1.  Lyon G. Tucker.  1906/7.  "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County...."  Pages 108-137 in (1984) Virginia Vital Records... Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-174):

p. 108	REGISTER OF ST. JAMES NORTHAM PARISH, GOOCHLAND COUNTY. (This register, which was kept by Rev. William Douglas, is the property of R. Lee Traylor, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee, and the following notes were taken by me from his very full manuscript:)...
p. 109	MARRIAGES...
p. 116	1781, Sept. 7. Will Robards & Eliz. Lewis, both of Goochland.

2.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):  the 1790 VA [and, thus, KY] Census was destroyed in the British attack on Washington, DC, during the War of 1812.

3.  Anon.  1991.  The 1795 Census of Kentucky [as constructed from tax lists].  T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL (said to include every extant tax list from the state of Kentucky for the year 1795):

Pg	Name	County
148	Roberds, Morning	Madison
148	Roberds, William	Madison
149	Roberts, Elisha	Madison

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):  the 1800 KY Census was also destroyed in 1812.  For some KY counties, tax lists are substituted on this CD.  There are some records from Jessamine Co., which may lead you to believe Jessamine Co. is covered, but it is not.  To be precise:  there are 43 Jessamine Co. records on the CD, one with surname beginning in "B," the other 42 with surname beginning in "M."

5a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).  In this case, there are multiple errors.  In addition to the gender switch, there's been a "frame shift" in the male data, plus, their database is incapable of displaying a two-digit number in the slave field. 

1810

Robards, William, Sr.

KY

Jessamine Co.

p. 57

00301-1101009

5b.  1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23 of 28; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810

KY

Jessamine Co.

p. 57/600

William Robards Sr

01101-00301-0/29/

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	10-15	1794-1800	= Otho (b. 1794)
1 male	16-25	1784-1794	= John (b. ca. 1786)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= William (b. ca. 1751)
3 females	16-25	1784-1794	= Catherine (b. 1790) = Rebecca = Susannah
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= Elizabeth (b. ca. 1755)
29 slaves	all ages	in or bef. 1810	= names unknown

6.  1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #15 of 31; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820

KY

Jessamine Co.

p. 81

William Robards

200010-11011-0-800-9162-2223

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 white males	9 or under	1810-1820	= grandson? = grandson?
1 white male	26-44	1775-1794	= Otho (b. 1794)
0 white males	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= William (b. ca. 1750)
1 white female	9 or under	1810-1820	= granddaughter?
1 white female	10-15	1804-1810	= granddaughter?
1 white female	26-44	1775-1794	= Susannah
1 white female	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= Elizabeth (b. ca. 1755)
8	people in agriculture
9 male slaves	13 and under	1806-1820	= names unknown
1 male slave	14-25	1794-1806	= name unknown
6 male slaves	26-44	1775-1794	= names unknown
2 male slaves	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= names unknown
2 female slaves	13 and under	1806-1820	= names unknown
2 female slaves	14-25	1794-1806	= names unknown
2 female slaves	26-44	1775-1794	= names unknown
3 female slaves	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= names unknown

William Sr. was missed in the tally (or tallied in the wrong column), but there can be no doubt this is our subject.  We would expect Susannah, the unmarried daughter (who appears to have been handicapped in some way), to be at home.  Otho didn't marry until 1828, so he might still be at home.  But if both the young adults are unmarried, to whom do the four children belong?  Listed next to William LEWIS.

7.  Max E. Hoyt, et al.  1943.  "Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications."  National Genealogical Society Quarterly.  Supplement.  1284 pp.  (Broderbund CD-210):

p. 1

The following index was made from the Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records of the Veterans' Administration Archives in The National Archives, Washington, D.C... In regard to the file numbers — S., W., and R. preceding numerals mean, respectively, Survivor, Widow and Rejected claims... B.L.Wt. means Bounty Land Warrant.  For example... "(B.L.Wt. 145-160-'55)" means that 160 acres of bounty land was granted on warrant No. 145 under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1855...

p. 918

ROBARDS (or ROBERTS), Archibald, Md., Mary, W5737; BLWt. 11395-160-55 (or ROBERTS), George, Va. S31330 Jesse, Va., Francis Ann, W8563; BLWt. 31592-160-55 Lewis, Va., Hannah, W581 William, Va., Elizabeth, W8562

These are all the ROBARDS on the list.

8.  Court Records:  February 1799 to April 1799 Jessamine County, Ky (online in the USGenWeb Archives; contributed by Bryce Stevens):

	Court Orders Book Vol 1A 1799-1800 Page Sixteen... April 22 1799...
Coms apptd to let Jail	Ordered that William Shreves James Johnson Tho Caldwell Joseph Crockett & William Robards Gentlemen be appointed Commissioners to Contract & agree with any person or persons they may deem proper for erecting the publick Jail & Stray pen at the seat of Justice in Jessamine County.

9.  Court Records:  November 1799 to March 1800 Jessamine County, Ky (online in the USGenWeb Archives; contributed by Bryce Stevens):

Court Orders Book Vol 1A 1799-1800 Page Seventy-five... December Court 1799 Ordered that William Robards, James Dunn, [????] Ramsey, and Menoah Singleton, Commissioners appointed by the Last County Court to divide the estate of James Williams, deceased among his Widow and legal representatives and report Specially  to the next Court in what manner they have executed that order.

10.  Known Revolutionary War Soldiers of Jessamine County, Kentucky (online in the USGenWeb Archives; contributed by Clyde N. Bunch):

The following is a list of known Rev. Soldiers of Jessamine County... William Robards...

William is the only ROBARDS/ROBERDS/ROBERTS on the list.

11.  Messages in the Robards Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

12.  Messages posted to the ROBARDS Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com).

13.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

14.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).