Joseph Combs (abt. 1725 - 1790)

Born about 1725 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1790 at about age 65 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

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http://www.combs-families.org/combs/families/c-jos2.htm Although some researchers have assigned Joseph Combs I (father?) of Stafford Co, VA as an elder son of John Combs who died in Richmond Co, Virginia ca 1717, the records of Richmond and Essex Counties seem to indicate clearly that the eldest son of John Combs of Richmond was Archdale Combs II who died in King George Co, VA in 1735. The ancestry of Joseph Combs I has not yet been determined although it appears that a relationship of some kind existed between him and the descendants of Archdale Combs of Old Rappahannock, particularly since (a) our findings of pre-1700 Combs records in Stafford County and (b) the fact that at least one descendant of Joseph Combs I was named Archdale (See Clark Co, KY).

Both Joseph Combs' year and location of birth are unknown; however, he was an adult by 1723 when he first appears in the records of Stafford County:

Sources

• A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, page 794

Allied families of Read, Corbin, Luttrell, Bywaters : starting from Culpeper County, Virginia, their descendants are now plante, page 206, item 12.

Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774, page 499, 504.

Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782, Index page 134.

Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, page 171.

Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia, and to Slaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786, page 104.

Legends of Loudoun : an account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck, page 125, Index page 237.

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, descendant George TY Campbell, SAR #66334.

Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, page 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 90, 330,