Person

William D. Robertson (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, notary public)

b. 1817 d. 1901

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, merchant, deputy sheriff, and notary public. Virginia native. Married to Frances Yearling Robertson in Davidson County, Tennessee, on October 22, 1845. Married to America T. Robertson. Father of Charles D. Robertson. Merchant in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Davidson County in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Davidson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Davidson County in 1860. Notary public in Davidson County in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21, p. 363B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21..

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21, p. 287.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21, p. 232B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Tennessee County, District 21, p. 118B.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County, 1838- 864: Marriages, Book 2, p. 179.

"W. D. Robertson (1817-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 81690619, accessed April 25, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81690619.

KYR-0001-031-0310

Citation

Robertson, William D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199962 (November 12, 2026).

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