Fleming B. Cobbs, Sr.

Fleming B Cobbs, Sr BIRTH 23 Dec 1767 Buckingham County, Virginia, USA DEATH 10 Jan 1846 (aged 78) Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Cobbs Cemetery Spring Hill, Kanawha County, West Virginia,

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Children Photo Mary Polly Cobbs Maupin 1801–1869

Photo Roswell L. Cobbs 1808–1851

Photo Nancy Cobbs Buffington 1808–1879

Photo Roswell L. Cobbs 1811–1851

Photo Fleming Cobbs 1813–1892

Catherine V. Cobbs Corley 1819–1878

Fleming Cobbs Sr.
BIRTH
23 Dec 1767
Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
10 Jan 1846 (aged 78)
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Cobbs Cemetery
Spring Hill, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID
37573465 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 5
FLOWERS 6
He is the son Of Thomas Cobb and Nancy Upton Cobb.
[Middle initial of B. has been removed due to lack of documentation, 1 April 2022. Information received by contributor Anonymous (50277040)]
He married Sarah Morris 10 January 1796 in Kanawha County, West Virginia
[In the "History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia, and representative citizens" it states that Fleming Cobb and Sarah Morris were married 1795 by James Johnson.]
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Fleming Cobb was a famous scout and canoeman. A chapter in the referenced book is devoted to his military service and home. He had an uncle named Thomas Upton, so it is assumed that his mother's maiden name was Upton. Fleming Cobb served with his cousin, Thomas Upton, Jr., as a ranger at Fort Lee. ["Pioneers and Their Homes on Upper Kanawha" by Ruth Woods Dayton, pp.59-65.] b.One of the legends about Cobb is that he stood on the south shore of the Kanawha and shot an Indian on what is now Wilson's Island. Sarah is supposed to have used the Indian's skull as a soap dish. At one time when Fort Lee was very short of ammunition and expecting an Indian attack, Fleming poled a canoe down the river to Ft. Pleasant for supplies. He saw a war party of Indians apparently on their way upriver to Fort Lee. Fortunately, he was on his way back home, so he managed to evade them in the night, arriving in Charleston ahead of them, and the day was saved. ["From Culpeper County to the Teays Valley" by Gibbs, p. 50.]
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1791-1793 Defense of Frontier,Vol Militia

Inscription
Erected
To the memory of
FLEMING COBBS
Who was born
December 23, 1767
departed this life Jan.
10th 1846
Gravesite Details
This marker was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution, it is not his original grave stone

Family Members
Spouse
Sarah Cobbs
Sarah Katherine Morris Cobbs
1775–1856

Children
Hiram Cobbs
Hiram Cobbs
1796–1871

Mary Maupin
Mary Polly Cobbs Maupin
1801–1869

Nancy Buffington
Nancy Cobbs Buffington
1808–1879

Roswell Cobbs
Roswell L. Cobbs
1811–1851

Fleming Cobbs
Fleming Cobbs
1813–1892

Thomas Upton Cobbs
1817 – unknown

Catherine V. Cobbs Corley
1819–1878

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