This is the only bio on a Robertson in the Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia.

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ROBERTSON, JOHN W.	1815-1881	SOUTH CAROLINA, HAMILTON (FL)  SUWANNEE (FL)

John W. Robertson was born on November 6, 1815 in South Carolina, possibly 
in Barnwell County. Census records indicate his parents were also born in 
South Carolina, but their names are unknown. He is believed to have moved 
to the Florida Territory with his parents, but the place and the year is 
unknown. John W. was in Hamilton County by 1837 where he enlisted in 
Captain Daniel Bell's Company, Florida Volunteers during the Florida Indian 
Wars.
John W. Robertson and Sarah Ann Whitehurst were married in Hamilton County, 
Florida on October 11, 183 8. Sarah Ann was the daughter of Daniel S. and 
Jincy (Fletcher) Whitehurst and granddaughter of Simon Whitehurst (Vol.V). 
She was born on November 10, 1821, probably in Appling County, Georgia, Her 
pension file includes a signed affidavit by her brother Berrian D. 
Whitehurst, stating that he was present at the marriage ceremony.
Based on receipts for land purchased, John W. and Sarah Ann left Hamilton 
County in the early 1840's and moved into northern Suwannee County 
(Columbia County at the time) near the Suwannee River in the Fort Union 
area.
John W. voted in Florida's first election in 1845 in the Columbia precinct, 
He later moved to the southeastern part of Suwannee County and his post 
office address at the time of his death was Little River.
He was a farmer and stockman.
According to a biography of his son-in-law, Robert F. Rogers, John W. 
served in the Confederate Amry, but no proof has been found of such 
service. The children of John W. Robertson and Sarah Ann Whitehurst were:

1. Mary A. M.	b. 10/8/1839, m.	John E. Bronson, Columbia Co.,
	d. aft 1910.	Fla., 9/11/1856.
2. Adaline E.	b. 1/13/1841, m.	Aaron Daniel(s), 7/5/1863, 	Suwannee Co., 
Fla.,
3. Sarah Jane	b. 12/14/1842, m.	Robert F. Rogers, 9/9/1863,
	d. 8/25/1923.	Suwannee Co., Fla.,
4. Thomas John B.	b. 5/4/1845, m.	Ann H. Biinson, Suwannee Co.,
	d. 6/6/1909.	Fla., 11/27/1872.
5. Susan C.	b. 3/10/1847, m.	James L. Boler/Bowler,
	d. 1872.		Suwannee Co., Fla., 3/27/1867.
6. Henrietta C.	b. 1/18/1849, m. 	William R. Fulford, Suwannee Co., Fla., 
4/9/1867.
7. Margaret A.	b. 10/11/1850. m.	Never married.
8. Emily C.	b. 8/6/1852, m.	William A. Dempsey, Suwarme Co. Fla., 
3/17/1875.
9. Julia M.	b. 12/16/1853, m.	John L. Walker, Suwannee Co., Fla., 7/4/1877.
10. Andrew Jackson	b. 9/18/1855, m.	Viola C. Dixson, Madison Co.,
	d. bef 2/1918.	Fla., 3/6/1881.
11. Clifford Rocksann	b. 12/6/1857, m.	John Robertson, Suwannee Co.,
	d. 1/17/1891.	Fla., 9/8/1878.
12. Daniel R.	b. 9/1/1859, m.	1) Nancy 0. ?, ca 1881. d. 1914. 2) Beatrice 
Alice (Stephens)
			Boyd Smith, Suwannee Co., 11/18/1905. Daniel bur. Rosemary Cem.
13. Ann E.	b. 2/11/1862, m. Elijah J. Blume, Suwannee Co.,
"Annie'	d. 6/29/1961.	12/22/1878. Ann bur. Live Oak City Cem.

John W. Robertson died on July 22, 1881 and is buried in the Little River 
Cemetery located about 12 miles southeast of Live Oak, east off county road 
# 49. Near his headstone are headstones of his daughter, Clifford R. 
Robertson, wife of John Robertson, and of a granddaughter, Mittie Boler.
After John W.'s death, Sarah Ann (Whitehurst) Robertson returned to live on 
land owned in the northern part of the county. She died on August 13, 1896 
and is buried in the Rosemary Baptist Cemetery located on county road # 
249, about two miles from the Suwannee River, near where she resided.
Sources: The Robertson family Bible, widow's pension records, census 
records, marriage records, deeds, estate files, land records, death 
records, and cem. inscriptions.

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