REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER PENSION FILE:

David Roberts was born in the month of October 1745, near the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina, "Not sure which side." The names of his parents were not stated. While a resident of Caswell County, North Carolina, David Roberts volunteered sometime in April, 1776 and served two tours of three months each as a private in Captain William Rutherford's North Carolina company, and was in a few skirmishes. He volunteered the following spring and served two tours of three months each in Captain Hardin's company. He volunteered the following spring and served two tours of three months each in Captain William Nichols' company. A short while before the surrender of Cornwallis, he served as a captain of a company of volunteers for about three months. David Roberts continued to live in North Carolina for several years after the Revolution and then moved to South Carolina, where he lived about two years. He then moved to Georgia and lived eight or ten years, and thence to Alabama. The soldier, David Roberts, was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, then a resident of Shelby County, Alabama. He died February 23, 1840, leaving a child, whose name was not given.

(Title: Revolutionary War Soldier Pension File of David Roberts, Record Group: Revolutionary War, Document: Certificate No. 26132, File Name: Soldier Pension File of David Roberts, File Number: S 32 487)