Mary Elizabeth Corn

Marriage of John Roland Corn married Mary Elizabeth McMinn about 1840

in North Carolina. Their children were:

MARTIN VAN BUREN, NC, 1841 JASPER, 1860 born in TN

ZELPHA CORN 1843, NC SARAH 1862, Kerr Co.

ROBERT 1845 GA MOLLY 1864, Kerr Co.

PETER 1848 GA ALFRED 1851, Kerr Co.

WILLIS WOODY 1850 GA

LEE BERRY 1851 GA

No marriage record has been found. Courhouse was burned. Elizabeth

McMinn married Ben Watson in Bandera County TX. on 19 May 1868 and left him in Texas when she came

to NM about 1879. She is buried at Angus Cemetery. as Elizabeth Watson. Her

estate settlement was signed by Willis Woody Corn, her son. She is listed as E. Watson on those.

All of the records of this family are printed in Corn Families of USA by Clyde Everett Corn, by Bertha Corn,

the John Roland Corn family reported to James Shinkle in Roswell, NN.

More About JOHN ROLAND CORN:

Burial: Mountian View Cemetery, Kerrville

Fact 1: Mt.View Cem., Kerr, TX

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH MCMINN:

Elizabeth McMinn was the child of Robert McMinn and Sarah Kuykendall.

She was born in NC, probably Buncombe Co on 9 Mar 1821. She married John Roland Corn in 1840. No

record of marriage is available, but 1st child was born 1841,NC.

2nd marriage was to Ben Watson, The marriage record of Mary E. Corn to Ben Watson was found in

Bandera Co. TX, dated 19 May 1868. She left him in Tx when she came to NM.

Ben Watson was on the 1870 Kerr Co, TX census but not the 1880.

Elizabeth Corn came to NM in 1881 with the Corn wagon train, her son Peter

and son Willis Woody. She lived at Angus, NM.

Elizabeth is buried in Angus under the name Watson. Records in the clerk's office found her probate dated

November 7, 1887. Her son, Willis W. Corn was the administrator of the estate.Co, NM. Records reveal her

name was Mary Elizabeth, which has been disputed several times.

More About MARY ELIZABETH MCMINN:

Burial: Angus Cemetery

Fact 1: Angus, Lincoln, NM

Children of JOHN CORN and MARY MCMINN are:

i. MARTIN VAN BUREN5 CORN, b. October 16, 1841, NC; d. September 30, 1915, Roswell, Chaves, NM; m.

(1) MARY JANE NICHOLS; m. (2) JULIA MCVICKER, October 14, 1886, Lincoln Co, NM.

Notes for MARTIN VAN BUREN CORN:

Martin Van Buren Corn was born 16 Oct 1841 in NC according to

Lois Dorsey book, Cornstalks and Preachers, Hendersonville, NC.

He was married to 1) Mary Hampton, 1867, Kerr TX, 2) Julia McVicker, 14 Oct 1886, in Roswell, Lincoln,

NM according to book by James Shinkle, Chaves Pioneers. Martin V. Corn died 30 Sept 1915, obituary from Roswell News,tombstone pictures at Eden Valley ranch, Roswell, NM

Served in Civil War from Kerr Tx, 32nd Cavalry, Wood's Regiment., TX

Mounted Volunteers.

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More About MARTIN VAN BUREN CORN:

Burial: Corn Ranch, Eden Valley, Roswell, NM

Fact 1: Eden Valley, Roswell, Chaves, NM

ii. ZELPHA CORN, b. April 1843, NC; d. November 19, 1923, Florence, Pinal, AZ; m. WILLIAM L. HOLLIMAN,

January 05, 1866, Kerr Co, TX; b. 1846, Missouri; d. 1907, AZ.

Notes for ZELPHA CORN:

Death certificate from Florence, AZ

More About ZELPHA CORN:

Burial: Florence Cemetery

iii. ROBERT CORN, b. 1845, Cherokee, GA; d. June 04, 1864, Kerrville, Kerr, TX.

Notes for ROBERT CORN:

Birth:Born 1845 in Cherokee, GA according to book on Corn family by Bertha

Corn, Roswell, NM, listed as age 5 on 1850 Cheroke Co. GA Census, with

parents John R. Corn and Elizabeth Corn.

Death:Died June 4, 1865 of Black tongue in Civil War in Kerrville, TX

Buried at Mt. View Cemetery, has CSA marker, tombstone picture.

More About ROBERT CORN:

Burial: Mountain View Cem. Kerrville, TX

Fact 1: Mt. View Cem., Kerrville, TX

5. iv. PETER CORN, b. March 10, 1848, Cherokee, GA; d. December 10, 1924, Burch, Gila Co. AZ.

6. v. WILLIS WOODY CORN, b. February 23, 1850, Cherokee Co, GA; d. August 13, 1915, Central, Grant, NM.

7. vi. LEE BERRY CORN, b. May 17, 1851, Cherokee, GA; d. July 28, 1910, Tinnie, Lincoln, NM.

vii. JASPER CORN, b. 1860, TN; d. October 26, 1884, Anton Chico, Guadalupe, NM.