Dr. Felix R. Robertson

Mayor of Nashville, Tenn., 1818-19,

Son of James Robertson & 1st "white male child & son" born in Nashville. Married Lydia Waters, 1808.

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ROBERTSON, FELIX (1781-1865). Felix Robertson, son of Gen. James and Charlotte (Reeves) Robertson, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1781. After receiving his M.D. degree in 1806, he began practicing medicine in Nashville and was elected mayor of that city in 1818. As president of the Texas Association, a colonization project, in the fall of 1825 he led a party of thirty men to Texas to explore Robert Leftwich'sqv grant. The party established a permanent camp at the mouth of Little River, explored the country along the Brazos, Little, Leon, Lampasas, Salado, and San Gabriel rivers, and on February 1, 1826, began surveying along Cow Bayou and the Brazos River. They returned to Tennessee in April of that year. Although none of the surveys made by this group was ever recognized officially, the detailed knowledge of the country that the members of the party acquired led eventually to the founding of Robertson's colony. Robertson died in 1865. A Texas Landmark explains in detail correctly, his relative [Sterling Clack Robertson] actually founded Robertson County, near Hearne, Texas [https://www.geni.com/document/Pioneers-of-Texas/2781240?doc_id=6000000140079726821]

The Hon. Felix Grundy died at his residence in this city on the 19th of December, 1840. He had occupied various positions of i honor, and was once United States Senator from this State, and Attorney General of the United States, in Mr. Van Burcn's Cabinet, He was buried with Masonic honors, and an immense concourse of citizens followed his remains to the tomb. He was noted as the best criminal lawyer in the South. Out of one hundred and sixty-five individuals whom he defended on charge of capital offenses, only one was finally condemned and executed. His practice extended over several States. CQ

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