John Gibson Robert (1799–1830) was a lieutenant in 1814 in the Richmond Junior Blues, a group of boys aged about fifteen who had “embodied themselves as volunteers” to defend the city. He served as a clerk for Gibson until at least 1821 and was the master of a Richmond Masonic lodge in 1825 (CVSP description begins William P. Palmer and others, eds., Calendar of Virginia State Papers … Preserved in the Capitol at Richmond, 1875–93, 11 vols. description ends , 10:381; Robert [for Gibson] to TJ, 13 Apr. 1820, 30 Apr. 1821; David K. Walthall, History of Richmond Lodge, No. 10, A. F. & A. M. [1909], 195; Clay, Papers description begins James F. Hopkins and others, eds., The Papers of Henry Clay, 1959–92, 11 vols. description ends , 5:312; Daily Richmond Whig, 18 Sept. 1830; gravestone inscription in Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond).