Capt. Mark Robertson

The exact date of Mark Robertson's death is stated by relatives as 11 Jun 1787, killed by the Indians. He married Mary Bell, widow of James Hunter; no children of this marriage.

However:

[Davidson County, Tennessee, County Court Minutes, 1783-1792, Book A, 27. July 1784. Mark Robertson gave bond and security of £250 to idemnify the county of a bastard child of which he stands the reputed father. TR]. This child is not listed in his will.

http://www.robertson-ancestry.com/1226-01.htm

Captain Mark Robertson, brother of [1221] General James Robertson and [1224] Col. Elijah Robertson . . joined his brother [1221] James on the Watauga and went with him to the settlement on the Bluffs of the Cumberland where he signed the memorable document known as the Cumberland compact on the 13th day of May 1780 at Nashboro (now Nashville)...[1221] Mark Robertson took a gallant part in the military activities of the western frontier. He married, says Miss Jane Thomas in 'Old Days in Nashville,' a Mrs. Hunt (Hunter. WCH) whose first husband was killed by Indians. Her second husband, [1226] Mark Robertson, was also killed by Indians. Dr. W. A. Provine, D.D., editor of Tennessee Historical Magazine, thinks the third husband of Mrs. Mark Robertson was Judge John McNairy." (Mrs. Bond's Kinship Book, p. 513).

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Mrs. Bond then states that [1226] Mark Robertson's will mentions "his children [12273] Charity Robertson who married - - - Johnson, [12271] Mary Robertson, and [12272] Elizabeth Robertson." This is erroneous.

His will mentions "my sister [1227] Ann Cockrill's three daughters, viz: [12271] Mary, [12272] Elizabeth, and [12273] Charity Johnson" and does not mention any children of [1226] Mark Robertson, thus creating the presumption that he then had none....

will

12 August 1784 - Will of Mark Robertson, Davidson County, North Carolina

Davidson County, Tennessee Will Book 1, 53, 54.

The Will of Mark Robertson / I MARK ROBERTSON of ye County of Davidson in the / State of North Carolina Do this Twelvt day of August in the year of our Lord 1784 / Do make this my last Will and Testament: That is to Say / ITEM – I give & devise to my Sister ANN COCKRILL Three Daughters / To Wit, MARY, ELIZABETH, & CHARITY JOHNSON Five Thousand Acres / of Land lying on ye Waters of Duck River Entered in my Own / Name in the Land Office at Hillsborough Which Land / Shall be Equally Divided Among the Three Sisters Affsd / ITEM – and 640 Acres of Land of a Military Claim Lying about / A Mile & Quarter Above ye Mouth of Wills Creek Entered in / JAMES ROBERTSON?s name, To my Brother CHARLES ROBERTSON / Devided & Bequeathed to him ye sd CHARLES – / ITEM – And 320 Acres of Land Lying on Little Harpeth it / Being that half of John Drakes hunters Claim; I bequeath to my / SISTER CASH – And all other Lands & Properties to Which / I Am now entitled to or Shall be, I give Devise & bequeath To my Wife MARY ROBERTSON – / I also do hereby Constitute & Appoint my Brother / JAMES ROBERTSON & MARY ROBERTSON my Wife my Exrs / of this My Last Will & Testament hereby Disannulling