Robert L. Cobb

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c1805

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"Robert L. Cobb" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00007234, (accessed March 15, 2025).

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Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Married to Cornelia B. Cobb. Father of Robertson H. Cobb, Linah M. Cobb, Joshua C. Cobb, Sam Glenn Cobb, Robella Cobb, and Mark T. Cobb. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Eddyville in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in 1850 and fourteen in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russelville, Kentucky, in November 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 326B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 835.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 98.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 415B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 24.
KYR-0004-033-0001.

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