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John Combs, Sr.

John Combs, Sr.

Male Abt 1733 - Bef 1820  (~ 87 years)

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  • Name John Combs  [1] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born Abt 1733  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    NSDAR Ancestor Number A204415  [4] 
    • John Combs is recognized as a patriot for his "Oath of allegience upon land entry 1778-1781."
    Military Service (Specific) American Revolutionary War
    Service: North Carolina Rank: Patriotic Service
    Service Source: Wells, Joseph Winston: His Entry Book, P 170
    Service Description: 1) Signed Oath of Allegiance upon Land Entry 1778-1781  [2] 
    Personal Property Taxation 29 Jun 1787  Montgomery County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    1 male Tithable, no slaves over 16, no slaves 12-16 years old, 4 horses, mares or mules, 5 head of cattle. 
    John Combs Sr 1787 Montgomery County, Virginia, Personal Tax List.    		 John Combs Sr 1787 Montgomery County, Virginia, Personal Tax List.
    Personal Property Taxation 26 Dec 1788  Montgomery County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Henry Combs, 1788 Montgomery County, Virginia, Personal Tax List.    		 Henry Combs, 1788 Montgomery County, Virginia, Personal Tax List.
    Personal Property Taxation 13 Jul 1789  Montgomery County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    No additonal Tithables, no slaves, 5 Horses, Mares, Colts or Mules. 
    John Combs 1789 Montgomery County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List.    		 John Combs 1789 Montgomery County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List.
    Died Bef 18 Dec 1820  Floyd County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8] 
    Buried Perry County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Probably originally in that part of Floyd County which became a part of Perry County. [9]
    The shared headstone of John Combs and Nancy Harding-Combs.    		 The shared headstone of John Combs and Nancy Harding-Combs.
    I have seen several different citations for the location of this headstone including, White Oak Cemetery near Vicco in Perry County, Kentucky, The Gadsy Farm (wherever that is). This stone is obviously a more recent placement. If anyone knows more details, please share them with me.
    Person ID I3280  Schimka Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 May 2013 

    Father Mason Combs, Sr.,   b. Abt 1714,   d. Bef 8 Aug 1785, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah 
    Documents
    William Combs 1740 Birth Record    		William Combs 1740 Birth Record
    Anne Combs 1743 Birth Record    		Anne Combs 1743 Birth Record
    Sarah Combs 1745 Birth Record    		Sarah Combs 1745 Birth Record
    Mason Combs 1747 Birth Record    		Mason Combs 1747 Birth Record
    Winny Combs 1749 Birth Record    		Winny Combs 1749 Birth Record
    Wilmot Combs 1751 Birth Record    		Birth record of Wilmot Combs but only her father's name, Mason, is included in the record.
    Family ID F1167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Harding,   b. Abt 1741, Dunmore County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1820, Floyd County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married Abt 1760  [2] 
    • This marriage may have taken place in Frederick County, Virginia [2]
    Children 
     1. Henry Harrison Combs,   b. Abt 1769, Shenandoah County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1848, Johnson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. William Combs
    +3. Nicholas Combs
    +4. John Combs, Jr.,   b. 7 Feb 1761, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1848, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Biram Combs,   b. Abt 1760, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Mason Combs,   b. 1757-1759, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1822, Perry County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +7. George Combs
    +8. Elijah Combs,   b. Abt 1770, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1855, Perry County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
    Documents
    Elijah Combs 1855 Death Record in Perry County, Kentucky; Sarah Roark-Combs Death Record, wife of Elijah Combs.    		Elijah Combs 1855 Death Record in Perry County, Kentucky; Sarah Roark-Combs Death Record, wife of Elijah Combs.
    The ink is faded and very difficult to read. Some details of this copy are dependent upon the information included in the online index linked to this document image at Ancestry.com.
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F1149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1733 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPersonal Property Taxation - 1 male Tithable, no slaves over 16, no slaves 12-16 years old, 4 horses, mares or mules, 5 head of cattle. - 29 Jun 1787 - Montgomery County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPersonal Property Taxation - 26 Dec 1788 - Montgomery County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPersonal Property Taxation - No additonal Tithables, no slaves, 5 Horses, Mares, Colts or Mules. - 13 Jul 1789 - Montgomery County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bef 18 Dec 1820 - Floyd County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Perry County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Liberty Bell, signifying a person in an accepted NSSAR or NSDAR lineage.    		Liberty Bell, signifying a person in an accepted NSSAR or NSDAR lineage.
    The Liberty Bell displayed here simply acts as a means to easily identify a patriot recognized by the NSDAR or NSSAR who was a participant in the fight for American Independence or a person of direct, recognized lineal descent from a patriot appearing in one or more accepted applications to NSDAR or NSSAR. The image is a "marker" visible in certain tree views and serves no other purpose or meaning.

    Documents
    A Guide to the Tazewell family papers 1623-1930 No 24194    		A Guide to the Tazewell family papers 1623-1930 No 24194
    This collection, housed in the Library of Virginia, references several documents related to court cases involving John Combs and John Scott Harding and Charles Harding. The John Combs referenced is likely to be John Combs (I3280) but further research needs to be conducted.

  • Notes 
    • See Montgomery County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List, 1789 - C, pp. 5-6 (Binns Genealogy). On page 5 there is a John Combs and on page 6 there is another John Combs whose name appears to have been marked through. Directly below that John Combs on page 6 there is a Mason Combs.
    • I did not find John Combs Sr on the 1790 Tax Lists (A,B or C) in Montgomery County. Only Henry Combs appears on those lists in 1790.

  • Sources 
    1. [S996] DAR Genealogical Research System, (Name: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Location: Washington, DC;), Nat'l #: 801290 Ancestor #: A204415.

    2. [S996] DAR Genealogical Research System, (Name: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Location: Washington, DC;), Nat'l #: 801290 Ancestor #: A204414.

    3. [S996] DAR Genealogical Research System, (Name: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Location: Washington, DC;), Nat'l #: 776379 Ancestor #: A204415.

    4. [S996] DAR Genealogical Research System, (Name: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Location: Washington, DC;).

    5. [S1215] Binns Genealogy, Personal Property Tax Lists 1787-1812, Montgomery County, Virginia, (Binns Genealogy), 1787 B, p. 5.

    6. [S1215] Binns Genealogy, Personal Property Tax Lists 1787-1812, Montgomery County, Virginia, (Binns Genealogy), 1788 C, p. 5.

    7. [S1215] Binns Genealogy, Personal Property Tax Lists 1787-1812, Montgomery County, Virginia, (Binns Genealogy), 1789 C, p. 5.

    8. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida), 44-45.
      John lies buried, with his wife Nancy, in what is one of the oldest graveyards in Perry County, located two or three hundred yards up White Oak, on the left side going up stream. Walking up the hillside about thirty-five paces from a persimmon tree, you come to a wide, sunken double grave, a few feet from a small ravine. At the upper end, and in the center, there is a crude stone, round or curved at the top. This is where John and Nancy lie buried. So it was, when I inspected it in 1933.
      I have substantiated these facts from different souces. The old place came into possession of "Long Jerry" Combs, then to Elijah Combs, Jr., his son-in-law, and finally, on January 22, 1854, Elijah's heirs sold it to John J. Godsey. It has since been known as the old John Godsey place. Mrs. Henry Brashear, daughter of John Godsey, and who lives (1933) at the mouth of Scuddy, near the old place, confirms the story of John Combs and Nancy, the grave, etc. (The Brashears descend from a French family, probably Huguenots, Brassieur, that came to Colonial Virginia). The story is also corroborated by Bertha Lyttle Jett and Logan Combs.

    9. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida).

    10. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida), 44-45.
      John lies buried, with his wife Nancy, in what is one of the oldest graveyards in Perry County, located two or three hundred yards up White Oak, on the left side going up stream. Walking up the hillside about thirty-five paces from a persimmon tree, you come to a wide, sunken double grave, a few feet from a small ravine. At the upper end, and in the center, there is a crude stone, round or curved at the top. This is where John and Nancy lie buried. So it was, when I inspected it in 1933.
      I have substantiated these facts from different souces. The old place came into possession of "Long Jerry" Combs, then to Elijah Combs, Jr., his son-in-law, and finally, on January 22, 1854, Elijah's heirs sold it to John J. Godsey. It has since been known as the old John Godsey place. Mrs. Henry Brashear, daughter of John Godsey, and who lives (1933) at the mouth of Scuddy, near the old place, confirms the story of John Combs and Nancy, the grave, etc. (The Brashears descend from a French family, probably Huguenots, Brassieur, that came to Colonial Virginia). The story is also corroborated by Bertha Lyttle Jett and Logan Combs.