That's the problem I'm having. My GG Grandfather Robert COBB (b. 1769 Chatham Co, NC) and two of his sons, Jesse Garner COBB (b. NC or SC 1803 d. 1869 Arcadia, LA) and my G Grandfather Samuel Parnell COBB (b. 1811 Pendleton Dist. SC d.1890 Brazos Co, TX) are on the 1840 and 1850 census in Benton (later Calhoun) County. Data I've been given indicates Robert COBB, died in 1857 in Gadsden and is buried in Hokes Bluff. I know that Gadsden and Hokes Bluff are in what is now Etowah County, that Etowah was formed from Baine, and Baine was formed in 1866 --11 years after Robert Cobb died. I'm trying to figure out where those communities are located today and which courthouse I should write for records. Thanks, Betsy Tyson Austin btw, the youngest son or Robert, Presley G. COBB (b.1813 Pendleton Dist. SC) was in Cherokee County in 1850 and 1860 and Calhoun County in 1870. I also know Samual P. COBB came to Texas in the early 1870s from Alabama but have not yet found a census record for him. Sam Russell wrote: > Prior to the creation of Etowah County what county > was Hokes Bluff in? Looking at an old map it seems > to be close to either Cherokee or Calhoun. And was > Gadsden mostly in Cherokee with East Gadsden in > Calhoun? > > ==== ALETOWAH Mailing List ==== > Contact Sam Russell the listowner at > [email protected] > rather than the list if you're having problems.