From the John S. Roberts Chapter National Society United States Daughters of 1812.
He was a very important person in the early days of Texas, but also fought in the War of 1812 before that.
The Battle of New Orleans had a great impact on the future of Nacogdoches, Texas, because so many future east Texans participated in it. Some of those men were Bean, Bullock, Goyens, Perry and John S. Roberts.
John S. Roberts was 19 years of age when he traveled from Nashville with militiamen under the command of General Carroll, to join Coffee and Jackson with a contingent of Tennesseans.
An account of the battle written in 1840 in France by Cardinal Moyne credits Roberts with being "in the thickest of the historic battle" and conducting himself "in a brave manner" where he fought with "conspicuous bravery."
--Brock-Perry
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