Jefferson Cobb

In 1860 he was an 18 year old living with his parents, 4 siblings, and 12 slaves on their plantation at Nashville in Nash County, NC. He enlisted at Camp Wyatt near present-day Carolina Beach, NC on 19 December 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company I, 30th North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 1 April 1862.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September, a prisoner at Fort Delaware, then transferred on 2 October to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 10 October, furloughed for 20 days on 25 October, and officially exchanged on 10 November 1862.

He was appointed 5th Sergeant on 1 Jun 1863, on furlough in July 1864, and was surrendered and paroled with his company at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

He was a farmer in Nash County, NC by 1870 (then living next door to his father-in-law Josiah Vick) and to at least 1880.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Martha Frances Vick (1850-1891) in January 1870 and they had 7 children. He married again, Jerusha B Beal (1852-) in May 1897.

06/15/1840; Nash County, NC

10/05/1911; Nash County, NC; burial in Josiah Vick Cemetery, Nash County, NC