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1870 Fed Census, Hunt Co, Texas: John engaged in farming - $4533 Real Es
ta te; $2128 Personal Property.
1860 Fed Census, Lamar Co, Texas: John engaged in farming - $1500 Real E
st ate.
In researching land records, I find that John Roberts never used the des
ig nation Jr. or Sr. and referred to his son as John L. Roberts.
Email Shirley Holder 3/25/2002 <SMHOLDER@@aol.com>
My name is Shirley Holder.  The Roberts line is my husbands line.  Dav
id D awson Holder and Angeline C. Roberts Holder are my husbands great gra
nd pa rents.  In researching the Holder line I found that D D and Angeli
ne we re married by James Graham in Lamar County, Texas.  I found John Rob
erts a nd wife Nancy with Angeline living with them before she marri
ed D D.  T he gap between she and Lucy of six years made me wonder if s
he were Nancy 's step daughter.  Nancy would only have been about 15 yea
rs old when Ange line would have been born.  My husband and I went to t
he Lamar County Cou rt House to do some research.  I was so excited wh
en we found the followi ng information.
Probate land patent listing heirs at law of James B. Anderson dece
as ed as Angeline C. Roberts, John Anderson, Margaret Anderson Cas
e, Jo hn L. Dillingham, and Elizabeth Jane Dillingham. 18 Feb 1856, Lam
ar Co., T x. Land located in Lamar, Hopkins, Fannin, and Red River Co., Tx
.
I have researced the Roberts and Anderson lines after I found that re
co rd hoping to find the name of Angeline's mother, thinking that it mu
st ha ve been Anderson.  John L. Dillingham was married to Elizabeth Ja
ne Anders on, and Samuel or Nathaniel Case married Margaret Anderson.  I w
as assumi ng that Angeline's mother would have been a sister to these wom
en and th us they would be Angeline's aunts and Jame B. Anderson Angeline
's grandfat her.  I was able to find what I think is the Anderson line a
nd John Rober ts line a couple of generations back but no proof of Angelin
e's mother's n ame.  I have been side tracked in other area's of resear
ch and life in gen eral and only recently decided I would pursue this sear
ch for Angeline's m other.  To make a long story short I became very luck
y.  About a week a go I found this.
Probate Records of Miller County, Arkansas 1823-1838 by James Logan Mo
rg an 976.756 P2m
Anderson, James B deceased
Application of John L Dillingham and John Roberts to be appointed admini
st rators, Oct 9, 1834, lists heirs: Sarah Lawrence, resident of "some dis
ta nt county in the territory"; William Anderson, Polly Ann Roberts, Eme
li ne Dillingham, Jane Dillingham, Emeline Morley, John Anderson, Reed And
ers on, and Margaret Anderson - "heirs of his body." County Court Re
co rd A, p 183.
Letters of administration issued to John L Dillingham and John Robert
s, O ct 9, 1834. Ibid, p 186.
Account filed against estate includes item, Oct 2, 1833, for pair of s
ho es for "son Wm"; Jan 31, 1837.  County Court Record B, p 67.
I feel pretty safe in assuming that Polly Ann Roberts is Angeline's mo
th er and John Roberts'  first wife.
In pursuing this search I have come up with some interesting facts in Mi
ll er County, Arkansas about the Roberts family, which I am sure that y
ou a re probably more interested in than the Anderson family.  You may alr
ea dy have the following information but I am going to forward it anyway.
Miller County, Arkansas 1830
John Robberts 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Males 20 and under 30,  1 Male 80 and under 90,  1 Female under 5 y
rs .,  1 female 5 and under 10
Loose Leaves of the History of Lamar County, Texas by Ed H. McCuistion P
re sident of the Lamar County HIstorical Society
page 14 Thursday, May 19, 1921 Early Settlements
"The first settlement of families inside the present territory of L
am ar county was made near the mouth of Pine creek. It is claimed that t
he ex act location is on the west bank of that stream and about one mile s
ou th of Red ri