I15077: Sarah (ABT 1780

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2 Martha BROWNLEE b: 1762

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Cobb, Howell (1815-1868) Brother of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb. Born in Jefferson County, Ga., September 7, 1815. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1849-51; Governor of Georgia, 1851-53; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-60;

Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 9, 1868. Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. See also: congressional biography.

COBB, Howell, (nephew of Howell Cobb [1772-1818]), a Representative from Georgia; born at “Cherry Hill,” Jefferson County, Ga., September 7, 1815; moved with his father to Athens, Ga., in childhood; was graduated from Franklin College (then a part of the University of Georgia), at Athens in 1834; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Athens, Ga., in 1836; solicitor general of the western judicial circuit of Georgia 1837-1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-first Congress); Governor of Georgia 1851-1853; elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Buchanan and served from March 6, 1857, to December 10, 1860, when he resigned; chairman of the convention of delegates from the seceded States which assembled in Montgomery, Ala., on February 24, 1861, to form a Confederate Government; appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate Army February 13, 1862, and promoted to major general September 9, 1863; surrendered at Macon, Ga., April 20, 1864; died in New York City October 9, 1868; interment in Oconee Cemetery, Athens, Clarke County, Ga. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000548

"General Howell Cobb, an Athens native who once had his eye on the U.S. presidency, was considered for the presidency of the Confederacy. A lawyer, before the War he was speaker of the U.S. House, governor of Georgia, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. He gave up a position in President Davis' cabinet to serve in the army. Although he did not become president of the Confederacy, another Georgian, Alexander H. Stephens, a long-time pre-war U.S. Congressman representing Georgia, became its vice president."
http://members.tripod.com/~car0lesc0tt/forrest3.html.

The Civil War in Georgia - A Carl Vinson Institute of Government Site
http://www.atlhist.org/civilgu.htm Name COBB, Thomas Reade Rootes Born April 10 1823, Jefferson Cty GA Died December 13 1862, Fredericksburg VA Pre-War Profession Lawyer, writer War Service August 1861 Col. of Cobb's Legion, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg campaign, November 1862, commanded Cobb’s Bde/McLaws' Divn at Fredericksburg (mw). Notes Brother of Howell Cobb. Further reading McCash, William B Thomas R. R. Cobb (1823-1862) : the making of a southern nationalist Macon GA, Mercer University Press 1983 Name COBB, Howell Born September 7 1815, Jefferson Cty GA Died October 9 1868, New York NY Pre-War Profession Lawyer, US congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury War Service Confederate congressman, July 1861 Col. of 16th Georgia, February 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Cobb’s Bde/McLaws' Divn in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, September 1863 Maj. Gen. in command of Dist. of Georgia and Florida. Post War Career Lawyer Notes In Georgia, worked to resolve differences between Governor Brown and President Davis. Further reading Simpson, John Eddins Howell Cobb: the politics of ambition Chicago, Adams Press 1973 http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/military/mil10.txt Compiled Service Records of Confederate

"HOWELL COBB, (C.S.A. GEN.):
Lawyer
Solicitor General Western Circuit, 1837-1840
Representative from Georgia in the Congress of the United States, 1843-1851, 1855-1857
Speaker of the House of Representatives 31st Congress
Governor of the State of Georgia, 1851-1853
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 1857-1860
President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America
Colonial 16th Regiment
Georgia Volunteers C.S.A.
Brigadier General C.S.A.
Major General C.S.A.
War Involvements: General in McLaw's Division, Peninsula, Seven Days, Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, September 1863 Maj. Gen. in command of theDist. of Georgia and Florida
Worked to resolve differences between Gov. Brown and Pres. Davis.

Governor Howell Cobb who lived in the Governor’s mansion in Milledgeville from 1851 to 1853 had seven children who lived beyond infancy. His children were John Addison, Lamar, Howell, Jr., Mary Ann Lamar (Jr.), Sarah Mildred, Andrew Jackson, and Elizabeth Craig. It is interesting to note that the male children were sent to educational institutions while the records of one daughter that are available indicate that a private tutor was employed for her education. While the grading scales differ in each report card, it is easy to surmise the academic strengths and weaknesses of each of the students. The letters that were written by Lamar Cobb from school and to family members reveal a portion of the everyday life of a child in the 1850s. In the letters, students can trace the growing maturity of the writer as well as his growing proficiency in his use of the quill and ink. It is interesting to point out to students that the grammar and the spelling of the writer is not perfect because he is learning to write. The two documents that address the boarding schools for "boys" and for "young ladies" are fascinating comments upon the educational standards of the time period. The subjects that are offered, the rules that are listed and the cost of the education are points which most students will find interesting and similar to some of their own experiences."

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Children:
William Gwaltney, Jr. b. About. 1680 in Surry Co. VA
John Gwaltney b. About. 1682 in Surry Co. VA
Katherine Gwaltney b. About. 1683
Ruth Gwaltney b. About. 1685 in Surry Co. VA
Thomas Gwaltney, Sr b. About. 1687 in Surry Co. VA
Ann Gwaltney Gwaltney b. About. 1689 in Surry Co. VA
Mary Gwaltney b. About. 1691 in Surry Co. VA
Martha Gwaltney b. 1695 in Surry Co. VA

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Searching for my John Hodges who moved from Old Cheraw, SC abt 1800 to the new Territory of MS, d. in Wilkerson Co. MS.

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John was a soldier in the Civil War, while he was away, Sherman's troops marched through South Carolina. His wife Mary Shuler was left alone with a baby and an 11 year old child. At that time the family lived in a two-story house near Wassamassaw. When northern troops arrived at the home, Mary Schuler took refuge in one bedroom. She sat in a rocking chair with the child by her side, a baby in her arms, and a shotgun across her lap and refused admission to the northern troops. The troops sacked the house giving the clothes and furnishings to the negroes in the area. They wisely avoided the bedroom occupied by Mary Shuler. The locked chest pried open by the swords of the northern troops is still a cherished family possession. When John returned from the war, he became a telegraph operator and station master for the Coastline Railroad. The family moved to a home in Oakley, SC, located near the railroad tracks behind the old Herbert Dangerfield grocery store. ^[S306]

My Southern Family

Sarah

ABT 1780 - ____

ID Number: I15077

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Georgia Clara Belle ALVIS

Martha BROWNLEE

1762 - ____

ID Number: I105101

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Thomas Elie BUCHANAN

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I50452

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Gen. Howell COBB Gov. of Georgia C.S.A.

7 Sep 1815 - 9 Oct 1868

ID Number: I63056

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William GWALTNEY Sr.

ABT 1650 - ____

ID Number: I96885

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(QUERY of all Hodges in my database) HODGES

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ID Number: I94515

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John Owens MCCANTS C.S.A.

1 May 1831 - 7 Apr 1908

ID Number: I4462

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Ava Edna NELSON

ABT 1880 - ____

ID Number: I11756

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Catherine Mary STIRLING

7 Jun 1809 - 28 Apr 1895

ID Number: I55819

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Jennie TURNER

ABT 1850 - ____

ID Number: I69311

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