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James Robertson (b. November 16, 1738, d. August 28, 1833)

James Robertson⁹⁰² was born November 16, 1738⁹⁰², and died August 28, 1833⁹⁰². He married Margaret Poage on May 3, 1762 in 8 children, p. 1000⁹⁰², daughter of Robert Poage and Elizabeth Preston.

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James Roberston was a subaltern, lower in position or rank, officer on the frontier, 1763-1764, with apparent rank of captain in 1767, served in the Point Pleasant expedition in 1774 under Col William Fleming and was made a lieutenant colonel in 1777 in the 5th Virginia "Battalion" of Continental Forces, being a lieutenant colonel of militia in Montgomery County and likely advanced to full colonel during the Revolution. He was a justice of the peace in Augusta County prior to 1769, one of the first justices in old Botetourt County and so one of the first justices in Montgomery County when it was organized in 1777. In 1797 he owned about a thousand acres of land in Montgomery County and three thousand acres in Shelby County, Ky, which he received as a soldier bonus for long service in the Colonial Wars under King George, and which in turn descended to his children.

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Marriage: May 3, 1762, 8 children, p. 1000.⁹⁰²