North Carolina Land Grant Files 1693-1960 – Stephen Cobb – Johnston County 1779
Johnston 30 December 1779 – Stephen Cobb 800 acres on the South Side of Contentnea Creek Source: Ancestry.com
1820 Census Wayne, NC – Stephen Cobb
Stephen Cobb Free White Males 2 Males 10-151 Male 45 and overFree White Females1 Females under 101 Females 10-152 Females 16-25 2 Male slaves under 142 Male slaves 14-251 Male slaves 26-442 Male slaves 45 and over7 Female slaves under 141 Female slaves 14-253 Female slaves 26-44Number engaged in Agriculture – 8Total Household 25
1790 Census Wayne, NC – Stephen Cobb
Stephen Cobb 2 white males over 16number of slaves 5Other heads:Bridget CobbJames CobbPatience CobbNathan Cobb
1810 Census Wayne, NC – Stephen Cobb
Stephen CobbFree White Persons2 Males under 101 Male 10-151 Male 16-251 Male 45 and overFree White Females1 Female under 101 Female 10-151 Female 45 and over
1800 Census Wayne, North Carolina – Stephen Cobb
Stephen Cobb Free White Males4 Males under 101 Male 26-44White Females2 Females under 101 Female 10-151 Female 26-44 Patience Cobb
Coleman Cobb Ancestry
Stephen Cobb Will
1 March 1824 Wayne County, North Carolinawife Smithy (negro girl named Hester) property in my possession that came by Her. also one hundred and seventy acres of land whereon I now live with the House appertenancy … and land as follows: beginning at the Cobly Corner Flat Rock to the well containing two above compartments […]
Estate Records of Edgecombe County North Carolina 1730-1820
p. 10 Barlow, David – Robert Harper Page 51Cobb, Edward, Senr. , inventory taken by Stephen Cobb, Dec 1, 1817, May Ct. 1818.Cobb, James, inventory and account of sale by Josiah Cobb, admr. April 14, 1816, Feb. Ct. 1817. Account current with Josiah Cobb, admr. An account was received for his services as a soldier. […]
Josiah Sasser Early Courts
In 1779, during the middle of the Revolutionary War, the General Assembly of North Carolina divided Dobbs County, forming three new counties: Greene, Lenoir & Wayne. The last was named for the swashbuckling Whig general, Anthony Wayne, whose personal courage was daring enough to earn him the name “Mad Anthony.” The new county of Wayne […]
Abstracts of Edgecombe, North Carolina 1775-1779 Book 3 by Joseph W. Watson
F262.E2 W3 1966 Click here for pdf document page 100 DB 3-191 Robert Colemand of Dobbs Co., N.C. to Patrick Storey of Edgecombe Co., Jan. 21, 1777, for 5 pds. Proc. money a tract of 328 acres on Homminy Swamp and Miry Swamp adjoining Peter Best, it being part of a Granville grant to Thomas […]