URIAH W. ROBERTSON was born in Livingston County, October 19, 1848, and is a son of George M. and Nancy (Crawford) Robertson, natives of the same county and State. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Robertson were North Carolinians, his grandfather, Walter Robertson, coming from that State and settling in Livingston County, when the country was very new. He died at his home place near Salem, about 1844. George M. Robertson was born in 1817, and is still living in Crittenden County, near the village of Salem. Subject's mother, Nancy Robertson, was a daughter of Frank Crawford. He was born in South Carolina, and came to Kentucky in 1803, settling in Livingston County, where he died in 1864. Mrs. Robertson was born in 1827, and died in about the year 1864. The following were the children born to George M. and Nancy Robertson: Louisa J., Martha F., U. W. (subject), Arminta (deceased), Agnes (deceased), and Serene P. Uriah Robertson was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and received his early education in the common schools. He afterward attended Princeton College, Caldwell County, where he fitted himself for teaching, which profession he followed at intervals until 1876. At the age of twenty-one he purchased his present farm, and February 23, 1870, was married to Miss Jerrie, daughter of Jeremiah Clemens, of Livingston County. Since his marriage Mr. Robertson has given his attention to agriculture and stockraising, and at the present time owns a farm of 156 acres in Carrsville Precinct. He is a member of the Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which he has belonged since 1870. His wife is a member of the same congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have had born to them the following children: Nellie (deceased), George O., Clemens U., Robert A., Nora E., Bertie (deceased) and Thomas M.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 830.