Sarah Robinson Rootes

1792 - 1866  (73 years)

• Name	Sarah Robinson Rootes  [1]
  Birth	20 Sep 1792	Fredericksburg, VA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	24 Jul 1825	Baptist Church, Trail Creek, Clark Co.   [5]
  Death	23 Jul 1866	Athens, Clarke Co., GA   [2]
  Burial	Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA   [2]
  Notes	From 1850 Census of Clarke County, Georgia: COBB, Sarah R. 58 F W --- --- Virginia
  Person ID	I0244	Hull
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas Reade Rootes,   b. 23 Feb 1764, VA d. 3 Jan 1824, VA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ryng Battaile,   b. May 1765   d. 13 Mar 1811 (Age ~ 45 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Federal Hill Home of Thomas Reade Rootes and Sarah Ryng Battaile Rootes in Fredericksburg, VA. John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson Rootes were married there 11 Apr 1812.
  		Federal Hill
  		Federal Hill, c. 1792 Plaque of National Register of Historic Places
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Colonel John Addison Cobb,   b. 5 Jan 1783, Granville Co., NC d. 21 Nov 1855, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1812	Fredericksburg, VA   [3, 6]
  Children	1. Howell Cobb,   b. 22 Mar 1814   d. 25 Oct 1814 (Age 0 years) + 2. Gen. Howell Cobb,   b. 7 Sep 1815, Cherry Hill, Jefferson Co., GA d. 9 Oct 1868, New York, NY (Age 53 years) + 3. Laura Battaile Rootes Cobb,   b. 12 Mar 1818, Jefferson Co., GA d. 16 Oct 1888, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 70 years)   4. Mildred Lewis Rootes Cobb,   b. 12 Nov 1820, Jefferson Co., GA d. 28 Apr 1900, Athens, Clarke Co., GA (Age 79 years)   5. Brig. Gen., CSA Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb,   b. 10 Apr 1823, Jefferson Co., GA d. 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, VA (Age 39 years)   6. John Boswell Cobb,   b. 6 Feb 1826, Jefferson Co., GA d. 21 Nov 1893, Macon, GA (Age 67 years)   7. Mary Willis Cobb,   b. 9 Jun 1828, Jefferson Co., GA d. 2 Feb 1899 (Age 70 years)   8. Sarah Martha Cobb,   b. 10 Aug 1831, Jefferson Co., GA d. 30 Oct 1906, Atlanta, GA (Age 75 years)
  Photos		John Addison Cobb House Built 1840 1234 Lumpkin Street
  Family ID	F082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1864 (c.) Sarah Rootes Cobb with her ear trumpet She was very deaf. Note the ear trumpet in her lap.
  		Sarah Rootes Cobb
  		1864 (c.) Sarah Rootes Cobb

  
  

  Headstones

  Grave marker: Sarah Cobb Sarah Robinson Cobb Wife of John A Cobb Born Sept 20th 1792 Died July 22nd 1865 Aged 73 yr's & 10 mo's. Faithful fond and true, She lived a life of love, Believing full of hope, Went home to God above. Plot: Cobb-Jackson, East Hill

  
  

• Sources

  [S02634] A. L. Hull, The Record of My Ancestry, (Unpublished). [S07508] Augustus Longstreet Hull, Hull and Cobb History, (Unpublished). [S02818] Indexed by Gary Parks, Genealogies of Virginia Families, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore). [S15727] Howell Cobb and Martha Jaqueline Cobb, Howell Cobb Family Bible, (Unpublished), 677. Sarah Robinson Rootes was born the 19th of September 1792. [S15727] Howell Cobb and Martha Jaqueline Cobb, Howell Cobb Family Bible, (Unpublished), 677. Sarah Robinson Cobb was baptised the 24th of July 1825 and admitted a member of the Baptist Church at Trail Creek in Clark County of the State of Georgia aged 33 yrs. [S15727] Howell Cobb and Martha Jaqueline Cobb, Howell Cobb Family Bible, (Unpublished), 677. John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson Rootes were married on the 11th of April 1812.