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, ...