Capt. David Cobb, son of Lieut. William Cobb and Sarah Stancil Cobb was born 1760 in North Carolina, one of the British colonies in America. There was unrest in the country as he grew up over taxation, lack of representation and harsh treatment by British troops, which led to the Revolutionary War. His father was an officer in the American forces under Col. Caswell and often referred to in his military dispatches. After the war, David married his first wife and had a son, David, Jr. When this wife died, David married Martha Bryant and was living next door to the household of his widowed mother, Sarah, when the first federal census was taken.
1790 NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Martin County, p. 67 - COBB, David, head household, 1 male over 16 (Capt David Cobb); 2 females all ages (wife, Martha, daughter, Charlotte, age 1 year). Next dwelling - COBB, Martha, head household, 1 female all ages, (Martha Stancil Cobb, widow of Lieut William Cobb); 1 male under 16 (grandson, David, Jr.).
Capt. David Cobb and family migrated to Rhea County, Tennessee, where several children were born. Capt. David Cobb and John Grayson were the first settlers to cross the Tennessee state line south into the Big Cove area of Madison County, Alabama. David's land was by the Flint River where he built a grist mill which he operated for many years. He chose the location for a family burial ground on a rise near the river. In time, David, two of his sons and other family members were buried there. The cemetery is located on land son, Bryant, inherited from his father. The names of three other children were noted among loose probate papers of David's estate in the county courthouse.
NOTE: In about 1986 this researcher located the Cobb Cemetery in a corn field reached on foot over rough ground. It was neglected, headstones broken and scattered about, some pushed over by saplings and probably plowing, Able to read inscriptions on about three or four headstones. It appeared to have been a much larger burial ground at one time. With help from an older descendant in the area, found location where Cobb Mill stood on the bank of Flint River and shallow ford used to cross the river in early days. The following is from an article in the VALLEY NEWS, 100th Anniversary of State of Alabama, Dec 1969, p. 82: "The Cobbs with their other remarkable characteristics were Titans in Stature, towering several inches above ordinary men."
Children:
(1st marr)
1.David Cobb, Jr.
(2nd marr.)
1. Charlotte Cobb Worley 1789-c1847
2. Stancil Cobb 1792-1851 (to Texas)
3. Bryant W. Cobb 1795-1881
4. Nancy Catherine Cobb Allison Calhoun 1796-
5. Jerusha Cobb Cobb 1800- (marr 1st cousin)
6. Martha Cobb Huggins 1804-
7. William Robert Winfield Cobb 1807-1864 (US Congressman)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
1790 NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Martin County, p. 67 - COBB, David, head household, 1 male over 16 (Capt David Cobb); 2 females all ages (wife, Martha, daughter, Charlotte, age 1 year). Next dwelling - COBB, Martha, head household, 1 female all ages, (Martha Stancil Cobb, widow of Lieut William Cobb); 1 male under 16 (grandson, David, Jr.).
Capt. David Cobb and family migrated to Rhea County, Tennessee, where several children were born. Capt. David Cobb and John Grayson were the first settlers to cross the Tennessee state line south into the Big Cove area of Madison County, Alabama. David's land was by the Flint River where he built a grist mill which he operated for many years. He chose the location for a family burial ground on a rise near the river. In time, David, two of his sons and other family members were buried there. The cemetery is located on land son, Bryant, inherited from his father. The names of three other children were noted among loose probate papers of David's estate in the county courthouse.
NOTE: In about 1986 this researcher located the Cobb Cemetery in a corn field reached on foot over rough ground. It was neglected, headstones broken and scattered about, some pushed over by saplings and probably plowing, Able to read inscriptions on about three or four headstones. It appeared to have been a much larger burial ground at one time. With help from an older descendant in the area, found location where Cobb Mill stood on the bank of Flint River and shallow ford used to cross the river in early days. The following is from an article in the VALLEY NEWS, 100th Anniversary of State of Alabama, Dec 1969, p. 82: "The Cobbs with their other remarkable characteristics were Titans in Stature, towering several inches above ordinary men."
Children:
(1st marr)
1.David Cobb, Jr.
(2nd marr.)
1. Charlotte Cobb Worley 1789-c1847
2. Stancil Cobb 1792-1851 (to Texas)
3. Bryant W. Cobb 1795-1881
4. Nancy Catherine Cobb Allison Calhoun 1796-
5. Jerusha Cobb Cobb 1800- (marr 1st cousin)
6. Martha Cobb Huggins 1804-
7. William Robert Winfield Cobb 1807-1864 (US Congressman)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
Capt. David Cobb, son of Lieut. William Cobb and Sarah Stancil Cobb was born 1760 in North Carolina, one of the British colonies in America. There was unrest in the country as he grew up over taxation, lack of representation and harsh treatment by British troops, which led to the Revolutionary War. His father was an officer in the American forces under Col. Caswell and often referred to in his military dispatches. After the war, David married his first wife and had a son, David, Jr. When this wife died, David married Martha Bryant and was living next door to the household of his widowed mother, Sarah, when the first federal census was taken.
1790 NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Martin County, p. 67 - COBB, David, head household, 1 male over 16 (Capt David Cobb); 2 females all ages (wife, Martha, daughter, Charlotte, age 1 year). Next dwelling - COBB, Martha, head household, 1 female all ages, (Martha Stancil Cobb, widow of Lieut William Cobb); 1 male under 16 (grandson, David, Jr.).
Capt. David Cobb and family migrated to Rhea County, Tennessee, where several children were born. Capt. David Cobb and John Grayson were the first settlers to cross the Tennessee state line south into the Big Cove area of Madison County, Alabama. David's land was by the Flint River where he built a grist mill which he operated for many years. He chose the location for a family burial ground on a rise near the river. In time, David, two of his sons and other family members were buried there. The cemetery is located on land son, Bryant, inherited from his father. The names of three other children were noted among loose probate papers of David's estate in the county courthouse.
NOTE: In about 1986 this researcher located the Cobb Cemetery in a corn field reached on foot over rough ground. It was neglected, headstones broken and scattered about, some pushed over by saplings and probably plowing, Able to read inscriptions on about three or four headstones. It appeared to have been a much larger burial ground at one time. With help from an older descendant in the area, found location where Cobb Mill stood on the bank of Flint River and shallow ford used to cross the river in early days. The following is from an article in the VALLEY NEWS, 100th Anniversary of State of Alabama, Dec 1969, p. 82: "The Cobbs with their other remarkable characteristics were Titans in Stature, towering several inches above ordinary men."
Children:
(1st marr)
1.David Cobb, Jr.
(2nd marr.)
1. Charlotte Cobb Worley 1789-c1847
2. Stancil Cobb 1792-1851 (to Texas)
3. Bryant W. Cobb 1795-1881
4. Nancy Catherine Cobb Allison Calhoun 1796-
5. Jerusha Cobb Cobb 1800- (marr 1st cousin)
6. Martha Cobb Huggins 1804-
7. William Robert Winfield Cobb 1807-1864 (US Congressman)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
1790 NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS, Martin County, p. 67 - COBB, David, head household, 1 male over 16 (Capt David Cobb); 2 females all ages (wife, Martha, daughter, Charlotte, age 1 year). Next dwelling - COBB, Martha, head household, 1 female all ages, (Martha Stancil Cobb, widow of Lieut William Cobb); 1 male under 16 (grandson, David, Jr.).
Capt. David Cobb and family migrated to Rhea County, Tennessee, where several children were born. Capt. David Cobb and John Grayson were the first settlers to cross the Tennessee state line south into the Big Cove area of Madison County, Alabama. David's land was by the Flint River where he built a grist mill which he operated for many years. He chose the location for a family burial ground on a rise near the river. In time, David, two of his sons and other family members were buried there. The cemetery is located on land son, Bryant, inherited from his father. The names of three other children were noted among loose probate papers of David's estate in the county courthouse.
NOTE: In about 1986 this researcher located the Cobb Cemetery in a corn field reached on foot over rough ground. It was neglected, headstones broken and scattered about, some pushed over by saplings and probably plowing, Able to read inscriptions on about three or four headstones. It appeared to have been a much larger burial ground at one time. With help from an older descendant in the area, found location where Cobb Mill stood on the bank of Flint River and shallow ford used to cross the river in early days. The following is from an article in the VALLEY NEWS, 100th Anniversary of State of Alabama, Dec 1969, p. 82: "The Cobbs with their other remarkable characteristics were Titans in Stature, towering several inches above ordinary men."
Children:
(1st marr)
1.David Cobb, Jr.
(2nd marr.)
1. Charlotte Cobb Worley 1789-c1847
2. Stancil Cobb 1792-1851 (to Texas)
3. Bryant W. Cobb 1795-1881
4. Nancy Catherine Cobb Allison Calhoun 1796-
5. Jerusha Cobb Cobb 1800- (marr 1st cousin)
6. Martha Cobb Huggins 1804-
7. William Robert Winfield Cobb 1807-1864 (US Congressman)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
Family Members
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