General Notes

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William Roberts, Sr. died at age 80. His son, Redding, was named exec
ut or of the Estate, which by then only consisted of cattle, his land alr
ea dy having been deeded to his children. The final settleing of the esta
te w as not until June 1866, at which time only three of William's childr
en we re still living. Nancy Roberts-Glass had died between 1863 and Ju
ne 186 6, leaving a husband and five children and the family knew that Wil
liam J r. and Thomas were dead. Redding, Travis and Martha were the surviv
ing chi ldren. The heirs of William's deceased children were to inherit th
eir pare nts share of the Estate, even Mahalia's two children. All interes
ted parti es had to be located, which might have been the reason for the t
hree ye ar delay in the settling.
Mary Roberts-Early's surviving children were believed in Bell County. T
ho mas' two children
got his share. Travis and his family were in Coryell County, having m
ov ed there in late 1864 or early 1865. Mahalia's daughters were in Burl
es on and Coryell Counties. (I can't help but wonder if the youngest w
as wi th Travis' family there.) Nancy Roberts-Glass' chldren were sti
ll in Willi amson County, as were the families of Redding and Martha Rober
ts-Donnell.
In April 1866, William Roberts, Jr.'s wife Rachel had a property inven
to ry made. She later moved her family to Coryell County where sever
al of h er Riggs/Birtrong/Roberts relatives were. She eventually marrri
ed a Jam es Williams in Williamson or Coryell County. By 1875, James and R
achel a nd some of her Roberts children were in McLennan County.