Genealogist, Joe Roberson

Joe Roberson, genealogist for the Cocke-Catesby family, goes to many cemeteries in the eastern United States recording information and Global Positioning Satelitte readings. He maintains contact with about 700 descendants through the Cocke-Catesby Chronicle and via email. The first Cocke-Catesby Family History was published by him in October 2000 and the family list continues to grow as cousins in 37 American states and six other countries discover the book or the web site. Joe was honored to be able to place a Civil War Headstone for his great grandfather on the old family farm in Lawrence County, TN. His great grandfather, Henry Jackson Roberson, Sr., was severely wounded in a battle in Kentucky and became a POW until war's end. Twice each year Joe and other cousins clean the small cemetery of six graves.