Guide to the Nicholas Hamner Cobbs paper MSS.0323
Cobbs, Nicholas Hamner
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
June 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Nicholas Hamner Cobbs paper
- Unit ID:
MSS.0323
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 item, 1 piece)
- Dates:
circa 1850
- Abstract:
Document describing the provisions of Grandfather McClung's will, including the direct and contingency provisions to the Missionary Society and the Bishops Cobbs and Brownell for use in their diocese.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a document describing the provisions of Grandfather McClung's will, including the direct and contingency provisions to the Missionary Society and the Bishops Cobbs and Brownell for use in their dioceses.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Nicholas Hamner Cobbs Paper, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
Biographical/Historical note
Nicholas Hamner Cobbs was born in Bedford County, Virginia on 5 February 1796. He was raised a Presbyterian but was subsequently confirmed as an Episcopalian and was ordained as a deacon on the same day. He served several parishes in Virginia. In 1843, he was called to the rectorship of St. Paul’s church in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1844 he was elected bishop of Alabama, the first to preside over that diocese. Although a slave owner himself, he opposed Alabama’s secession from the Union and ordered Alabama clergy to omit prayers for the Confederate Congress and President from services. Cobbs died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama on 11 January 1861, the same day Alabama seceded from the Union on the eve of the Civil War.
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Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Source(s)
Brownell, Thomas Church, 1779-1865 (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Cobbs, Nicholas H., (Nicholas Hamner), 1796-1861 (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Episcopal Church (lcsh)
Religion and Spirituality (localbroad)
Wills (aat)
Paper Box 433