Joseph Jenkins Roberts
[Southwest face:]
Resident of Petersburg
1815-1829
First President of the Republic of Liberia
1848-1855 + 1871-1876
[Northeast face:]
Joseph Jenkins Roberts worked on Union Street, about 100 yards northwest of here.
This marker was authorized June 7, 1977 by the City Council of Petersburg.
Hermanze E. Fauntleroy, ...