Moses Fisk Roberts

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, M.F. Roberts, age 50, native state Tennessee, emigrated in 1836 from Tennessee, farmer, postoffice Buena Vista, Shelby County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, Moses Fisk Roberts, p. 159. Born 7/9/1803 in Davidson County, Tennessee, still living on 10/3/1878. "The date of his death has not been found." Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
• ROBERTS, MOSES FISK (1803-1889). Born 2/9/1803 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died 4/7/1889 in Shelby County, Texas. Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, Whitfield's Legion, enlisted 10/10/1861 at San Augustine, Texas. Moses F. Roberts, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.
• 2nd Lieutenant, Jasper Volunteer Company at San Augustine. Handbook of Texas Online.
• Moses F. Roberts was "one of the great early-day Texans. He was a soldier in the Texas Army in 1836; a member of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Texas Congress during the Republic of Texas days; lieutenant colonel of Texas Militia 1836-1843; elected sheriff of Shelby County without announcing for office about 1845, and was a confederate soldier from 1861-1863. "Shelby County Historical Society News," The Timpson Times, 10/18/1963, p. 2, crediting Timpson Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

• Moses F. Roberts, birth date 2/9/1803, death date 4/7/1856 [sic] on grave marker; burial in Shelbyville Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County. Includes historical marker photo and stone for "Soldier of the Republic of Texas." Find a Grave.
• "Moses F. Roberts, commonly called 'Dog Roberts,' because of the great number of dogs he kept about him, was a member of the 7th legislature, and lived at Buena Vista." The Champion (Center, Texas), 5/12/1915, p. 17 of 18, crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.
  Shelbyville Cemetery, "Another famous grave is that of Moses Fisk Roberts, a member of the Republic of Texas Congress. He was often called 'Dog Roberts' because he marched off to tend to the state's business with a pack of hounds at his heels." "Area Cemeteries Rich in Folklore," Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Texas), 2/13/1992, p. 9, crediting Livingston Municipal Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Polk County Enterprise The Champion
• Historical marker, Moses Fisk Roberts (1803-1889), Shelbyville Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

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