Capt. Robert Cobbs

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor # A023514

• findagrave... ; A reliable manager had taken sick & was going to die. Robert gathered up friends & neighbors to pray. In his prayer he told the Great Spirit he could not take his friend as his friend was needed. But he gave the Great Spirit a list of people (by name) that could be taken in his friends place. It cracked the prayer group up & was the talk of the town for at least a century.

s/o Samuel Cobbs & Mary Lewis

A reliable manager had taken sick & was going to die. Robert gathered up friends & neighbors to pray. In his prayer he told the Great Spirit he could not take his friend as his friend was needed. But he gave the Great Spirit a list of people (by name) that could be taken in his friends place. It cracked the prayer group up & was the talk of the town for at least a century.

COBBS, CAPT. ROBERT died on Friday 21st inst. in 72nd year. Died at his residence in Campbell Co.

"The Lynchburg Virginian", Sept. 3, 1829, p. 3, col. 5.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 16 2020, 21:06:38 UTC

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 16 2020, 21:07:35 UTC

s/o Samuel Cobbs & Mary Lewis

A reliable manager had taken sick & was going to die. Robert gathered up friends & neighbors to pray. In his prayer he told the Great Spirit he could not take his friend as his friend was needed. But he gave the Great Spirit a list of people (by name) that could be taken in his friends place. It cracked the prayer group up & was the talk of the town for at least a century.

COBBS, CAPT. ROBERT died on Friday 21st inst. in 72nd year. Died at his residence in Campbell Co.

"The Lynchburg Virginian", Sept. 3, 1829, p. 3, col. 5.

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