Fleming Cobbs, Sr

      Everybody knows (or should know) about the namesake of the village of Sod by now, Samuel O'Dell Dunlap. I think theres a very important settler that often gets over looked though.
     I'm sure you've read the sign at the mouth of Cobbs creek that says it was named for Fleming Cobbs. 
     Fleming B. Cobbs, Sr. Was a famous scout, born December  23rd, 1767 in Albemarle county, Virginia and died January 10th, 1846 at the age of 78 in his cabin at the mouth of Davis creek in kanawha county, Virginia. 
      Fleming was an Indian scout for the US army and was stationed at fort Lee, which stood at the mouth of the Elk river in present day Charleston (I wrote about fort Lee in a previous post).
      In his book, the first 200 years of Cobbs creek, Dave McCormick says "his job was to travel up and down the Kanawha and Ohio valleys checking for indian sign, from May until October"
      He goes on to tell about how Fleming apparently had a lean to around where the mouth of Ely is today, that he camped in a few weeks out of the year to hunt and dig Ginseng. Can you imagine traveling from downtown Charleston to Ely on horseback? Probably not the funnest ride but I'm sure it was nothing to Fleming, I mean he rode from fort Lee  (present day Charleston) to the Ohio valley on a regular basis.
      Fleming is buried in spring hill cemetery in Charleston,WV
Edit: I thought it was Spring Hill cemetery in Charleston but upon further research, I discovered hes buried in the Cobbs (sometimes spelled Cobb) family cemetery which is in Spring hill (south Charleston) very confusing according to theclio.com
Fleming B. Cobbs, Sr. (Photo sourced from wikitree.com)

References-
Fleming Cobb, SR (1767-1846), wikitree.com
Fleming B. Cobbs, SR (1767-1846), geni.com 
Dave McCormick, 2004, The first two hundred years of Cobbs creek

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