Robertsville:

I thought I had found the history of the present day Robertsville, but it turned out that I was reading the history of a Robertsville in Canoe Township of Indiana County. Robert Roberts owned 3000 acres and endeavored to start a village so he erected a sawmill. In 1841 there were two dwellings, one a small cabin and the other an 8 room, two story dwelling. 7 families and two single men who were immigrants from Ireland and England who had come to seek their fortunes moved into the 8 room house. One was a London tailor, one was a city painter, one was a city shoe maker, etc.. Soon they got disgusted with frontier life and returned to eastern cities. By 1915 there was only one house in Robertsville. In the present day, this Robertsville is not listed on any map I have. There is a Robertsville that exists today in Bell Township, Jefferson County.