J. F. Robertson
J. F. Robertson was born around 1842 in Georgia to Samuel Robertson and Celia Martin. His father was a farmer who owned $5,500 of real estate and $1,700 of personal property in 1860. The family lived in Cobb County, Georgia, and Robertson worked as a farm laborer there. He enlisted in the Confederate army on August 21, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company A of the 18th Georgia Infantry. He died in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (321) | Robertson, J. F. | 1842 | 1864-05 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
People - Records: 1
- (321) Robertson, J. F. is the [sibling of] (322) Fanin, Harriet
Regiments - Records: 1
- (6) [enlisted] ~ 18th Georgia Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records for J. F. Robertson, available from Fold3.com.
