life He married Rebecca Farley of Antigua, the daughter of James Parke Farley and granddaughter of Col. William Byrd III of Westover plantation in Virginia. They had two sons. John Tayloe Corbin (1795-1815) named to honor this man's father (but with the same name as his cousin who lived at Gales plantation in Middlesex County), died at Carlisle College in Pennsylvania of wounds received in a duel. James Parke Corbin (1809-1868), who thus became this man's principal heir, married twice, moved to Caroline County where he built Moss Neck plantation and survived the American Civil War. Two of their daughters married into the Fauntleroy family of Middlesex County. Death and legacy He died at Laneville, which was inherited by his son James Parke Corbin, who lived there until it burned in 1843, but chose not to rebuild the showpiece. Instead, he may have resided at plantation called Dixon's which his grandfather had acquired adjacent to the family's Moss Neck plantation in Caroline County. At Moss Neck, James Parke Corbin built a showpiece mansion, where he moved in 1856, and where the family graveyard also remains. Three of his grandsons fought for the Confederate States of America. His namesake, private Henry Corbin (1833-1863) joined the 9th Virginia Cavalry, fought in many battles, including the Battle of Gettysburg, and died near Culpepper Courthouse. Another grandson, Spottswood Wellford Corbin (1835-1897) became a Confederate naval officer and after being paroled, became a major farmer in King George County and member of the state board of agriculture. His youngest full brother, James Parke Corbin Jr. (1847-1904) while a student at the Virginia Military Institute fought at the Battle of New Market, and later became a prominent freemason as well as clerk of the court in Fredericksburg. Some of his and his family's papers are held by the Library of Virginia. References 1771 births 1819 deaths Members of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Middlesex County, Virginia People from King and Queen County, Virginia