The Cobb surname

In the chronology 13 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

• Cobb, Collier 18 entries, 1892–1952
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• Cobb, Mrs. Collier 2 entries, 1919–1929
  • November 13, 1919: Orange County Training School holds a farmers' conference and community fair
  • January 10, 1929: Davie Poplar chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is organized in Chapel Hill
• Cobb, Collier 6 entries, 1930–1943
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  • February 7, 1930: Humorist Irvin S. Cobb speaks to a packed Gerrard Hall
  • by May 22, 1931: J. G. Williams opens a flagstone quarry on Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill
  • by May 13, 1932: Collier Cobb, Jr., and W. deR. Scott form the Service Insurance and Realty Company
  • November 5, 1940: Orange County gives the Democrats sweeping majorities in the 1940 general election
  • June 30, 1942: Clyde Eubanks becomes president of the Bank of Chapel Hill
  • by January 22, 1943: Dwight Ray of Carrboro joins the Chapel Hill ration board
• Cobb, Collier, Jr. 91 entries, 1921–1963
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• Cobb, Collier, Jr. 5 entries, 1924–1962
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  • 1924–1931: Paving Chapel Hill's streets, 1924–1931
  • October 3, 1933: Orange County drys name Hillsboro grocer J. J. Ward to oppose repeal
  • by May 19, 1939: Mrs. R. H. Wettach is elected to the Chapel Hill school board
  • February 7, 1944: Orange County commissioners vote to buy $25,000 in war bonds
  • April 9, 1962: Mayor McClamroch names Chapel Hill's first public housing authority members
• Cobb, Mrs. Collier, Sr. 1 entry, 1962
  • November 2, 1962: The Chapel Hill Community Club marks its 50th anniversary
• Cobb, George 1 entry, 1955
  • by January 13, 1955: The new Orange Country Club buys 151 acres for a golf course
• Cobb, Irvin S. 1 entry, 1930
  • February 7, 1930: Humorist Irvin S. Cobb speaks to a packed Gerrard Hall
• Cobb, James 1 entry, 1931
  • by May 22, 1931: Black veterans in Chapel Hill organize the John Allen Post of the American Legion
• Cobb, Lucy 1 entry, 1925
  • October 8, 1925: Carolina Playmakers give a free performance for freshmen in their new theatre
• Cobb, Mary Louisa 2 entries, 1914–1917
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• Cobb, N. H. 3 entries, 1879–1899
  • 1879–1892: Prohibition and the liquor question, 1879–1892
  • early July 1881: Prohibition supporters organize a county committee at the Hillsborough courthouse
  • March 26, 1899: Dr. N. H. Cobb resigns as pastor of the Hillsborough Baptist church
• Cobb, Needham Bryan 1 entry, 1880
  • December 1880: The Chapel Hill Baptist Church petitions the legislature against liquor

In books and archives 5 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

• Cobb, Collier, 1862-1934 3 works
• Cobb, Beatrice, 1888-1959 2 works
• Cobb, Collier, Jr., 1893-1982 1 work
• Cobb, Lucy M. (Lucy Maria), 1877-1969 1 work
• Cobb, Mary Louisa, 1899-1976 1 work

In the historical records 24 records

7 deeds, 13 marriages, 3 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cobb marriages in full · Search the name in every collection