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About Sterling Clack Robertson
- [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fro34]
- [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18049]
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_C._Robertson]
- [https://www.geni.com/document/Pioneers-of-Texas/2781240?doc_id=6000000140079726821]
Sterling Clack Robertson (1785–1842) was an Empresario from Tennessee, during Mexican Texas. He introduced 600 families into Robertson's Colony. Robertson was also an elected delegate to the Washington-on-the-Brazos convention, signing both the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. He became a Senator during the first two sessions of the Congress of the Republic of Texas.
Empresario, Sterling Clack Robertson, died at his home in Robertson County Texas but his remains were later moved to Austin State Cemetery. He is responsible for bringing 600 families to Texas. Due to Laws set in Mexico City, His Nashville Settlement ( the area of College Station and encompassed three counties). was not recognized and had to be blended with already Established Stephen F Austin's Colony due to legality with the Mexican Government laws.
Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Sterling Robertson was born in Nashville, Tennessee to a family of firm believers in education; as such he was taught by the respected scholar John McNairy. He served under General William Carroll as deputy quartermaster general from late 1814 to mid-1815, fighting in the Battle of New Orleans. He returned to Tennessee in 1816 to tend his plantation, but by 1822 he developed a desire to travel, requesting permission from the Mexican government to settle in Texas, arriving there in late 1825. Enthusiastic about his new home, he left in August of 1826 to recruit new settlers in Tennessee and Kentucky. Unfortunately, by this time the Mexican government was clamping down on allowing new citizens and his venture failed. He kept trying, however, eventually bringing in over six hundred families. He persevered in his efforts to improve his new homeland, becoming a captain of Texas Rangers in January 1836. Elected to represent the Milam region for the Convention of 1836 to discuss the coming secession and war with Mexico, he became one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in March. He served in the Texian Army, most significantly as a guard of equipment during the Battle of San Jacinto. When Texas won its independence, Robertson was elected senator representing the Milam district in the Texas Congress from 1836 to 1838, retiring afterward to his home where he bred Arabian horses. Sterling Robertson died at his home in Robertson County on March 4, 1842. In 1936 he was reinterred with full honors at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin in gratitude of his service to the Republic of Texas.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 24 2020, 16:34:57 UTC
From Handbook of Texas Online:
ROBERTSON, STERLING CLACK (1785-1842). Sterling Clack Robertson, the empresario of Robertson's colony in Texas, was born on October 2, 1785, in Nashville, Tennessee, a son of Elijah and Sarah (Maclin) Robertson. He was given a liberal education under the direction of Judge John McNairy. From November 13, 1814, to May 13, 1815, he served as deputy quartermaster general under Maj. Gen. William Carroll, who went down to fight the British in the battle of New Orleans. After the battle Robertson purchased supplies and equipment for the sick and wounded on their return to Nashville over the Natchez Trace. By 1816 he was living in Giles County, Tennessee, where he owned a plantation. He had two sons: James Maclin Robertson with Rachael Smith, and Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson with Frances King. On March 2, 1822, he was one of the seventy stockholders of the Texas Association who signed a memorial to the Mexican government, asking for permission to settle in Texas. On November 21, 1825, he was one of thirty-two members of Dr. Felix Robertson's party that set out from Nashville, Tennessee, bound for Texas, to explore and survey Robert Leftwich's grant. Robertson remained in Texas until August 1826, when he returned to Tennessee, filled with enthusiasm for the colonization of Texas. He toured Tennessee and Kentucky in an attempt to recruit settlers. In the spring of 1830 he signed a subcontract with the Texas Association to introduce 200 families, and on May 9, 1830, he took in Alexander Thomson as his partner. They brought families to Texas, but they were prevented from settling in the colony because of the Law of April 6, 1830. In 1831 that area was transferred to Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams, but Robertson obtained a contract in his own name in 1834 and served as empresario of Robertson's colony in 1834 and 1835. On January 17, 1836, he became captain of a company of Texas Rangers. Then he was elected as a delegate from the Municipality of Milam to the convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos (March 1-17, 1836), where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. He was stationed at Harrisburg to guard army equipment during the battle of San Jacinto. Robertson served as senator from the District of Milam in the First and Second congresses of the Republic of Texas (October 3, 1836-May 24, 1838), after which he retired to his home in Robertson County, where he became the earliest known breeder of Arabian horses in Texas. He died there on March 4, 1842. His remains were removed to Austin and reinterred in the State Cemetery on December 29, 1935. Robertson was responsible for settling more than 600 families in Texas.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. W. Baker, History of Robertson County, Texas (Franklin, Texas: Robertson County Historical Survey Committee, 1970). Malcolm D. McLean, comp. and ed., Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas (19 vols., Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1974-93). Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).
Personal life and death According to his descendants, Robertson never married. However, he sired two sons by two different women. In addition to Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson with Frances King, he also fathered James Maclin Robertson with Rachael Smith. On December 18, 1837, Republic of Texas Senator Robertson got legislation passed that acknowledged both sons as his legitimate issue, and legally entitled to inherit his estate. The legislation was signed into law by Republic President Sam Houston:[10] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_C._Robertson]
Malcolm D. McLean
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Sterling Clack Robertson's Timeline
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October 2, 1785
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Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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August 23, 1820
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Giles County, Tennessee, USA, Giles County, Tennessee, United States
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1830
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March 4, 1842
Age 56
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Robertson County, Texas, USA, Hearne, Robertson County, TX, United States
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Old Nashville Cemetery, Milam County, Texas, USA, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
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