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Robert Lewis COBBS #42032

2 MAR 1754 - 2 AUG 1829

Personal Information

  • BIRTH: 2 MAR 1754, Louisa, Virginia, USA
  • BURIAL: Plain Dealings Plantation
    Campbell, Virginia, USA
  • DEATH: 2 AUG 1829, Campbell, Virginia, USA

Notes

Robert was a veteran of the Revolution, having first been recommended for a commission in the Virginia militia, by the Court in Bedford County, Virginia, on 28 September 1778. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 26 November 1779, and was eventually elected Captain. During his service, he served under Generals Gates and Greene, and was present during the battles of Camden and Guilford Courthouse. In later years, his widow received a pension (#W.18929. D. p33) based on his military experience. He was buried on the family plantation "Plain Dealings" near Brookneal.

Parents

Father: Samuel COBBS #31925

Mother: Mary LEWIS #42016

Family 1 :

Wife: Anne Gizzage POINDEXTER

  • MARRIAGE: BEF 1785, Virginia, USA
Note:

Children:

  1.  +Ann Elizabeth COBBS #43428
  2.  +Charles Lewis COBBS #43429
  3.   Robert Lewis COBBS #43430
  4.  +John Poindexter COBBS #43431
  5.  +Mary Lewis COBBS #43432
  6.   Meriwether Lewis COBBS #43433
  7.   Samuel COBBS #43434
  8.  +Sarah White COBBS #43435
  9.  +William COBBS #43436
  10.   Louisa COBBS #43437
 
 
                                             _Robert COBBS _______+
                                            | (1660 - 1727) m 1706
                       _John COBBS _________|
                      | (1691 - 1758) m 1712|
                      |                     |_Rebecca VINCKLER ___
                      |                        m 1706             
 _Samuel COBBS _______|
| (1730 - 1758) m 1752|
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Susannah ADDISON ___|
|                       (1691 - 1772) m 1712|
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Robert Lewis COBBS 
|  (1754 - 1829)
|                                            _John LEWIS _________+
|                                           | (1669 - 1725) m 1692
|                      _Robert LEWIS _______|
|                     | (1704 - 1760) m 1725|
|                     |                     |_Elizabeth WARNER ___+
|                     |                       (1672 - 1720) m 1692
|_Mary LEWIS _________|
  (1734 - 1812) m 1752|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Jane MERIWETHER ____|
                        (1708 - 1753) m 1725|
                                            |_____________________

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