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Notes for Ruth Banks: Elizabeth and her family came to the Mulberry Creek area (Bibb Co.,) before 1920. Most members of the family were from SC with links to Pendleton Dist. (A History of Early Bibb County Alabama, 1820-1870, by Ulsses H. Abrams, 1981, pg. 153. There is a descrepancy regarding Ruth's birthtime. The written account of Ruth and Alexander's meeting and marriage states that Alexander was 30 years her senior and that she was 14, at the time. He was definitely born between 1773 and 1774. This would mean Ruth would have been born in 1804 and that they met and were married in 1818. Rutha Banks, their first child, was born in 1804 in South Carolina. There must have been a mistake in the accounting. (Martha Cross Mordecai, 2002) |
| i. | Charles Banks Cobb, born Abt. 1800 in Edgefield Co., SC; died February 10, 1865 in Lower Yellow Leaf, Bibb Co., AL; married Amelia (Millie) Giles October 15, 1836 in Bibb Co., AL; born March 02, 1818 in AL; died Unknown. |
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Notes for Charles Banks Cobb: Charles B. Cobb and his wife Amelia Giles married in Bibb County on Oct. 15, 1836. They moved to Shelby County, a part of which became Baker County then Chilton County in 1874. Charles B. Cobb entered land in Shelby County, Alabama located in Sec. 10, TS 23 N, R and 13 E on May 21, 1860 and July 17 , 1860 in the amount of 240 acres. He entered the Civil War as a Private in Co. G of the 21st Alabama Infantry. Story of the death of Charles Banks Cobb: (Courtesy of Barbara Rowe) "Charles B. Cobb was at home on sick leave when he was murdered on Feb. 10, 1865. It was said that he first left home going in an easterly direction and buried $6,000 in gold. When he returned home he came from a westerly direction. No one ever knew where he hid the gold. It is said that afterwards family members dug every place that it could have been buried, but it was never found. He had a trap door under a rug in the kitchen of his home and when the murderers came looking for him he tried to escape but they got him. It is said that a group of night riders (the Blackwell Crowd) which is said to have included his brother Jim Cobb, came to the house. They took Charles out to a apple tree and hung him and shot him. When the men caught Charles it is said that his brother Jim said "let him see who is doing this" and they raised their hoods to let him see. It is said that when Charles' body was found it had some scraps from a new dress that one of Jim's daughter had made. The scrap was used as wadding to hold the powder and lead in the gun. After they left Charles' home they went to the Langston home near Providence Bapst. Church and killed both Charles' son-in-law Jackson (Jack) Langston and his father Willis Langston. They were also hung to a tree and shot. His son, John Alexander Cobb, Grandfather of William A. Cobb, Jr., said that after they killed his father the group robbed and pillaged the house of everything leaving the family destitute. Even the cow and livestock were killed. Amelia lived until Nov. 13, 1915, living to the age of 108. She died of a heavy cold and was buried at Mount Hope cemetery beside her husband Charles, Directions to grave of Charles B. Cobb, located in an abandoned cemetery, previously known as Mount Hope Cemetery, in Northern Chilton County, Alabama are: Exit Interstate I-65 in Chilton Co., AL at the Jemison/Thorsby Exit 219. Go West on County Rd. 42 for 1.2 miles, turn right on County Rd. 44, go 1.8 miles to a nice modern brick home on the right. Cemetery is on a small hill, wooded area, behind the house about 300 yards. Or, go past house and turn right on St. Paul Loop Rd. The small hill, wooded area will be on the right after about 0.2 miles. The Cemetery is about 100 yards from the St. Paul Loop Rd. Grave marker was readable in 1997. However was unable to locate marker for Amelia." General location of Mount New Hope Cemetery From I-65, West in Chilton County 42, Turn North on Chilton County 44, Childress farm is just past Antique Mall on the right.. The entrance we will use to get access to the cemetery is at the "pasture gate", then through the "cross fence gate" to the right, then over the rough terrain area marked "washboard" and up to the woods surrounding the cemetery. We will need trucks to reach the cemetery area, cars will not be able to reach it. Please note that there is a LOT of poison ivy around the cemetery and under the trees. Dennis Brooks, http://www.oakhill-birmingham.org/mountnewhope/MNH-main) |
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More About Charles Banks Cobb: Burial: Unknown, Old Mount Hope Cemetery, Jemison, Chilton Co., AL |
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Notes for Amelia (Millie) Giles: Charles and Amelia moved to Shelby Co. which partially became Baker Co., then Chilton Co. in 1874 Charles entered land in Shelby Co., AL located in Sec. 10, TS 23 N, R and 13 E on May 21, 1860 and July 17, 1860 in the amount of 240 acres. He entered the Civil War as a private in Co. G of the 21st AL Infantry. The story of Charles Bankes Cobb's death: "Charles B. Cobb was at home on sick leave when he was murdered on Feb. 10, 1865. It was said that he first left home going in an easterly direction and buried $6, 000 in gold. When he returned home he came from a westerly dfirection. No one ever knew where he hid the gold. It is said that afterwards family members dug every place that it could have been buried, but it was never found. He had a trap door under a rug in the kitchen of his home and when the murderers came looking for him he tried to escape but they got him. It is said that a group of night riders (the Blackwell Crowd) which is said to have included his brother Jim Cobb, came to the house. They took Charles out to a apple tree and hung him and shot him. When the men caught Charles it is said that his brother Jim said 'let him see who is doing this' and they raised their hoods to let him see. It is said that when Charles body was found it had some scraps from a new dress that one of Jim's daughter had made. The scrap was used as wadding to hold the powder and lead in the gun. After they left Charles' home they went to the Langston home near Providence Bapst. Church and killed both Charles' son-in-law, Jackson (Jack) Langston, and his father, Willis Langston. They were also hung to a tree and shot. His son, John Alexander Cobb, grandfather of William A. Cobb, Jr., said that after they killed his father, the group robbed and pillaged the house of everything leaving the family destitute. Even the cow and livestock were killed. Amelia lived until Nov 13, 1915, living to the age of 108. She died of a heavy cold and was buried at Mount hope Cemetery beside her husband Charles." (Source: bailiffbill@bellsouth.net, courtesy of Barbara Rowe Dec. 18, 2003) Directions to grave of Charles B. Cobb, is located in an abandoned cemetery, previously known as Mount Hope Cemetery, in Northern Chilton Co., AL are: Exit Interstate I-65 in Chilton Co., AL at the Jemison/Thorsby Exit 219. Go West on country road 42 for 1.2 miles, turn right on country road 44, go 1.8 miles to a nice modern brick home on the right. The Cemetery is on a small hill, wooded area, behind the house about 300 yards. Or, go past house and turn right on St. Paul Loop Rd. the small hill, wooded area will be on the right after about 0.2 miles. The Cemetery is about 100 yards from the St. Paul Loop Road, grave marker was readable in 1997. I was unable to locate marker for Amelia. Regarding the photo of Amelia Giles Cobb and Family: Here is the picture and the list of who's who. The list was written by Johnnie Rachel, dau. of David's daughter Lizzie. The Uncle Frank sitting to Milley's left is Rufus Franklin Cobb, the son that never married and lived with her until she was forced, by age, to give up her home and live with some of her children. The one to her right is David Washington Cobb, and the one standing just behind and between them is my grandfather, George Washington Cobb. (Courtesy of Barbara Rowe) Here is the picture I just received of the wife of Charles Banks Cobb. According to the history, Milley was blind in her later life and that is probably why her eyes are closed. This picture is in the possession of Barbara Atchison of Tulsa, OK, a descendant through the daughter of Charles and Amelia, Martha Elizabeth/Elmira Cobb. Martha married first a Langston who was killed not too long after the wedding, right at the end of the Civil War. She then married Felix James Seal/Seals/Seales. (From Roy Atchison courtesy of Barbara Rowe) |
| ii. | Rutha Banks Cobb, born 1804 in SC; died 1844 in Rocky Mount Community in Bibb Co., AL; married John Thames; died Unknown. | |||
| iii. | Elizabeth (Bethaney) Cobb, born April 16, 1806 in NC (per her tombstone); died October 16, 1902 in Chilton Co., AL; married James Honeycutt December 22, 1823 in Bibb Co., AL; born 1801 in GA; died 1865 in Bibb Co., AL. |
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More About Elizabeth (Bethaney) Cobb: Burial: Unknown, Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Providence, AL |
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More About James Honeycutt: Burial: 1865, Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Providence, AL |
| iv. | Telitha Cobb, born 1808 in SC; died Unknown in Coosa Co., AL; married James Alexander Goodgame December 23, 1824 in Bibb Co., AL; born 1799 in GA; died 1884 in Coosa Co., AL. | |||
| v. | John S. Allen Cobb, born 1811 in SC; died Aft. 1863 in Midland or Kermit, Texas; married (1) Mary Elizabeth Rigden May 30, 1828 in Stanton Community; died Unknown; married (2) Rebecca Ann Gentry 1860 in Bellewood, Natchitoches, LA; died Unknown. |
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Marriage Notes for John Cobb and Mary Rigden: Married by Robert Martin, M.G. with consent given by Alexander Cobb, Bibb, Alabama- Marriage Book C 1827-1834 pg. 8 |
| vi. | Mary B. Cobb, born January 21, 1812 in SC; died September 17, 1892 in Collin, Texas; married Jonathan (John) DeShazo December 30, 1826 in Bibb Co., AL; died Unknown. |
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More About Mary B. Cobb: Burial: Unknown, Liberty, Texas |
| vii. | William Pinkney Cobb, born January 26, 1813 in SC; died November 28, 1888 in New London, Rusk County, Texas; married Lucinda Arnold August 06, 1838 in Bibb Co., AL; born 1816 in TN; died Unknown. |
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Notes for William Pinkney Cobb: William Pinckney Cobb, son of Alexander. As you already know, he moved with at least 3 of his children to Rusk County Texas between 1860 and 1867. Just guessing that it was probably between 1865 and 1867, after the war, but prior to his marriage to his second wife in 1867. William P. Cobb is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in New London, Rusk County, Texas. The same place my family and relatives are located. The person that sent this to me says that the stone is broken but the dates are Jan. 26, 1813 and Nov. 28, 1888. It also says that he was a Mason. (From Martin Thames, courtesy of Barbara Rowe) |
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More About William Pinkney Cobb: Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Hill Cemetery in New London, Rusk County, Texas |
| 54 | viii. | James Jackson Cobb, born February 08, 1815 in Edgefield Co., SC; died June 04, 1865 in Rocky Mount Community in Bibb Co., AL; married Elizabeth (Betsy) Campbell October 22, 1836 in Bibb Co., AL. | ||
| ix. | Priscilla Cobb, born 1817 in Bibb Co., AL; died Bef. 1850 in Bibb Co., AL; married David Goss Bet. August - September 1831 in Bibb Co., AL; died Unknown. | |||
| x. | Levi Banks Cobb, born February 17, 1819 in Bibb Co., AL; died May 10, 1883 in Union Parish, LA; married Amanda Catherine Davenport October 10, 1841 in Bibb Co., AL; born November 07, 1823 in Bibb Co., AL; died November 05, 1892 in Union Parish, LA. |
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More About Levi Banks Cobb: Burial: Unknown, Union Sadie Cemetery, Marion, Union Parish, LA |
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Notes for Amanda Catherine Davenport: Marriage Notes: Also have a marriage date of 6 Oct 1841. Ceremony performed by Justice of the Peace; Surety: S.D. McCary. |
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More About Amanda Catherine Davenport: Burial: Unknown, Union Sadie Cemetery, Marion, Union Parish, LA |
| xi. | Elizabeth Martha Elmira Cobb, born 1821 in Bibb Co., AL; died Aft. 1850 in Bibb Co., AL; married Isaac Lawhorn Abt. 1836 in Bibb Co., AL; born December 25, 1810 in NC; died August 10, 1895 in Chilton Co., AL. |
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Notes for Elizabeth Martha Elmira Cobb: Here is a start, obviously the Martha on the 1850 is the new wife, so Elizabeth died before 1850. I had not gone further on the paper trail so did not know this. (Barbara Rowe) Name: Isaac Lawhon Age in 1860: 49 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: East Side Cahaba River, Bibb, Alabama Gender: Male Value of real estate: Post Office: Randolph Roll: M653_2 Page: 823 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Isaac Lawhon (On the same page, just higher to show that three doors up is Rebecca Cobb Hubbard, Alex's adopted daughter) Faulkenberry Lynn Tree Entries: 10863 Updated: Wed Mar 19 19:17:07 2003 Contact: Nadyne Faulkenberry Lynn (Courtesy of Barbara Rowe) ID: I00435 Name: Elizabeth Martha Elmira COBB Sex: F Birth: 1821 in , Bibb, Alabama Death: BET. 1846 - 1856 in , Bibb, Alabama Death: BET. 1846 - 1856 in After birth of Louisa & before her father died Reference Number: 437 Father: Alexander COBB b: 1772 in South Carolina Mother: Elizabeth Ruth BANKS b: 4 AUG 1782 in South Carolina (questionable: MCM2004)) Marriage 1 Isaac LAWHORN b: 25 DEC 1810 in South Carolina or North Carolina Married: ABT. 1836 Children Emily Elizabeth LAWHORN b: 1838 Alexander C. "Alex" LAWHORN b: 1840 Henry L. LAWHORN b: 1842 Louisa LAWHORN b: 1846 This was posted later by someone else as an update. Margie Sammons-Slagle marsla92@cox.net 2003-03-17 14:03:34 Leroy and Emily E. Sammons are listed in 1880 Chilton Co. AL Census (Beat Two, Page 47). A brother-in-law is shown living with them, as follows: George B. Lawhorn, age 19, b. AL, father b. NC, mother b. AL. |
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Notes for Isaac Lawhorn: Because of his birth place this is a possible relative ... something to be checked. Name: Isaac R Lawhon , Residence: Chatham County, North Carolina Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 08 March 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Unit Numbers: 153 153 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 March 1862 at the age of 22 Enlisted in Company H, 46th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 16 April 1862. Died Company H, 46th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 20 June 1862 in Goldsboro, NC These can be checked through the Bureau of Land Management if you are interested: Alabama Land Records Viewing records 1-3 of 3 matches for: Isaac Lawhon In Alabama About this database Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index Name Land Office Total Acres Issue Date ISAAC LAWHON TUSCALOOSA 80.01 August 28, 1838 ISAAC LAWHON TUSCALOOSA 80.1025 June 01, 1858 ISAAC LAWHON TUSCALOOSA 119.7825 October 01, 1860 This is image 59 of 98 on the 1850 Bibb County, AL census ... for some reason they did not index Isaac. You will note that he lives next door to Levi Banks Cobb. On the other side of Levi is Isaac Gentry, Alexander's step brother (of half brother, depending on the researcher). Bibb County Marriage Lawhon, Joab Brooks Maner, Mary 11 Dec 1820 Bibb Shelby County Marriages Lawhon, Mollie, Martin, J. W., 05/17/1897, 128 Lawhorn, Eli, Allen, Sarah, 11/13/1896, 77 Just looked closer to Mary Lawhon's 1850 census, sorry I misread the 88 yr. old. female as a male. This would very possibly be Mary's mother, born in Maryland. Here are some other clues that may be of assistance. Alabama Marriages to 1825 Viewing record 1 of 1 match for: Joab Lawhon In United States About this database Database of marriages to 1825 Spouse 1 Spouse 2 Marriage Date Marriage Location Lawhon, Joab Brooks Maner, Mary 11 Dec 1820 Alabama Bibb County Alabama Land Records Viewing record 1 of 1 match for: Joab Lawhon In United States About this database Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index Name Land Office Total Acres Issue Date JOAB B LAWHON CAHABA 39.95 August 2, 1834 Another take on the Lawhon name in NC 1820 Chatham County, NC 214 NC Chatham LAWHON Joel 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1769 Tax List - Dobbs County, NC Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by Jerome Tew jdtew@esn.net DOBBS CO. 1769 TAXABLES male BY Jerome Tew (Some names edited.) White Blk LAWHON James 1 LAWHON James sons John & James 3 LENOIR/DOBBS COUNTY, NC - MISC. - Voters in 1779 -------- Original found at the NC Archives in the General Assembly Records, Session of May 3 - 15, 1779, Box 1, Folder entitled Committee Reports: Committee of Privilege & Elections. Information on citation found by Charlotte Carrere and used with permission of Charles Clement Lucas, Jr. Dobbs County North Carolina 1779 Vote It Was Not Easy To Vote in 1779 Kinston Daily Free Press Friday - November 2, 1962, Page 10 "In 1779 the outlook for the success of the American Revolution had grown very dim. This year and the next were to be the darkest hours for the patriots. Kinston, the home town of Governor Richard Caswell, had become the de facto capital of the new State. Here the State's Board of War usually met in secret sessions. Sometimes the Council of State met here. Sessions of the General Assembly, being more a matter of public knowledge, usually were convened at larger and more heavily guarded towns. While the name of the town was changed from Kingston to Kinston by law in 1784, already by 1779 the patriots were calling it Kinston in derision of the King of England from whose title the original name derived. The vote in the general election in 1779 required the highest patriotic conviction. If the Revolutionary cause failed, each of these voters would be marked as among the rankest seditionists. For these were the men of Dobbs County who closest held to heart the pledge of the Declaration of Independence, the pledge of "our sacred honor." This list of Dobbs voters is complete but does not complete her roll of honor, for there were those who were away with the armies in the field and the women whose names do not appear on this list. Still, these are the fathers and brothers and staunch supporters of those who fought, and each of them deserves to be remembered. Even to those whose resolute patriotism stilled all fear of the possibility of danger in defeat, to vote was no easy matter. The voting place was at the old Dobbs County Courthouse erected near Walnut Creek about midway between present LaGrange and Goldsboro. Dobbs County included practically all of the areas now comprised in Lenoir, Greene and Wayne Counties, and it was from these areas that the voters came on horseback to cast the vote of freemen in a ? State. Because of the distances, the polls were open for two days, March 10th and 11th. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA At an election of one Senator and Two Members of the House of Commons to Represent the county of Dobbs held at the Court House the 10th and 11th of March, 1779, the following persons voted for Members of the House of Commons to wit: Lawhon, John NC MOORE COUNTY LAND OWNERS IN THE YEAR 1815 Lewis Lawhon Samuel Elkins Joel Lawhon Neill McIntosh Thomas Ritter Joseph Rouse John Lawhon Moore County, NC 1800 Census 243 LAWHON, Lewis 2-1-0-0-1 2-2-3-0-1 00 00 Wayne County, NC 1800 Census 854 8 Lawhon Ferreby . . 2 . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1786 Wayne County Tax List Original at Archives Treas & Compts Papers Box 8 - Tax Lists State of North Carolina\ Wayne County \ List of the taxable property with the names of the persons owning the same in the said County for the year 1786 in alphabetical order This list is broken up into several districts, the names of which are not included. Persons, Acres Land, Free poll, Black poll, Stud Horses, Carriage Wheels Lawhon, Wm, 50, 1 Lawhon, John, 950, 1, 6 Wayne County, NC - 1779 Voter List (Old Dobbs) File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts <gpotts1@mindspring.com> It Was Not Easy To Vote in 1779 Kinston Daily Free Press Friday - November 2, 1962, Page 10 Lawhon, John 1860 Census for Bibb Co., AL. Head of Household: Lawhon, Isaac, age 49, birthplace NC, Home: East Side Cahaba River, Bibb Co., AL, Male, Value of Real Estate, Post Office: Randolph, Roll M653_2, Page 823. |