From the Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas.
JOHN S. ROBERTS
(1796-1871)
Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, East Texas merchant and political figure.
He was born in Virginia on July 13, 1796. At age sixteen, he enlisted in the Tennessee Militia for service in the War of 1812 and was at the Battle of New Orleans as a member of Colonel John Coffee's regiment.
In May 1815, he was discharged
By 1822, he was a resident of Nagodoches, Texas.
--Brock-Perry
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