Jonathan Roberts
Subtitle: The Civil War's Quaker Scout and Sheriff
By: by Gregory P. Wilson ; foreword by Martha Claire Catlin
Contributors: CreateSpace (Firm)
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014
Place of publication: North Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 691
ISBN-13: 9781499289480
Subjects: Friends and associates; Genealogy; Family; Campaigns; Military leadership; History; Biography; Quakers
Notes: Includes a chronology of "Events and US Military operations in Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 (1326)": pages 655-665; genealogies of the Roberts and Matlock families: pages 649-654.

Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Life before the Civil War : The Roberts family; title: Fairfax surveyor; title: Accotink farmer; title: Political activist; title: Black abolitionist; title: Life during the Civil War : Volunteer scout at the battle of First Manassas; title: Paid scout for the Union Army; title: Fairfax County Sheriff; title: Mt. Vernon curator; title: Life after the Civil War : Radical Republican during Reconstruction and Fairfax Justice of the Peace; title: Iowa farmer; title: Retired gentleman; title: Balancing duty with beliefs; title: Epilogue; title: Appendices : Jonathan Roberts in his own words.