Dr. James Battle Robertson was born in either Wake or Johnston County, NC, the 5th of 6 known surviving children born to well-to-do farmers, William T. Robertson and his wife, Mourning Holder. At the time of his birth, his parents were farming in Sandy Level, but last farmed in Wilder Twp, Johnston Co. (ca. 1870).
On his paternal side, he is descended from John Randolph Robertson, of Ireland, who was found in Brunswick Co, VA ca. 1746. His grandparents were John Robertson & Mary Barham, of Wake County, who later migrated to Bedford Co, TN. On his maternal side, he is descended from Thomas Holder & Sussaanah Bunch, found in Culpepper County, VA ca. 1700. His maternal grandparents were Josiah Tenope Holder & Mildred Holloman/Holliman of Johnston County.
James was 16 when his mother died in 1853, and his father never remarried, passing in 1879. James attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1861. Just months later, NC seceded from the Union. He was 23, and a physician, when he enlisted with the "Clayton Yellow Jackets", 24th Regiment, Co. C, where he spent the next four years in hospital and field surgeries.
At war's end, he came home and settled in Clayton, and opened a medical practice and a drug store in downtown Clayton. In about 1867 he married local girl, Julia A. Ellington, daughter of Rev. John F. Ellington & Christianna Avera/Avery. He was about 30 at the nuptials, and she 22, and they both would remain prominent citizens of Clayton until the end of their days.
The couple would have 7 known children, with only 6 surviving infancy:
* James Vance Robertson (1868-1898)
* William "Will" A. Robertson (1871-aft 1930)
* John A. Robertson (1874)
* Margaret "Maggie" Robertson YOUNG
* Pearl Robertson CAMPBELL
* Roy C. Robertson (1884-1911)
About 1885, Dr. Robertson decided to build the "Robertson Hotel" in Clayton (shown here), which they operated until about 1906, when he sold it to Hezekiah Pool and wife, Lillie Brook Ferrell. The hotel remained a fixture in Clayton until torn down in 1939. The Robertson's also built a fine home in Clayton (shown here).
Dr. Robertson died in 1910 at age 72. His wife, Julia, passed two years later at age 66. They are both buried in Clayton City Cemetery.
As for his children, only Maggie remained in Clayton, where she married Dr. Joseph J. Young and raised her family. (They are buried in Maplewood Cemetery.) Daughter Pearl married J. B. Blades of New Bern, but was widowed by 1920 where she was last found with her two adopted children. She married (2nd) to Lee W. Campbell of MA and is buried here. James V. Robertson became a druggist in Hickory, NC. Son, John A. Robertson, was a one-time correspondent for the SMITHFIELD HERALD, and later worked as a salesman in Raleigh. William A. Robertson married Hattie Clark Creech (1879-1961), of Goldsboro, and remained there until his death. Roy Robertson, was also a pharmacist but died in July 1910, at age 25, from typhoid fever just a few months after his father died.
On his paternal side, he is descended from John Randolph Robertson, of Ireland, who was found in Brunswick Co, VA ca. 1746. His grandparents were John Robertson & Mary Barham, of Wake County, who later migrated to Bedford Co, TN. On his maternal side, he is descended from Thomas Holder & Sussaanah Bunch, found in Culpepper County, VA ca. 1700. His maternal grandparents were Josiah Tenope Holder & Mildred Holloman/Holliman of Johnston County.
James was 16 when his mother died in 1853, and his father never remarried, passing in 1879. James attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1861. Just months later, NC seceded from the Union. He was 23, and a physician, when he enlisted with the "Clayton Yellow Jackets", 24th Regiment, Co. C, where he spent the next four years in hospital and field surgeries.
At war's end, he came home and settled in Clayton, and opened a medical practice and a drug store in downtown Clayton. In about 1867 he married local girl, Julia A. Ellington, daughter of Rev. John F. Ellington & Christianna Avera/Avery. He was about 30 at the nuptials, and she 22, and they both would remain prominent citizens of Clayton until the end of their days.
The couple would have 7 known children, with only 6 surviving infancy:
* James Vance Robertson (1868-1898)
* William "Will" A. Robertson (1871-aft 1930)
* John A. Robertson (1874)
* Margaret "Maggie" Robertson YOUNG
* Pearl Robertson CAMPBELL
* Roy C. Robertson (1884-1911)
About 1885, Dr. Robertson decided to build the "Robertson Hotel" in Clayton (shown here), which they operated until about 1906, when he sold it to Hezekiah Pool and wife, Lillie Brook Ferrell. The hotel remained a fixture in Clayton until torn down in 1939. The Robertson's also built a fine home in Clayton (shown here).
Dr. Robertson died in 1910 at age 72. His wife, Julia, passed two years later at age 66. They are both buried in Clayton City Cemetery.
As for his children, only Maggie remained in Clayton, where she married Dr. Joseph J. Young and raised her family. (They are buried in Maplewood Cemetery.) Daughter Pearl married J. B. Blades of New Bern, but was widowed by 1920 where she was last found with her two adopted children. She married (2nd) to Lee W. Campbell of MA and is buried here. James V. Robertson became a druggist in Hickory, NC. Son, John A. Robertson, was a one-time correspondent for the SMITHFIELD HERALD, and later worked as a salesman in Raleigh. William A. Robertson married Hattie Clark Creech (1879-1961), of Goldsboro, and remained there until his death. Roy Robertson, was also a pharmacist but died in July 1910, at age 25, from typhoid fever just a few months after his father died.
Dr. James Battle Robertson was born in either Wake or Johnston County, NC, the 5th of 6 known surviving children born to well-to-do farmers, William T. Robertson and his wife, Mourning Holder. At the time of his birth, his parents were farming in Sandy Level, but last farmed in Wilder Twp, Johnston Co. (ca. 1870).
On his paternal side, he is descended from John Randolph Robertson, of Ireland, who was found in Brunswick Co, VA ca. 1746. His grandparents were John Robertson & Mary Barham, of Wake County, who later migrated to Bedford Co, TN. On his maternal side, he is descended from Thomas Holder & Sussaanah Bunch, found in Culpepper County, VA ca. 1700. His maternal grandparents were Josiah Tenope Holder & Mildred Holloman/Holliman of Johnston County.
James was 16 when his mother died in 1853, and his father never remarried, passing in 1879. James attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1861. Just months later, NC seceded from the Union. He was 23, and a physician, when he enlisted with the "Clayton Yellow Jackets", 24th Regiment, Co. C, where he spent the next four years in hospital and field surgeries.
At war's end, he came home and settled in Clayton, and opened a medical practice and a drug store in downtown Clayton. In about 1867 he married local girl, Julia A. Ellington, daughter of Rev. John F. Ellington & Christianna Avera/Avery. He was about 30 at the nuptials, and she 22, and they both would remain prominent citizens of Clayton until the end of their days.
The couple would have 7 known children, with only 6 surviving infancy:
* James Vance Robertson (1868-1898)
* William "Will" A. Robertson (1871-aft 1930)
* John A. Robertson (1874)
* Margaret "Maggie" Robertson YOUNG
* Pearl Robertson CAMPBELL
* Roy C. Robertson (1884-1911)
About 1885, Dr. Robertson decided to build the "Robertson Hotel" in Clayton (shown here), which they operated until about 1906, when he sold it to Hezekiah Pool and wife, Lillie Brook Ferrell. The hotel remained a fixture in Clayton until torn down in 1939. The Robertson's also built a fine home in Clayton (shown here).
Dr. Robertson died in 1910 at age 72. His wife, Julia, passed two years later at age 66. They are both buried in Clayton City Cemetery.
As for his children, only Maggie remained in Clayton, where she married Dr. Joseph J. Young and raised her family. (They are buried in Maplewood Cemetery.) Daughter Pearl married J. B. Blades of New Bern, but was widowed by 1920 where she was last found with her two adopted children. She married (2nd) to Lee W. Campbell of MA and is buried here. James V. Robertson became a druggist in Hickory, NC. Son, John A. Robertson, was a one-time correspondent for the SMITHFIELD HERALD, and later worked as a salesman in Raleigh. William A. Robertson married Hattie Clark Creech (1879-1961), of Goldsboro, and remained there until his death. Roy Robertson, was also a pharmacist but died in July 1910, at age 25, from typhoid fever just a few months after his father died.
On his paternal side, he is descended from John Randolph Robertson, of Ireland, who was found in Brunswick Co, VA ca. 1746. His grandparents were John Robertson & Mary Barham, of Wake County, who later migrated to Bedford Co, TN. On his maternal side, he is descended from Thomas Holder & Sussaanah Bunch, found in Culpepper County, VA ca. 1700. His maternal grandparents were Josiah Tenope Holder & Mildred Holloman/Holliman of Johnston County.
James was 16 when his mother died in 1853, and his father never remarried, passing in 1879. James attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1861. Just months later, NC seceded from the Union. He was 23, and a physician, when he enlisted with the "Clayton Yellow Jackets", 24th Regiment, Co. C, where he spent the next four years in hospital and field surgeries.
At war's end, he came home and settled in Clayton, and opened a medical practice and a drug store in downtown Clayton. In about 1867 he married local girl, Julia A. Ellington, daughter of Rev. John F. Ellington & Christianna Avera/Avery. He was about 30 at the nuptials, and she 22, and they both would remain prominent citizens of Clayton until the end of their days.
The couple would have 7 known children, with only 6 surviving infancy:
* James Vance Robertson (1868-1898)
* William "Will" A. Robertson (1871-aft 1930)
* John A. Robertson (1874)
* Margaret "Maggie" Robertson YOUNG
* Pearl Robertson CAMPBELL
* Roy C. Robertson (1884-1911)
About 1885, Dr. Robertson decided to build the "Robertson Hotel" in Clayton (shown here), which they operated until about 1906, when he sold it to Hezekiah Pool and wife, Lillie Brook Ferrell. The hotel remained a fixture in Clayton until torn down in 1939. The Robertson's also built a fine home in Clayton (shown here).
Dr. Robertson died in 1910 at age 72. His wife, Julia, passed two years later at age 66. They are both buried in Clayton City Cemetery.
As for his children, only Maggie remained in Clayton, where she married Dr. Joseph J. Young and raised her family. (They are buried in Maplewood Cemetery.) Daughter Pearl married J. B. Blades of New Bern, but was widowed by 1920 where she was last found with her two adopted children. She married (2nd) to Lee W. Campbell of MA and is buried here. James V. Robertson became a druggist in Hickory, NC. Son, John A. Robertson, was a one-time correspondent for the SMITHFIELD HERALD, and later worked as a salesman in Raleigh. William A. Robertson married Hattie Clark Creech (1879-1961), of Goldsboro, and remained there until his death. Roy Robertson, was also a pharmacist but died in July 1910, at age 25, from typhoid fever just a few months after his father died.
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