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Notes

• Bill Corbin had some excellent information on Yerby/Erby Corbin in his genealogy, but it is no longer online.
  
  David and his son Erby (Yearby) were enumerated on the same page in the 1830 census for Pickens County, South Carolina.
  
  1830 Federal Census, Pickens, South Carolina
  David Corbon [Corbin]
  1  Free White Male under 5 yrs
  2 Free White Males 5 thru 9
  2 Free White Males 10 thru 14
  1 Free White Males 15 thru 19
  1 Free White Males 20 thru 29
  1 Free White Males 40 thru 49
  1 Free White Females - Under 5
  1 Free White Females 5 thru 9
  1 Free White Persons - 40 thru 49
  
  Diana Gale Matthiesen analyzed the early censuses for Erby Corbin and determined which children known from other records were reported in the age ranges of the censuses.  I have included them here, modified for form and clarity for our purposes.
  
  1830 Federal Census, Pickens County, South Carolina, p 295
  Erby Corbon [Corbin]
  # Sex  Age Class  Thus Born  Individuals Inferred
  1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 =  Tedford (b. 1828)
  1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Erby (b. 1805)
  2 females 4 or under  1825-1830 = Mary (b. 1829) & Melinda (b. 1826/7)
  1 female 20-29  1800-1810 = Martha (b. 1807/8)
  no slaves
  
  1840 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, Militia Dist 434, Enumeratoin District 505, p 59 (scan 195B)
  Irby Corbin
  # Sex  Age Class Thus Born  Individuals Inferred
  1 male  5-9 1830-1835 = Chesley (b. 1832)
  1 male  10-14 1825-1830 = Tedford (b. 1828)
  1 male  20-29 1810-1820 = ?
  1 male  30-39 1800-1810 = Irby (b. 1805)
  2 females under 4  1835-1840 = Elizabeth (b. 1839) & Jane (b. ca. 1835)
  1 female 5-9    1830-1835 = Hulda (b. ca. 1831)
  1 female 10-14  1825-1830 = Melinda (b. 1826/7)
  1 female 30-39  1800-1810 = Martha (b. 1807/8)
  4 persons employed in agriculture
  no slaves
  Where's Mary? Should be about 11
  
  The 1850 census was the first one we found before encountering Diana Mathieson's tanscriptions and analysis.  Here is my transcription.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 11 November, Division 15, p 235, Hse #1641, Fam #1656
  Yerby Corbin 45 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate SC [b abt 1805]
  Patsy Corbin 45 F Widow b SC Illiterate [b abt 1805]
  Lindy Corbin 23 F b SC Illiterate [b abt 1827]
  Ledford Corbin 21 M Farmer b SC Illiterate [b abt 1829]
  Many W Corbin 19 M Farmer b SC [b abt 1831]
  Hulda Corbin 18 F b SC [b abt 1832]
  Christy D 16 F b SC [b abt 1834]
  Jane 15 F b SC [b abt 1834]
  Eliza 10 F b SC [b abt 1834]
  Andrew J Corbin 8 M Farmer b SC [b abt 1831]
  Linsa (?) 5 F b SC [b abt 1834]
  Milissa 5 F b SC [b abt 1834]
  Harley Corbin 1 M Farmer b SC [b abt 1849]
  
  Yearby died in January 1860.  His death was reported in the 1860 census Mortality Schedule.  He was reported as 50 years old and cause of death was reported as Dropsy, being ill for 32 days.  On the same page about three lines below Yearby was Francis Mullenax, who is also related to the West-Green line in this genealogy.
  
  1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule, Pickens County, Georgia, Grassy Knob District, District 122, p 1
  Corban [Corbin], Yearby Age 50 M Married b SC Died Jan 1860, Farmer Cause of death Dropsy, Sick for 32 days before death  [b abt 1810]
  Mulleniax, Framcis Age 43 M Married b SC Died Sept 1859, Farmer Cause of death Inhaled Gas, Died Suddenly [b abt 1817]
  
  In her analysis of the censuses, Diana Gale Matthiesen asks some good questions about the children reported in the 1850 census.
  
  Where is Rosannah?
  Theresa and Melissa should be seven years old, not five.
  It's Rosannah who should be five.
  The children from Andrew on down, at least, had to have been born in GA because they were in GA by the 1840 census.
  --  Diana Gale Matthiesen, http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Corb/CorbinIrby-Martha_.html
  
  Diana reconstructs Erby's family thus:
  
  Irby CORBIN
  Martha __?__
  Husband Irby / Erby / Yerby CORBIN
  Birth 1805, Pendleton [now Pickens] Co., SC
  Death Jan 1860, Pickens Co., GA
  Father David CORBIN
  Mother Sarah __?__
  Marriage:
  Wife Martha "Patsy" __?__
  Birth 1807/8, Pendleton Co., SC
  Death aft 1880 census
  Children:
  - born in Pickens Co., SC
  1.  Melinda / Malinda "Lindy" CORBIN, b. 1826/7
  2.  Tedford Oliver CORBIN, b. 1828
  3.  Mary Mazalla CORBIN, b. 24 Aug 1829 or 1830/1
  4.  Hulda CORBIN, b. 1831/2
  5.  Chesley Davis CORBIN, b. 20 Jul 1832
  6.  Jane K. CORBIN, b. 1834/5
  7.  Elizabeth "Eliza" CORBIN, b. Oct 1839
  - born in Hall or Cherokee [now Pickens] Co., GA
  8.  Andrew Jackson CORBIN, b. 1841
  9.  Theresa "Trisa" CORBIN, b. Oct 1842
  10.  Malissa CORBIN, b. Oct 1842
  11.  Rosannah CORBIN, b. 29 Dec 1845
  12.  James Harley CORBIN, b. 10 Aug 1849
  --  Diana Gale Matthiesen, http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Corb/CorbinIrby-Martha_.html
  

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Bill Corbin, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=willbill&id=I0058
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
  • 11 November, Division 15, p 235, Hse #1641, Fam #1656
• 3. 1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule, Pickens County, Georgia
  • Grassy Knob District, District 122, p 1
• 4. Ancestry Trees
  • Bill Corbin, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=willbill&id=I1137