Josiah Combs

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Birth: 1733
Virginia, USA
Death: 1820
Defiance
Perry County
Kentucky, USA

John Combs was born around 1733-1736 in Caroline Co., Virginia (some sources say Stafford Co.) and died about 1819-1820 at Defiance, Ky. He was the son of Mason Combs and Sarah Harding Richardson. He is the father of the eight Combs brothers who came to Perry Co. around 1785. He was married to Nancy Harding, daughter of Henry Harding II and Wilmith George in the 1750s and lived first in Warren Co. (then Fredrick Co.) around the fork of the Shenandoah River above Front Royal, Va.

Family tradition has that John served in the Revolutionary and he probably did. Records of the War Department show that one John Combs served in Capt. Casey's Company, Col. James Wood's Virginia Regiment in Oct. 1776. Capt. Casey's Company was at Valley Forge from 1-6-1777 to May 1777 during the terrible winter that year. John's son John (born 1761) served in that same company 1777-1779. Danger Nick said that he served in the war and applied for a pension but he was denied. Also John's son William is said to be a Revolutionary War veteran.

The assumption is that after John served his three years in the Continental Army, then moved to Surry County, North Carolina soon afterward. He sold his land and grist mill down there, to Mason, his father, in 1784. The following year he is one of the administrators of his father's estate. The sale of his land and mill indicates that John was leaving that State, and going back to Virginia, which corroborates the family tradition. The tradition, from different sources, (including Jesse, a grandson, born in 1798), says also that John and the family left the Yadkin country [Surry and surrounding North Carolina counties] because of the death of a young daughter, twelve years old; and who was killed by a falling tree as she was taking dinner to the work hands in the field. Regardless of the truth or falsity of the tradition that the tragedy caused John to move away, the girl was born about 1772

John was already an old man when he settled at the mouth of White Oak Creek that flows into Carrs Fork of the Kentucky River. He had first come to Perry Co. and built his 'improved cabin' and cleared a few acres of land before he returned to Virginia to bring his family.

Children of John Combs and Nancy Harding are:

Nickolas 'Danger Nick' Combs 1759/60
George 'Old George' Combs 1755 m Lydia Harrell
William 'Old Buckey" Combs 1757-1840 m Nell Cloud
Mason Combs 1757 m Jenny Richardson
Biram Combs 1760 m Sarah Ridge
John 'Soldier John" Combs 1761 m Margaret Nantz
Henry Harrison Combs 1765 m Rachel Clement
Elijah Combs 1770-1855 m Sallie Roark

Family links:
Parents:
Mason Combs (1713 - 1785)

Spouse:
Nancy Harding Combs (1740 - 1819)*

Children:
Nicholas Combs (1757 - 1859)*
William Combs (1757 - 1840)*
Mason Combs (1757 - 1822)*
John Combs (1761 - 1847)*
Nicholas Combs (1763 - 1838)*
Henry Harrison Combs (1765 - 1850)*
Biram Combs (1766 - 1830)*
George Washington Combs (1768 - 1827)*
Elijah Combs (1770 - 1855)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial:
John Combs Cemetery
Defiance
Perry County
Kentucky, USA

Created by: SWF
Record added: Apr 20, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 145329924
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Posted 01 Nov 2015 by lester lane / Link: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/84181984/person/384954...

Birth: 1733
Virginia, USA
Death: 1819
Defiance
Perry County
Kentucky, USA

John Combs was born around 1733 in Carole Co., Virginia and died about 1819-1820 at Defiance, Ky. He was the son of Mason Combs and Sarah Harding Richardson. He is the father of the eight Combs brothers who came to Perry Co. around 1785. He was married to Nancy Harding, daughter of Henry Harding II and Wilmith George in the 1750s and lived first in Warren Co. (the Fredrick Co.) around the fork of the Shenandoah River above Front Royal, Va.

Family tradition has that John served in the Revolutionary and he probably did. Records of the War Department show that one John Combs served in Capt. Casey's Company, Col. James Wood's Virginia Regiment in Oct. 1776. Capt. Casey's Company was at Valley Forge from 1-6-1777 to May 1777 during the terrible winter that year. John's son John (born 1761) served in that same company 1777-1779. Danger Nick said that he served in the war and applied for a pension but he was denied. Also John's son William is also said to the a Revolutionary War veteran.

The assumption is that after John served his three years in the Continental Army, then moved to Surry County, North Carolina soon afterward. He sold his land and grist mill down there, to Mason, his father, in 1784. The following year he is one of the administrators of his father's estate. That is all, for North Carolina. The sale of his land and mill indicates that he was leaving that State, and going back to Virginia, which corroborates the family tradition. The tradition, from different sources, (including Jesse, a grandson, born in 1798), says also that John and the family left the Yadkin country [Surry and surrounding North Carolina counties] because of the death of a young daughter, twelve years old; and who was killed by a falling tree as she was taking dinner to the work hands in the field. Regardless of the truth or falsity of the tradition that the tragedy caused John to move away, the girl was born about 1772

John was already an old man when he settled at the mouth of White Oak Creek that flows into Carrs Fork of the Kentucky River. He had first come to Perry Co. and built his 'improved cabin' and cleared a few acres of land before he returned to Virginia to bring his family.

Children of John Combs and Nancy Harding are:

Nickolas 'Danger Nick' Combs 1750
George 'Old George' Combs 1755 m Lydia Harrell
William 'Old Buckey" Combs 1757-1840 m Nell Cloud
Mason Combs 1757 m Jenny Richardson
Biram Combs 1760 m Sarah Ridge
John 'Soldier John" Combs 1761 m Margaret Nantz
Henry Harrison Combs 1765 m Rachel Clement
Elijah Combs 1770-1855 m Sallie Roark

Family links:
Spouse:
Nancy Harding Combs (1740 - 1819)*

Children:
Nicholas Combs (1737 - 1838)*
Mason Combs (1757 - 1822)*
John Combs (1761 - 1847)*
Elijah Combs (1770 - 1855)*

Burial: John Combs Cemetery in Defiance, Perry County Kentucky, USA