Charlotte Reeves Robertson Chapter
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Charlotte Reeves Robertson
Genteel Lady Pioneer Survivor
Born on January 2, 1751 Died on June 11, 1843
Charlotte Reeves Robertson, for whom our DAR Chapter is named, was the wife of James Robertson, founder of Nashville. She was educated in a girls’ school in North Carolina and led a rather sheltered life growing up as the daughter of a Presbyterian minister.
James Robertson was nine years older than Charlotte but it was love “at first sight” for this young girl. Married in 1768, when she was seventeen, Charlotte bore several children before a move to a western settlement over the North Carolina mountains. They soon realized even that outpost was too crowded for Mr. Robertson. They decided to move once again to a spot on a river bluff that he had seen on his previous explorations.
Charlotte and her children endured many hardships during the long flatboat journey to their final destination. Survival for her and her family was a daily hardship to be endured. She lost several children to disease and Indian attacks. Her son, Felix, was the first white child born in the Nashville settlement.
Charlotte Reeves Robertson Chapter DAR was organized October 29, 1927
