Quilla B. BEAVER

21 JUL 1915 - JAN 1956

Father: Frank W. BEAVER
Mother: Ola May COOK

Family 1 :
  1.  Quilla Sue LNU 
                       _George Davis BEAVER _
                      | (1861 - 1901) m 1880 
 _Frank W. BEAVER ____|
| (1885 - 1930) m 1916|
|                     |_Dora A. COBB ________+
|                       (1864 - 1949) m 1880 
|
|--Quilla B. BEAVER 
|  (1915 - 1956)
|                      ______________________
|                     |                      
|_Ola May COOK _______|
  (1894 - 1951) m 1916|
                      |______________________

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Benjamin F. CLELAND

1 AUG 1894 - 27 OCT 1959

Family 1 : Pauline R REYNOLDS

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Thomas W. COBBS (Jr.)

[5631]

1760 - NOV 1822

Father: Thomas W. COBBS

Family 1 : Nancy L. WATSON
  1. +William T. COBBS
  2.  Mary Chambers Turner COBBS
  3. +Sarah "Sallie" Burton COBB
  4. +Thomas COBB
  5. +Augustus COBBS
  6. +Nancy W. COBBS
  7. +James Edward COBB
  8.  Winney COBB
  9.  Martha COBB
  10.  Richard COBBS
  11. +John COBBS 
                       _John COBBS _________+
                      | (1691 - 1775)       
 _Thomas W. COBBS ____|
| (1730 - ....)       |
|                     |_____________________
|                                           
|
|--Thomas W. COBBS 
|  (1760 - 1822)
|                      _____________________
|                     |                     
|_____________________|
                      |
                      |_____________________

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[5631]
there was a Mrs. Nancy Cobbs in 1850 in the county.
All these families in Buckingham Co, VA in 1870 used the S in their names.

Hello,

You are not alone with needing help with this Cobbs line. I do not know if we will ever figure out how all of these people are related.


When I first started to research the Cobbs, I accepted most of what you have as true, but finally decided, after looking at many census records and land records, that this Thomas, married to Nancy Watson, is not the same Thomas as the person who went to Georgia. I believe Thomas and Nancy, parents of some of the children you have below, remained in Buckingham County. In the early 1800ʾs there were at least two Thomas Cobbs in Buckingham County. I have tried to separate them by following land records. One Thomas, whom I believe was older than my ancestor, lived on the James River. My ancestor lived on the Slate River, about eight miles northeast of the center of Buckingham Court House. He appears on the 1810 and 1820 census in Buckingham County. Then, he apparently died in about 1823. His wife, Nancy, is listed as widow Cobbs on the 1830 census. She appears on the 1840 and 1850 census. In 1850, she has three grandchildren (Burtonʾs) living with her. She is the 80-year-old you mention.

I do believe that the William you have listed below is the son of this Thomas, and that he did indeed die of cancer in 1850 in Buckingham. I also believe that the children you have listed for William are correct. My dad was born in 1900, and his mother in 1863, so my direct line with just three generations goes back to the Civil War. Dad told me stories about Norvell Cobbsʾ Civil War record, and these were family stories he heard from his mother when he was a child. Augustus was also the son of Thomas and Nancy. Other children I believe belong with this family are as follows:
Thomas Cobbs, Jr. b. 1789, died about 1840, Buckingham
Richard b between 1792 and 1798
John S. b. 1793, died after 1850
Augustus, b 1796, died after 1860 in Buckingham County.
Jack born between 1800-1809
Nancy, born between 1800-1810, married unknown Guerrant
Sallie, born between 1800-1810, married Jesse Burton
James, born between 1800-1810, married unknown Reeves, married second Eliza Jane Haskins
Polly, born about 1800-1810, died about 1848
David D., born between 1800-1809
Two additional sons born between 1800-1809

I have some additional information on these children, such as marriages, if you are interested.
The Winney that you have listed was likely the daughter of the other Thomas Cobbs as she inherited land on the James River and did not live with any of the above listed people.

We will likely never know the ancestor of this Thomas, but I do believe he goes back through the Ambrose line. Roger G. Ward in Vol. 1, Buckingham County VA Records, Land Tax Summaries and Implied Deeds, says that Thomas bought 600 acres adjacent Slate River 5NE (meaning 5 miles northeast of the courthouse) from John Benning in 1799. He purchased 430 additional acres on Muddy Creek (8NE). Muddy Creek is a tributary of the Slate River. He purchased additional land in this vicinity until he had a total of 2,200 acres when he died in 1823.

On the 1810 census, I believe they are the family with three males under 10; two males ages 10-16; three males 16-26; three females under 10; one between 16 and 26. Thomas was 50 years of age at this time, and Nancy would have been 43. The slave schedule lists 33 slaves. I also think that their son William was already married at this time and not living in the household.

There are some clues I am following to try to find Thomasʾ father. One is that Samuel and Augustus seem to be names that appear often in the family lines. Mariah is a female name that often is found. The name Pleasant could possibly come from Nancy Watsonʾs family.

My direct ancestor is Augustus. He married Frances A. Abraham, daughter of Jacob Levi Abraham and Theodotia Armistead in 1816. I have a copy of their marriage bond as they were married in Cumberland County. They were the parents of Jacob Levi born in 1817, died after 1880 in GA; James N B born about 1818, and died about 1896 in Whitfield County, GA. (Jacob and James were the only children in this generation to drop the s from the name.) A daughter was born in 1819. Pleasant Augustus was born in 1820 and he died in Lynchburg after 1880. Richard T. was born in 1823, and he never left Buckingham County. He died after 1880. My ancestor was John Anderson, born in 1825, removed to Highland County in 1849, married Elizabeth A. Pullin, and died before 1870. John Anderson Cobbs was my great grandfather. His daughter, Susan Emmeline Cobbs, born 1863, was my grandmother.

Iʾd be interested in what you think about all of this. Hope to hear from you soon.

Susan Troutner
474 East Bell Avenue
McConnelsville, Ohio 43756
PH: 740.962.6415
shtroutner@morganco.net

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Ethel GEORGE

[2173]

1903 - 1969

Family 1 : John Edward COBB

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SURNAME: Also shown as Xgeorge

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James JOHNSON

20 JUL 1846 - 17 OCT 1922

Family 1 : Melvina LOVETTE
  1.  Mary Elizabeth JOHNSON

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Leila Bell LNU

[7684]

17 APR 1891 - 8 JUL 1927

Family 1 : Pierce Edward COBB
  1.  Reuben L. COBB
  2. +Wilbern Pierce COBB
  3.  Idelle COBB
  4.  Lyndall Maude COBB
  5.  Mary E. COBB
  6.  Gladys Evelyn COBB

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SURNAME: Also shown as Xlnu

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Holbrook Campground Cem, Alpharetta, Fulton, GA.

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Lucy MCCALL

[3062]

3 SEP 1920 - 29 APR 1991

Family 1 : Taylor Marshall FOWLER

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Billy Sanders PEEL

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Father: Luther PEEL
Mother: Virgie SANDERS

Family 1 : Mary Margaret CARTER
  1. +Danny Carter PEEL
  2. +James William PEEL
  3.  Michael Ray PEEL 
                       ___________________________
                      |                           
 _Luther PEEL ________|
| (1896 - 1978) m 1924|
|                     |___________________________
|                                                 
|
|--Billy Sanders PEEL 
|  
|                      _Thomas Alexander SANDERS _
|                     | (1875 - 1954) m 1897      
|_Virgie SANDERS _____|
  (1898 - 1991) m 1924|
                      |_Mattie Bell FAIN _________+
                        (1881 - ....) m 1897

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Hester SKINNER

[4746]

1707 - 8 APR 1800

Family 1 : Thomas COBB
  1. +Catherine COBB
  2. +Robert COBB

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SURNAME: Also shown as Xskinner

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1706

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