Benjamin Sparger ROBERTSON

Notes:

!Marshall 0004; Marshall 0007, pg. 457 - Buried in Oakdale cemetery.

Benjamin married Dorothy Rachel CREVELING on 21 Jul 1932. Dorothy (daughter of Clem Chester CREVELING and Anna Rachel KITCHENS) was born on 11 Nov 1906 in Patrick County, Virginia; died on 7 Feb 1978 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Feb 1978 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charlotte Creveling ROBERTSON
2. Benjamin Sparger ROBERTSON, Jr.

Notes:

!Marshall 0001 - Buried in Friends Church Cemetery White Plains, North Carolina.
!He died of T. B. (From "the Journal of the Surry County Genealogical
Association", PO Box 997, Dobson, N. C. May, 1992, Page 24.

Charles married Charlotte A. (Lottie) MARSHALL on 17 Dec 1890 in Surry County, North Carolina. Charlotte (daughter of John Marion MARSHALL and Christina SPARGER) was born on 27 Aug 1867 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 18 Dec 1955 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Dec 1955 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0001; Marshall 0004; Marshall 0006 - She was known as Lottie. She is
buried in the Friends Church Cemetery, White Plains, North Carolina.


Find A Grave Memorial# 35811790

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, pg. 455

!Marshall 0031, page 112 - White Plains Friends Meeting, 1850-1982, North
Carolina Friends Historic Society, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, White Plains
Meeting, 1982 - This source gives his middle initial as "S."

Thomas married Anna Elizabeth HATCHER on 8 Sep 1858. Anna (daughter of Cincinnatus HATCHER and Amanda BURFORD) was born on 25 Aug 1842 in Bedford County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, pg. 455

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 48

Notes:

Marshall 0001; Marshall 0004; Marshall 0005; Marshall 0017, Pg. 136, Marshall
0022 - John Marion Marshall had twelve children by his wife, Christina Sparger. Then he left his family and went to Texas with another Frankie Pate. There it is reported that he raised another family of twelve children. I have no information about his death or where he is buried.
!Marshall 0241, pp. 1, 9 - This source, a letter from Robert K. Marshall to Gurney Robertson, dated 9/17/1925, sheds some light on John's second wife, Frankie Pate. It says that John wrote a letter to "Uncle Sam" (Samuel Edward Marshall?) and a letter to Martha Eleanor (Marshall) Saunders asking if he could return to Surry County with his "second wife." I am not sure that either letter exists now, or maybe they never did.

More information - Apparently he and Frankie went to Indianapolis, Indiana. There he met a man who owned a ranch in the area of San Antonio, Texas. The man hired John to go to Texas and look after his ranch. While John was in route to Texas, the man died in Indianapolis.

The census data below places him firmly in San Antonio, Texas in 1880. Apparently, Frankie had died.



1880 United States CensusCensus Place: San Antonio, Bexar, TexasSource: FHL Film 1255291 National Archives Film T9-1291, Page 79B 
Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birth Occupation
John M. Marshall Self M W W 55 NC Wheel Wright
Elizabeth Marshall Dau F S W 9 NC
Wm Marshall Son M S W 7 NC
Minnie D. Marshall Dau F S W 3 IN
Maria Garera Other F W W 35 NM House Keeper


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Below is more information from Gilmer Robertson. He sent it to me January 5, 2002 in response to a message I broadcast to my distribution list offering a $100 reward for anyone who could find John.

Dear David,It is nice to get your emails although I seldom respond. I'm not sure if I ever told you this or not (I probably did, but it's been too many years to know) but my Aunt Bettye Marshall Robertson told me that her husband Merlin actually went to John Marion's grave in Texas. Merlin and Bettye lived in Waco for many years and my recollection is that she said Merlin set out to track his down and met one of John's sons or grandsons-she couldn't remember what town the grave was located in. Merlin and Bettye were cousins-Merlin's grandfather was John Marion and I believe that Bettye was John Marion's great-granddaughter. Bettye died in 1976 and I had talked with her about this probably in the early 70's so I am fuzzy on this one but it seems that John changed his name. I'm pretty sure she said he became just John Marion and dropped the Marshall completely. Well, that should be enough to confuse all of us- perhaps someday all of this will be discovered. Keep up the good work-I could use the $100 to pay for Xmas but I don't think I have the time to do any research. Perhaps we could check all of the death records in the Texas counties. Best regards for the new year, Gil

John married Christina SPARGER on 4 Dec 1844 in Surry County, North Carolina, and was divorced. Christina (daughter of John W. SPARGER, (4) and Sarah LYON) was born on 26 Dec 1822 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 23 Feb 1904 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Feb 1904 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 49

Notes:

Marshall 0001; Marshall 0005; Marshall 0006; Marshall 0017, Pg. 136 - Christina is buried in the Friends Church Cemetery, White Plains, North Carolina.

Marshall 0007, Pg. 509 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina", Volume I, 1983 - Editor, Hester Bartlett Jackson

Marshall 0149, p. 24

Find A Grave Memorial# 48103746



Records of Moody Funeral Services, Mount Airy, North Carolina, 1903-1914, by Betty J. Camin and Ann B. Stewart, pg. 4 line 168. - This source says she died from an accident. What kind of accident was not specified.

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 454 - He and his wife are buried in Antioch Baptist Church
Cemetary just outside Mount Airy.

John married Catherine LEMONS on 3 Dec 1823. Catherine (daughter of Alexander LEMONS and Sarah GRANT) was born in 1804 in Rockingham County, North Carolina; died in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 454 - She and her husband buried in Antioch Baptist
Church Cemetary just outside Mount Airy.

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, pg. 456

Cincinnatus married Amanda BURFORD on 4 Oct 1840 in , Amherst County, Virginia. Amanda (daughter of Ambrose BURFORD and Nancy TINSLEY) was born in Amherst County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, pg. 456

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 96

Notes:

!Marshall 0001; Marshall 0002, pg. 5; Marshall 0017, Pg. 136 - Richard and Suzannah are both buried in Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Richard married Suzannah SAMUEL on 3 Oct 1821 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Suzannah (daughter of Edmund SAMUEL and Suzannah HILL) was born on 26 Apr 1803 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 25 Aug 1880 in Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 97

Notes:

!Marshall 0001; Marshall 22, pg. 5; Marshall 0017, Pg. 136 - Suzannah is buried with her husband, Richard, in Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 98

Notes:

!Marshall 0001 - The date of his death is listed as 1833. The family records
say that he was 55 at his death. That can't be correct because then he would
Have been born the same year as his brother, Ruben. According to Creasy's
Manuscript (page 2), John (4) is buried in "Taylor Grave Yard" just outside of Mount Airy, North Carolina. However, I have a letter from Gil Robertson, who lived in Mount Airy, that states he was buried with his wife in Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in Mt Airy. Friedburg, where he was born, is near Winston Salem, North Carolina.

!Sparger 0001, Pg. 15 - "Genealogy of Sparger and Allied Families", by William M. Creasy, Wilmington, North Carolina, June 6, 1936. North Carolina State Library, Raliegh, North Carolina - # GR-929.Z-S736C

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 509 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina",
Volume I, 1983 - Editor, Hester Bartlett Jackson
!Sparger 0002, p. 1
!Marshall 0322, p. 61

John married Sarah LYON in 1816 in Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of William LYON) was born on 4 Feb 1791 in Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia; died on 1 Jan 1860 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 99

Notes:

!Marshall 0001 - She is buried in the church yard at Salem Methodist Church. I have her birth date recorded as 1799 in one place and 1791 in another.
Obviously one of them is wrong. I need to verify that.

!Sparger 0001, Pg. 15 - "Genealogy of Sparger and Allied Families", by William M. Creasy, Wilmington, North Carolina, June 6, 1936. North Carolina State Library, Raliegh, North Carolina - # GR-929.Z-S736C

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 509 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina",
Volume I, 1983 - Editor, Hester Bartlett Jackson