Reuben Derrith Roberts, Sr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for North Carolina with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A097023

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statement for 1492

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Mary Martha Polly Hibb (born Roberts) by SmartCopy: Nov 24 2014, 3:21:48 UTC
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• Military service: Between 1775 and 1781 -  American Revolutionary War
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• Birth: Jan. 4, 1744
• Blackburn, England
• Death: Aug. 2, 1841
• Campaign
• Warren County
• Tennessee, USA

He fought in the Revolution War against the British. He under company commander Capt William Lytle for 2 years and 6 mo. attached to 6th Regiment served under Col. Archibald Lytle. He lost his right arm in the Battle of Germantown. He served to the close of the Revolution.

Family links:

Spouse:  Mary Millie Roberts (1759 - 1847)*

Children:

1. Thomas Roberts (1788 - 1867)*
2. William Roberts (1788 - 1849)*
3. Thomas Roberts (1789 - ____)*
4. Mary Martha Roberts Cotten (1790 - 1850)*
5. James Monroe Roberts (1793 - 1844)*
6. Susan Lucinda Roberts Gribble (1798 - 1853)*
7. Nancy Roberts (1799 - ____)*
8. Reuben Roberts (1802 - 1883)*

Burial: Asbury Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18821061/reuben-derrith-roberts

GEDCOM Note

Reuben fought in Revolutionary War against the British. He enlisted in the army of the United States in Hillsboro, North Carolina, in April or May 1775, shortly after the commencement of the war. He served as a private in the company commanded by Captain William Lytle for 2 years and 6 months and was attached to the 6th N.C. Regiment under the command of Colonel Archibald Lytle in the Brigade of General Nash. He fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, at the siege of the White House, and Valley Forge.

At the Battle of Germantown he was wounded by a musket ball, which disabled his right arm; however, he served out the term of his enlistment faithfully and before leaving the army he again enlisted for the duration of the war. He afterwards fought in the Battle at Kings Mountain in North Carolina and belonged to a scouting party at the Guilford Battle; finally he fell into the Company of Captain Amis and was attached to Col. Lee’s Corps of Horse, in that service he remained until after the capture of Cornwallis when the Company was ordered to disperse without being regularly discharged.

Research done by Delmore Roberts

Married: Mary Millie Asher: 1785 in Orange, North Carolina* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 28 2021, 17:41:31 UTC