Welcome to the Elijah White Roach Genealogy Web Site

This web is dedicated to the genealogy of Elijah White Roach and Nancy Richardson Harvey. Elijah was born December 20, 1797 in Charlotte County, Virginia and died July 16, 1883 in Charlotte County, Virginia. He married Nancy Richardson Harvey on June 13, 1819. Nancy was born on May 22, 1803 and died on February 24, 1880 in Charlotte County, Virginia.

Elijah White Roach

Nancy Richardson Harvey

Children of Elijah White Roach & Nancy Richardson Harvey

Child	Sex	Birth	Location	Death	Location
John Isham Roach	M	Abt. 1820	Charlotte County, Virginia	16 Nov 1880	Kentucky
Annie Elizabeth Roach	F	27 Jul 1822	Charlotte County, Virginia	22 Apr 1912
Mary Prentiss Roach	F	09 Nov 1824	Charlotte County, Virginia	30 Mar 1900	Dallas, Texas
Martha Druscilla Roach	F	24 Jul 1826	Charlotte County, Virginia	18 Aug 1895	Charlotte County, Virginia
Louisa W. Roach	F	Abt. 1828	Virginia
Andromache Maccarina Roach	F	Abt. 1834	Virginia	Aft. 1880
Susan F. Roach	F	1835	Virginia	03 Oct 1867	Virginia
Sarah Harvey Roach	F	Abt. 1837	Virginia	Bet. 1880 - 1900	Texas
Catherine Price Roach	F	20 Dec 1839	Charlotte County, Virginia	17 Aug 1924	Bristol, Virginia
Abner Roach	M	Bet. 1841 - 1846	Virginia	Bef. 1850	Virginia
Thomas Roach	M	Bet. 1841 - 1846	Virginia	Bef. 1850	Virginia
Elijah Thomas Roach	M	22 Feb 1848	Prince Edwards County, Virginia	10 Jan 1903	Frisco, Texas

The invention of the World Wide Web has certainly benefited communications and information sharing among genealogists. Unfortunately, it also allows incorrect information to be spread at light speed. I have noticed information about Elijah White Roach that I believe to be incorrect. In this article, I will attempt to factually outline the children of the Reverend Elijah White Roach based on as factual information as I have been able to obtain.

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Tracing Elijah White Roach through time

The following information traces Elijah White Roach through time. I have collected most of the census information.

• Born December 20, 1797 in Charlotte County, Virginia
• Died July 16, 1883 in Charlotte County, Virginia

Family Stories

Migration of Elijah White Roach Descendants to Texas, by Richard Beaver

Although Elijah White Roach spent his life in Virginia, he had a major impact on both Collin and Dallas Counties as several of his children moved here in the 1870’s and 1880’s, possibly before 1860. The impact of this early migration is still being felt today as the Roach family continues to influence the lives of the county citizens by actively serving the cities, schools, and churches.

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Elijah White Roach, Virginia Baptist Ministers, Third Series

In a country churchyard, in Charlotte County, there stands a modest stone over the grave of one of the most useful and beloved pastors of the Baptists of Virginia.

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Elijah White Roach Descendants Family Reunion - May 20, 1934

All of the following persons were together on May 20, 1934, Memorial Day, at Rowlett Cemetery, Collin County, Texas.

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Elijah Thomas Roach Family -- One of the founding families of Frisco

Travelers from the Southwest, and from Texas particularly, brought glowing tales back to Virginia of a little town on the Trinity called Dallas, and of the black land, then mostly prairie, which extended northward into the county called Collin. And, as Lynchburg was becoming a little too densely populated to please Elijah Thomas and his cousin John White Roach, and, as competition was growing in the lumber and drayage business, the two cousins decided to heed the call of this new, almost unsettled land. They sold their household furnishings, gathered their families together, and traveled by train to arrive at the village of Plano in the fall of 1887. John White went immediately to Dallas, but Elijah Thomas liked what he saw around Lebanon, bought a wagon and team of horses, and engaged in the same type of work he pursued in Virginia, lumber and drayage.

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Emmett Dillard Roach Family

In 1929, Emmett purchased the farm north of Frisco known as the Sneathern farm; then, bang! The depression of 1929, which extended into the middle thirties, hit. Emmett’s health was failing so he purchased the farm just east of Preston Road, adjacent to the Sneathern farm, which would require less work. It was on this farm on Preston Road that he fell and fractured his neck on October 23, 1938. He was waiting for the workers to round up some wild cattle, which had broken out of the corral.

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Thomas Emmett Roach Family

Everyone had a rough time during the depression, but Tom & Irene worked hard and were able to purchase 180 acres of land on Preston Road about one mile north of Main Street in 1936. Tom was so proud of the purchase and could hardly wait to take Irene out to see the property, which was basically a big white rock hill with a few trees scattered around in the pastures. Irene, a rather reserved woman not known to say anything off color observed the property. When asked what she thought, Irene said that they would name it the ‘Nudist Ranch’ because it didn’t have a damn thing on it. For many years thereafter, everyone in the area knew about the ‘Nudist Ranch’.

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Photo Collection

Current photo collection consists of the following families:

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List of Surnames included in the Elijah White Roach database

‘Ashcraft’   ‘Barden’   ‘Beaver’   ‘Beckwith’   ‘Bell’   ‘Betterton’   ‘Brightwell’   ‘Brown’   ‘Caswell’   ‘Chaffin’   ‘Chambers’   ‘Collett’   ‘Cooke’   ‘Cora’   ‘Corcoran’   ‘Covington’   ‘Crozier’   ‘Curtsinger’   ‘D.’   ‘Daughter’   ‘Davis’   ‘Doyle’   ‘Elliot’   ‘Franklin’   ‘Gaines’   ‘Green’   ‘Haden’   ‘Haggard’   ‘Hamilton’   ‘Hancock’   ‘Harvey’   ‘Herron’   ‘Hight’   ‘Hunt’   ‘Hurt’   ‘Inez’   ‘Johnston’   ‘Jones’   ‘Kemp’   ‘Kemper’   ‘Kerley’   ‘King’   ‘Lester’   ‘Magee’   ‘Mason’   ‘Morris’   ‘N.’   ‘Newman’   ‘Quisenberry’   ‘Roach’   ‘Robertson’   ‘Rowe’   ‘Ryan’   ‘Sandidge’   ‘Scanlan’   ‘See’   ‘Shasteen’   ‘Showalter’   ‘Smith’   ‘Smoot’   ‘Swepson’   ‘Taylor’   ‘Tenor’   ‘Thomas’   ‘Tuggle’   ‘V.’   ‘Vollen’   ‘Wardell’   ‘Watkins’   ‘Watson’   ‘Weatherly’   ‘Williams’   ‘Williamson’   ‘Wilson’   ‘Work’