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Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families collection, 1796-1929

This collection consists of personal and business papers of the Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families from 1796-1929.

More About This Collection

Creator
Lamar family
Erwin family
Cobb family

Date of Original
1796/1929

Subject
Slavery--Georgia--History
Slave bills of sale--Georgia
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Practice of law--Georgia
Lawyers--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slavery
Georgia--Social life and customs

People
Lamar, Zachariah, 1767-1834
Erwin, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1850-1930
Erwin, Alexander S., 1843-1907
Cobb, Sarah Robinson Rootes, 1792-1866
Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar, 1818-1889
Cobb, John Addison
Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium
orders (military records)
land grants
deeds

Type
Text

Description
The collection consists of personal and business papers of the Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families from 1796-1929. Early records deal mainly with the Zachariah Lamar family and include deeds, bonds, land grants, receipts, slave bills of sale, and correspondence. The period 1811-1928 covers the Lamar, Cobb, and Erwin families and contains correspondence, both business and personal; bills; receipts; invitations; legal papers; telegrams; tax notices; postcards; case books; letterbooks; scrapbooks; account books; photographs; and genealogical and biographical information pertaining to the Cobb, Erwin, and Lamar families. Also includes information on the law practice and legal firms of the Cobb and Erwin families. Of particular interest are Howell Cobb's order books for the 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment (Cobb's Brigade). The collection includes correspondence and material relating to the following family members: Zachariah Lamar, Howell Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, John Addison Cobb, Sarah Robinson Rootes Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb Erwin, and Alexander S. Erwin., Zachariah Lamar (1767-1834) married Mary Ann Robinson. Daughter Mary Ann Lamar (1818-1889) married in Howell Cobb (1815-1868) in 1835, son of John Addison Cobb (1783-1855) and Sarah Robinson Rootes Cobb (1792-1866). Howell and Mary Ann Cobb's daughter Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1850-1930) married in 1872 Alexander S. Erwin (1843-1907).

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_0086

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library

Rights