ABOUT
It has been said that “the strongest memory is weaker than the palest ink.”¹ The documentation of our family heritage is a legacy that we leave to our children, grandchildren, and their offspring. Long after our last word has been spoken, the photos, written and recorded narratives and anecdotes will be the footprints that leave an everlasting impression on all those who follow us. Our future generations will be able to recall these events and understand with added clarity the many components of their ancestry.
Although “Roberts” was the most prominent surname at Roberts Settlement, the following families and others were an integral part of the community: Brooks, Cotton, Gilliam (Gillum, Gillam), Hurley, Knight, Locklear, Mathews, Newsom (Newsum), Revels, Rice, Roads (Rhodes), Sweat, Walden (Waldon,Waldren, Waldin), White and Winburn (Winbun, Winbern). Black pioneers with these same surnames are found in other rural Midwestern settlements established by free people of color who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia.
Please contact Lezli Davis for additional information regarding the genealogy of Roberts Settlement.
¹Chinese Proverb
Although “Roberts” was the most prominent surname at Roberts Settlement, the following families and others were an integral part of the community: Brooks, Cotton, Gilliam (Gillum, Gillam), Hurley, Knight, Locklear, Mathews, Newsom (Newsum), Revels, Rice, Roads (Rhodes), Sweat, Walden (Waldon,Waldren, Waldin), White and Winburn (Winbun, Winbern). Black pioneers with these same surnames are found in other rural Midwestern settlements established by free people of color who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia.
Please contact Lezli Davis for additional information regarding the genealogy of Roberts Settlement.
¹Chinese Proverb
CEMETERY LISTINGS
Click to see lists of those buried in the Hurley Cemetery or Roberts Settlement Cemetery.
JOIN US
Could you be a descendant of one of the Roberts Settlement families? Contact Lezli Davis at [email protected].
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Listed on the National Registry of Historical Places by the Department of Interior.