ROBERTS & PHILLIPS & TUCKER problem!
My main interest in this family is RICHARD ROBERTS b 1772 unk or 1802?I'm hoping he will be the father of my Margaret "Peggy" Roberts (if he was really born in 1772)
Margaret was b Bet. 1795 - 1798 VA d Aft. 1870 Anderson Co, TN & m May 16, 1817 Knox Co, TN to Skirving/Scurvin Shelton b abt 1793 NC & d Bet. 1830 - 1840 Anderson Co, TN.
Margaret Peggy is listed 1850 Anderson Co, TN Census Records w/ her children & I believe her brother William Roberts b abt 1805 TN.
I have a problem with the Roberts, Phillips, & Tucker families of Anderson & Campbell Co, TN.
Let me begin w/ SARAH PHILLIPS b abt 1813, TN m January 23, 1834 Blount Co, TN to James M Tucker b abt 1809 TN. (No proof yet, but believe Sarah Phillips is the dau of Charles Phillips b abt 1775 Haywood Co, NC & d bef 1850 Anderson Co, TN. He was m to Melvina b abt 1785 (listed in 1860 Anderson Co, TN Census Records as 75)
I believe at this time Sarah Phillips & James Tucker had at least 2 children:
1-Melvina Tucker 1834-1902 m 1st to Philip Seiber, 2nd James Bunch, 3rd Bird Carroll.
2-John Tucker b abt 1835 d unk m Abbey Carroll b 1836-1908.
Obviously Sarah Phillips & James M Tucker was div (no record yet) but James M Tucker m October 09, 1839 C/C, TN to Martha A Gray.
Soooooo, after 1839 they would be no more TUCKER CHILDREN born to him!
Now here is my dilemma.
1850 Anderson Co, TN Census Records
Isaac Bunch 30,
Mary 28,
Brazilla J 8,
Elizabeth 6,
James 4,
Isaac 2
NANCY PHILLIPS 17 (Nancy had at least 8 children)
RICHARD ROBERTS 78 making him born 1772
Martha 33 (this appears to be SARAH PHILLIPS) read further & U will understand!
Melvina 18 (This is Melvina Tucker)
Abraham 16 (going by Roberts)
Fernando 11 (going by Roberts) & m Mary Ellender Bunch
John W 8 (going by Roberts)
Clarissa 4 (census taker hard time reading) & this is Louisa (going by Roberts)
Gross error in Census Records
If you look at Paula Gammell 1850 Anderson Co, TN Census Records RICHARD ROBERTS is listed as 48. If you look at the microfilm RICHARD ROBERTS is 78?
Need re-verification by someone else on census records, is he 48 or 78 ???
Paula Gammellbook under his name is listed MARTHA ROBERTS.
Actual census states SARAH ROBERTS 35! Need re-verification.
I'm hoping someone can help with RICHARD ROBERTS. Was Sarah Phillips Tucker having children by RICHARD ROBERTS aft her divorce from James M Tucker or did she marry him? (no marriage record found yet)
Any feed back would be appreciated. Thanks, Fay
Gloria Fay (Harmon) Burris
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