of Letcher Co., KY 1860-1869
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Families of Letcher Co., KY 1860-1869 |
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Cemeteries |
HH 7 (Extracted by Brian K. Caudill & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
Wesley COMBS 46 farmer
Mary 37
John 19
Shadrick 16
James 14
Lucinda 13
Wesely 11
Dicy 8
Henry 4
Martha 1
Mary 1
Note: John Wesley COMBS was married to Mary HOGG per Silas COMBS 1922 Knott Co., KY Death Certificate. (See 1870 listing below)
HH 51 (Extracted by Louise Perkins & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
Elihue COMBS 27 laborer KY
Sarah 25 KY
Wra [sic] 6 KY
Elizabeth 4 KY
Louisa 1 KY
Note: Elihue COMBS parents are unknown at this time. He was married to Sarah WILLIAMS. (See Birth Record above)
HH 60 (Extracted by Louise Perkins & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
Russell COMBS 31 farm laborer KY
Dicy 23 KY
Henry 7 KY
Edward 5 KY
Levinia 3 KY
William 1 KY
Note: Russell COMBS parents are unknown at this time. He was married to Dicy POLLY. (See Birth Record above)
HH 333 (Extracted by Brian K. Caudill & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
Edward COMBS 35 farm laborer
Martha 25
William 10
Minerva 8
Dicy 2
Bouy 7/12
HH 494 (Extracted by Brian K. Caudill & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
Shadric COMBS 48 farm laborer
Sarah 39
George 18 farmer
William B. 15 farmer
Mary 14 idiot
Lidy 11
Elizabeth 9
Margaret 7
Dianer 6
Granville 4
Nancy A. 2
Shadrick 6/12
#541 Matilda Combs….….51 (all KY)
Enoch Combs….……21
Malinda Combs…….18
Melvina Combs…….12
George Combs..…….10
SE Note: Matilda WATTS, widow of Mason Combs (reputed son of John Combs (III)), is also listed in the 1860 Perry Co., KY census. In 1850, she and Mason an be found in Breathitt Co., KY. In Letcher, she is living 5 houses from her brother Enoch WATTS (hh#536) and next door to Mason's reputed sister Milly Combs Smith and her husband William (see next). Next to Milly and William are son Jeremiah "Jake" SMITH and his wife Elizabeth STACY (hh#543) who became Enoch Combs' sister-in-law. Perhaps this proximity allowed Enoch and Nancy STACY to become acquainted. Her son Enoch Combs was a Pvt in the Civil War in the unit 14th Reg't KY, Cav Co. C,L.
#542 Wm SMITH, age 67, b. Tenn
Milly SMITH age 65, b. VA
Thomas SMITH 23
Jackson Combs 26
Mary Combs 27
James Combs 3
(Combs Researcher Sue Elfving)
SE Note: William SMITH, son of Richard & Elitia Combs Smith, and Millie Combs, reputed daughter of John Combs (III) and sister of Mason Combs (husband of the above Matilda WATTS. I do not know the identity of the Jackson Combs above, but note that a Jackson Combs, age 25, is in the Perry Co., KY census household of Matilda WATTS Combs (above).
HH 543 (Extracted by Louise Perkins & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
Jeremiah SMITH 27 farmer KY
Elizabeth 25 IN
Shadric 3 KY
William 1 KY
Clinton COMBS 27 farmer KY
Note: Jeremiah was the son of William and Millie COMBS Smith. His wife Elizabeth was the daughter of Shadrick "One Eyed" STACY and Sarah COMBS. The identity of Clinton COMBS is not known at this time.
HH 544 (Extracted by Brian K. Caudill & provided to Combs Researcher Debi Houser)
William SMITH 43 farmer
Martha 27
Marian 9 f
John 7
Hilard 5 m
Barbry 3
Milley 1/12
Granville COMBS 16 farm laborer
SE NOTES: A careful and magnified review of this original image indicates this Shadrick was age 80 and widowed which would make him Old Shadrack Combs Sr., father of Wesley Combs (next entry). According to the mortality census, they lived in the same household (Family #164) and both died of smallpox. Old Shadrick is not found on the 1860 census; however, there is a flurry of deeds relative to some of the land he once owned and later sold that were recorded in 1870.
Courtesy of JB Francis, the following is from A Combs Family (1992) by Mae Frazier: "Wesley and a son, Andrew died of smallpox in 1869. This was a serious disease and there was no immunization available at that time. Solomon Banks, a neighbor who had recovered from the disease buried the dead. The family and friends could not attend the funeral because of the seriousness of the contagion. However, some family members stood at a distance while the bodies were being interred. Polly's son Silas lived with her until he married. After the death of her husband, Sallie and her three children lived with Polly until she died. Polly had a very large Wen on one side of her neck. One day, while everyone was away a " Quack Doctor" came to her home and talked her into letting him remove the Wen for twenty-five dollars. She bled to death that night. Family members tried desperately to find the man but they never found or heard of him again...The author remembers the three graves in her Uncle Jim Comb's garden. They had white slatted covers over them, however the covers in time disappeared and only the tombstones for Wesley and Polly were left. The graves are presently seen directly in front of the Outdoor Drama Theater. Judge Stephen Combs, a grandson enclosed the graves with an aluminum wire fence and new markers were bought for Wesley and Polly by the Combs-Frazier Reunion Fund in 1980." Mary Polly Hogg died 28 Jan 1892. Mae Frazier also wrote that the location of Shadrack Sr.'s grave is unknown, but this is what she says about Wesley's home: "John Wesley and Polly built a large log house at the mouth of the Solomon Adams Branch on Smoot Creek where they reared their family. A grandson, James Combs (son of Wesley and Polly), heired this home from his father. He built rooms on to the log house and had a beautiful home. After his death heirs sold the home to the Regular Baptist Church group and it became a Baptist Orphanage for several years. Problems of financing and obtaining qualified personnel to manage the orphanage forced the church group to sell the home. Presently there is an apartment building, General Mining Supply Co., Action Auto Parts and the Outdoor Drama Theatre on the site of the home and surrounding area." "The graves are presently seen directly in front of the Outdoor Drama Theater."
(Notes Continued) Although Mae writes that both Wesley and his son Andrew died of smallpox in 1869; however, Letcher Co., Ky. death records show that son Andrew, age 2 years, died from croup on 15 March 1857. Andrew is shown in the book as having been born 30 May 1854. The Letcher Co. birth records list one male child born 30 May 1854 but the given name is so ink stained that it is impossible to decipher. Census records from 1860 through 1880 show that Wesley and Mary had a son named Henry, consistently born 1854. If Andrew was 2 in March of 1857 when he died, could he also have been born in 1854 and therefore a twin brother to Henry? There was another set of twins in Wesley's family, and there could have been entries following that of the smudged one that were entirely obliterated. That page 2 of the births had fewer entries in number than the preceding page. In any event, the family tradition may have become somewhat altered over the years. The event of a father and son dying together from smallpox, the knowledge that Andrew, a son of Wesley, also died young, and the presence of 3 graves together on the old farm, may have resulted in a conclusion that it was Wesley and Andrew who died of smallpox instead of Shadrack Sr. and his son Wesley who died of smallpox as now documented in records. If Shadrack Sr. was living with Wesley as the mortality census record indicates, then it would make sense he was buried along with his son since the family story speaks of "bodies" being buried.