Person Page 203

Mary (Polly) Grayson^1,2,3,4

Life Events

• Birth: 8 October 1795; Montgomery County, Virginia, USABGO^5,6,7
• Marriage: 19 July 1815; Bryant Anderson Cobb; Shilo Church, Madison County, Alabama, USABG; According an entry in the "Alabama Soldiers Of The Revolution, War Of 1812, and Indian Wars," the marriage between Bryant Cobb and Polly Gracem (Grayson) took place on 22 July 1815 .^{1,2,8,9,3,6,7,10,10}
• Probate: 1 April 1836; Madison County, Alabama, USABGO; Named in petition for division of property from John Grayson's estate²
• Death: 25 April 1846; Madison County, Alabama, USABGO^6,11,12
• Burial: After 25 April 1846; Cobb Cemetery, Cherrytree, Madison County, Alabama, USABG¹¹

Other Information

• Religious Affiliation: Baptist¹²
• Note: Mary is not listed in the Grayson family bible as a child of John Clan Grayson.

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Richard Sicard Cobb; Cobb Cemetery List of People

Citations

1. National Archives and Records Administration, Bounty Land Records for the War of 1812, Number 18861, SO 17342, SO 16314; Records for Byrant (Briant) Cobb
2. Gandrud, Pauline Jones, Alabama Records (245 vols), Vols 1-4, Alabama Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars
3. Ancestry.com, Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
4. Ancestry.com, Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969
5. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=90997496&indiv=try, Record for John Clan Grayson
6. Nancy van Valkenburgh, 1770-1904, Grayson Family Bible, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~grayson/html/bible_one.html, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~grayson/html/bible_one.html; Accessed 11 July 2015
7. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=249929&indiv=try, Source number: 89.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGC, Record for Bryant Cobb
8. Fold3.com, War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, digital images, Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com/image/1/304824588?xid=1945: accessed 15 November 2016), citing National Archives and Records Administration, Application Number 17342, Record for Bryant Cobb of Madison County, Alabama, 8 Jan 1872
9. Ancestry.com, Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969, Record for Bryant Cobb and Polly Grayson
10. Ancestry.com, Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1942, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1ALMarriages&h=964117&indiv=try, Record for Bryant Cobb and Amand M. Camper
11. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93636939, database and images, memorial page for Polly Cobb (8 October 1795 - 25 April 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93636939, citing Cobb Cemetery, Cherrytree, Madison County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Byrdman of Big Cove (contributor 47926766). Accessed 18 April 2026.
12. Newspapers and Periodicals, https://www.newspapers.com/image/349177123, "Notice concerning Mrs. Mary Cobb," The Democrat (Huntsville, Alabama), 6 May 1846, p3; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed 18 Apr 2026