Robert Cobb1,2

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3rd great-granduncle of William Lemuel Horn Jr.
5th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Horn and Allied Families
     Robert Cobb was the son of Robert Cobb and Mary Deberry.1
     
Additional Data
Robert Cobb was mentioned in his father Robert Cobb's will dated 14 October 1765 in Northampton County, North Carolina.3,4

Robert Cobb moved to Cumberland County, North Carolina, where he represented the County in the North Carolina Provincial Congress, 1776, and was appointed during the Revolution to appraise the estates of certain Tories, and was a Justice of the County.5

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: 192.
  2. [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), 707.
  3. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 192, citing W. Bk. 1, p. 157.
  4. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 707, citing Northampton Co., N.C., Will Bk. 1, p. 76 (date only).
  5. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 192-193, citing cf. N.C. Colonial and State Records, 10, pp. 653/4, 925, 960; 23, p. 993.