David Webb

Alternate Names

  • David H. Webb
  • D. H. Webb
  • David Webb
  • Harrison Webb
  • David Harrison Webb

Land Ownership Summary

Land Lot: Second District, First Section, Land Lot 85
Acreage: 8 acres
Date of Purchase: January 6, 19111
What Happened to the Land: Sold January 6, 19112
Note: David H. Webb appears to have purchased and sold the same eight-acre tract on the same date, January 6, 1911. However, the 1912 tax digest lists David H. Webb paying taxes on eight acres in Land Lot 85. This creates some uncertainty. The deed records suggest he sold the land in January 1911, but the tax record suggests he may still have been treated as the taxable owner in 1912.3

Location Today

Modern Location: Castleberry Road, approximately near Castleberry Village subdivision.4

Genealogy Snapshot

Born: About 1859, likely in Georgia.5

Died: August 7, 1939, Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia.6

Parents:

  • Green Webb
  • Margie / Margaret / Morgie Bailey Webb7 8

Siblings:

  • Margaret Webb, born about 1860 to 1862
  • Ransom Webb, born about 1855, possibly related or living in the household in 1870
  • Daniel Webb, born about 1795, possibly related or living in the household in 18709 10

Spouse: Lydia E. Brown, married November 9, 1883, Forsyth County, Georgia.11

Children:

  • Clarrie J. Webb, born about 1885
  • Ida A. Webb, born about 1886
  • Homer O. Webb, born about 1888
  • Julius W. Webb, born about 1890
  • Margie / Mardey C. Webb, born about 1892
  • Josephus Webb, born about 1894
  • Stella M. Webb, born about 1896
  • William H. Webb, born about 1899 or 190012 13

Migration: David Webb has not yet been located in the 1920 census. By the time of his death in 1939, he was living or died in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia.14

Burial: Unknown

Additional Notes

David Webb is named as a trustee in two deeds related to the Sawnee Mountain Colored High School, making him important to the history of Black education in Forsyth County.15 16

Sources

  1. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, p. 442. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  2. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, p. 407. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  3. Forsyth County Tax Digest (1912), “Colored Digest,” Cumming Militia District. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, GA.
  4. Forsyth County GIS Viewer. Accessed May 2026.
  5. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  6. Georgia Department of Public Health. Death Certificate for David Harrison Webb, 7 Aug 1939. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  7. ibid
  8. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1880 (Yellow Creek, Dawson County, Georgia). “Green Webb household”. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  9. ibid
  10. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1870 (Yellow Creek, Dawson County, Georgia). “Green Webb household”. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  11. Forsyth County marriage record, April 13, 1896. Georgia Archives; County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. Accessed via Ancestry.com: Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828–1978.
  12. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  13. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1900 (Vickery Creek, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com. Harrison Webb household.
  14. Georgia Department of Public Health. Death Certificate for David Harrison Webb, 7 Aug 1939. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  15. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, p. 330. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  16. Forsyth County Deed Book U, p. 346. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.