Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 355-200, Samuel Cobbs, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Cobbs, Samuel
B.S. No. 355-200
CONTENTS

N o 355.
John Cobb Esq. Virginia
W. H. S. recd 22. Sep. 1807. J. S. C. to J. S. In o David.

In Amelia County July Court 1807.
On motion of Thomas M c Gobbs, Samuel Gobbs, Edward M c Gobbs, John C. Gobbs, Edith Arshin and Sarah Booker heirs of John C. Gobbs deceased, it was proven in open court by three witnesses, that Samuel Gobbs the brother of the said John C. Gobbs deceased, died, either in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five or one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, and that the said John C. Gobbs deceased who died in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, was the eldest and only brother and heir at law of the said Samuel Gobbs who died as aforesaid, and was an officer in the revolutionary war between Great Britain and the United States of America.
Attest
James Townes C.C.
I James Townes clerk of the county Court of Amelia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 24 th day of July 1807.
James Townes C.C.
Virginia. county Amelia, to wit. Joseph Eggleston presiding Magistrate of the court of the said county by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by an act of congress of the United States entitled an act to prescribe the mode which the public acts, records and the judicial proceedings in each state shall be authenticated so as to take effect in every other state do certify that the above attestation is in due form. Given under my hand this 25 th day of July 1807.
J. Eggleston

Amelia County, to wit;
This day Thomas M. Cobb, John C. Cobb, Rachel Cobb (the widow of the said John C. Cobb and Mother of Samuel Cobb the son of the said Jn o C. Cobb) for Samuel Cobb, Edith Aspelin and Sarah Booker appeared before and Edward S. Cobb appeared before me, Samuel Ford a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney and Bargain and Sale to be their deeds free acts & Voluntary act and deed
Given under my hand this 24 th July 1807
Sam d Ford
I Samuel Ford a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Amelia do hereby certify and declare, that Samuel Cobb deceased who is mentioned within, was personally known to me, that I knew of his going into the Army, and that he is the same person who performed the Service stated within - Given under my hand this 24 th July 1807 -
Sam d Ford
I certify that Samuel Cobb deceased who is named within was personally known to me, & that he is the same person who performed the Service stated within. Given under my hand this 25 th day of July 1807
M c Eggleston
formerly Major of dec d Legion

Know all men by these presents that we Thomas M. Cobb, John C. Cobb, Rachel Cobb for Samuel Cobb, Edward S. Cobb, Edith Aspelin and Sarah Booker, heirs and legal representatives of John C. Cobb deceased who was heir at Law to Samuel Cobb, deceased all of the County of Amelia and State of Virginia have this day bargained and sold, and by these presents do bargain and sell and assign over to Thomas D. Harris of the City of Richmond and State of Virginia all our right, title and interest in and to two hundred — Acres of Land due us in consideration of the services of Samuel Cobb deceased as a Lieutenant in the army of the United States to the end of the late war with Great Britain — under the command of Col: William Woodford — agreeable to an Act of Congress, and we do moreover, request and direct Henry Dearborn Esquire, Secretary of War for the time being, or his successor, to issue to Thomas D. Harris his Heirs or Assigns, in his or their own name as Assignee of us the Said Thomas M. Cobb, John C. Cobb, Saml. Cobb, Edward S. Cobb, Edith Aspelin, and Sarah Booker, a Warrant for the Land aforesaid, and on Receipt of the same we do hereby ratify and confirm any Receipt or other instruments in Writing, that he the said Thomas D. Harris, may necessarily sign or procure to be signed in touching the premises aforesaid, as fully as we could do, if we were personally present — In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our Seals this 24 th day of July 1807
Signed & Sealed In presence of us
Tho: M Cobb Seal
John C Cobb Seal
Edward S Cobb Seal
Sarah Booker Seal
Rachel Cobb for Samuel Cobb Seal
Edith Aspelin Seal

MISS CLAUDINE HUTTER STATE RECORDING SECRETARY 122 HARRISON STREET LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
February 12, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir
Will you please tell me if pensions were drawn by the following Revolutionary soldiers, if so give no. of pension and give if possible their military records:
✓ Beverly  Thomas  Ray , sergt in the 3 Va. Regiment, 1777 Capt. in 1781
Thomas Roy, 2 nd Lieut. of Grayson's addi- tional Continental Regiment, 1777
Rice Williams, Vol. Private. Records show he drew pay on June 25, 1783 from Capt. Anderson
John Fairdexter of Va (Louisa Co) Capt. in Va. Militia Samuel Cobb of Va. Lieut in Va Troops in Continental line

Thanking you for a prompt reply,
Sincerely,
Claudius Hutter

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. AWF
April 18, 1930
Miss Claudine Hutter 122 Harrison Street Lynchburg, Virginia
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Samuel Cobbs was a lieutenant in Colonel William Woodford's Virginia Regiment, War of the Revolution, and served until the close of the war.
He died in 1785 or 1786, leaving an only brother, John C. Cobbs, who died in 1799.
Two hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant Number 355 was allowed the following heirs of John C. Cobbs, on account of the services of Samuel Cobbs:
, Thomas M. Cobbs John C. Cobbs Edward S. Cobbs Edith Asselin Sarah Booker
Samuel Cobbs, the son of John C. Cobbs (the brother of the lieutenant soldier) and his wife, Rachel.
In 1807 said heirs were all living in Amelia County, Virginia.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Gobby, Salem GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 2995 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 28, 1790 to James Patterson, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.