John Robertson (1767–1818), teacher, was born in Govan, near Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States about 1791. TJ considered him an excellent teacher of the classics. Robertson kept schools in both Albemarle and Culpeper counties, and at the time of his death he was employed as a tutor at Springfield, the Culpeper County estate of Philip Slaughter. An inventory of Robertson’s personal property listed more than 450 volumes in his library and valued them at $1,038.68, more than half of a total value of $1,835.60 that also included two slaves (Lindsay G. Robertson, “Robertsons of Virginia, 1791–1987: John Robertson, Sarah Brand and their Descendants” [1987 typescript in ViCAHi], 1–7; Woods, Albemarle description begins Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia, 1901, repr. 1991 description ends , 86, 149; TJ to John Wayles Eppes, 18 Apr. 1813; Raleigh Travers Green, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia [1900], 24; Albemarle Co. Will Book, 7:33–8; Richmond Enquirer, 20 Oct. 1818).