History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 764. [Nicholas County] [Carlisle City and Precinct] SOLOMON ROBERTSON, merchant and tobacco dealer, P. O. Carlisle, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Dec. 26, 1843, and is a son of William and Maria (Nevins) Robertson; he was born in 1803, and is now living in Illinois. His wife, Maria, was born in New York, in 1809, and died Sept. 11, 1878. She was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Solomon, the subject of this sketch was the eighth. He received his education in the common schools of Indiana, where his parents removed when he was a small child; as soon as his school days were over he learned the trade of a plaster mason, and followed the same about fifteen years, when he began merchandising near Blue Licks, but afterward sold his stock of goods to his brother and a Mr. Overby, and engaged in dealing in tobacco, which business he still follows. He was married March 4, 1869, to Maria Ann Mann who was born in 1844. They have two children living, viz: Nettie May and Olie Frank, and Daisie who died at the age of three years. Mrs. Robertson was a daughter of Col. David and Olie (Stoker) Mann. Mr. Robertson is an energetic and thorough business man and ranks high in the esteem of the community. He has served the people of Carlisle several years as councilman, and is the present postmaster of Ellisville. Religiously, himself and wife are members of the Christian Church of Carlisle. He is also a prominent member of the Masonic order at the same place. Politically he is a Democrat. Robertson Nevins Overby Mann Stoker = Bourbon-KY IL NY IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/robertson.s.txt