Re: Hobbs Family - NC, TN, KY, GA, MO, FL, TX
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Hobbs Family - NC, TN, KY, GA, MO, FL, TX
John Hobbs 2/23/04
Harbard, son of Wm. and Esther of Orange Co. NC, was supposedly my g.g. grandfather. My Harbard, usually called "Harbert" in records, moved to Madison Co. IL from NC, but there are a few major problems.
First, Harbert and his brother JOHN were in Madison County IL before 1820. The worst discrepancies concern John.I have verified that he was born in NC in 1795 and died in Madison Co IL in 1875. He married Nancy Griffin in Madison Co. in 1820. After Nancy died, he married Amy Shaffer Moffitt.John and Nancy had 8 children, only one of whom survived him.
According to the report, William and Esther Hobbs of Orange Co. had sons named John and Jonathan, but no info I've ever seen matches that of my Harbert's brother John!! And nobody has yet been able to offer any explanation.
As far as I know, Harbert never lived in TN, but according to family stories, he did have relatives near Lebanon in Wilson Co.Also JAMES Hobbs of TN purchased land in Madison Co. IL and he and his wife, Jane, sold some to Harbert. (I have no evidence that James ever lived in IL.) The sale was witnessed by GREEN Hobbs.
Still a mystery.
Nancy (Hobbs) Bower