Daughter of George Herndon.
Sister of Ruth Herndon Roberts (Mrs. John Roberts), Reuben Roberts, and Marian Roberts (Mrs. Ezekiel Trice), among others.
5th-great-grandmother of actress Julia Roberts.
Not to be confused with Find A Grave MEMORIAL 69576081: Mary (Williams or Blackwell) Roberts (1753-1833), wife of another John Roberts.
Dates taken from a family tree, source not shown.
A letter from Olivia Roberts Mather to her sister Laura Roberts Pillans stated that their paternal grandfather Roberts was a schoolteacher in North Carolina and married one of his pupils, "Miss Herndon." (Original letter in the Mary Pillans Van Antwerp Collection, Fairhope, AL.)
Notable Men of Alabama (1904) by Hon. Joel C. DuBose p.125 describes Mr. Roberts as "a North Carolina pioneer, who married a Miss Herndon."
They moved to Georgia with her brother Reuben Herndon (1764-1825), a pioneer of Putnam County with her son Dr. Willis Roberts.
Daughter of George Herndon.
Sister of Ruth Herndon Roberts (Mrs. John Roberts), Reuben Roberts, and Marian Roberts (Mrs. Ezekiel Trice), among others.
5th-great-grandmother of actress Julia Roberts.
Not to be confused with Find A Grave MEMORIAL 69576081: Mary (Williams or Blackwell) Roberts (1753-1833), wife of another John Roberts.
Dates taken from a family tree, source not shown.
A letter from Olivia Roberts Mather to her sister Laura Roberts Pillans stated that their paternal grandfather Roberts was a schoolteacher in North Carolina and married one of his pupils, "Miss Herndon." (Original letter in the Mary Pillans Van Antwerp Collection, Fairhope, AL.)
Notable Men of Alabama (1904) by Hon. Joel C. DuBose p.125 describes Mr. Roberts as "a North Carolina pioneer, who married a Miss Herndon."
They moved to Georgia with her brother Reuben Herndon (1764-1825), a pioneer of Putnam County with her son Dr. Willis Roberts.
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