Joseph C Combs (1802 - 1874)

Born 14 Jun 1802 in Grayson, Carroll, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Wills) Combs — married 23 Mar 1825 in Grayson County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1874 at age 71 in Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia

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Biography

Joseph Combs/Coombs was born on 14 June 1802 in Grayson County, Virginia. He was a son of Zedekiah Combs and Elizabeth Johnson of Grayson County, Virginia.

On 23 March 1825 Joseph and Carolina Wells (aka Wills) were united in marriage in Grayson County, Virginia. Mary's uncle, Edward Jones, was the bondsman. ^[1]

According to the research of Josiah H. Combs, PHD, Joseph and Caroline Wells Combs had the following children:

Polly [Combs], m. Henry HAWKS

St. Clair [Combs], m. Sarah TURNER. Lived and died in Carroll Co.

Nancy [Combs], lived and died in Carroll and Grayson.

Martha [Combs] (unmarried)

Hiram Wesley [Combs], m. Fannie, probably in Indiana, moved back to Carroll, and lived there most of his life; both died at or near Winston-Salem, N.C.

Stephen Clark [Combs], m. Amanda PAYNE, lived in Carroll most of his life, but during the latter twenty or twenty-five years of his life, he lived in Washington Co., Va., and died there.

John Cannady [Combs], m. Christine DAVIS, lived and died in Carroll.

Sarah Ann [Combs], m. David Lundy; lived many years near Dublin, Va., moved to Grayson.

Note on Sarah Ann: the name of her husband originally read "Layne". However, I have seen a photo of the headstone at the cemetery where she is buried which clearly reads "Lundy"

David Carroll [Combs], m. Rachel PAYNE; lived in Carroll; father and mother of the writer.

Elizabeth Malinda [Combs], m. Orville HAWKS.

Joseph Foy [Combs], m. Lucy STANLEY^[2]

The above research is cited in the work of Frederick Harmon Combs. ^[3]

Joseph died on 9 January 1874 in Lambsburg, Carroll County Virginia and is buried in the Hawks Cemetery.^[4]

Note to family members: In the 1850 census (11th district) Joseph, Caroline and family were neighbors to the Thomas and Sally (Sarah Lundy) Davis family, whose daughter Christina would later become wife of their son John Coombs. In the 1860 census (Hillsville post office) those two families are no longer neighbors. The Combs' had moved from the Pipers Gap "on top of the mountain" to Lambsburg, which is "below the mountain", to use colloquial terms. Also important, this census records the name Coombs.

Research Note

From New River Notes: "Monday 6th Aug 1849A deed from JOSEPH COMBS to THOMAS EDWARDS conveying real estate was fully proved by the oaths of J. R. Sumner, & Bryson EDWARDS and Isaac EDWARDS subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. stopped p. 259"^[5]

"1 Sep 1851 Joseph Combs Plt against Levi & Polly Payne def on a motion on a bond taken by a court for the delivery of property of the day of sale. this day came the plaintiff by his attorney and it appears by the oath of the witness that the defendants have had legal notince of this court but came not. Therefore it is considered by the court that the plaintiff recover against the defendants $20.81 cents the penalty of said bond and his cost by him about this suit in this behalf. The payment is to be discharged by the payment of $10. 40 1/2 cents with legal interest from the 26th day June 1851 until paid."^[6]

Joseph had the following siblings:

..3. John [Combs], m. Jane -----, went to Raleigh Co., W. Va., then to Hunter's :Alumn Springs, (3)and died there. He had: Mandover, John, William, Joseph,

…..3. Jeremiah [Combs], m. Phoebe LEONARD, moved to Raleigh Co., W. Va.

…..3. William [Combs], went to Raleigh Co. [WV]

…..3. Nancy [Combs], m. John SURRATT, and last known of, lived at Coal :River, Raleigh County. She had a son John, and the writer was recently :informed that a John SURRATT, a descendant of this party, is now (1930) an :officer, probably sheriff, at Beckley, Raleigh Co.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage:"Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850"
   Dodd, Jordan R., Et Al.; Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850; Publication Place: Bountiful, UT, USA; Publisher: Precision Indexing Publishers
   Ancestry Record 3723 #97760 (accessed 15 April 2023)
   Joseph Combs marriage to Caroline Wells on 23 Mar 1825 in Grayson, Virginia, USA.
2. ↑ "Combs, A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy," by Josiah H. Combs, Ph.D., University of Paris, copyright 1976 by Norris K. Combs, Library of Congress Card Number: 76-023567, Published by Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida, Second Printing, 1979, Chapter XXI, pp. 118-121) (See Also Excerpts from Josiah H. Combs)
3. ↑ http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ms/ms-fhc.htm
4. ↑ Joseph Combs Event Type Burial Event Date 1874 Event Place Lambsburg, Carroll, Virginia, United States of America Photograph Included Y Birth Date 14 Jun 1802 Death Date 09 Jan 1874 Affiliate Record Identifier 38403280 Cemetery Hawks Family Cemetery Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-5GD2 : 13 December 2015), Joseph Combs, 1874; Burial, Lambsburg, Carroll, Virginia, United States of America, Hawks Family Cemetery; citing record ID 38403280, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ http://www.newrivernotes.com/carroll_documents_1847_court_orders.htm#
6. ↑ http://www.newrivernotes.com/carroll_documents_1847_court_orders.htm#
7. ↑ http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ms/ms-fhc.htm

• Index to Combs Counties in Virginia & West Virginia
• Combs Families
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-3VQ : 17 August 2017), Joseph Combs, Grayson, Virginia, United States; citing 253, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 190; FHL microfilm 29,669.

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 11, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: 939; Page: 360a; Line Number: 6
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #14945091 (accessed 15 April 2023)
  Joseph Combs (47), Farmer, in District 11, Carroll, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia.

Joseph and Caroline were living in District 11 house (619) Fancy Gap, Virginia (Pipers Gap neighborhood) in 1850, and had the following children in the home:

Hiram Wesley, 16

Stephen Clark, 14-born 1836

Martha J, 12-born 1838

John Canaday, 10-born 1840

Sally A, 6-born 1844

Elizabeth M, 5-born 1845

Joseph Foy, 1-born 1849

Joseph was 47 years old and Carolina was 43. [3]

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Carroll, Virginia; Roll: M653_1339; Page: 903; Family History Library Film: 805339
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #33674381 (accessed 15 April 2023)
  Joseph Combs (58), Farmer, in Carroll, Virginia. Born in Virginia.