First Families of Marietta and Cobb County Georgia
First Families of Marietta & Cobb County, GA
Currently three volumes are available. These book provide family sketches and genealogical information on the first families to settle in Cobb County, GA. The earliest settlers date back to the 1820s.
Contents of Volume 1.
Introduction ~ 5
Cobb County Timeline ~ 8
Cobb County Map - 1834 ~ 11
Cobb County Map - 1864 ~ 12
Modern Map of Cobb County ~ 13
Geography of Cobb County ~14
Communities of Cobb County ~ 14
First Families of Cobb County ~ 18
Early History of Cobb County ~ 20
• Acworth ~ 26
• Austell ~ 28
• Kennesaw ~ 43
• Powder Springs ~ 45
• Roswell ~ 46
• Smyrna ~ 51
The Coming of the Railroad ~ 56
• The Fletcher House ~ 57
• Members of Andrew’s Raiders ~ 61
Early Churches of Cobb County ~ 65
• First Churches of Powder Springs ~ 68
The Georgia Military Institute ~ 72
• Roster of the GMI Battalion ~ 75
• Casualties in the Battalion ~ 120
• Youngest General Of The Confederate Army ~ 126
The Roswell Mill ~ 146
• Deportation of Roswell Mill Women ~ 152
• Mill Worker Photographs ~ 155
Biographical Sketches
• Col. William Phillips ~ 171
• Thomas Willis Cobb ~ 173
• Thomas Jefferson Dobbs ~ 176
• Joseph Payne Logan ~ 179
• Charles James McDonald ~ 181
• Mr. and Mrs. Sanford ~ 183
• Virgil Emory Adams ~ 184
• Peter R. Cortelyou ~ 185
• John Wesley Dobbs ~ 187
Bibliography ~ 208
Volume 2 contains early Cherokee Indian stories and abstracts from the Marietta Journal and other early newspaper accounts.
Volume 3 includes a reprint of "The Diary of William King of Cobb County, GA" by William King which was published in 1864. It provides a first hand account of the War in Cobb County. This volume also includes the rosters of the units formed in Cobb County for service in the war.
By the time of the 1830 census, Cobb county had over 2,000 inhabitants with 184 surnames represented. The First Families Project - Cobb County, GA CD-ROM has surname folders on these families with notes we have gathered in our research over the years. This CD-ROM focuses on the families which were apparently in the area as early as 1830.
