Nathan Hobbs (1792 - 1863)

Born 2 Oct 1792 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Mildred (Hargis) Hobbs — married 1810 (to 1847) in Washington, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1863 at age 70 in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Rev Nathan Hobbs was born in 1792 in Virginia, United States to parents Ezekiel Hobbs and Elizabeth Sarah (Bluebaugh) Hobbs.^[1] He was married three times.

He died in 1863 in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee and is buried at the Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee,

Notations on Rev. Nathan Hobbs: “ Nathan Hobbs was born 2 Oct 1792 in Lee County, Virginia and died 1 September 1863 in Morristown, Tennessee. He first married Mildred "Mary" Hargis (she went by Polly), the mother of his twelve children. He married Cynthia ___ about 1850, and in his later days remarried Ozina King Carringer. He was a minister and lived most of his days in Lee County, Virginia. His children include Dr. Creed Fulton Hobbs, and Rachel Hobbs.”…. Excerpted

Nathan Hobbs lived in Virginia.

1850 Census has Nathan, age 55, and his wife, Cynthia (Ozina), age 40, living in District 31, Lee Co., VA. Nathan is a farmer. There are five children in the household; Samuel P., age 21, Creed F., age 16, Mary C., age 13, Catharine D., age 11, and Sarah H. age 9. (from the Find A Grave Memorial 127598639, "BASED ON CURRENT RESEARCH, IT IS BELIEVED CREED FULTON HOBBS WAS THE SON OF NATHAN AND ROSA OZINA KING HOBBS." However, this profile on WikiTree indicates Nathan married Cynthia in 1850. Rosa King may be another marriage later?

Sources

1. ↑ Ezekiel Hobbs Will; Washington County, Virginia; Will Book 7 Page 75

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78837342/nathan-hobbs: accessed 23 July 2022), memorial page for Rev Nathan Hobbs (2 Oct 1797–1 Sep 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78837342, citing Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Record Hunter (contributor 47130288).

• Nathan Hobbs, in entry for Henry Hobbs; marriage record of son; 1862; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZL6L-MFT2; [Nathan Hobbs listed as father of Henry Hobbs, Polly Hobbs listed as mother.]

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR9F-DRV : 29 January 2020), Nathan Hobbs in entry for Henry Hobbs, 1863.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR9F-NFL : 29 January 2020), Nathan Hobbs in entry for William O Neal, 1865.[Marriage of his daughter Mary Polly Hobbs]

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSW2-38R : 23 February 2021), Nathan Hobbs in entry for Katherine D. Thompson, 6 Feb 1924; Death, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.[Death Record of his daughter Catherine D. (Hobbs) Thompson]

• 1850 Census: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 31, Lee, Virginia; Roll: 955; Page: 395b. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.