Carter Robertson was born in Virginia in 1788 He moved to Kentucky with his parents and lived in Wayne County, Kentucky where he married Polly Shrewsberry March 4, 1812. Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Shewsberry and granddaughter of Nathaniel Shewsbury.
It is not known what her Father Benjamin did or who her mother was.
Nathaniel Shrewsbury, her grandfather, was born In Hanover County, Va in 1739. He became a Baptist Minister who moved to Bedford County, VA in 1766 with his brother, Reverend Samuel Shrewsbury. In 1771, Nathaniel constituted Goose Creek Church and was the Minister there until he moved to Adair County, Kentucky in 1798. A letter he wrote to the Goose Creek Church in 1818 has been preserved. It is available here as an image of a photocopy of the original and as a transcript. He died in Kentucky in 1825. The name of the church was changed to Morgans Baptist Church in1884.
Baptist Minister of Gospel; performed marriages in Wayne Co. from 1808 to 1825. None were found for 1815, 1818, and 1819; Nathaniel was born in 1739 in Hanover Co., VA, and died in Wayne Co., KY in 1825, at age 86. He moved to Bedford Co., VA in 1766 and to Kentucky in 1798. He was the founder of Morgans Baptist Church, 1771 in Moneta, VA. Some say he married about 1758 to Mary Ellis, but no proof has been found. He was the son of Ruel Shrewsbury and Elizabeth Poindexter. His brother Samuel was also a Minister.
Carter and Polly had ten children
Sarah Robertson – b. c1815 KY
m. date unk. Benedict LUCAS
d. bef. 1860 Mercer Co. MO
Letitia/Lucretia Robertson – b. c1816 KY
m. 4 Feb 1833 Hardin Co. KY George W. LAFOLLETTE
d. aft. 1880 ? Mercer Co. KY
William Henry Robertson – b. c1818 KY
m. 22 May 1844 Polk Co. MO Nancy WILSON
d. 20 Oct 1873 Barry Co. MO
George W. Robertson – b. c 1820 ?KY
m. bef. 1850 Mary Unknown
Owned land in Harrison Co. MO before 1850, but is never found in the census in Mercer or Harrison Co. MO. Is said to have later married the widow of his brother Joseph. see below
Oliver H. Perry Robertson – b. 16 May 1823 Hardin Co. KY
m. abt. 1849 Marsha Ann CLEMMONDS
m. 2nd. Margaret F. RAY
d. 13 July 1891 Mercer Co. MO
Joseph Robertson – b. 2 May 1826 KY
m. 1st. Sarah BOOTH
m. 2nd. Amy Templeton RUTHERFORD
d. 19 Jan 1898 Benton Co. AR
Lucy Robertson – b. Sept 1828 TN
m. 28 Jan 1849 Mercer Co. MO Robertson T. CLEMMONDS
m. 2nd. John WOODWARD
d. 12 Jan 1910 Cainsville, Harrison Co. MO
Jefferson Robertson – b. c1829
m. Mary Ann WILSON(dau. of Wm. Wilson)?Mercer Co. MO
d. no other information known
Mary Ann Robertson – b. 13 Mar 1831 Breckinridge Co. KY
m. 22 Oct 1848 Anderville BOOTH, Harrison Co. MO
d. 28 April 1903 Mercer or Harrison Co. MO
Samuel Robertson – b. c1833
m. date unknown Lucinda
May have lived in Barton Co. MO in 1880, no other info known.
In the late 1830’s Carter and Polly start their move to northern Missouri. They are headed to the Indian Territory just north of Missouri which will eventually become Mercer/Harrison County, Missouri. In the 1840 Census they are in Pulaski County, Missouri.
They must have also spent time in Polk County, Missouri on their move from Pulaski County to Harrison County, Missouri because their son William H got married in Polk County in 1844.
By 1850 they are living in The Territory attached to Harrison County and are listed under the name Robinson. Carter and his three youngest sons Joseph, Jefferson and Samuel are all listed as Farmers.
Most of the children moved to Missouri with their parents.
In 1860 Carter and Mary are living with Lucy and her husband in Harrison, Mercer County, Missouri.
Carter died between 1860 and 1870 and it is unknown when Polly died.