Thomas Addison Cobb (1722 - abt. 1831)

Born 1722 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Susannah (Moon) Cobb — married 27 Jan 1756 in St. James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, British America

Descendants

Died about 1831 at about age 109 in Columbia, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Birth

Born 20 February 1737 in Campbell Co, Virginia^{[citation needed] [1]}

Name

Anecdotal evidence of Thomas' middle name: one year before his birth, Thomas' older brother John Cobbs married Susanna Addison. A year later, Thomas was given the middle name Addison. It is possible that uncle and aunt John and Susanna were Thomas' God-parents.

Marriage

Married in 1754^{[citation needed]}

Children

(Children's details needed)

Revolutionary War Service

A 1941 Daughters of the Revolution compilation of Georgia Revolutionary War veterans has the following entry:

NOTE: From Augusta Chronicle. "CAPT. THOMAS COBB, age 110 years, a native of Buckingham Co., Va. Came to Ga. 1784. A REV. SOLDIER. His patriotism induced him to take part with his country for the Independence of these States and he was often associated in the Councils of the Chiefs in those startling times."* ^[2]

While the Daughters of the Revolution files are behind a pay-wall, anecdotal evidence that Thomas is accepted as a DAR Patriot Ancestor lies in that one of the DAR chapters is called the Captain Thomas Cobb Chapter NSDAR. The chapter's web page has the following entry:^[3]

A unique and distinguished Revolutionary Soldier from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Cobb, patriarch of a large family of prominent descendants in Georgia, was a centenarian. He maintained his active life as an agriculturist and leader in official affairs until his death in 1832 at the phenomenal age of 111 years.

Captain Thomas Cobb is the ancestor of three former State Regents of the Georgia State Society, NSDAR. All three of them have also served as Vice Presidents General from Georgia.

Death

Thomas died sometime between between the time his will was written in 1831 and probated in 1833.^[4] Daughters of the Revolution credit him with 110 years meaning that he would have died in 1832 or 1833.^[3]

Will

Will of Thomas Cobb. Columbia Co., GA, WB W (1821-1839), pp. 289-292, written 29 Apr 1831, proved 5 Nov 1832, recorded 5 Jun 1833. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://tinyurl.com/dpat2hj4

the lawful heirs of each of my children (having outlived them all)
grand daughter Rowena Payne and her husband William Payne
the children of my grand son Thomas Benning
great grand daughter Sarah Luke daughter of William & Patsey Luke
my two great grand sons Thomas Cobb & Joseph Cobb children of Thomas W. Cobb deceased
grand daughter Salley (C?) Lamar & her husband Peter Lamar; later in the same paragraph he refers to my “grand son Peter & wife” and “my grand son Peter & Sally C.”
Exrs: beloved friends Peter Lamar and William Payne
Wit: William Dozier, John S Benning, William Wright

Research Notes

https://books.google.es/books?id=wGIA63XGjF8C&pg=PA480&lpg=PA480&dq=augusta+chronicle+capt.+thomas+cobb&source=bl&ots=XZttmwKSPi&sig=XvqiHdDETboiZqLQHzGVHa7z5dA&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisvOShl_TdAhUKx4UKHUk9DH0Q6AEwCHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=augusta%20chronicle%20capt.%20thomas%20cobb&f=false

17 Apr 2022 - This profile originally had a birth of 1722, Campbell Co., VA.

Campbell Co., VA, didn't exist until 1782, when it was created from part of Bedford Co., VA. ^[5]

Bedford Co., VA, didn't exist until 1753, when it was created from part of Lunenburg Co., VA. ^[6]

Lunenburg Co., VA, didn't exist until 1746, when it was created from part of Brunswick Co., VA. ^[7]

Brunswick Co., VA, was created in 1720, from parts of Prince George, Surry, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Previous link to a defunct Ancestry tree visible in change log.
2. ↑ McCall, Mrs. Howard H. (compiled by). Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume 1. Baltimore, MD: Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1941. Volume 1, p. 191. Accessed 07 October 2018 SJ Baty at Google Books.
   Local File: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Cobb-783
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} DAR Captain Cobb web page. "http://thomascobb.georgiastatedar.org/." Captain Thomas Cobb Chapter NSDAR: Daughters of the American Revolution. Accessed 08 October 2018 SJ Baty.
4. ↑ "http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gacolum2/wills/cobb.htm." Complete Transcription of the Will of Thomas Cobb, Revolutionary War Soldier, dated 1831, furnished by Gerry Hill, GerryInGa [at] yahoo.com. Accessed 30 September 2018 SJ Baty.
5. ↑ "Campbell County, Virginia" at Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_County,_Virginia
6. ↑ "Bedford County, Virginia" at Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia
7. ↑ "Lunenburg County, Virginia" at Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Virginia
8. ↑ "Brunswick County, Virginia" at Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia

• Green Cook, Anna Maria. History of Baldwin County Georgia." Anderson, SC: Keys-Hearn Printing Co., 1925. Accessed 30 September 2018 SJ Baty at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/baldwin/history/other/gms268historyo.txt.