West Virginia Pioneers
Fleming Cobbs
1767 - 1846 (78 years)-
Name Fleming Cobbs Born 25 Dec 1767 Buchanan Co, VA 
[1] Gender Male Died 10 Jan 1846 [1] Buried Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Pension File
Indian War 1793
wife Sally
In the papers, Sally declares that she was married to Fleming Cobb in Kanawha Co, VA on 10 Jan 1796, that her name before she married was Sally Morris and that her husband died at Kanawha Co on 10 Jan 1846. Witnesses stated that he was the only Fleming Cobb living in Kanawha Co at that time.
6/12/1854, Sarah Cobb, age 79, declared she was widow of Fleming Cobb, private in the Indian Wars of 1791, 1792 & 1793., that he was stationed at the fort or block house sometimes called Clendennin's Station on the Kanawha River near the mouth of Elk River. She is able to speak of her own knowledge, being then a girl in said fort near Elk River.
11 June 1833, Fleming Cobb declared that he was born in the month of Dec 1767, in Buckingham Co, VA, moved to Albemarle Co in 1787 and in the fall of 1789, moved to Kanawha Co. In Feb or Mar 1791, he was enlisted as an Indian spy by George Clendennin.
Contains copied from Family Bible marriage date and birth date for Fleming (25th Dec 1767) as well as:
"Fleming Cobbs, his book; bought out Arbuckel's store, 20th of March 1806."
Person ID I15493 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Jul 2017
Family Sarah Morris, b. 1775, Donnally Fort, Greenbrier Co. VA , d. 23 Oct 1856 (Age 81 years) Married 10 Jan 1796 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA [1, 2] Notes
1792 Kanawha Co VA tithables
COBBS, Fleming
Kanawha County Marriage Records
1795 Fleming Cobb and Sarah Morris. [pension papers shows date as 1/10/1796]
1810 Kanawha Co VA
Fleming Cobb
1m 0-10
2m 10-15
1m 16-25
1m 26-45
3f 0-10
1f 10-15
1f 26-44
3 slaves
1830 Kanawha Co VA
Cobb, Fleming
2m 5-10
4m 10-15
2m 15-20 Roswell
1m 20-30
1m 30-40
1m 60-70
1f 5-10
1 10-15
1f 50-60
1850 Kanawha Co VA Dist 29 # 270-274
Sarah Cobb 72 VA
Catherine Canley 30
Merileth 13 m
Fielding 11
Sarah 8
Mary 4
Cobbs Cemetery, just east of the 4th Green of the Kanawha Country Club, on the Kanawha Turnpike in the city of South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV:
Erected
To the memory of
Fleming COBBS
Who was born
December 23, 1767
Departed this life
Jan 10th, 1846
Mrs. Sara COBBS
Widow of
Fleming COBBS
Daughter of
Leonard MORRIS
The Deceased
Was born at Donnally's Fort
Greenbrier County VA in 1775
And departed this life
Oct 23, 1856
Children 1. Roswell L Cobb, b. Abt 1813, Virginia, USA , d. 19 May 1851 (Age ~ 38 years)2. Nancy Cobb, b. Abt 1808, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F5262 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 25 Dec 1767 - Buchanan Co, VA 
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