Page "Brushy Bill Roberts" Paragraph 3

Brushy Bill claimed to have been born on December 31, 1859, by the name of William Henry Roberts in Buffalo Gap, Texas near Abilene.

Others claim that he was actually born in 1868, while United States Census records indicate that Roberts was born in 1879.

Oliver P. Roberts ' niece, Geneva Pittmon, was able to show that her uncle's ( Oliver P., not Oliver L .) date of birth had been recorded in the Family Bible.

However, the problem with her statement regarding the unknown birth date of Ollie L. Roberts is that Brushy Bill had disclosed that Oliver P. Roberts had been his distant cousin.

After Oliver P. Roberts died, Brushy Bill had assumed his identity.