Cyrus Lightfoot Roberts (abt. 1754 - 1793)

Born about 1754 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Burwell) Hundley — married about 1781 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 1793 at about age 39 in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Captain Cyrus Roberts served with 10th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Cyrus Roberts is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A096910.

Captain Cyrus L. Roberts was born circa 1754, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia. Cyrus served as an officer during the American Revolutionary War, in both the 10th Regiment and the 14th Regiment of the Continental Line, with Colonel Charles Lewis, and Colonel William Davies. ^[1]

Cyrus L. Roberts is honored by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolutionary War as DAR Ancestor #A096910. DAR Records indicate that Cyrus died in 1793, in Rockingham county, North Carolina and that his wife's maiden name was Hundley. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his daughter, Catherine, who married William Covington. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL 1066
2. ↑ DAR Ancestor #A096910

• death date from revolutionary war bounty land application.
• Service Record of Cyrus Roberts, shared by Fold3.com