Robertson, John Jay

Robertson, John Jay, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Washington, Ga., in 1822. He graduated at the University of East Tennessee in 1845, entered the Union Theological Seminary in 1846, and graduated in 1848. He was ordained in 1850, and filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church at Maryville, Tenn., as a stated supply. In the years 1851-52 he was professor in the Maryville College, and from the last date until 1862 he was chaplain in the Confederate army. From 1862 to 1865 he was a stated supply of the church in Rogersville, Tenn. He died in August 1866, while in that relation. (W.P.S.)