J. Y. Robb, clerk and master of the chancery court, was born in Sumner County, Tenn., August 15, 1832, and was appointed by Judge George E. Seay, to his present position in September, 1882. He is the youngest of a family of seven sons and three daughters born to Joseph and Ann (Motheral) Robb. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born April 11, 1781, in Mecklenburg County, N.C. He came to Sumner County about 1799, where he taught school a number of years. He then began cultivating the soil in the Tenth District, in connection with which he established a dry goods store in Gallatin. Very soon after he came to Tennessee, he connected with Shiloh Church, the first Presbyterian Church organized in Middle Tennessee, and was a ruling elder in the same until his death. He died November 11, 1811. His wife, also of Scotch-Irish origin, born in 1791 in Sumner County, and died July 3, 1846. Our subject received his education at Transmont Academy, Gallatin. October 22, 1856, he married Miss Clara, daughter of Wm. and Penelope Lauderdale. Their union resulted in the birth of Charles W., a physician at Goodlettsville, Davidson County; Wm. L.; Nella and Bessie. Mr. Robb is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Buchanan in 1856. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church; has been an elder in the same since 1872. His wife, Charles and Nella are also members of the same church.