Cornelia Rebecca Mims1,2,3,4

ID# 1780, (abt 1816 - 1876)
Cornelia Rebecca Mims|b. abt 1816\nd. 29 May 1876|p1780.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|John Mims|b. 1731||Sarah Horn|||John Davis|b. abt 1754\nd. 1800|p13682.htm|Jane Clendenin|b. Jan 1758 or Feb 1758\nd. abt Aug 1824|p13683.htm|

Father Linah Mims5,6 (1772-bt 1847 - 1850)

Mother Rebeccah Davis5 (abt 1786-bt 1824 - 1830)

Family Background
The Linah Mims - Rebeccah Davis Family
The Cobb Family
Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Cornelia Rebecca Mims was born about 1816 in Richmond, Virginia.7,8,9,10 She married Robert Livingston Cobb, son of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, on 13 May 1835 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.11,12,13,14 She died on 29 May 1876 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky.15,16
     She was named an heir in the will of her grandmother, Jane Clendenin, dated 10 Jul 1824, to receive a child of a young slave given to her brother Davis.17
     Cornelia and Julia appear to have been living with their parents in Christian Co. when the 1830 Census was taken, and likely remained there until their father was appointed agent to the Northwest Indians in 1832. But their older brother, John Harrison Mims, had moved to Caldwell Co. by 1830, when he appears in the tax rolls there, and it appears that he prospered there. It would seem likely that both sisters moved to brother John's household in Caldwell Co. when their father was sent off to become an Indian agent in 1832.18,19,20,21
     Cornelia and Robert Livingston Cobb appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 1, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 13 Sep 1850, reporting real estate valued at $10,600, and 11 slaves, four females ranging in age from 9 to 75, and seven males, ages 4 to 30. Their children Robertson, Linah, Joshua, Sam and Bobella were listed as living with them, as was his brother, Gideon Dyer Cobb Jr., and her sister, Rebecca E. Mims.22,23 She and Robert appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 10 Jul 1860, reporting $20,000 in real estate, and $32,635 in personal property. Their children Robertson, Linah, Joshua, Bobella and Mark were listed as living with them, as were her sister, Sarah Jane Mims, and Russel Mims, who would appear to be some relative of Cornelia and Sarah. He also reported 14 slaves, 11 of them males, in two slave houses. Two of the females, aged 21 and 22, were reported to be fugitives from the state.24,25
     Cornelia and Robert moved to Paducah, Kentucky, in 1870 when he retired from active business.6,26 They appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, enumerated 11 Jun 1870, reporting that she had real estate of $10,000 and personal estate of $1500. Their children Linah, Joshua, Bobella and Mark were listed as living with them, as was their son Robertson, his wife Virginia Walker and their children, Robert, Virginia and Cornelia. Also in the household were her sister, Sarah Jane Mims, her sister Rebecca's son, David Mitchell, and a married mulatto couple who were domestic servants.27

Children of Cornelia Rebecca Mims and Robert Livingston Cobb

Citations

  1. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Robert L. Cobb and Fransis Hey Dallam, 12 May 1835, and License, dated same day, both show name as Miss Cornelia Mims.
  2. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows full name.
  3. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows name as Cornelia B. Cobb.
  4. [S1950] J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291, shows name as Cornelia B. Mims.
  5. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandchild Cornelia Mims as heir.
  6. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497.
  7. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 33, and state, as Virginia.
  8. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows age 56 and state, as Kentucky. This would seem to be in error, since the family was still living in Virginia when she was born.
  9. [S1950] J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291, shows city and state, as Virginia.
  10. [S662] Virginia Council of State, Journals, minutes show Linah attended most meetings of the Council, so he would seem to have been in Richmond, though it is not clear that the family was also there.
  11. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Robert L. Cobb and Francis Hey Dallam, 12 May 1835, shows intended to be married shortly, and License, dated same day, has return showing marriage solemnized 13 May 1835.
  12. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, Robert G. Cobb to Miss Cornelia Mims, 13 May 1835, shows date.
  13. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county, and state; reports 1860 Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows both in same household.
  14. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows both in household.
  15. [S1402] Cornelia Cobb, death register, shows date, with year as 1876, and town.
  16. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, as 1877, town, and county.
  17. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3.
  18. [S575] Diana Gale Matthiesen, Diana's Genealogy Home Page, citing William Henry Perrin, editor, County of Christian, Kentucky: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F.A. Battey Publ. Co., 1884, pg 279, shows Linah's appointment and makes no mention of his having left the county before that.
  19. [S585] Linah Mims household, 1830 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  20. [S587] The Caldwell County Kentucky Genealogy Home Page, online, "Mims Tax Records," an extract of Caldwell Co. tax records by Willis P. (Pat) Oliver, webmaster of the site, shows John in Caldwell in 1830, and with growing assets though the mid 1840's.
  21. [S645] W. P. Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, pg 266, shows Julia was "of Eddyville."
  22. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  23. [S1745] Robert L. Cobb, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, District No. 1, sheet 835, lines 16-26 left.
  24. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  25. [S1675] Robert L. Cobb, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, sheet 12, lines 3- 16 right.
  26. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as retired merchant.
  27. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.
  28. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, reports 1860 Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows Robeson in the household of Robert and Cornelia.
  29. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, appearing to be parent and child.
  30. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, appearing to be parent and child.
  31. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, reports 1860 Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows Linah in the household of Robert and Cornelia.
  32. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows him in the household of Robert L. and Cornelia, apparently as their son.
  33. [S1950] J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291.
  34. [S2087] Henry Cobb grave marker, Eddyville, shows son of R. L. & C. B. Cobb.
  35. [S2086] Sarah T. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville, shows daughter of R. L. & C. B. Cobb.
  36. [S2085] Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville, shows son of R. L. & C. B. Cobb.
  37. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, reports 1860 Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows Bobilla in the household of Robert and Cornelia.
  38. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows her in the household of Robert L. and Cornelia, apparently as their daughter.
  39. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, reports 1860 Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows Mark in the household of Robert and Cornelia.

 

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