Henry CORBIN & Sarah Elizabeth GILLETTE & Martha A. __?__ & America __?_

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Henry CORBIN
Sarah Elizabeth GILLETTE
Martha A. __?__
America __?__

Please Note: the fact that our subject shows up with Moses & Harriet CORBIN in the 1860 census, but not the 1850 census, should alarm us to the possibility that he was adopted. This is surely a case where Y-DNA testing of a patrilineal line male CORBIN descendant could tell us.

Husband: Henry CORBIN
Birth: 1846, FL
Father (adopted?): Moses CORBIN
Mother (adopted?): Harriet __?__

Marriage-1: 11 Oct 1875, Lafayette Co., FL

Wife-1: Sarah Elizabeth GILLET / GILLETT / GILLETTE
Birth: 1850/1, Lafayette Co., FL
Death: ca. 1888/9
Father: William GILLETTE, b. 1821/2, GA
Mother: Queen Esther REVELS, b. 1835/6, GA

Marriage-2: 19 Apr 1890, Lafayette Co., FL

Wife-2: Martha A. __?__
Birth: 1861, GA
Other Spouses: m1. ca. 1881, Mr. CARTER; m2. ca. 1886, Mr. ARNOLD
Other Children: Jesse J. CARTER, b. Apr 1882, FL; Bellum CARTER, b. Apr 1885, FL; Louis H. ARNOLD, b. Apr 1887, FL

Marriage-3: 1908/9

Wife-3: America __?__

Children with Sarah GILLETTE — born in Lafayette [now Dixie] Co., FL:

1. Simeon Jackson CORBIN, b. 25 Dec 1877; d. 5 Apr 1957

? John/Jonathan J. CORBIN, b. 1874/5?
? Samuel CORBIN, b. 1878/9
? William A. CORBIN, b. 1881/2

2. Richard "Dick" CORBIN, b. 10 Jul 1889; d. Jan 1968

Children with Martha — born in Lafayette [now Dixie] Co., FL:

3. Thomas P. CORBIN, b. 26 May 1891
4. Henry A. CORBIN, b. Mar 1893
5. Noah CORBIN, b. Mar 1898

Child with America — born in Lafayette [now Dixie] Co., FL:

6. Samuel CORBIN, b. 1908/9

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Florida, Georgia

Sources (n.b., there are apparently no marriage records for Florida from 1875 to 1927):

1. Florida Marriages, 1837-1974 / 1830-1993 (online at FamilySearch.org):

Name Henry Corbin Henry Corbin

Spouse's Name Sarah Gillit Martha Carter

Event Date 11 Oct 1875 19 Apr 1890

Event Place Lafayette, Florida Lafayette, Florida

GS Film Number 1007754 001905825

Reference ID Vol. B, p. 48 p. 437

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Henry. William GILLET (æ 28, b. GA) and his wife, Queen Esther GILLET (æ 14, b. GA), are living in Madison Co., FL (p. 113B). Listed next to them is Elizabeth REVELS (æ 45, b. GA), presumably Queen Esther's widowed mother.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Henry CORBIN (æ 14, b. FL) is living in Lafayette [now Dixie] Co., FL, with his presumed parents (q.v.). Sarah E. GILLET (æ 9, b. FL) is living in Lafayette Co., FL (p. 982), with her widowed mother, Queen E. GILLETT (æ 25, b. FL), plus siblings. They are listed four households from Henry.

4. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Henry or Sarah.

5. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find, along with most of the other CORBINs who should be in Lafayette County.

6. 1885 Florida State Census: Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #56 of 81): LaFayette [now Dixie] Co., FL, Roll M845_6, p. 14D or 56, enumerated 20 Jun 1885 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen): This enumerator's handwriting is abominable; I did the best I could. The enumerator left most columns blank, including visitation, so there's nothing to distinguish households. I extracted the adjacent CORBINs. The enumerator was surely lazy and not following instructions, so how much else is erroneous?

1885: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.

3 4 5 6 8 9 13 22 23 24 25 26

Hezikah Corbin W M 32 Hd / Farming / / Florida Fla Fla

Henry Corbin W M 28 Bro / " / / " " "

Sarah Corbin W F 32 Sister / " / / " " "

Jno J Corbin W M 10 Bro " / / " " "

Samuel Corbin W M 6 " / " " "

Wm A Corbin W M 3 " " " "

Martha Corbin W F 30 Sister / / / " " "

John A Corbin W M 18 Bro / / / " " "

Lon? Corbin W F 12 Sister / / " " "

I don't know what to make of this record. I feel like there has to be a hint of truth among the errors. Is Sarah really his wife? Are the three boys his sons?

7. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

8. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 24): Joppa Lodge, LaFayette [now Dixie] Co., FL, p. 204B, SN 7A, SD 1, ED 74, enumerated ___, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

132 135 Corbin Henry Head W M 1860 40 M 10 Florida Florida Florida Tanner N N Y O F F 92

______ Martha A Wife W F 1861 49 M 10 6 6 Georgia Georgia Georgia House Keeper N N Y

Carter Jesse J Stepson W M Apr 1882 17 S Florida Florida Georgia Farm Laborer N N Y

______ Bellum Stepson W M Apr 1885 15 S Florida Florida Georgia Farm Laborer N N Y

Arnold Louis H Stepson W M Apr 1887 13 S Florida Olando Georgia Farm Laborer N N Y

Corbin Thomas P Son W M May 1891 9 S Florida Florida Georgia N N Y

______ Henry A Son W M Mar 1893 7 S Florida Florida Georgia N N Y

______ Noah Son W M Mar 1898 2 S Florida Florida Georgia N N N

Martha is 39, not 49 (1900-1861=39).

9. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 10): Mallory, Lafayette [now Dixie] Co., FL, Roll T624_162, p. 179A, SN 6A, SD 1, ED 67, enumerated 30 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

96 96 Corban Henry Head M Mu 55 M3 1 FL SC SC Eng Farm Laborer W N 0 N N H

______ America Wife F W 22 M1 1 2 2 FL " FL Eng none Housekeeper N N

______ Noah Son M W 13 S FL FL FL Eng none none N N N

______ Samuel E Son M W 1 S FL FL FL Eng none

In no other census is Henry enumerated as a mulatto, and if he were, why are his children not also enumerated mullato?

. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Henry Corbin - Martha Corbin

Birth 1846
Columbia Co., FL - 1858

Death unk - 1930

Note "son of moses and harriet corbin, he moved to lafayette county florida in the 1850s then to dixie county in the 1890s and finally to columbia county in the early 1900s." -

Burial Scott Cemetery, a.k.a.,
Deep Creek Advent Christian Church Cemetery,
Deep Creek, Columbia Co., FL - Mount Olive Cemetery
Dixie Co., FL

Inscription - - -

Father - - -

Mother - - -

Spouse - - -

Children - - -

- - - -

Memorial # 112741710 - 22038682

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. Email: information about Sarah GILLETTE and her parents courtesy of Michael REVELS (30 Sep 2018).

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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