Cobb County Publishes Cemetery Volume
November 6th, 1994COBB COUNTY PUBLISHES CEMETERY VOLUME
The cemeteries of Cobb County, Georgia have been the subject of three volumes published by the Cobb County Genealogical Society. The third, and last, volume, “COBB COUNTY GEORGIA CEMETERIES, VOLUME III” is subtitled “Marietta National Cemetery”. The volume was edited by Mimi Jo Butler and funded in part by the R. J. Taylor, Foundation. The book includes an important introduction and map to help one understand how to use it and especially how the cemetery came to be where it is. A chapter is devoted to the Cole family who gave the land. Many burials were moved here from other locations, including those of Gov. and Mrs. John Clark who were buried in the 1830s near present-day Panama City, Florida, and reburied here in 1923. Section Two contains an alphabetical list of the Union soldiers from the Civil War who were reinterred here. Section Three is an alphabetical list of interments after the Civil War. Each entry includes the dates of birth, death, interment, war, rank, and location. Remarks are included if on the grave. Some wives are also buried here with their spouse. The fourth and final section is a page of memorials and their date of placement. These honor people buried elsewhere or with unknown burials. There are also brief corrections for the society’s other two cemetery volumes. This is an important end to the series of cemetery volumes which will help this fast growing county to recognize the historic burials and be better able to protect them. The book includes around 17,000 burials, from Revolutionary War veterans to recent ones. It is available for $45 plus $5 shipping and $2.25 Georgia sales tax from the Cobb County, GA, Genealogical Society, P.O.Box 1413, Marietta, Ga. 30061-1413.
COBB SOCIETY
The Cobb County, Georgia, Genealogical Society, has in its short existence become one of the strongest and most prolific genealogical societies. Not only has it accomplished the three-volume cemetery set mentioned above, but it also holds monthly meetings, offers a computer interest group, supports the Georgia Room at the Cobb Central Library in Marietta, and publishes a very good genealogical quarterly. The “Family Tree Quarterly” is now into its fourth volume. Issues this year covered the 1848 Cobb tax digest, abstracts from newspapers, marriages from 1865-1938, records of black citizens, queries from members, and a potpourri of news from other societies and quarterlies. Anyone joining the society gets the quarterly. Contact them at P.O.Box 1413, Marietta, Ga. 30061-1413 or Jack Nunn, president, at 427-7028.
LADSON LIBRARY
The Ladson Library in Vidalia has recently acquired all of the files from the Leonardo Andrea family. The completion of this acquisition has been long anticipated. Andrea was a noted South Carolina genealogist until his death. The library has also recently published a new edition of their “Family History Bibliography” listing the family histories in the collection with a surname-only index. The library is a must for anyone seeking a good genealogy research spot. It is located at 119 Church St., Vidalia, Ga. 30474.