 1815 - 1868 (53 years)
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| Name |
Howell Cobb [1] |
| Title |
Gen. |
| Born |
7 Sep 1815 |
Cherry Hill, Jefferson Co., GA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
9 Oct 1868 |
New York, NY [2] |
| Buried |
Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA [2] |
| Notes |
- From Oconee Hill Cemetery:
Born Cherry Hill, Jefferson Co., Ga.; died New York City; son of John Addison Cobb and his wife Sarah Rootes Cobb; Solicitor General, Western Circuit 1837-1840; Representative from Georgia in the Congress of the United States 1843-51, 1855-57; Speaker of the House of Representatives 31st Congress; Governor of the State of Georgia 1851-53; Secretary of the Treasury of the United States 1857-60; President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America; Colonel 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, C.S.A.; Brigadier General, C.S.A.; Major General, C.S.A.
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From 1850 Census of Clarke County, Georgia:
COBB, Howell 35 M W Speaker, US House Reps. $25,000* Georgia
*Value of real estate owned.
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1864 - On the night of November 22, the 14th Corps of the Union Army led by General William T. Sherman camped at the Howell Cobb Hurricane Plantation, located about ten miles northwest of Milledgeville. Upon hearing that the plantation belonged to Confederate General Cobb, Sherman burned the house to the ground the next morning and then marched to Milledgeville.
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| Person ID |
I0249 |
Hull |
| Last Modified |
24 Sep 2010 |
| Father |
Colonel John Addison Cobb, b. 5 Jan 1783, Granville Co., NC , d. 21 Nov 1855, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Robinson Rootes, b. 20 Sep 1792, Fredericksburg, VA , d. 23 Jul 1866, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
11 Apr 1812 |
Fredericksburg, VA [3, 4] |
| Photos |
 | John Addison Cobb House
Built 1840
1234 Lumpkin Street |
| Family ID |
F082 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Ann Lamar, b. 23 Apr 1818, Milledgeville, GA , d. 27 Nov 1889, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
26 May 1835 [2, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. John Addison Cobb, II, b. 20 Oct 1838, Americus, GA |
| | 2. Zachariah Lamar Cobb, b. 1 Jan 1839, d. 17 Mar 1907, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 68 years) |
| | 3. Howell Cobb, Jr., b. 7 Jul 1842, d. 19 Aug 1909 (Age 67 years) |
| | 4. Henry Jackson Cobb, b. 15 May 1844, Washington, DC , d. 5 Mar 1848, Washington, DC (Age 3 years) |
| | 5. Basil Lamar Cobb, b. 3 Jun 1846, Athens, Clarke Co., GA , d. 23 Dec 1847, Washington, DC (Age 1 years) |
| | 6. Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, b. 15 Feb 1850, Athens, Clarke Co., GA , d. 16 Jan 1930, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 79 years) |
| | 7. Laura Rootes Cobb, b. 1 Dec 1851, Milledgeville, GA , d. 12 Oct 1852, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 0 years) |
| | 8. Sarah Cobb, b. Between 1852 and 1858 |
| + | 9. Andrew Jackson Cobb, b. 12 Apr 1857, Athens, Clarke Co., GA , d. 27 Mar 1925, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 67 years) |
| | 10. Elizabeth Craig Cobb, b. 5 Oct 1859, Washington, DC , d. 3 Feb 1870, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 10 years) |
| | 11. Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, b. 13 Apr 1861, Macon, GA , d. 14 Mar 1863, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 1 years) |
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| Photos |
 | Howell Cobb House 1835
Built 1835
698 North Pope Street |
 | Howell Cobb House 1850
Built 1850
425 Hill Street |
| Family ID |
F098 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S15727] Howell Cobb Family Bible, Howell Cobb and Martha Jaqueline Cobb, (Unpublished), 678.
Howell Cobb son of John and Sarah Cobb was born the 7th of Sept. 1815.
- [S11225] Oconee Hill Cemetery, Editor: Charlotte Thomas Marshall, (1971 Athens HIstorical Society, Athens, GA).
- [S02818] Genealogies of Virginia Families, Indexed by Gary Parks, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore).
- [S15727] Howell Cobb Family Bible, Howell Cobb and Martha Jaqueline Cobb, (Unpublished), 677.
John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson Rootes were married on the 11th of April 1812.
- [S15727] Howell Cobb Family Bible, Howell Cobb and Martha Jaqueline Cobb, (Unpublished), 677.
Howell Cobb and Mary Ann Lamar were married on the 26th of May 1835.
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