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Thomas COBB and Sylvie/Silvie BURNEY Descendents

Census Extractions

Vera J. Moore

  

Silvie BURNEY born about 1856 Putnam or Jasper County, Ga was the daughter of Eben and Jeanette BURNEY. She married to Thomas COBB. They had children: Ned, Thomas Jr., Mattie and Levi. Their daughter Mattie COBB born about 1888, married Jefferson GANT(T)... his 2nd wife.  Jefferson and Mattie's daughter Annie Carrie married a WRIGHT.  Mr. Wright died and Annie Carrie re-married to a FORD. 

 

1880 Jasper County, Smith & Jordan Militia Dist., page 36B

 

COBB, Thomas, Mulatto, 29, Ga, Ga, Ga

Silvey, Mulatto, 23, Ga, Ga, Ga

Ned, son, Black, 05, Ga

Thomas, Black, 04, Ga

Mattie, Black, 02, Ga

Levi, Black, 04 months, Ga

 

Don't know what happened to the census pages recording Thomas and Silvie in 1900 and 1910 I can say most of the pages had terrible hand writing and some were just to dark to read for the most part.  The re-appear in 1920.

Here is Thomas Jr. and Ned in 1900.....

 

1900 Lazenby 262, ED 54, sheet 5b

 

COBB, Tom Jr., April 1880, 20, married 3 yrs. Farmer, Ga Ga Ga......(should be 1876)

Fannie, wife, 1882, 18, 2 children, 2 living, Ga Ga Ga

Henry, son, Dec. 1898, 02, Ga

Millie, dau., Nov. 1899, 11 months, Ga

 

Tommy COBB married Fanny SINGLETON 17 Dec. 1896 Putnam County.

 

next household, same page

 

COBB, Ned, Sept 1876, 24, married 2 years, Ga Ga Ga.......(should be 1875)

Emma, wife, 1880, 20, 1 child, 1 living, Ga Ga Ga

 

the child was not listed on the census

 

Mattie COBB was married to Jefferson GANTT after the 1900 census and before 1910.  Jefferson shows widowed in 1900 census with 4 children: sons Sidney and Andy and daughters Sarah and Daisy...here are Jefferson and Mattie in 1910 census:

 

1910 Lazenby 262, ED 78, page 13, May 10

 

GANTT, Jefferson, B, 38 married 12 years, Ga, Ga, Ga.......(maybe 10 but not 12)

Mat, wife, Mu, 31, 4 children, 4 living,  Ga, Ga, Ga......(step-children)

Charles, son, Mu, 16

Andy, son, Mu, 15

Daisy, dau., Mu, 14

Jeff, son, Mu, 13

 

1920 Lazenby's Militia District #262, Sheet 14b

 

COBB, Thomas, B, 70, Ga, Ga, Ga, Occupation: None

Silvie, wife, B, 64, Ga, Ga, Ga

GRIGGS, Jeanette, daughter, B, 32, widowed, Ga, Ga, Ga.....(have no clue if the Griggs she married is related to Franklin Griggs m. Julia Clara Moore)

Albert, grandson, B, 03,

Odessa,  granddaughter, B, 01

COBB, Jimmie, son, B, 22, single, Ga

GRIGGS, Viola, granddaughter, B, 11, Ga

Otis, grandson, B, 09, Ga

Nellie, granddaughter, B, 07, Ga

 

1920 Lazenby 262, ED 105, sheet 11a, January

Upper Eatonton Road

 

GANTT, Jeff, B, 47, Ga, Ga, Ga

Mattie, wife, B, 41, Ga, Ga, Ga

Jeff, son, B, 17, Ga

----- middle initial B., B, 12, Ga

Thomas, son, B, 10, Ga

John, son, B, 08, Ga

Silvie, dau., B, 06, Ga

Carrie, dau., B, 04, Ga........(Annie Carrie)

Bob, son, B, 02, Ga

 

1930 Lazenby 262, ED 80-1, page 129, sheet 1a

 

GANT, Mattie, Negro, 48, widowed, Ga Ga Ga,   farmer-sharecropper.

Sam, son, Negro, 21........(this must of been the child whose name was unreadable from 1920...age 12?)

Tom, son, Negro, 19

John, son, Negro, 17

Sylvia, dau., Negro, 15

Carrie, dau., Negro, 13

Bob, son, Negro, 11

Lu-----, dau., Negro, 09

Odessa, niece, Negro, 11.........(this must be Odessa GRIGGS, daughter of Jeanette COBB-GRIGGS above)

 

Just to note that in 1930 there was a Jeff GANT in the GA State Sanitarium/Insane in Baldwin County.  He was age 58. 

 

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WWI Draft Registration

Eben MOORE and brothers

 

Ebb MOORE (see Military Service Database for Draft Card)

1918

Jasper County,  Ga

Date of Birth: 12 May 1882....(should be 1879....age 01 in 1880)

Spouse: Luella MOORE

Occupation: Farm labor for B.L. TALMADGE (Burden L.)

 

A little research finds that in 1920 B.L.  Talmadge was a farmer and lived on Lovejoy Road, in the Militia District of Robinson & Kelly

 

Matthew MOORE

1918

Jasper County,Ga

Date of Birth: 11 May 1895

A wife and 1 child

Occupation: Farm labor for Allen KELLEY

 

Silas MOORE

June 1917

Jasper  County, Shady Dale

Date of Birth: 20 Jan. 1886

A wife and 1 child

Occupation: Farming for P.M. ROBY

 

Willie MOORE

June 1917

Jasper County, Machen

Date of Birth: 12 Oct. 1888

A wife and 1 child

Occupation: Farms for P.M. ROBY

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