Husband: Nelson CORBIN
Birthdate: July 10, 1846
Birthplace: Emanuel County, GA
Death date: May 19, 1896
Place of death: Emanuel County
Father: Silas J. CORBIN of Woodstock, Connecticut
Mother: Mariah IRBY, of Jefferson County, Georgia

Marriage date: August 22, 1868
Place: Emanuel County - Book B1, page 211 (by Emery Manor, JP)

Wife: Nancy WILLIAMSON
Birthdate: May 06, 1850
Birthplace: Montgomery County, GA
Death date: August 30, 1926
Place of death: Emanuel County
Father: Andrew Jackson WILLIAMSON
Mother: Lisa Ann "Lecy Ann" MOORE

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Josephine "Josie" CORBIN
Birthdate: July 19, 1869, Emanuel County, GA
Death date: September 01, 1955, Lucedale, MS
Burial:
Marriage date: March 06, 1892, Emanuel County (by A.T. Holton, Eld.)
Spouses' names: Benjamin "Ben" HOLMES (1870-1944) - Book B3, page 297 (in other records, date is July 18, 1889)

Child No. 2: Sarah CORBIN
Birthdate: August 24, 1870, Emanuel County
Death date: Montgomery County, GA (now Treutlen)
Burial: Red Bluff Cemetery, Treutlen County, no death date given on gravestone
Marriage date: July 11, 1895, Emanuel County
Spouses' names: John B. "Jack" DAVIS (1867-????) -- Book B3, page 239 (by A.W. Williams, MG)

Child No. 3: Terrell M. CORBIN
Birthdate: May 09, 1872, Emanuel County
Death date: November 01, 1957, Long Pond, Montgomery County, GA
Burial: Long Pond Cemetery, Montgomery County
Marriage date: December 30, 1900, Emanuel County (by J.W. Durden, NP & EX OFF JP)
Spouses' names: Elsie MCNEELY (1882-1968) -- Book C, page 358

Child No. 4: Lucion R. CORBIN
Birthdate: January 25, 1875, Emanuel County
Death date: September 26, 1963, GA
Burial: Pinecrest Cemetery, Vidalia, GA
Marriage date: September 05, 1897, Montgomery County, GA
Spouses' names: Mamie F. BARWICK (1880-1972) - Book W-1, page 85

Child No. 5: Virginia "Jenny" CORBIN
Birthdate: September 12, 1876, Emanuel County
Death date: August 16, 1892, Emanuel County, GA (unmarried)
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 6: Neal E. CORBIN
Birthdate: April 24, 1878, Emanuel County
Death date: February 27, 1928, Vidalia, Toombs County, GA
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date: October 28, 1900, Emanuel County (by W.W. Williamson, NP EX OFF JP)
Spouses' names: Dora KIRBY (1881-1951) - Book C, page 389

Child No. 7: Clarence CORBIN
Birthdate: May 25, 1880, Emanuel County
Death date: October 1969, FL
Burial: Blountstown, FL
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: Mary MCCLELLAN

Child No. 8: Felix CORBIN
Birthdate: Abt. 1882, Emanuel County
Death date:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: (1) Vergie WILKES (abt. 1882-????) (2) Derlie ___

Child No. 9: (Unnamed Infant Daughter) CORBIN
Birthdate: 1884, Emanuel County
Death date: 1884, Emanuel County
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 10: Ark A. CORBIN
Birthdate: March 1885, Emanuel County
Death date:
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date: May 22, 1901, Emanuel County (by W.W. Williamson, NP EO JP)
Spouses' names: Nellie WILKES, -- Book C, page 415

Child No. 11: Annie L. CORBIN
Birthdate: January 17, 1886, Emanuel County
Death date: November 14, 1964, Bulloch County, GA
Burial: Nichols Cemetery, Bulloch County
Marriage date: December 26, 1909
Spouses' names: Dean Newman NICHOLS (1872-1943)

Child No. 12: (Unnamed Infant Daughter) CORBIN
Birthdate: 1888, Emanuel County
Death date: 1888, Emanuel County
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 13: George Cranford CORBIN
Birthdate: May 08, 1889, Emanuel County
Death date: July 03, 1982, Swainsboro, Emanuel County
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: Laura JONES (1890-1975)

Child No. 14: Ridgeway W. "Ridge" CORBIN
Birthdate: December 1891, Emanuel County
Death date: April 1971, MO, near St. Genevieve
Burial:
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: (1) Carla Mae WOODHAM (????-1946} (2) Lucille CROWLEY (????-1971)

Child No. 15: Lillie Mae CORBIN
Birthdate: January 07, 1893, Emanuel County (SS lists birthdate as May 10)
Death date: August 1980, Emanuel County
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: Rufus Lige WILLIAMSON (1891-1926)

Child No. 16: Nelson "Pat" CORBIN, Jr.
Birthdate: May 17, 1896, Emanuel County
Death date: June 26, 1953, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Burial: Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: Susie COLEMAN (1894-abt 1930)
 
 
Documentation:
* Nelson Corbin enlisted October 1, 1861 in Co. C, 38th GA, CSA; discharged on disability April, 1862. Re-enlisted February 2, 1863 as Private in Claghorn's Co. of Chatham Siege Artillery. Also fought in Capt. Wheaton's Co. of GA Light Artillery (according to Pension Application in Archives Records). Roll for February, 1865, last on file, shows him present.
* According to Hildrie Corbin, a grandson, Nelson was a ferryman at Moore's Ferry on the O'Hoopee River at the time of his marriage to Nancy and they lived in a house near the river.
* Nelson and Nancy are buried in Corbin Cemetery, Emanuel County.
* Annie and Dean are buried in Nichols Cemetery, Bulloch County. Located in a field east of a dirt road and south of the paved road between Upper Lotts Creek Church and Portal, just off Banks Dairy Road. There are also markers for Dean N. and Annie Nichols and their children, Mary and Kermit, in the cemetery at Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church just a few miles from the Nichols Cemetery. It is not known whether this family was moved to the church and reburied, or whether the church cemetery markers are memorial stones only.
Source: Lowell Berenguer Ltbskater@aol.com.
* Ridge and Lucille died in an automobile accident. At the time of his death, he was living in Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, MO.

Submitted by:
Olivia Williamson Saffold, great-granddaughter of Nelson Corbin & Nancy Williamson.