Lyon County

This page updated 29 Oct 2011

Mortgages

The records below focus on mortgages involving the following persons. I have endeavored to find all deeds involving them from the establishment of Lyon Co. on 1854 through 1868, for now, but some may have been missed.

Robert L. Cobb	Second son of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, born c. 1804, Eddyville, active in iron, land, finance, and mercantile, often in partnership with brother Gideon, and later their brother Giles. Later moved to Paducah, died 1875, Paducah.
Gideon D. Cobb	Fourth son of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, born 1818, Eddyville, active in iron, land, finance, and mercantile, often in partnership with brother Robert, and later with their brother Giles. Died 1871, Eddyville.
Giles L. Cobb	Fifth son of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, born 1823, Eddyville, active in iron, land, finance, and mercantile, often in partnership with brothers Robert & Gideon. Moved to Dycusburg, died 1867.
Robeson Cobb	Eldest son of Robert L. Cobb and Cornelia Mims, born 1836, Caldwell Co., active in business with his father and brothers before taking up the practice of law in Paducah, then in Texas. Also known as Maj. Robert Cobb. Died 1914, Wichita Falls, Texas

Record of some other associates are included, along with mentions of some of the individuals involved in the transactions listed, but those should not be considered complete.

All parties were shown as "of" Lyon Co. unless stated otherwise below.

Date	Grantor	Grantee	Description	To Secure	Filed	Notes
8 Sep 1854	Robert Harris	R L & G D Cobb	present growing crop of corn & tobacco; bureau & press	debt of $94.40 by account	A:56 29 Sep 1854	signed by mark
12 May 1855	John R Lynn	Cobb, Wood & Co	325 ac less 143 ac sold same day to R L &G D Cobb, in Lyon Co on the waters of Spring Cr, present growing crop of corn, oats, hay, wheat & Tobacco	debt of $250 by account	A:171-2 12 May 1855	reserving the right to trade this land to Kelly & Co for the land where grantor now lives, with the mortgage transfering to it
16 Aug 1855	Clay Wadlington	Robert L Cobb, Charles Wood & Giles L Cobb, trading under name of Cobb Wood & Co	present growing crop: 10 ac of corn & 2¼ ac tobacco	debt of $75 by account	A:211 16 Aug 1855
1 Sep 1855	Charles F Jenkins	Robt L Cobb	50 ac purchased by grantor from M M Lyon; 15 ac purchased by grantor from E G Galusha, where grantor now lives; steam sawmill now being erected with boiler, engine, saw, saw carriage & other machinery	$1400.71 by note to R L & G D Cobb; grantee is security to grantor as sheriff	A:213-4 1 Sep 1855
20 Nov 1856	J V Hilldrith	Cobb, Wood & Co	bay mare, about 4 yrs old; sorrel colt, filly one yr old, yoke oxen about 9 or 10 yrs old; young yoke oxen about 2 yrs old; 17 head of hogs; 2 cows; present corp corn; all my household & kitchen furniture	$564.30 in debts	A:378-9 19 Feb 1857
20 Nov 1856	Sally Young	Cobb, Wood & Co	Negoes Jim, about 48, Bowlins, about 18, & B___ about 19	$550 by note due 1 Jan next	A:384-5 4 Mar 1857
31 Apr 1857	George K Perkins	Cobb, Wood & Co	Negroe girl Masiah & my house & lot in Eddyville, lot no. 23	$598.75 by note	A:419-20 30 Apr 1857
28 May 1857	Taylor Wright	Cobb, Wood & Co	95 ac in Lyon Co where grantor lives, purchased of Archibald C Coleman	$_64.80 by note	A:436 28 May 1857	signed by mark
8 Aug 1857	Sally Young	Cobb, Wood & Co	Negro boy Bill about 4	$100 & to replace Bowlin in previous mortgage for him, Jim, and Bew	A:457-8 3 Aug 1857	grantee has agreed to release previous mortgage on Bowlin
14 Oct 1858	J Lewis Moneymaker	Cobb Gallatly & Co of Dycusburg, Crittenden Co	current crop of tobacco, about 3000 lb; bay mare; & 80 head of hogs	loan of $197.24	A:598-9 5 Nov 1858	signed by mark
11 Mar 1859	P F Bail	Rob Cobb	wagon	grantee as security for debt of $38 to Brown & Eli B Parmenter for repair of wagon, due 11 May 1859	B:63-4 11 Mar 1859
9 Sep 1859	D W Gore	R L Cobb & Sons	Negro girl Nancy Lucy aged 6 or 7 years now in possession of L F Cash	note for $421 due 1 Mar next	B:99 9 Sep 1859
25 Apr 1860	Wm H Heath	R Cobb, guardian for John H, Charles F, Edward Y & Isabella M Heath	50 ac conveyed by deed to me by James Nichols; 51 ac bought at sheriffs sale the property of Alvin Priest; 100 ac bought by me from Philp Coleman; & negro man Hal	note for $1,256	B:170 30 Apr 1860
17 Apr 1861	Sara Elizabeth Wadlington & W B Wadlington	Cobb Catlett & Co of Eddyville	140 ac, deede to Mary Elizabeth Wadlington & W B Wadlington by Bas__ Hammond [?] 23 Jan 1850	5 notes totalling $936.68 due in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years	B:274-5 18 Apr 1861	assigned to Wm Jones 20 May 1867
21 Jun 1862	W W Hildreth	R L Cobb & Sons	3 horses, 2 mares, 1 yoke work oxen, 11 head of stock cattle, ox waggon, 4 featehr beds, 4 bed steads, 2 tables, 140 head stock hogs, rifle gun, growing crop of wheat 13 ac, corn 35 ac, oats 15 ac	note for $582.70, money borrowed and debts paid off by grantees	B:311-2 6 Jun 1862
20 Mar 1863	Stephen Aun [?] Heating	R L Cobb & Sons	parcel of land [details hidden on film by the note]	note for $195.30 payable 1 Jan 1864	B:399 15 Apr 1863
5 Sep 1864	W H Hollinsworth	R L Cobb & Sons	in Lyon Co, beginning at white oak & small gum in Balls military line, conveyed to grantor by William Kelly & wife Mildred A Kelly & John F Kelly at Lyon Co deed A:514	note for $500 due in 12 months, for debt to Robert L Cobb, Linah M. Cobb, & Joshua C Cobb, partners doing business under firm name of R L Cobb & Sons	B:477-8 5 Sep 1864

Notes:

I have copies of each of the pages extracted above. Please contact me for clarification or copies, using the link below.
The original records are handwritten, in some cases faded, and some films of poor quality. Errors no doubt were made.
In the property descriptions, I have include acreage where shown, water course, and adjacent property owners. I have not included the full "meets and bounds," which exists in many of the mortgages involving land.
I have attempted to use a consistent format for the information, which does not exist in the original.
Source: Abstracts were made from Family History Library films of Lyon Co. Deed books:

Deed Book	FHL Film No.
A	321360
B, C	321361
D, E	1760257

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