Thanx Ray, for all the additional info on Robert COBB et al I have recorded it in my files. Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Bennett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 1:30 AM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help?/ Cobb > Some more information: > Not only was the daughter of Robert Cobb with Delilah Whitmire name Martha Jane but he had a daughter name Martha E. born Dec. 6, 1828 with his wife, Ellender (Greer) Cobb and also had a daughter name Martha Elizabeth with Nancy Adams, a woman he lived with, Robert never divorce Ellender (Greer) Cobb, they were still married when he died. > < Sounds like the same guy!!!> Your right it is...Robert Cobb SR., father of Robert Cobb JR that was married to > Susan and Nancy Long. > Shirley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Corbin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 3:00 PM > Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help?/ Cobb > > > Here's some additional Cobb info: > > Packet #339, Document #3, Clerk of Courts Office, Pickens County, SC: > On 4 March 1829, Lily and Samuel Whitmire made oath against Robert Cobb, > of having gotten Delilah Whitmire, a single women, with a bastard child, > which was born 8 April 1825. Cobb was ordered to pay $300 to Delilah. > > This Delilah Whitmire married John Corbin, Sr about the 1828/29 > timeframe and they raised the child, Martha Jane(Cobb) as their own > (Martha took on the Corbin name in future records). This is the > apparently the reason that Martha Jane is not listed as an heir in > John's will in 1853, ie not really his child. All other children of this > marriage (2nd for John Sr) were listed in the will. > Children (at least 9 - 7 daughters first and then 2 sons) of John's > first marriage to an unknown woman were also not listed in the will but > were adults with their own families by then. > > Sounds like the same guy!!! > > Ray Corbin > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Kindness is contagious, pass it on. > List Admin - Derrell Oakley [email protected] > > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Harmony is the objective of this list. We are all adults, so please respect us by talking with the list admin before making suggestions on methods of posting or conduct. > Thank you -- Derrell Oakley Teat--List [email protected] > > >