Was James O. HOBBS living in Greenbrier in 1840? Was his business in Greenbrier or in Covington? I know he had a business in Covington (Hobbs and Payne) and that he was the postmaster of Westview in Augusta County until his death in 1861. I also know that he lost three of his children to one of the dread diseases of the day and that one of his sons, James Olin HOBBS was a war hero, while another, John Jerome HOBBS was Clerk Of the Court of Allegheny County for years, and also took in orphaned children. Do you have the given names names of the infant children of Andrew SCOTT? Bill Hobbs VivHy@aol.com wrote: > Where do I start..? How about...Greenbrier County, 18-Dec-1840. On that day > Henry Hoover, Cain Hoover (Henry and Cain are father and son), John Shumate, > and George P. Hoover (no documentation linking Henry and Cain to George P.) > entered into an agreement to pay James O. Hobbs, guardian of the infant > children of Andrew M. Scott, dec'd. one hundred dollars for value rec'd of > him. I interpret this as meaning they are paying James to care for these > children. Would someone pay someone else to care for kids that they had no > connection to?? > > The Hoover-Shumate-Scott-Hobbs rectangle kept the courts busy from 1840-1860. > They took turns suing one another for anything or something...and after Henry > died....Cain came back to Greenbrier County and took all of them to court > plus his nephew Henry H. Whitman LOL > > Does anyone know of a "connection" between any of these men with the infant > children of Andrew M. Scott deceased? I found a marriage record for Dr. > Andrew M. Scott and Rachel C. Hamilton in Bath County 21-Feb-1826. Bond says > that Dr. Andrew Scott was from Rockbridge County. John Shumate married Rachel > Gibson in Greenbrier County 12-Sep-1814. Now 16-May-1842 a William Scott and > James O. Hobbs, merchants and partners, in Greenbrier County sued Henry > Hoover for monies he owed them. Do not know the name of Henry's first wife > (mother of Cain). He married Barbara McCallister, a widow from Alleghany > County in 1840. Henry's daughter by first wife was Isabella and she married > William Whitman. They had one son, Henry H. > > I am hoping some of this may help me find out who Henry's first wife and > Cain's mother was. Some records have her as being Elizabeth Hevener, daughter > of Nicholas Hevener...but no documentation to prove it and that Elizabeth as > been proven to be married to a Swadley. > > If no one has THE answer...got any suggestions on where else I could look? > > Thanks, > Vivian