Ursa Ann Roberts

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Gravestone inscribed with "Remember youth as you pass by. As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me, Come to see Mammy."

On the annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Willam and Sarah Roberts. It was also shown that she had been married three times, first to Benjamin William Payne, second to Judson M. Meador, and last to John N. Lowery.

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, and son of Ursa Ann. He also indicated that his mother later married J. N. Lowery by whom she had no children. He added that Lowery survived his mother by several years, and he did not know who his heirs were. B. R. Payne did not report the marriage to Judson M. Meador noted on the Payne-Williams Cemetery transcription.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
167-167
UA Payne 36 F Farmer 7500 15782 La
Margaret A Payne 15 F Tx
Sarah A Payne 10 F Tx
Benjamin R Payne 6 M Tx
William E Payne 5 M Tx
Mary R Payne 2 F Tx
G B Batchtlor 18 M Overseer Ga

Family/Spouse: Benjamin William Payne. Benjamin (son of John M. Payne and Margaret Rush Williams) was born about 1817 in Georgia; died in Jul 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, they are shown as the grandparents of Mary Emma Cordray McGown, a daughter of their daughter, Mary "Molly" Payne and John Cordray. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne.


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ
name: Mary Emma Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 15 Oct 1973
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 07 Dec 1885
birthplace: Geneva, Texas
father's name: John L Cordray
mother's name: Mary Payne
certificate number: 78696
film number: 2242914
digital folder number: 005145841
image number: 03277
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973

1. Margaret Amanda Payne was born about 1845 in Texas; and died.
2. Epperson Duke Payne was born about 1847 in Texas; died after 1 Jun 1850; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Sarah "Sallie" Agnes Payne was born before 1849 in Texas; died before 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
4. Benjamin Rush Payne was born on 2 Jul 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Feb 1939; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. William E. Payne was born about 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
6. Mary "Mollie" E. Payne was born in Nov 1859 in Texas; died on 9 Apr 1921; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Family/Spouse: John N. "J. N." Lowery. John was born on 12 May 1843; died on 14 Feb 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Possibly from this line?

GEORGE SR. ROBERTS (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1745 in North Carolina?, and died 1809 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. He married "RHODA" PAYNE, daughter of JOHN PAYNE. (family lore says she is the sister of [Payne-1949 | Dolly Todd- Madison]) She was born Bet. 1749 - 1768 in Pittsylvannia County, Virginia, and died Bet. 1780 - 1781 in Pittsylvannia County, Virginia.[1] His family settle on the Bogue Chitto River north of Franklinton LA.[2]

Head rights on the Bogue Chitto River North of Franklinton ? James Gwin ? Isaac and William Roberts ? Jacob Alford ? Elisha Roberts ? Woody Jones ? Tom Bickham ? Edmund Hunt ? Jonathan Magee ? William Carter.[3]

The children of George Roberts Sr. and Rhoda, his wife as named in the will of 19 November 1805 and apparently in the order of their birth were:

Anned Roberts Lee
George Roberts,(land grant in wife's name in St Tammany)
John Roberts
William Roberts (land grant in St Tammany)
Elisha Roberts (land grant in St Tammany)
Samuel Roberts
Milla (Amelia) Roberts Shim (Chisum?)
Isaac Roberts (land grant in St Tammany)
Thomas Roberts
Abasolom Roberts
James Roberts
George Roberts Sr. did not die in Tennessee, or enroute to Spanish West Florida. The fact that the will was deposited with the Commandant of the district is evidence that he did die in the Florida Parishes

American State Papers Public Lands Vol. III, page 72

Abstract containing a list of the actual settlers on land in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the Mississippi River and Island of New Orleans and west of the Pearl River, who bore no claims thereto derived from the French, British, or Spanish governments. Parish of St. Tammany

Thomas Roberts Dec. 1810 (1) Thomas Roberts was the eldest son of George Roberts, Junior, deceased, and of his wife Susanna Roberts. Thomas Roberts was born ca. 1792 and would have been age 18 in 1810 and therefore able to settle land in his own name.
Susannah Roberts Oct. 1807 (2) Susannah Roberts was the widow of George Roberts, Junior, deceased, and mother of the above Thomas Roberts.
Elisha Roberts Sep. 1810 (3) Elisha Roberts was a brother of the above George Roberts, Junior, deceased
Isaac Roberts May 1809 (4) Isaac Roberts was another brother of the above George Roberts, deceased
Wm. Roberts Dec. 1809 (5)Wm. Roberts was a brother of George, Elisha, and Isaac Roberts.
Succession records of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, 1804-1854

St. Helena Parish, Louisiana Successions, Drawer R-4

Will of George Roberts, Senior

In the name of God a men I George Roberts of Hawkins county State of Tennice Being in perfect health and memory at present thanks be to god for it calling unto mind and mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed once for man to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say

principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of the almighty god and give it and my Body I recommend to the earth to be Buried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hoping at the general resurection I shall receive the same again By the almighty power of ---------p

And as touching such worldy estate where with it hath pleased God to blefs me with I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form- first I give to my dearly Beloved wife Rhoda Roberts the land and plantation where I now live with all the moveables there to and stock of horse s cattle hogs and sheep during her widowhood and if she should mary then let her be put to her thirds and if the children Should mary then I give them some things to Begin to keep house with and keep accopmt of such things

my daughter Anned Lee I give to her one dollar
my son George Roberts I give him also one dollar
my son John Roberts I give him likewise one dollar
my son William Roberts I give him one dollar
my son Elisha Roberts I give him one dollar
my son Samuel Roberts I give him one dollar
my daughter Milla Schim one dollar
I give to my son Isaac Roberts one hundred and twenty five acres of land it being the place where he now lives and the rest of the land to be devided between Thomas Roberts and Absolom Roberts and James Roberts an Equal division Between them three so the same and Equal division of the whole at their mothers death and as for my negro woman lettis and her child Catherine to Belong to my wife as long as she lives and at her death Both to be free

If my wife should dy before the child is twenty seven years of age she may give it to one of the children to have tel she is of that age and to be free. I have not left the other children one dollar for anything I have against them I have given to them their part Before

ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of november in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and five.

Samuel Smith George Roberts (Seal) Wm. Paine

On back Estate of George Roberts Last Will of George Roberts Bogue Chitto Will of George Roberts

The following two documents were folded within the will:

Whereas William Roberts left a will in the Hands of the Comandant that George Roberts Snr. made in his lifetime, we have By our Consent agreed to Recawl the sd. will Back in to our pofeesion as we have Come on the termes, and agreed to Settle in Regard to the Estate amongst our Selves

Given under our hand this 29th day of Septembr 1809 Thomas Roberts James Roberts Isaac Roberts her Milla Chisum mark

This compilation will refute many of the assertions found in a book by Emily Griffin Roberts of Terrell, Texas - "Ancestral Study of Four Families, Roberts, Griffin, Cartwright & Simpson". (1937) Mrs. Roberts believed that one, William Roberts was the father of the brothers who settled in Spanish West Florida before 1810 which is incorrect as George Roberts Sr. who made his will in 1805, was their father. Her list of brothers and sisters is also found to be incorrect. The above will had not been discovered at the time she made these assertions.[4]

William married Sarah. Sarah was born before 1795; died before 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts "who once owned a league of land lying partly in Sabine and partly in San Augustine Counties, near the town of Tebo. From family history I understand that William Roberts died about 1836, in San Augustine County. His wife was Sarah Roberts, my grandmother. After my Grandfather's death my Grandmother married a man by the name of Tanner who lived with her a few years and then, I understand, abandoned her. My Grandmother and Tanner had no children. So far as I know, my grandfather William Roberts was never married but the once and my Grandmother was married only twice as set out above. My Grandmother, Sarah Roberts, died before I can remember, sometime before the Civil War." At the end of his affidavit, he stated his information was given partly by actual knowledge and the remainder from family history.

He went on to state that "The children of William Roberts and his wife, Sarah, were four in number:

1) Talitha Stevenson, who married James Stevenson.
2) Neriza Goodloe, who married Dr. R.K. Goodloe.
3) Urza Ann Payne, who married B. W. Payne, my father.
4) W. P. Roberts