Don't know how helpful this information will be to you. I played a hunch that your Capt. James Corbett was a captain in the river boat industry. I looked for Corbett in "Steamboatin' on the Cumberland", by Byrd Douglas, published by Tennessee Book Company of Nashville, 1961. This book is out-of-print but may be found in bookstores dealing with such books in the Nashville area. Appendix A - Pg. 331, under "Regular Cumberland River Packets during the Period 1850-1860, Their Known Captains, and Date of Launching" the packet BEDFORD is named and J.N. Corbitt is named as its captain. Also the CASTLE GARDEN, C.E. HILLMAN, J.N.Corbitt, 1860. (Note the spelling is "Corbitt" in both) Mr. Douglas compiled his information from records on file at the Office of the Deputy Collector of Customs, from the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (Steamboat Inspection Service), the Annual Reports of the District Engineers, United States Engineering Department in Nashville, and from old newspapers published in Nashville and other cities and towns in Tennessee. In the Manuscript Section of the Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville, is a collection of Byrd Douglas papers which includes copies of many of the documents he researched. Jeanne Johnson (researching RYMAN and BOSWORTH) ---------- > From: Paul & Barbara Bishop <pbbishop@erols.com> > To: TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Capt. James Corbett > Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 9:23 AM > > Hello. I am looking for Capt. James Corbett. I have him on the 1850 > census in Montgomery County then in 1860 census spelled Corbet in > Davidson County. He is next found in the 1870 census spelled Corbitt > also in Davidson County. Can anyone give me more information on him. > Maybe a census lookup after 1870. I am also looking for Robert B. > Corbett. Possibly a son of his. He was born about 1866 and since the > 1870 census only lists head of household I don't know if he is or not. > Thank you, > Barbara