Hawkins-Washington County TN Archives Military Records.....Cobb, Pharoah 
Revwar - Pension 
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PHAROAH COBB



       Pharoah Cobb applied for revolutionary pension while living in Hawkins

County, Tennessee, in 1833. He was born in September, 1752, in Northampton,

County, North Carolina. He moved to the Watauga River settlement which later

became Washington County, Tennessee. He enlisted in a company of volunteers and

served four months under Captain Jacob Womack against the Cherokee Indians. In

1777 he served three months as a mounted ranger or spy in Captain Thomas Price's

company. He served two months under Colonel Isaac Shelby and volunteered again

for two tours in the summer of 1780. He volunteered again and served under

Colonel Isaac Shelby and was in the battle of Musgrove's Mill.



   Note:- He died in Hawkins County in 1841. His will made in 1823 was probated

in 1841. He was a son of William Cobb. He married Barsheba Whitehead and their

children were Catherine, born 1776, died 1824, married Julius Connor: Richard

Caswell, born 1778, died 1811, married Rebecca Buckingham; Arthur, born 1780,

died 1818, married Ailsie Massengale; William, born 1783, died 1839, married

Isabella Cooper; Barsheba, born 1797, died 1856, married Absolom Kyle.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. III



by Zella Armstrong





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