Ambrose Cobb (1774 - 1863)

Born 1774 in Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Alcorn) Cobb — married 29 Sep 1803 in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 9 May 1863 at about age 89 in Van Buren Township, Brown, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Ambrose was born about 1793. He passed away in 1863.

Ambrose was the son of Vintner Cobb and Virginia Morgan.

He married Mary Jane Alcorn on September 29, 1803 in Jessamine County, Kentucky.

They were the parents of:

• Catherine Cobb married first George Duckworth on May 17, 1831 in Owens County, Indiana. She married second Henry Ayers on December 19, 1847 in Nashville, Brown County, Indiana
• Martha Cobb married Benjamin Williams
• Susan Jane Cobb mBrown County, Indiana married Ralph Lane (not Samuel Lane) on August 13, 1844 in Brown County, Indiana
• Matilda Cobb married Henry Bird on January 01, 1839 in Brown County, Indiana
• Ambrose Pinkney Cobb married Sarah Ann Matney on April 24, 1836 in Bartholomew County, Indiana
• Mary Ann Cobb married William Rogers on March 30, 1837 in Brown County, Indiana
• Nancy Caroline Cobb married William J. Roy on November 06, 1842 in Brown County, Indiana

The will of Ambrose Cobb's grandfather, also named Ambrose Cobb, was not to be settled until after the death of his wife, which appears to be around 1815, and after which, young Ambrose filed two documents for the lawful heirs of Ventner Cobb's share, one in 1818 Clay Co, KY, and one in 1815 Knox Co, KY

The following is from one filed in Clay County, KY: Know all men by these presents that we,

. . . . Sally Payne, . . . . John Cobb, . . . . Ambrose Cobb, . . . . William Cobb, . . . . Jenne Arnold, . . . . Polly Fain,. . . . Robert Cobb, . . . . Thomas Cobb, and . . . . Ralph Cobb

heirs and representatives of Ventner Cobb deceased, have made, ordained, constituted and appointed and by these presents do make, ordain, constitute and appoint William Miller of the County of Knox and State of Kentucky, our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to collect all monies, dues and demands which is coming to us in the State of North Carolina or coming to our father Ventner Cobb deceased, from the estate of our grandfather Ambrose Cobb deceased, and receipt in our names and to sue in our names if necessary for the same and to do or cause to be done any and every other act which we could do were we personally present and whatever our said attorney may do or cause to be done in the premises aforesaid, we by these presents ratify and forever confirm as if done by ourselves.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 12th day of September 1818.

Ambrose Cobb, for himself & (seal)

Sally Payne (seal)

William Cobb (seal)

John Cobb (seal)

Polly Fin(seal)

Robert Cobb (seal)

Thomas Cobb (seal)

Ralph Cobb (seal)

Clay County, State of Kentucky Sct.

I, Abner Baker of the County Court of Clay County certify that Ambrose Cobb personally before me in my office signed, sealed and acknowledged for himself and also for the several persons whose names are subscribed by him to the above Power of Attorney to William Miller for the purposes therein mentioned which is duly recorded in my office in ~Book "A", Pages 221 & 222~ In testimony whereof I have annexed the seal of office and signed my name this12th day of September 1818

A. Baker

Ambrose was mentioned on a memorial with a death date of 1860.^[1]

Name

Name: Ambrose /Cobb/

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh23278233&h=425&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Text: Residence date: 1700-1884Residence place: Brown; Monroe; Morgan, Indiana, USA

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1840

Place: Brown, Indiana, United States

Source: #S-2138988089

Page: Year: 1840; Census Place: Van Buren, Brown, Indiana; Roll: ; Page: .

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1989298&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Residence:

Date: 1700-1884

Place: Brown; Monroe; Morgan, Indiana, USA

Source: #S-1994749571

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh23278233&h=425&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Text: Residence date: 1700-1884Residence place: Brown; Monroe; Morgan, Indiana, USA

Research Notes

Alternate Birthplace: Lincoln, North Carolina, United States Alternate Place of Death: Des Moines Township, Lee, Iowa, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #88194021 (accessed 28 January 2023)
   Memorial page for Ambrose Cobb (1774-1860); Maintained by Mad (contributor 47329061).

Title: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana : historical and biographical

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana : historical and biographical. Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., 1884.Original data: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana : h

Title: Tennessee Census, 1810-91

Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Orig

Title: 1840 United States Federal Census

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. .Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, 580 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census

1850 United States Federal Census Place: Van Buren, Brown, Indiana; Roll: 137; Page: 241a

Title: Ancestry Family Trees

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files.