Thomas Cobb

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, G
aLevi, 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, 17S
ylvia, dau., Negro, 15
Carrie, dau., Negro, 13
Bob, son, Negro, 11Lu-----, 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.

Thomas Cobb & Sylvie Burney Census Extractions

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