James Cobb1

b. circa 1757, d. 1794
James Cobb|b. c 1757\nd. 1794|p3920.htm|Captain Stephen Cobb|b. c 1735\nd. Oct 1785|p3261.htm|Patience (—?—) (Cobb)|d. b 18 Nov 1807|p3262.htm|Robert Cobb|b. bt 1705 - 1712|p3973.htm|Mary Deberry||p3974.htm|||||||

2nd great-granduncle of William Lemuel Horn Jr.
4th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Horn and Allied Families
     James Cobb was born circa 1757 in Northampton County, North Carolina.1 He was the son of Captain Stephen Cobb and Patience (—?—) (Cobb).1 He married Mary Penelope Ethridge Butts.2,3 He died in 1794 in Wayne County, North Carolina.1
     
Additional Data
A number of payments to James Cobb for Revolutionary services are shown in the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Only one definitely refers to James Cobb of Wayne County.4

James Cobb was Clerk of Wayne County from 1784-1790, probably longer.5

James Cobb was mentioned in his brother David Cobb's will dated 3 November 1790 in Wayne County, North Carolina.6,7

James's will, dated 5 April 1794, mentions Stephen Cobb, son of his brother David; "my children"; wife Penelope Cobb; son John Bridgers Cobb, under 20; unborn child; Thomas Horn, son of Damaris Horn; "my daughters"; William and Thomas, sons of his brother Nathan; brother Stephen Cobb; he appoints wife Penelope and friends Robert Gully and William Hackney executors.8,9

The inventory of James Cobb was returned January 1795.10

On 13 May 1814, there was a division of twelve slaves belonging to the estate of James Cobb decd. among his four heirs, namely John B. Cobb, John Coleman and wife, Wiley Coleman, and James Cobb. This division is recorded in Wayne Co. Ledger, 1812/1816, p. 117. The ledger erroneously gives the name Wiley Croom instead of Wiley Coleman, but the original record in the Wayne Co. Courthouse states the name correctly.1

Children of James Cobb and Mary Penelope Ethridge Butts

Citations

  1. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia," in Historical Southern Families, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, editor. (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1968), 12: 195.
  2. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 194, citing family bible.
  3. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, comp. and ed., Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Vol. One, Families A-F (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), 710.
  4. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 195, citing Comptroller's Papers, Cancelled Vouchers, Newbern Dist., No. 746.
  5. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 195, citing N.C. Colonial and State Records, 21, p. 1067.
  6. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 194.
  7. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 710, citing Wayne Co., N.C., Wills & Settlements A, 1793-95, p. 221 (date only).
  8. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 195, citing Wayne Co. Wills and Settlements, 1793-95, p. 31.
  9. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 710, citing Wayne Co., N.C., Wills & Settlements A, 1793-95, p. 31 (date only).
  10. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 195, citing Wayne Co. Wills and Settlements, 1793-95, p. 41.
  11. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 196.