Is anyone researching William E. Niblack? Does anyone know if any of his legal papers have
been preserved?
He's not in my line, but I have photocopies of two notes and an envelope written by
him to James E. Heath, Commissioner of Pensions in Washington in 1851 and 1852. From
these, I gather that he was a state senator and an attorney. My great-great-great
grandfather, Robert C. Moberly, was obviously one of his clients. As William Niblack
apparently lived in Mt. Pleasant, I'm wondering if Robert Moberly, and perhaps his
son, Fanning (who would have been around 12 at the time) were living there also. I have
never been able to find either on the 1850 census. The rest of Robert's children were
living in Dover Hill at that time.
William Niblack was handling a bounty land warrant application for Robert C. Moberly, who
fought in the Florida (Seminole) War. If any of Niblack's papers survive, how would I
go about finding out if there are any that mention Robert?
Carol