CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Cobbs” Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, graveyard at Cobbs:
                  1936 Mar 24
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  10 miles from Chester, Virginia; 4 miles east of Route #1, 
                    .3 mile east of Enon Church Road.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1729

OWNERS:

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DESCRIPTION:

The graveyard at “Cobbs” is completely surrounded by a stone wall.  In the 
center of this small square, stands a large monument, and on the left is a grave 
enclosed with marble slabs.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Below are the inscriptions, first on the monument, and then on the grave.
   Around this Stone Lie the Remains of
   Col. John Bolling of “Cobbs”
   Great-Grandson of
   Rolfe and Pocahontas
   B. 1676, -- D. 1729
“He was prominent in his day, Represented his County (Chesterfield) in the House 
of Burgesses, and was long “Lieutenant” an office of great dignity and 
importance.  Being the only great-grand-child of Pocahontas, he was the ancestor 
of all who derive their lineage from her.”
   Also Lie Here Unmarked
The remains of a large number of her descendants whose tombs – save one, that of 
Elizabeth, eldest granddaughter, were destroyed during the occupancy of “Cobbs” 
by the Federal troops in 1861.
   Among Thos Buried Here Were
      William Robertson
      B. 1750 – D. 1829
      Member of Council of State.
         His wife
      Elizabeth  Bolling
      And their youngest son.
      Wyndham Robertson
      B. 1803 – D. 1888
   “Sometime Governor of Virginia
    And by whose direction this monument is erected.”


Sacred to the memory of
Elizabeth Robertson Biscoe
born at Studley
on the 10th March 1780
and died the 9th June 1801
Aged 21 years
Ah, who so chaste, so innocent as thee
Who could in duty’s sphere so meekly move?
Or if as fair; from vanity as free,
So firm in friendship and so fond in love?



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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