Catharine Henry Back 06 Jan 1863. Henry (son of Samuel Back and Mary Caudill) 21 Oct 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel H. Back 1863.
2. Infant Back 1864.
3. Stillborn Back 1865.
4. Louisa Ellen Back 10 Jul 1868.

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

Probably married to Rachel Combs, daughter of Mathew Combs and FrancesBrown. Source is John J. Dickey Diary.

Isaac Rachel Combs 03 Feb 1842Breathitt County, Kentucky. Rachel (daughter of Mathew Combs and Frances Brown) 28 Mar 1825; 15 Jun 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

Probably married to Isaac Back, son of John Back and Catherine Robinson.Source is John J. Dickey Diary.

Other Events:

• Residence: 3 Aug 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

BURIAL: John's burial location in the Roark Cemetery is Unknown

Died:
Back Family Book states 1853
Cemetery Stone shows 1854
John Was living on 3 Aug 1850 and died before 1 Sep 1858.
*The 3 Aug 1850 date is from the 1850 Census and the 1 Sep 1858 date is from Catherine Robinson-Back's death record where she is recorded as a Widow.

John Catherine Robertson 1798Tennessee. Catherine (daughter of Unknown Robertson and Unknown) 7 Apr 1780 North Carolina; 1 Sep 1858Quicksand, Breathitt County, Kentucky; Sep 1858Isaac Back Cemetery, Quicksand, Breathitt County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 3 Aug 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Notes:

Name:
Some sources say Robinson. The family seems to come from TN and VA before that. If the family name is traced back to Virginia, it may well belong to the Robinson family beginning with Christopher Robinson who, in the 1660s, settled around Urbanna in Middlesex County. This potential association is only early speculation.

Birth:
Catherine's death record does not name her parents but does list her birth place as Tennessee.

This area became a part of Tennessee when it gained statehood in 1796.

Notes:

1/25/2011 - Marriage place is speculation based on Internet data suggesting that John and Catharine moved to KY in 1836. Marriage could have taken place in TN or VA, among other places.

Other Events:

• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Clay County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1830, Perry County, Kentucky
• Residence: 30 Jul 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 10 Jul 1860, Morgan County, Kentucky

Notes:

Residence:
(DJS) Use caution with this record. Much documentation exists for membership to the NSSAR under ancestors of Mathew Combs. These applications state that Mathew died in Breathitt County, Kentucky in 1859. This 1860 Census record shows a Moses Combs within two years of the age of Mathew Combs. I believe it is highly likely that these are the same person between the 1850-1860 census enumerations. BOTH Mathew (1850 Census) and Moses (1860 Census) have a wife named Frances who was born in Georgia. The birth state of the Mathew/Moses vary though. The most compelling bit of information is that in both of these census years, the person named Mathew (1850) and Moses (1860) is recorded as being blind.
Use your own judgement; I welcome input.

Mathew Frances Brown 28 May 1810Clay County, Kentucky. Frances (daughter of William Brown, (Tentative)) 1 Feb 1789 Georgia; 18 Feb 1872Breathitt County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 30 Jul 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 10 Jul 1860, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Residence: 31 Jul 1870, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Notes:

On the 1850 Federal Census in Breathitt County, KY, Frances's birth place is recorded as Georgia.

Private Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Unknown Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Personal Property Taxation: 26 Dec 1788, Montgomery County, Virginia
• Personal Property Taxation: 24 Aug 1789, Montgomery County, Virginia; No additional Tithables or taxable property is listed. The name of Benjamin Clements immediately precedes Henry's name in this list.
• Personal Property Taxation: 4 Mar 1790, Montgomery County, Virginia
• Personal Property Taxation: 3 Apr 1793, Wythe County, Virginia
• Personal Property Taxation: 9 Apr 1794, Wythe County, Virginia
• Residence: 1810, Clay County, Kentucky
• Possessions: 8 Jun 1810, Clay County, Kentucky; Old Kentucky Land Patent OK 6471.0
• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Clay County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1830, Perry County, Kentucky
• Miscellaneous: 1837-1838, Indiana; Moved to Indiana
• Residence: 1840, Greene County, Indiana
• Miscellaneous: 1848, Kentucky; Visited Kentucky
• Residence: 1850, Greene County, Indiana; Henry may still have been living in 1850.

Notes:

Personal Property Taxation:
Benjamin Clements was not found in the 1788 Personal Property Tax Lists in Montgomery County.

Residence:
Based upon the research of others but backed up by the interviews of family members by the Reverend John Jay Dickey, this appears to be the Henry Combs and perhaps some other relatives living in Greene County, Indiana.

Residence:
The family members enumerated with the Henry Combs listed in Greene County, Indiana may have been a third wife and their children or perhaps just some older children in the family - maybe even children from a deceased wife's family. Without additional documents, this census enumeration raises more questions than it answers. There's a reference to his birth in South Carolina but the oldest female member of this family was recorded as being born in Kentucky. This document may also serve to discredit the 1840 Census as being the correct Henry Combs and family. What is known is that Henry was still living in 1848 and he visited, from his home in Indiana, his family in Kentucky. Family members stated that he visited, not that he died in Kentucky. Henry may well have returned to Indiana and still been alive for the 1850 Census enumeration. Use both census enumerations, 1840 & 1850 with discretion (DJS - May 8, 2013).

Died:
Source is NSSAR Applications. Perry County, Kentucky is also a possibility but it appears that Henry only came back to Kentucky for a "visit" and probably went back to Indiana.

Henry Rachael Clements 21 Sep 1788Montgomery County, Virginia. Rachael (daughter of Benjamin Clements, (Speculation - This Benjamin may not be the son of Benjamin Clements of Pittsylvania County, VA - See Notes) and Sarah Bailey) about 1770; about 1830Perry County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831
The above titled book purportedly contains the following information:
Page 13==A brief of Wills & Marriages of Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, VA
1733-1821
Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell

COMBS, Henry and Rachel Clements, d/o Benj. Clements, Mason Combs, surety.
Marriage by Edward Morgan. 9/21/1788.
Combs, John and Biddy Nance 5/31/1779
Joseph Porter, Bondsman.

The above referenced book does exist but not in wide distribution. The closest source is only about 50 miles distant from my location and might be reviewed given an opportunity to travel in that direction. However, review of copies of the originals would be preferable (DJS - May 8, 2013).

Notes:

The name William Brown comes from a letter by Stephen Sewell Combs, would would be the great Grandson of William Brown. In the letter he states that William Brown came over from England before the Revolutionary War.