State-Wide, NC - Cobbs Family Bible

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                               COBBS

A Copy of a Record of the Cobbs Family sent to W.S. Morton by Mrs. May
Lester of Charlotte Court House, Va. in 1932:

Bible record of John Cobbs of Halifax County, Virginia. He begins by
writing of the marriage of "my Father and my Mother, December 25, 1769
at Charlotte Court House."

He (John Cobbs) married Martha Hunt March 1, 1803; a second time to Kitty 
Pollock April 9, 1817; a third time to Margaret Waller July _ 1834.

My daughter Susan was married to Dr. Thomas Clark June 26 - (illegible
from tear); Sarah Cobbs, my oldest daughter, was married to Josiah La 
Prade, March 2, 1827; Martha Cobbs, my daughter, was married to
Benjamin A. Anthony, November 15, 1834; John R. Cobbs, my son, was
married to Drusillah Kennerly, October 8, 1834; Samuel K. Cobbs, my
son, was married to Jane Tatum, October 26, 1837.

My father was born March 4, 1741
My mother was born Feb. 24 old style 1753 
My oldest sister, Peggy, was born December 24, 1770
My brother, Robert, was born March 19, 1772
Myself was born March 4, 1774
My father and mother had 14 children, (to wit)
   Peggy, Robert, John, Croshan, Susannah, Samuel, Lawton, Nancy, Judy, 
   Caty, Polly, Thomas, Charles, and Patsy, six sons and eight daughters 
I never had a brother to marry

Sarah Cobbs, my daughter, was born February 5, 1804
Susannah Cobbs was born March 8, 1806
John Robert Cobbs was born Jan 16, 1813
Samuel Elijah Cobbs was born June 9, 1810
Martha Cobbs was born Jan 16, 1813
Mary E. Cobbs was born Dec 27, 1819
Lucy Cobbs was born Aug 26, 1820

Martha R. Hunt was born Feb 24, 1779 - she was my first wife

Kitty Pollock, my second wife, was born - 1784

Margaret Waller, my third wife was born -1804

John Cobbs himself died in 1853 at 82 years of age

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Mrs. Lester wrote that Samuel Cobbs of Halifax County was married at
Charlotte Court House December 25, 1769

The marriage bond is not recorded at Charlotte Court House

                        ~End of record~

This typed record can be found at the NC Archives, Mezzanine Section,
in the "COBB" vertical file

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