| BRASHEAR ROBERTS & PEGGY L. ROGERS |
| son of Zaccheus and Nancy Brashear Roberts |
Most of this information came from Roberts Families of Roane County, TN, by Snyder E. Roberts
Generation No. 1
BRASHEAR2 ROBERTS (ZACCHEUS1) was born 19 Feb 1795 in Roane County,TN, and died 12 Sep 1862. He married PEGGY L. ROGERS 11 Sep 1828.
Brashear was a Justice of the Peace, and a highly respected citizen in the Lawnville area. He is buried near the bank of Clinch River.
His name appears in Roane records as early as 1821 when he is listed among the JPs for Roane in capt. Pickle's Company. He is listed in the 1830 3rd School district south of Clinch River, along with his mother, Nancy, John C. Ladd, Lemuel Harvey and others. He is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census of Roane.
Brashear Roberts' will dated 1862 is on record in which he names his heirs. Peggy's will is, also, on record; it was probated in 1880. They are buried in the Roberts Cemetery on the south side of Clinch River approximately 1 mile from Lawnville.
Children of Brashear & Peggy Roberts
2. i. NANCY B.3 ROBERTS, b. 29 Jun 1829, Roane Co. TN.
ii. MARY D. ROBERTS, b. 23 Sep 1832; m. JACOB C. HAGLER, 24 Oct 1854, Roane County, TN. Jacob- 26 Oct 1822-7 Jan 1903 Roane Co. TN.
3. iii. THOMAS L. ROBERTS, b. 12 May 1834, Lawnville, Roane TN; d. 23 Jan 1916.
4. iv. ROBERT Z. ROBERTS, b. 22 Jul 1838, Roane Co. TN; d. 03 Apr 1912, Lawnville, Roane TN.
Generation No. 2
2. NANCY B.3 ROBERTS (BRASHEAR2, ZACCHEUS1) was born 29 Jun 1829 in Roane Co. TN. She married FRANCIS J. ERWIN ( b. 4 Jul 1826) on 29 Aug 1849 in Roane Co. TN.
i. HAMPTON4 ERWIN.
ii. MARGARET ERWIN, b. 1850.
iii. MARY ERWIN, b. 1852; m. MATHEW PERRIN.
iv. WILLIAM S. ERWIN, b. 1854.
v. REBECCA JANE ERWIN, b. 1858; d. 1929; m. JAMES TAPLEY MCCRARY.
vi. JIM ERWIN, b. 1861.
3. THOMAS L.3 ROBERTS (BRASHEAR2, ZACCHEUS1) (BRASHEAR2, ZACCHEUS1) was born 12 May 1834 in Lawnville, Roane TN, and died 23 Jan 1916. He married MARY JANE ADKISSON 18 Jun 1857 in Roane Co. TN. Bur. Roberts Cem, Lawndale.
4. ROBERT Z.3 ROBERTS (BRASHEAR2, ZACCHEUS1) was born 22 Jul 1838 in Roane Co. TN, and died 04 Mar 1912 in Lawnville, Roane TN. He married SARAFINE BURNETTE 19 Apr 1859 in Roane Co. TN.
i. JAMES B.4 ROBERTS, b. 1860.
ii. COLUMBUS M. W. ROBERTS, b. 1877; m. MAGGIE E. WILSON, 11 Jul 1896.
iii. WILLIAM F. ROBERTS, b. 1877.
iv. MORTON H. W. ROBERTS, b. 1879.| Back to Zaccheus Roberts