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There was a letter waiting for Cobb at the Lexington, Kentucky post office in 1816.<ref>Lexington Kentucky Gazette, January 1, 1816 Page 2, newspaperarchives.com</ref> Cobb was enumerated in the 1820 census as a resident of Lexington, Fayette County, as a free white man aged 26 to 44, along with a woman in the same age cohort and a free white male between 10 and 15 years old.<ref>''Fourth Census of the United States, 1820''; Census Place: ''Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky''; Page: ''64''; NARA Roll: ''M33_17''; Image: ''79'' Ancestry.com. ''1820 United States Federal Census''. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.</ref> In 1823, David Cobb, Daniel Bradford, and James Kelly were tenants of a building located on the north west corner of Short and Upper streets in ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Staples |first=Charles R. |date=1935 |title=HISTORY IN CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS—FAYETTE COUNTY, KY. (Concluded) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23370538 |journal=Register of Kentucky State Historical Society |volume=33 |issue=104 |pages=212–233 |issn=2328-8183}}</ref>{{Rp|page=226}} Cobb was based in ] at that time of his death in 1826,<ref name=":0" /> and in spring of that year had been tenant of a brick house with a lot located on Constitution Street in Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1826-03-13 |title=Notice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-weekly-press-notice/162376539/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=Lexington Weekly Press |pages=1}}</ref> | There was a letter waiting for Cobb at the ] post office in January 1816.<ref>Lexington Kentucky Gazette, January 1, 1816 Page 2, newspaperarchives.com</ref> Cobb and Nancy Dudgeon were married in ] on August 15, 1816.<ref>"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786–1965" FamilySearch <nowiki>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-9QRZ</nowiki> Entry for David Cobb and Nancy Dudgeon, 15 Aug 1816.</ref> Cobb was enumerated in the 1820 census as a resident of Lexington, Fayette County, as a free white man aged 26 to 44, along with a woman in the same age cohort and a free white male between 10 and 15 years old.<ref>''Fourth Census of the United States, 1820''; Census Place: ''Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky''; Page: ''64''; NARA Roll: ''M33_17''; Image: ''79'' Ancestry.com. ''1820 United States Federal Census''. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.</ref> In 1823, David Cobb, Daniel Bradford, and James Kelly were tenants of a building located on the north west corner of Short and Upper streets in ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Staples |first=Charles R. |date=1935 |title=HISTORY IN CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS—FAYETTE COUNTY, KY. (Concluded) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23370538 |journal=Register of Kentucky State Historical Society |volume=33 |issue=104 |pages=212–233 |issn=2328-8183}}</ref>{{Rp|page=226}} Cobb was based in ] at that time of his death in 1826,<ref name=":0" /> and in spring of that year had been tenant of a brick house with a lot located on Constitution Street in Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1826-03-13 |title=Notice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-weekly-press-notice/162376539/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=Lexington Weekly Press |pages=1}}</ref> | ||
The ] holds two bills of sale for people trafficked by Cobb: Cobb sold Primas and Mille in 1807 (or 1801), and bought Claiborn in Huntsville, ] in 1818.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Cobb bills of sale |url=https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/search/searchterm/David%20Cobb%20slave%20bills%20of%20sale/field/collec/mode/exact/conn/and |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=digital.archives.alabama.gov}}</ref> | The ] holds two bills of sale for people trafficked by Cobb: Cobb sold Primas and Mille in 1807 (or 1801), and bought Claiborn in Huntsville, ] in 1818.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Cobb bills of sale |url=https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/search/searchterm/David%20Cobb%20slave%20bills%20of%20sale/field/collec/mode/exact/conn/and |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=digital.archives.alabama.gov}}</ref> |
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American slave trader (d. 1826)David Cobb (b. between 1776 and 1794 – d. September 17, 1826) was an early 19th-century American slave trader. He was killed, along with Edward Stone, Howard Stone and two others, in the 1826 Ohio River slave revolt by slaves they were transporting south for resale. According to Benjamin Lundy's Genius of Universal Emancipation the slaves had "been brought it is said from Maryland."
Biography
There was a letter waiting for Cobb at the Lexington, Kentucky post office in January 1816. Cobb and Nancy Dudgeon were married in Green County, Kentucky on August 15, 1816. Cobb was enumerated in the 1820 census as a resident of Lexington, Fayette County, as a free white man aged 26 to 44, along with a woman in the same age cohort and a free white male between 10 and 15 years old. In 1823, David Cobb, Daniel Bradford, and James Kelly were tenants of a building located on the north west corner of Short and Upper streets in Lexington, Kentucky. Cobb was based in Lexington, Kentucky at that time of his death in 1826, and in spring of that year had been tenant of a brick house with a lot located on Constitution Street in Kentucky.
The Alabama Department of Archives and History holds two bills of sale for people trafficked by Cobb: Cobb sold Primas and Mille in 1807 (or 1801), and bought Claiborn in Huntsville, Alabama Territory in 1818.
At the time of his murder, a newspaper in Rhode Island stated that "One of the individuals, who fell a victim to the fury of the slaves, as above recited, is a man who has for many years been engaged in the slave trade; and he possessed a heart so callous to all the feelings of our natures, that it is almost incredible to suppose that the pointed steel could reach its centre. He lived a life of iniquity—was a barbarian in principle, and humanity rejoices that 'the waves are upon him.'"
Cobb's estate, as inventoried in March and April 1827 in Green County, Kentucky, included a cow and a steer, two sows and pigs, four chairs, one trunk, one table, one yearling, 550 lbs of tobacco, and one hogshead of tobacco neat.
Cobb's son Benjamin died in the 1833 cholera outbreak in Lexington.
See also
References
- ^ "1826 Enslaved Revolt on Ohio River · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Genius of Universal Emancipation 1826-10-14: Vol 2 Iss 5. Internet Archive. Open Court Publishing Co. 1826-10-14.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - Lexington Kentucky Gazette, January 1, 1816 Page 2, newspaperarchives.com
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786–1965" FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-9QRZ Entry for David Cobb and Nancy Dudgeon, 15 Aug 1816.
- Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Page: 64; NARA Roll: M33_17; Image: 79 Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- Staples, Charles R. (1935). "HISTORY IN CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS—FAYETTE COUNTY, KY. (Concluded)". Register of Kentucky State Historical Society. 33 (104): 212–233. ISSN 2328-8183.
- "Notice". Lexington Weekly Press. 1826-03-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- "David Cobb bills of sale". digital.archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- "Cobb". Literary Cadet and Rhode-Island Statesman. 1826-10-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Probate Records; Author: Green County (Kentucky). Clerk of the County Court, Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774–1989 . Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- Clift, G. Glenn (1941). "KENTUCKY MARRIAGES AND OBITUARIES: VOLUME TWO (Continued)". Register of Kentucky State Historical Society. 39 (129): 373–391. ISSN 2328-8183.
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