Sarah T. Foster was born on May 19, 1820 in Botetourt, Virginia. She was married to William Robertson on January 11, 1844 in Roanoke, Halifax, Virginia. They had a daughter, Virginia, in 1845, and a son, Charles “Chas” Wesley on August 10, 1846. William and Sarah lived in Walker’s Creek, Giles, Virginia for the next several decades. William fought as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He died in 1877. Sarah passed away on June 6, 1912 in Staffordsville, Giles, Virginia.