Thomas Addison "Old Thomas" Cobb,Sr.

DAR Ancestor # A023532 Patriotic Service

He was born in Va. of Welsh descent.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cobb-783

Anecdotal evidence of Thomas' middle name of Addison: one year before his birth, Thomas’ uncle John Cobbs married Susannah Cobbs. A year later, Thomas was given the middle name Addison. It is possible that uncle and aunt John and Susanna were Thomas' God-parents.

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Family

http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gacolum2/wills/cobb.htm

Capt. Thomas Cobb was born 1621-23 Buckingham Co Va died 1832-Columbia Co Ga. He married 27 Jan 1756 Buckingham Co Va to Susannah Moon born a 1725 died 1772.

Proven children are:

1. Sarah born 20 Nov 1756 married John Benning of Va & Columbia Co Va
2. John 1757 Buckingham Co Va-May 1797 Columbia Co Ga married Elizabeth Beckham
3. Thomas who stayed in Buckingham married Nancy Watson.
4. Patty married William Luke (The children of these are mentioned in his will)

Susannah's dowry was devised to 'Descend to the heirs of her flesh, legally born," Among her heirs was Thomas Jr. who stayed in Va., who sued for his share of his Mother's dower. John came to Ga. with his Father, bringing his wife and children.

Marriage recorded in the Douglas Register as is wife's death. He never married again. He was born in Va. of Welsh descent. Buckingham Co Va records were destroyed by fire. He participated in the Frency & Indian Wars and was a Revolutionary hero.

His brother John came to Ga. also applied in Land Courts of 1784-5,6 for grants in Ga. Court was held in a settlement called Cobbham, until a family
called Applings prevailed, and the courthouse was moved to a town of that name.

He was anywhere from 109 to 112 when he died according to various sources. He claimed to be courting and wooing most of this time-and either did not succeed or was not serious. He was nearing his century mark, one spring day when he ordered a stableboy to saddle is horse, and took off across country to visit friends. When he arrived he told the servant who ran out to assist him from his mount, to "get away, boy, I've come a-courting!".

From Georgia Pioneers Gen.Mag. Nov. 1969 Vol Vi #4 Mrs. F.F. Baker of Thomaston to Mrs. Mary Helen Livingston of Albany.

Biography

A unique and distinguished Revolutionary Soldier from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Cobb, patriarch of a large family of prominent descendants in Georgia, was a centenarian. He maintained his active life as an agriculturist and leader in official affairs until his death in 1832 at the phenomenal age of 111 years.
Captain Thomas Cobb is the ancestor of three former State Regents of the Georgia State Society, NSDAR. All three of them have also served as Vice Presidents General from Georgia.

Death

Thomas died sometime between between the time his will was written in 1831 and probated in 1833.[4] Daughters of the Revolution credit him with 110 years meaning that he would have died in 1832 or 1833.[3]

Will

Will of Thomas Cobb. Columbia Co., GA, WB W (1821-1839), pp. 289-292, written 29 Apr 1831, proved 5 Nov 1832, recorded 5 Jun 1833. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://tinyurl.com/dpat2hj4 - also http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gacolum2/wills/cobb.htm

• the lawful heirs of each of my children (having outlived them all)
• grand daughter Rowena Payne and her husband William Payne
• the children of my grand son Thomas Benning
• great grand daughter Sarah Luke daughter of William & Patsey Luke
• my two great grand sons Thomas Cobb & Joseph Cobb children of Thomas W. Cobb deceased
• grand daughter Salley (C?) Lamar & her husband Peter Lamar; later in the same paragraph he refers to my “grand son Peter & wife” and “my grand son Peter & Sally C.”
• Exrs: beloved friends Peter Lamar and William Payne
• Wit: William Dozier, John S Benning, William Wright

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Revolutionary War Service

A 1941 Daughters of the Revolution compilation of Georgia Revolutionary War veterans has the following entry:

NOTE: From Augusta Chronicle. "CAPT. THOMAS COBB, age 110 years, a native of Buckingham Co., Va. Came to Ga. 1784. A REV. SOLDIER. His patriotism induced him to take part with his country for the Independence of these States and he was often associated in the Councils of the Chiefs in those startling times."* [2]
While the Daughters of the Revolution files are behind a pay-wall, anecdotal evidence that Thomas is accepted as a DAR Patriot Ancestor lies in that one of the DAR chapters is called the Captain Thomas Cobb Chapter NSDAR. The chapter's web page has the following entry:[3]

References

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29M-1SR : 29 January 2020), Susannah Moon in entry for Tho. Cobbs, 1756.
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 17 2019, 21:23:15 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 17 2019, 21:41:55 UTC