found: NUCMC data from LC Mss. Div. for Foot, A.H. Papers, 1822-1890(Joseph J. Roberts)
found: LC data base, 5-13-87(hdg.: Roberts, Joseph Jenkins, pres. of Liberia, 1809-1876; usage: Joseph J. Roberts)
found: WWWA, 1607-1896(Roberts, Joseph Jenkins, pres. Liberia; b. Petersburg, Va., 1809; s. "Aunty Robos;" m. Jane Waring, 1836; went to Liberia, 1829; became 1st Negro gov. Liberia, 1842; purchased lands from native chiefs; called conf. at which new Republic of Liberia was proclaimed, 1847; 1st pres. Liberia, 1847-55, 71-76; d. Monrovia, Liberia, 1876)
found: Behold the promised land, c1980:p. 152 (Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Liberian pres. for 2nd time, 1872-76)
found: The American Colonization Society and the creation of the Liberian state, c1991:p. 169 (Joseph J. Roberts, Liberian pres. for 2nd time, 1872-76)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, Feb. 5, 2007(Joseph Jenkins Roberts; b. Mar. 15, 1809, Norfolk, Va.; d. Feb. 24, 1876; president of Liberia, Jan. 3, 1848-Jan. 7, 1856, Jan. 1, 1872-Jan. 3, 1876)
found: African American National Biography, accessed March 29, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Roberts, Joseph Jenkins; politician, university president / founder, entrepreneur, President; born 15 March 1809 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States; settled in Monrovia, Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society (1829); opened a business in transatlantic shipping, trade, and passenger service, acquired large coffee farm, became prominent in the colony's civic affairs; elected high sheriff (1833); lieutenant governor (1838) and governor (1842) of the Liberian Commonwealth; conferred the formal military rank of major general; elected president of Liberia (1847-1856) and (1872-1876); leader of the True Liberian Party; founder and president of Liberia College (1856-1876); the J.J. Roberts Educational Foundation was established through his will (1876); died 24 February 1876 in Monrovia, Liberia)
