Other Events:

• NSDAR Ancestor Number: A204415
• 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
• Personal Property Taxation: 29 Jun 1787, Montgomery County, Virginia; 1 male Tithable, no slaves over 16, no slaves 12-16 years old, 4 horses, mares or mules, 5 head of cattle.
• Personal Property Taxation: 26 Dec 1788, Montgomery County, Virginia
• Personal Property Taxation: 13 Jul 1789, Montgomery County, Virginia; No additonal Tithables, no slaves, 5 Horses, Mares, Colts or Mules.

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.

NSDAR Ancestor Number:
John Combs is recognized as a patriot for his "Oath of allegience upon land entry 1778-1781."

Buried:
Probably originally in that part of Floyd County which became a part of Perry County.

John Nancy Harding about 1760. Nancy (daughter of Henry Harding and Wilmoth George) about 1741 Dunmore County, Virginia; 1820Floyd County, Virginia. [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]

Henry Phoebe Francis 6 Apr 1832Perry County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military Pension: 14 Nov 1845, Perry County, Kentucky; R2186 - Revolutionary War Pension The "R" designates a rejected pension claim. The file uploaded here is a short version of the pension. A document of some 50 pages or more is available through some repositories such as Fold3.

Family/Spouse: Nancy Grigsby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• NSDAR Ancestor Number: A002509
• Military Service (Specific): American Revolutionary War Service: Virginia Rank: Private Service Description: 1) Captains Jonathan Langdon, Benjamin Casey 2) Colonel James Wood
• Military Pension: 13 May 1825, Perry County, Kentucky; S35851 Pension allowed for services rendered in the American Revolutionary War.
• Will: 2 Nov 1845, Washington County, Kentucky; Writing of his Last Will and Testament
• Will: 15 May 1848, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky; Proving of John's Will in court.
• Will: 1 Jun 1848, Washington County, Kentucky; Settlement of the Estate of John Combs Jr.

Notes:

Birth:
John stated his date of birth in 1825 while making application for pension in return for his service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Name:
John Combs Jr., not to be confused with his father, John Combs Sr., who, most likely, did not serve as a soldier in the American Revolution but is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a patriot for his Oath of Allegiance.

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret about 1850Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Personal Property Taxation: 26 Dec 1788, Montgomery County, Virginia
• Personal Property Taxation: 1 Jun 1789, Montgomery County, Virginia; No Tithables over 16 & under 21, no Blacks over 16 & under 21, no Blacks above 12 & under 16, 2 Horses, Mares, Colts or Mules.

Notes:

Birth:
The area of Frederick County, Virginia where Mason was born is now a part of Warren County, Virginia.

Family/Spouse: Jane Richardson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lydia Herald. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 15 Aug 1850, Perry County, Kentucky

Family/Spouse: Sarah Roark. Sarah (daughter of Michael Roark and Lettie Grigsby) about 1767 Virginia; 7 Sep 1855Perry County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Clay County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1830, Perry County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1840, Perry County, Kentucky
• Residence: 30 Aug 1850, Perry County, Kentucky

Notes:

Birth:
Tentative place of birth

Henry Nancy Brown 11 Mar 1816Clay County, Kentucky. Nancy (daughter of William Brown, (Tentative)) about 1797 North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bettie Oliver. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Couch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jerry Combs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Downey Stacey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Miller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Family/Spouse: Cynthia Nancy Sumner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had a daughter named Peggy Combs who married a "Lewis". See 2nd interview of William M. Combs by the Reverend John Jay Dickey.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Sanders Russell 10 Apr 1809Lincoln County, Kentucky. Sanders about 1788 Halifax County, Virginia; about 1838Mercer County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Miscellaneous: 19 Jul 1898, Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky; Reverend John Jay Dickey interview of Napoleon Bonaparte Combs.

Notes:

Birth:
Bonaparte told the Reverend John Jay Dickey, in 1898, that he was born in Perry County, Kentucky in 1808. Perry County was formed in 1821 from Clay and Floyd Counties making his place of birth in one of former counties but within the area that is now Perry County, Kentucky. He also stated that he voted for Andrew Jackson in what he thought was the second term which aligns fairly close to the birth year he gave in this interview.

Miscellaneous:
I was born in Perry Co., Ky in 1808. All I know about my age is that I voted for General Jackson. I think it was his second election for I only voted for him once. My father was Mason COMBS. My mother was Jennie RICHESON or RICHARDSON. He had seven brothers came. William COMBS, my uncle went to Fayette County. He was at my mothers after my father died and wanted to take me to his home to raise me. My father had 11 children, 5 girls and 6 boys, I am the youngest. The girls were born first. Willie, the youngest daughter, was born in Kentucky. There are seven children, at least, born after the COMBSES came to Kentucky and the youngest was born in 1808. The surveyor books are good authority. John DUFF was the first surveyor I knew. I think the COMBSES are Irish. Stephen JETT told me that he stayed all night at my fathers when he moved to Kentucky. My father took up all the land he could in his own name and then took up in his daughters, Willie's name. He owned six miles up Carr, also up and down the North Fork. He had land in Tennessee. He left his land on the Holston. Said their were Indians in Kentucky and if he could not live here he would have his land to go back to. He never sold it. He had plenty here and did not need it.

I married Miss Susuan ISOM. My father-in-law said he used to carry his gun while plowing, but I do not know that there were any Indians here. The ISOMS must have come about as early as the COMBSES. I moved first to Breathitt about 50 years ago, then to Owsley seven years later. General Leslie COMBS of Lexington was a cousin of my father. I have always understood it. One of my nephews named his son for him. So did Hardin COMBS of the Middle Fork, Breathiit. Old Leslie told Wiley COMBS, my son-in-law, "Never deny you name it is a good a name as there is in this world" He always claimed kin with us.

Family/Spouse: Susan Isom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 22 Aug 1850, Jackson, Gentry County, Missouri
• Possessions: 15 Apr 1853, Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; State Volume Patent, 40 Acres of land in Gentry County, Missouri. Record transaction took place in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri but the land was located in Gentry County.
• Possessions: 1 Dec 1857, Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; State Volume Patent, Eighty-one and thirty-one hundredths of an acre in Gentry County Missouri. Record transaction took place in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri but the land was located in Gentry County.
• Residence: 13 Jun 1860, Gentry County, Missouri
• Residence: 13 Aug 1870, Jackson, Gentry County, Missouri
• Residence: 2 Jun 1880, Jackson, Gentry County, Missouri

Family/Spouse: Ruth A Dickerson. Ruth about 1809 Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aaron Elizabeth Prunty 17 Mar 1878Nodaway County, Missouri. Elizabeth 1831 Virginia; 4 Dec 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 12 Jul 1860, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Alfred Margarette Noble about 1832Kentucky. Margarette 15 Oct 1813 Kentucky; 24 Jul 1895Clayhole, Breathitt County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sallie Williams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 25 Aug 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 12 Jul 1860, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 31 Jul 1870, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Family/Spouse: Temperance Davis. Temperance (daughter of Evan Davis and Elizabeth Proffitt) about 1815 Kentucky; 5 Dec 1854Troublesome, Breathitt County, Kentucky; Dec 1854Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry Mary Grigsby 22 Sep 1857Breathitt County, Kentucky. Mary about 1824 Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 20 Aug 1850, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Residence: 27 Jul 1860, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Residence: 30 Jun 1870, Menifee County, Kentucky
• Residence: 7 Jun 1880, Menifee County, Kentucky

Richard Mary Back Jan 1839Perry County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Joseph Back and Permelia Belle Hogg) 06 Feb 1823 Perry County, Kentucky; 26 Jan 1914Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma; 1914Alberty Cemetery, Sportsmen Acres, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 27 Jul 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 10 Jul 1860, Morgan County, Kentucky

Family/Spouse: Louvisa McIntyre. Louvisa about 1834 Kentucky. [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.

Rachel Isaac Back 03 Feb 1842Breathitt County, Kentucky. Isaac (son of John Back, Sr. and Catherine Robertson) 28 May 1817 Knox County, Kentucky; 05 Nov 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 27 Jul 1850, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Residence: 11 Aug 1860, Breathitt County, Kentucky
• Miscellaneous: 19 Jul 1898, Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky; Interviewed by the Reverend John Jay Dickey (1842-1934) a traveling Methodist preacher who had an interest in family and history. He interviewed people wherever he went and left behind over 6,500 pages of diary and interviews. The second interview of William M. Combs consists of several generations of family history. The third interview ended abruptly.

Family/Spouse: Jane Combs. Jane (daughter of Washington Combs) about 1835 Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 20 Aug 1850, Morgan County, Kentucky

Nathan Elizabeth Cline 7 Jun 1854Arkansas. Elizabeth Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Miscellaneous: 26 Apr 1898, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky

Notes:

Birth:
Born in Clay or Floyd County in a part which became Perry County. In his interview with John Jay Dickey, he stated Perry County, Kentucky as his place of birth. Perry County was formed from parts of Clay and Floyd Counties November 26, 1821, after John S Combs' stated date of birth.

Miscellaneous:
An interview of John S. Combs
by the Reverend John Jay Dickey
Transcription by David James Schimka
March 17, 2012
(Original spelling and an extra word or two left unchanged)

John S. Combs - Hazzard, Ky, April 26, 1898. I was born in Perry Co., Ky. August 25, 1819. My father was Jeremiah Combs. He was born in North Carolina or Virginia. My grandfather was Nicholas Combs. He was born in Virginia or New River, N.C. He lived and died near where L.D. Combs now lives in Perry County. He came came to Kentucky early in the settlement of Kentucky. There was a large company came together. Mason, George, Nicholas, William, Jeremiah, Byrom, Elijah Combs. There was one other whose name I cannot recall, yes, Henry was his name. Mason was the oldest. I have seen all of these uncles. Byrom moved to Indiana; Wm moved to the Blue Grass. I do not know wether or not General Leslie Combs was kin to us but, I suppose he was a son of my uncle Wm Combs, as they both lived in that section of the state. Uncle Wm moved to the Blue Grass before I was born. My father died in January 1853 aged 73, this would place his birth at 1780. He was
not grown when he came here. I have often heard my father and mother and uncles say that the Combses came from Jamestown, Va. to North Carolina. My father had two brothers, Samuel, how lived at Booneville, the father of Wiley Combs, and Nicholas, the father of Lorenzo, one sister who married John Williams who died on Troublesome.
My mother was Sytha Sumner. Her father was Samuel Sumner who was killed by the Sheriff for resisting arrest either in N.C. or Ky. My mother came with the company to Ky. her
brother, John, came also. He moved to Indiana but some of his children returned and live in Letcher and Perry. My grandmother Sumner married a Hicks and went to Indiana and
raised a family. Two of my uncles, Hickses lived on the Ozark Mts. in the edge of Arkansas, when I was there.
Nicholas Combs, my grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Several of his brothers were in the same war. I can't tell which ones were in the war, they may all have been in it.
Old Wm Cornett came with my uncles to Ky.; also Richard Smith, greatgrandfather of "Bad" Tom Smith. He settled on Troublesome.
I have heard my mother tell often of the killing of Benge, the renegade. She saw the Indians and told of one fellow hiding in the loft and and falling through while the Indians were cooking below and scaring them away.
Mason Combs, my uncle, had children as follows:- Martin, lived on Carr's Fork; Preston, lived in Breathitt on the Middle Fork, Cyry Combs is son; Washington lived below mouth of Carr on North Fork; Talton Combs, at the mouth of Carr; Clinton still lives at mouth of Carr, very old; Bonaparte, lived at Booneville.
George Combs had children as follows:- Claiborne lived in Owsley, Byrom dead. Elijah lived in Perry. He was General
of the malitia. He had sons: Jesse, Elijah, and Jackson. Josiah Combs who was killed by Joe Adkins was the son of Jesse. Jesse was Clerk (of Perry) first and as long as he lived, and his grandson, Ira Davidson, succeeded him. I have seen him (Gen. Elijah) in his regimentals, commanding at the musters.
He (Jesse) was killed by the explosion of a keg of powder in Shade Duff's store in Hazzard. Some one snuffed a candle and accidentally threw the snuff in the keg of powder under the counter. Duff was son-in-law of Combs. Both Duff and Combs were killed. Duff was killed instantly Combs lay a good while.
Henry Harry Combs had children as follows:- Henry, lived in Big Creek; Matthew lived on Troublesome in Breathitt father of Wm M. Combs of Breathitt and Isaac of Wolfe; also George on Troublesome in Perry. Henry moved to Indiana. Old George married a Herald.
I do not know when the Combses came to Kentucky but I know it was in (the) 1700(s).
My grandfather Nicholas Combs lived be 101 or 2 or 3 years old. He is burried near L.D. Combs. I was grown when he died. I was married, just married, had no children, (He
looked at his Bible. J.J.D.) was Feb. 28, 1838. I bought his dog irons at his sale. to go to housekeeping. The old
Sizemores used to come to my father's to get liquor. They would drink and fight.

Combs researchers be advised:

John Rebecca Maggard Nov 1875Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Williams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William Nancy Hatchett 28 Feb 1835Washington County, Kentucky. Nancy 28 Feb 1813 Washington County, Kentucky; 8 Mar 1905Boyle County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]