [m. John England]
\nMary Roberts was born october 11 —-1794 [dashes there signify no omission] [m Samuel
\nMoore]
\nWilliam Roberts was born october the 19th 1796
\nJohn Roberts was born December the 25th-1798
\nJuten [or Justen ?] Roberts was born November 29th 1800 [Juten\/Justin has the same birth
\ndate as Peter Roberts, as per his tombstone. They may be the same person or they
\nmay be twins]
\nNancy Roberts was born December the 23-1802 [m. James Littleton Foster in Nov 1820]
\nReason Roberts was born february the 19th-1805 [also spelled Rezin]
\nSusannah Roberts was born june 23-1807 [m. John C. Morton]
\nSarah L. Roberts was born february the 18-1810
\nSmith-Roberts Bible, 1792-1898 Transcribed by Patricia A. West 8\/15\/2015 Page 3 of 4
\nRachael Roberts was born March the 7-1812 [m. John C. Gilbert]
\nArtamecy Roberts was born october the 18, 1814
\nLucretia Roberts was bornd october the 7 in the year 1820 [m. D.A. Gilbert, brother of John
\nC. Gilbert]
\n[The following Foster children are chn. of Nancy Roberts & James L. Foster:]
\nWilliam Foster was bornd 27th of November in the year 1822
\nSarah Foster was born March the 25 in the year 1824
\nJoel Foster was borne September the 24 1825 [he is the 3rd child of James Littleton and
\nNancy (Roberts) Foster]<\/p>\n

\n

Third page
\npage 679<\/p>\n

Births<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

[The following Ingland\/\/England\/Ingold\/Inglold children are chn. of Elizabeth Roberts, b
\n1792, & John England:]
\nSarah Inglold bornd July 22—1813
\nMibndy? [Malindy] Ingland bornd March 7th—1815 [she married Absolem Williams]
\nJonathan Ingland was bornd February 15, 1817
\nTilman Ingland was bornd may the 20th 1819
\nMartin England was borned July the 8th in the year 1821
\n[Moore chn. are probably chn. of Mary Roberts and Samuel Moore; can’t prove marriage
\nyet]
\nHenry Moore was born January the 21 [or 27]th in the year 1823
\nAddaline Moore was bornd August 13 in the year 1824<\/p>\n

Deaths<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Gibson diseasd on the 2 day of March 1815 [?1816]
\nElizabeth Smith diseasd on the 6th day of March 1818 [this entry has a single line crossed t
\nhrough it; her cemetery record shows her death as 6 Mar 1816; Elizabeth and John
\nSmith Sr. are the thought to be the parents of Sarah Smith Roberts. They moved to
\nBedford Co., TN from Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1810.]
\nJohn Smith diseasd March ________ [Cemetery record of John Smith Sr. shows his death as 12
\nMar 1816; John Smith Jr. d. 3 Mar 1816. [Apparently, the Smith parents and this son
\ndied from a common illness.]
\nElizabeth Smith diseasd on the 6 [?] day of March 1815 [see note above]
\nWilliam Foster diseasd December 22d in the year 1822
\nGerard? borned January (?) in the year 1824.
\n\/ \/ Fourth page
\npage 680
\nDeaths [actually births]
\nNewel England was born February 15th 1826 [before page cleaning, appeared to be 1896]
\nSally Moore was borne April 23d 1826
\nJohn Foster was born September 22d 1827
\nSusannah Moor–[ink blot & crossed out]
\nSusannah Moore was born July ___[ink spot] 1828
\nRezin Morton was borned November the 2 in the year 1849
\nDeaths
\n[Too faded to read about half of column]
\nSmith-Roberts Bible, 1792-1898 Transcribed by Patricia A. West 8\/15\/2015 Page 4 of 4
\n[page 680 continued]
\nArtamecy Roberts departed this life April the 3rd in the year 1882, age 67 years, 5 months
\nand 15 days
\nRachel Gilbert departed this life August 2, 1898. Aged 86-4-25
\n\u2014End of Transcription\u2014<\/p>\n

About The Roberts\u2014Smith Family:
\nJohn Roberts Sr. was born ca 1770 in Virginia, according to the 1850 census, migrated to the
\nCarolinas and moved to Bedford Co., Tennessee with his children before 1815. His wife,
\nSarah (Smith) Roberts was born 1774 is the d\/o John Smith Sr. and his wife Elizabeth, who
\nboth died, along with their son John Smith Jr. in March 1816. The Roberts children and
\ngrandchildren lived in Bedford and Lincoln Co., Tennessee. I descend from three of the
\nRoberts daughters:
\n<\/strong>1. Susannah Roberts Morton, b 1807; [m John C. Morton]
\n2. Rachel Roberts Gilbert, b 1812; [m John C. Gilbert]
\n3. Lucretia Roberts Gilbert, b 1820; [m D. A. \u201cDoc\u201d Gilbert]
\nD.A. Gilbert and Washington A. Gilbert, were brothers, and s\/o Rev. John Gilbert.
\nNumerous descendants still live in the Bedford\/Lincoln Co., Tennessee area.
\nSources for transcriber’s comments:
\n1. Will of John Roberts included in Thomas Dysart et al. V. Rachel Gilbert et al., Chancery Court Decree, 28
\nSeptember 1868, pages 53-55, Chancery Court, Bedford Co., Tennessee.
\n2. Census, deed, probate, cemetery and newspaper records from Bedford Co., TN and Lincoln Co., TN, and
\nanother Morton – Gilbert Bible record in possession of Patricia West.
\n3. Documented family relationships sent to me by John Foster of Winchester, TN, the late Bessie D. Morton of
\nNashville, TN, the late Bessie Morton Spencer of Nashville, Tennessee, and Carolyn Reeves Ericson of
\nNacogdoches, Texas\u2014all descendants of this family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SMITH\u2014ROBERTS BIBLE, Entries dated from 1792 to 1898 Bible of Sarah (Smith) Roberts (b 1774 NC\/SC? \u2013 d Tenn.) & John Roberts (c1770 Va.-1861 Tenn.) Submitter, transcriber, & current holder of the Bible: Patricia A. West, wiz [at] websitewiz [dot] com http:\/\/ www.websitewiz.com\/genealogy\/ The Bible fragment consists of pages 581-1080 and pages 1-25 of the Psalms of David in Metre. The Bible is in fragile condition, with a leather binding only on the spine. The Bible register pages (pages 677-680)…<\/p>\n

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