Sterling C. Robertson

Sterling Clack Robertson was born one of five children on October 2, 1785, into a wealthy and influential slave-holding[1] family in Nashville, Tennessee.

[2] His father was Captain Elijah Robertson,[3] who left Brunswick County, Virginia, in the 18th century to join family members and other early white settlers in Tennessee.

[8] As a youth, Robertson was convicted of manslaughter of one of his cousins in Tennessee,[1] but did not serve his five-month sentence until April 6 to September 1, 1832.

On December 18, 1837, Republic of Texas Senator Robertson got legislation passed that acknowledged both sons as his legitimate issue, and legally entitled to inherit his estate.

[13] His remains were removed to Austin and reinterred in the Texas State Cemetery on December 29, 1935.