TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - BIOS Hobbs, John M. ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Richard Hobbs rphobbs3@bellsouth.net For complete file: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3028778&id=I0146 John M. HOBBS was born 5 May 1821 in Warren County, Georgia and died 14 Nov 1886 in Crawford County, Georgia of Heart Dropsy / Bronchitis. He is found on the following Census: 1850 Marion County Census 1860 Taylor County Census 1870 Taylor County Census 1880 Crawford County Census His parents were James HOBBS b: Jun 1792 in Wake County, North Carolina and mother, Rebecca MARCHENT b: ABT. 1795 in Georgia. They moved to Crawford County, Georgia and are buried - Sand Bethel Church Cemetery, Taylor County, Ga. John M. married: 1) Nancy I. GASSETT b: 27 Jul 1827 in Georgia 27 Mar 1843 in Crawford County, Georgia At the start of their marriage, John and Nancy Hobbs lived with her brother Dekalb Gassett in Marion County, Georgia. By 1860 the couple owned 550 acres of land in Taylor County, Georgia, and a building and lot in Butler, Georgia. The building was leased to Taylor County for use as a court house. On April 26, 1852 John M. Hobbs was awarded a contract to build the county jail for $ 945.00 and was paid $ 30.00 for building a brige over White Water Creek in Taylor County. The building in Butler was purchased by John M. Hobbs on August 2, 1853 for $ 50.00. In April 1854 John M. Hobbs served on the Taylor County Grand Jury. In 1864 the Hobbs Family farm was burned by the Federal Army, and the family relocated in Crawford County, Georgia. Both John M. Hobbs and Nancy Gassett Hobbs are buried at the Sand Bethel Church Cemetery, 11 miles south of Butler, Georgia on Hwy. 19 in Taylor County. Their children are: Martha Ann HOBBS b: 27 Apr 1844 in Marion County, Georgia Eliza Jane HOBBS b: ABT. 1846 in Marion County, Georgia Angeline Catherin HOBBS b: 28 Sep 1848 in Marion County, Georgia Joel Vincent HOBBS b: 3 May 1849 in Marion County, Georgia Nancy A. R. HOBBS b: Feb 1851 in Marion County, Georgia Mary Emma HOBBS b: 10 Nov 1854 in Marion County, Georgia George W. J. HOBBS b: May 1856 in Georgia Josephine HOBBS b: 1859 in Taylor County, Georgia Pauline HOBBS b: 10 Jun 1860 in Taylor County, Georgia Francis Madison HOBBS b: 22 Jan 1865 in Georgia