Cobb / Erwin / Lamar family collection, 1796-1929.

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Cobb / Erwin / Lamar family collection, 1796-1929.

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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. Cobb / Erwin / Lamar family collection. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

22.5 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404637

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Related Entities

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Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815-October 9, 1868) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest ...

Cobb family.

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Lamar, Zachariah, 1767-1834.

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Zachariah Lamar (1767-1834), plantation owner and cotton farmer of Baldwin County, Georgia. From the description of Zachariah Lamar papers, 1814-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478282 ...

Cobb, John Addison

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Lamar family.

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Cobb, Sarah Robinson Rootes, 1792-1866.

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Erwin family.

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Erwin, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1850-1930.

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Erwin, Alexander S., 1843-1907.

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Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar, 1818-1889.

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1884) wife of Howell Cobb, of Athens, Georgia. From the description of Mary Ann Lamar Cobb account book, 1850-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478286 ...