I don't know anything about a Cobbs Hall in Goochland County, but if you are referring to the Lee plantation by that name in Northumberland County, then yes it was until relatively recent times owned by descendants of the Lee family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobbs_Hall
Craig Kilby
On Oct 3, 2014, at 11:28 AM, John Adams wrote:
> Would this be a good site to hunt Cobbs Hall Lees? It is my understanding we
> held our property longer than the Stratford Hall Lees did their property.
> I really am seeking information on my side of the Lee family.
> Thanks
> JPA
>
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Crawford, Greg (LVA)
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> Subject: Re: GOOCHLAND CO. VA
>
> To search for Goochland County records at LVA, you can also search our
> finding aids - http://vaheritage.org/
>
> Search Goochland County and select Library of Virginia as the repository
>
> Example of one of the finding aids -
> http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi03194.xml
>
> Goochland County chancery causes 1731-1912 (bulk 1785-1912) are available
> online at our Chancery Records Index -
> http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/
>
> Tithable lists dating back to 1730 are available on microfilm.
> http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02090.xml
>
> Greg Crawford
> Local Records Program Manager
> Library of Virginia
> 800 East Broad Street
> Richmond, VA 23219-8000
>
> "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
> looks like work." - Thomas Edison
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Kukla
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 3:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] GOOCHLAND CO. VA
>
> The Goochland County's early records are in much better shape than Hanover
> and some neighbors.
>
> See the list at LVA's
> http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/county_formation/index.htm
>
> And a very fine study based in large measure on these records is Maureen K.
> Conklin, "Power in the Piedmont: Litigation and Political Culture in
> Eighteenth-Century Central Virginia," (PhD. Diss., University of
> Wisconsin-Madison, 1998).
>
>
> Jon Kukla
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>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:47 PM, John Adams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Where is a good source of EARLY Goochland Co. Va. Information. I am
>> looking for Cobbs Hall information specifically, but would Appreciate
>> seeing other formative years info and families of the area.
>> Thank you
>> John Philip Adams
>> Texas
>>
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