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  TN Encyclopedia: JAMES ROBERTSON
James Robertson, early leader of both the Watauga and Cumberland settlements, has been called the "Father of Middle Tennessee." Born in 1742 in Brunswick County, Virginia, he was the son of John and Mary Gower Robertson.
In late 1769, as Robertson grew increasingly frustrated with the provincial rule of North Carolina Governor William Tryon, he became intrigued by the stories of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and began to consider relocating his family there.
Robertson's brothers, John and Mark, were killed, as were his sons, Peyton and James Jr.
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 Brigadier General James Robertson
James Campbell Robertson was born on 24 October 1878 in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of a bookseller and stationer.
Robertson was appointed to the AIF on 20 August 1914 as a major, and became the second in command of the 9th Infantry Battalion, the 1st Division's Queensland battalion.
Robertson was acting commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade until Brigadier General E. Sinclair MacLagan resumed command in January.
www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Generals/robertson.html   (679 words)

  
 James Robertson - Uncyclopedia
The station attempted to sue Robertson in late 1988 but the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the case of the defence that an incarceration for such a crime would be in violation of the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause, and possibly the fifth amendment, in light of Robertson's condition.
Robertson came under fire again when the Chicago Tribune and The Nation simultaneously exposed a conjugal affair he was having with imprisoned Lt. Colonel Oliver North in 1989.
Robertson now lives with his new wife/husband Patrick "Bandaid" Moody in the south of Phoenix, but is reputedly visited by local floosey James Higgens on a regular basis.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/James_Robertson   (388 words)

  
 James Robertson (judge) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Robertson (born 1938) is a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
James Robertson was appointed a United States District Judge by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
From 1969 to 1972, Robertson served with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as chief counsel of the Committee’s litigation offices in Jackson, Mississippi, and as director in Washington, D.C.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Robertson_(judge)   (340 words)

  
 James Robertson
ROBERTSON, James, pioneer, born in Brunswick county, Virginia, 28, June, 1742 ; died in the Chickasaw country, Tennessee, 1 September, 1814.
Robertson was continually offered by the Spanish governor peace and the free navigation of the Mississippi if he would but cut loose from the Union and establish, with Watauga and Kentucky, an independent government.
Robertson's wife, mounted on the lookout, rifle in hand, seeing the stampede of the horses and the break in the Indian line, ordered the sentry to "open the gates and set the dogs upon them." The dogs flew at the savages, who drew tomahawks upon them, and thus the whites were enabled to escape.
www.famousamericans.net /jamesrobertson   (1534 words)

  
 Colonel Harlee's Notes on 1221 General James Robertson
Charlotte (Reeves) Robertson, it was the wish of the family and of the public that a portrait of her distinguished husband might be painted.
James Robertson, the Superintendent, be directed to reside in the said Cherokee Nation during his continuance in once.
Robertson was forced to look upon the mangled remains of her sons, [12214] Peyton and [12212] Randolph, two splendid little fellows, who were murdered while gathering sugar sap within a stone's throw of the fort....
robertson-ancestry.com /1221-01.htm   (9621 words)

  
 IRMI - James A. Robertson
Robertson began his insurance career in 1970 as a casualty underwriter, and then supervising underwriter, for a major insurance group.
Robertson is active in The Society of CPCU on both the local and national levels.
Robertson has taught and lectured extensively on all types of property and casualty insurance coverages, self-insurance, captives, quantitative and statistical methods used in risk management, and practices for insurance agents and brokers to more effectively handle large accounts, provide client services and control errors and omissions.
www.irmi.com /IrmiCom/Expert/Authors/Robertson.aspx   (590 words)

  
 Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - Robertson, James and Ann
James Robertson was the eldest son of James Robertson, flsmith, and his wife Helen Sandeman who were married at Errol on 21 June 1807.
At the time James left Scotland in 1841 both his parents and the three sisters mentioned were alive, and it is easy to imagine how cut off he and his brothers John and Alexander 'now in Australia' must have felt when they learnt of their deaths.
James ran the farm with his children till 1872 when he leased the property because he was becoming too old for the work and the eight children were obviously not keen in inheriting the tradition.
www.electricscotland.com /WEBCLANS/minibios/r/robertson_james_ann.htm   (810 words)

  
 Regent University, Office of Public Relations and News, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Prior to joining the Regent faculty, James served as the Secretary of Health and Human Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia, a position to which she was appointed by Governor George Allen in January 1994.
James was appointed by President Reagan and re-appointed by President Bush as Commissioner on the National Commission on Children.
James was appointed by President Reagan to the White House Task Force on the Black Family.
www.regent.edu /news/kjames.html   (620 words)

  
 James Robertson (photographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Robertson (1813-1888) was a British photographer and gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, the Crimea and India.
Robertson and Beato were joined by Beato's brother, Antonio on photographic expeditions to Malta in 1854 or 1856 and to Greece and Jerusalem in 1857.
Robertson possibly gave up photography in the 1860s; he returned to work as an engraver at the Imperial Ottoman Mint until his retirement in 1881.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Robertson_(photographer)   (495 words)

  
 Attorney Profile - James A. Robertson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
James A. Robertson, IV is a Principal and Director of the Firm.
Robertson is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and to practice before the United District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
Robertson is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and is certified by that organization as an Alternative Dispute Resolver.
citease.netspacetoday.com /kmjmlaw/robertsonbio   (305 words)

  
 James Robertson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
James Robertson was born in Stonehaven, Scotland about 1747.
He was the son of printer James Robertson and the younger brother of Alexander Robertson.
James Robertson died in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1816.
www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/bios/r/jarobertson481.html   (353 words)

  
 Blackdems: Educate. Empower. Endergize.
James was active in a multitude of activities in college from being a resident advisor, marketing coordinator, middle linebacker, to being a two term student body president.
James was one of two African American student body presidents elected in University of Houston History.
James was active in several political campaigns and became campaign manager for the latest Constable election for Pct.
www.blackdems.com /jamesrobertsonbio.htm   (294 words)

  
 James Robert Robertson
James Robert Robertson was born in Cold Springs, near Cobourg, Ontario on March 19, 1872.
James Robertson had been appointed by Conference to the charge of Salt Spring Island, but on Sunday, June 26, 1932 he collapsed in his pulpit after having preached a farewell sermon.
In January of 1909, Robertson and several other local members of the ACC invited Arthur Wheeler to Revelstoke to give a presentation on mountaineering and the Alpine Club of Canada, and during his visit Wheeler accepted the role of Honorary President of the newly formed Revelstoke Mountaineering Club of which Robertson was the first President.
members.shaw.ca /beyondnootka/biographies/j_robertson.html   (945 words)

  
 James, Robertson: Genital Cutting and Transnational Sisterhood
Robertson's comment is well-taken that African women are all too often viewed primarily in regards to the FGC issue.
Robertson also makes a thought-provoking point that in the West men often feel they must do something to prove their manhood, and in Africa FGC is sometimes similarly seen as a prerequisite to womanhood.
Regrettably, James' analysis is flawed due to her ignorance of the hallowed human rights principle of customary law, which allows a human rights treaty to be considered legally binding even upon states that do not ratify it.
www.arclaw.org /Review/James-Robertson.htm   (1038 words)

  
 James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
James' primary focus is on the strategic aspects of information management and on the organisational change required to deliver effective business outcomes.
James is a member of the Board of Advisors for the University of Washington iSchool CMS Evaluation Lab, alongside other industry leaders such as JoAnn Hackos, Lou Rosenfeld and Gerry McGovern.
James is a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Washington iSchool CMS Evaluation Lab.
www.steptwo.com.au /about/staff/jamesr/index.html   (555 words)

  
 Column Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
James Robertson is the Managing Director of Step Two Designs, a knowledge management consultancy located in Sydney, Australia.
James is a founding member of CM Professionals, and the co-Chair of the local CM Pros Australia community.
James is also the coordinator for the Intranet Peers in Government group.
www.steptwo.com.au /columntwo   (853 words)

  
 Welcome to the Robertson Genealogy Exchange
The identification of Israel Roberson's son, [126] Charles, as [126] Colonel Charles Robertson of Watauga was established to a reasonable certainty through four additional documents that impart substantial and conclusive evidence of the synonymity.
Reverend] James Robertson, a native of Athol, [was] born about 1701, licensed by the Presbytery of Dunkheld 5th November 1734 and ordained 8th May 1743 died in March 1776.
The testament dative for John Robertson the elder of Guay names, among other legatees, Janet Cameron, the widow and executrix of his deceased eldest son, John Robertson the younger of Guay, and the couple's children, John and Elspeth Robertson.
robertson-ancestry.com   (2595 words)

  
 Descendants of James Robertson
Census data indicates that James and Anna (Anne) were both born in Pennsylvania and married in Pennsylvania in 1823.
Information indicates that James and family probably moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio around 1828, to the Adams County, Ohio area (Wayne TWP) and then to the Jackson Township in Brown County, Ohio area, possibly to Pike County, OH and then to Livingston County, IL., and finally to Fulton County, Illinois.
James was living in Harris TWP - Fulton County, Illinois in 1870 census living with either Samuel or William Robertson, both of whom were living nearby.
pages.sbcglobal.net /gwrobertson/Robertson.htm   (4928 words)

  
 James Robertson Life & Times
There obviously was dissention between Mary Gower Robertson Blakely and her second husband, for in mid-July, 1766, she appeared in the Johnston County court to exhibit an inventory of her deceased husband's estate and secure permission to sell the personal estate, in compliance with the terms of the will.
The court granted her request, and within days James Robertson, at age 24, was appointed guardian by choice of his siblings Elijah and Eliza.
Thus three of the Robertson minors were no longer subject to their mother and stepfather, but the youngest son Mark, older brother Sterling, and nine-year-old Anne were still residing in the Robertson-Blakely home.
www.wnfoundersmuseum.org /jamesrobertson.htm   (2836 words)

  
 General James Robertson
James Robertson, already at the Cumberland, was not with the Overmountain Men at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
Descendants of James Robertson, Bosley and Beck (Delilah and Lavinia) descendants shown.
Tipton descendants of Keziah Robertson, daughter of Col. Charles Robertson, uncle of James Robertson.
jrshelby.com /rfotw/genjames.htm   (6431 words)

  
 Judge James Robertson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Judge Robertson was appointed United States District Judge in December 1994.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1959 and received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1965 after serving in the U.S. Navy.
From 1969 to 1972, Judge Robertson served with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as chief counsel of the Committee’s litigation offices in Jackson, Mississippi, and as director in Washington, D.C. Judge Robertson then returned to private practice with Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, where he practiced until his appointment to the federal bench.
www.dcd.uscourts.gov /robertson-bio.html   (145 words)

  
 Judge Resigns Over Secret Surveillance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
U.S. District Judge James Robertson would not comment Wednesday on his resignation, but The Washington Post reported that it stemmed from deep concern that the surveillance program Bush authorized was legally questionable and may have tainted the work of the court.
Robertson was one of 11 members of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which oversees government applications for secret surveillance or searches of foreigners and U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism or espionage.
Robertson was appointed a federal judge by President Clinton in 1994.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1544715/posts   (2903 words)

  
 James I. Robertson Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A native of Danville, Va., James I. Robertson Jr.
Robertson appears regularly in Civil War programs on the Arts and Entertainment Network, the History Channel, C-Span, and public television and does a weekly Civil War program aired on 11 public radio stations.
Robertson is an Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, one of eight selected from the university's 2,200 faculty members.
www.civilwar.vt.edu /jr/jr.html   (150 words)

  
 James I. Robertson Jr. (Ms94-021)
James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr., Civil War historian, author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, was born in Danville, Virginia, in 1930.
Robertson served as professor of history at the University of Montana from 1965 until 1967, when he joined the faculty of Virginia Tech.
The papers of James I. Robertson Jr., Civil War historian, author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, span the dates 1862 to 2001 and are comprised of writings and general materials.
spec.lib.vt.edu /mss/robertsonj.htm   (1294 words)

  
 Michelle Malkin: THE NEXT RICHARD CLARKE?
Two associates familiar with his decision said yesterday that Robertson privately expressed deep concern that the warrantless surveillance program authorized by the president in 2001 was legally questionable and may have tainted the FISA court's work...
...Robertson is considered a liberal judge who has often ruled against the Bush administration's assertions of broad powers in the terrorism fight, most notably in Hamdan v.
Robertson held in that case that the Pentagon's military commissions for prosecuting terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were illegal and stacked against the detainees....
michellemalkin.com /archives/004120.htm   (234 words)

  
 James Robertson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
James Robertson has worked on almost every type of information system.
His career started in 1969 when he was part of a team building one of the first Australian on-line banking systems to use a minicomputer as the host for a terminal network.
James studied architecture at the University of New South Wales, and Information Processing at the New South Wales Institute of Technology.
www.systemsguild.com /GuildSite/JSR/JSR.html   (262 words)

  
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Gary's great-great-grandfather, James ROBERTSON, was born on 04 February 1799 in Pennsylvania to unknown parents and died on 05 August 1878 in Fulton County, Illinois.
James married Ann(e) on 23 December 1823 in Pennsylvania.
Anne was born on 08 September 1805 in Pennsylvania to unknown parents and supposedly died around 1871 although she may have died earlier since she doesn't appear with James in the 1860 Illinois census.
pages.sbcglobal.net /gwrobertson   (1898 words)

  
 James Robertson ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Henry Robert Robertson, Sunning themselves, plate 14 in the book, The Etcher (London: Williams and Norgate, 1879), vol.
John James Audubon, Douglass" Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848), circa 1843
Moses, a farmer and homemaker from upstate New York who became one of the most respected folk artists of the pre-World War II period, was also one of the first artists to become a media superstar and probably the best known woman artist of her...
www.wwar.com /masters/r/robertson-james.html   (1623 words)

  
 Judge James Robertson, FISA Judge: Background & Campaign Contributions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
James Robertson for the District of Columbia; James Robertson, 56, has been a partner at Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering in Washington, D.C. since 1973, where he specializes in commercial and general civil litigation.
Robertson recently completed a term as the President of the District of Columbia Bar Association.
U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson ruled the Bush administration had no right to declare the man an enemy combatant and said Hamdan should be classified a prisoner of war and given Geneva Convention protections...
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1546083/posts   (968 words)

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