Elias Roberts (abt. 1851)

Born about 1851 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Elias Roberts is a part of US Black heritage.

Elias was born about 1851. He participated in the Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877.

Sources

• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-ST3B : 3 March 2021), Elias Roberts, 05 Dec 1873; citing p. 117, volume 076, Indianapolis, , Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 350,346.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-7Q2B : 3 March 2021), Elias Roberts, 11 Jul 1879; citing p. 89, volume 082, Indianapolis, , Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 350,349.
• Carlson, Paul H., The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2003, p. 90.