John COBB & Sarah Storey BRISCOE

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John COBB
Sarah Storey BRISCOE

Husband: John COBB
Birth: 6 Apr 1786, Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT
Death possibly: 1830-40
Occupation: owned a steamboat line
Father: Elkanah COBB
Mother: Mary WILLARD

Marriage: 1 Aug 1820, Caldwell Co., KY

Wife: Sarah Storey BRISCOE
Birth: ca. 1787
Death: ca. 1843
Other Spouse: m1. 1807, Allegany Co., MD, Edward Otho CRESAP

Children — born in Caldwell Co., KY (data in braces are {age, birthplace} from the 1850 Census):-

1. Sophia Marie COBB, b. 1822/3 {27, KY}; m. William COOK of Columbus, Hickman Co., KY
2. (Daughter A) COBB, b. 1820-25
3. (Daughter B) COBB, b. 1825-30

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Cobb, John Cresass, Sally S. 1 Aug 1820 Caldwell Co.

2. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 1; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Caldwell Co. Eddyville p. 46 John Cobb ?00010-21010-0-000 0000-0010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

? white male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Hanson CRESAP (b. 1815)
= John CRESAP (b. 1813)

1 white male 26-44 1775-1794 = John COBB (b. 1786)

2 white females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Elizabeth CRESAP (b. 1817)
= Caroline CRESAP (b. 1811)

1 white female 10-15 1804-1810 = Mary CRESAP (b. 1808)

1 white female 26-44 1775-1794 = Sarah (BRISCOE) CRESAP COBB (b. ca. 1787)

1 female slave 26-44 1775-1794 = name unknown

I cannot read the digit in the first column. John COBB & Widow Sarah (BRISCOE) CRESAP have not been married long enough to have had any children together; all the children are from Sarah's prior marriage to Edward Otho CRESAP. Listed 21 lines above John's brother, Gideon COBB. (There were only 31 households in all of Eddyville.)

3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #49 of 88; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Caldwell Co. Eddyville p. 162 John Cobb 001 100 100 - 121 101 000 001 000 - 000 100

These data indicate:s

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 10-14 1815-1820 = Hanson CRESAP (b. 1815)

1 white male 15-19 1810-1815 = John CRESAP (b. 1813)

1 white male 40-49 1780-1790 = John COBB (b. 1786)

1 white female 4 or under 1825-1830 = (Daughter B) COBB

2 white females 5-9 1820-1825 = (Daughter A) COBB
= Sophia COBB (b. 1822/3)

1 white female 10-14 1815-1820 = Elizabeth CRESAP (b. 1817)

1 white female 15-19 1810-1815 = Caroline CRESAP (b. 1811)

1 white female 30-39 1790-1800 = —

0 white female 40-49 1780-1790 = Sarah (b. 1787)

1 male slave 24-35 1794-1806 = ?

1 female slave 36-54 1775-1794 = ?

At most, there should be only one male in the 1810-20 age class, unless the youngest one was born late in 1820. Sarah is fibbing about her age, so is in the wrong age-class. Listed four lines below John's brother, Gideon COBB.

4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316): not found, at least not in Caldwell Co., KY (nor Sarah/Sally).

5. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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