A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
 

Robert Lewis COBBS

[N2575]

2 MAR 1754 - 2 AUG 1829

  • BIRTH: 2 MAR 1754, Louisa, Virginia, USA
  • BURIAL: Plain Dealings Plantation
    Campbell, Virginia, USA [N2576]
  • DEATH: 2 AUG 1829, Campbell, Virginia, USA
  • REFERENCE: 42032
Father: Samuel COBBS
Mother: Mary LEWIS

Family 1 : Anne Gizzage POINDEXTER
  • MARRIAGE: BEF 1785, Virginia, USA
  1. +John Poindexter COBBS
  2. +Mary Lewis COBBS
  3.  Robert Lewis COBBS
  4. +William COBBS
  5.  Samuel COBBS
  6. +Sarah White COBBS
  7. +Charles Lewis COBBS
  8. +Ann Elizabeth COBBS
  9.  Meriwether Lewis COBBS
  10.  Louisa COBBS 
                                             _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|
                                            |_____________________

[N2575] 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.

[N2576] He was buried on the family plantation "Plain Dealings" near Brookneal.