Roberts Settlement, Hamilton County, Indiana

About Historic Roberts Settlement:
Thirty miles north of Indianapolis just to the east of U.S. 31 on 276th Street in western Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, stand the remains of an African-American pioneer farm settlement. It was founded in 1835 by free blacks of mixed racial heritage who migrated mostly from North Carolina and Virginia to escape deteriorating racial conditions in the South. The majority of pioneers had the Roberts surname, but other families such as the Waldens, Winburns, Rices and Gilliams also made this migration over a period of 20 to 30 years in the mid-1800s. Their goals were the pursuit of economic, educational and religious aspirations with greater freedom and fewer racial barriers. These goals were achieved through considerable hard work and the assistance of friendly and racially tolerant white neighbors of the Quaker and Wesleyan faiths living in the surrounding area. robertssettlement.org

This is a group picture from a Robert Settlement annual reunion. Arthur Carter, former Tuskegee airman, was the guest speaker. This image was provided by Milton Baltimore on 27 July 2012. At this time, Mr. Baltimore was a member of the Indiana African American Genealogy Group.