Combs &c. Families of Allegany County, Maryland

	Combs &c. Families of Allegany County, Maryland

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Allegany County, Maryland was established in 1789 from Washington (organized from Frederick in 1776). Garrett was established from Allegany in 1872.

Also note that marriages performed by Reverend Shaw, a traveling preacher, may have been performed in either Allegany, Hardy or Hampshire Cos.

1793 Tax Assessment of Allegany Co MD
3rd district, Willstown hundred
John COMBS, 1 lot

(Provided to Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs by Researcher Susan Tyson, 21 July 1998)

26 Feb 1793 Allegany Co MD. Cuthbert COMBS married Abigail TRIMBLE by Rev. SHAW

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1803 Allegany Co MD Deeds. Catherine, Abigail, John, COMBS et. al to John TRIMBLE, Jr. D 56

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1804 Allegany Co MD Deeds. John and Margaret [TRIMBLE] Combs to John COOMBS D 229

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1807 Allegany Co MD Deeds. Abigail [TRIMBLE] and Cudbert COMBS to William WARD E 214

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1807 Allegany Co MD Deeds. Abigail [TRIMBLE] and Cudbert COMBS to Moses PORTER M 618

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD; a.k.a. Abey, date nts: 5/161/809 per Allegany County Marriages in Date Order (1791-1825))

18 Mar 1814 - 10-22-1832 Will of Andrew BRUCE of Allegheny Co., Md. Dated 18 Mar 1814, proved Maryland 01 Apr 1815, proved Hampshire VA 22 Oct 1832. No wife. Eight Children: 1-Susannah, of Frederick Co. [MD? VA?], 400 acres in Hardy Co. [VA]; 2- William (dec'd, to his sons, Daniel, Andrew, and George, 250 acres in Hardy Co); 3- Helen, 4- Norman Murdock, 5-Bruce, 6- George, 7-Charles, 8-Andrew. Exec., George, Charles, Helen, and Andrew. Wit., John and Margaret COMBS, John WORKMAN.

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Leslie Owens from "Early Records of Hampshire Co., VA," Clara McC Sage & Laura S. Jones, An Alphabetically Arranged Synopsis of Wills; Books I to XXI; Many found only in the original Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia))

5 Oct 1814 Hagerstown (Allegany Co, MD Newspaper) "Sale at place where subscriber now lives on Gen. Ringgold Manor 4 miles from Hagerstown, negro woman about 25, boy 14 and girl, signed John COMBS.

March 8, 1815 - Sale (above description) horse, cows, blacksmith tools, farming utensils, furniture and 10 place stove, John COMBS.

06 Oct 1815 Allegany Co MD Marriage Book 1. Married: Hannah COMBS & John PORTER of Sam.

(Extracted from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs who adds "Marriage Book 1")

20 Apr 1816 Allegany Co MD. Married: John COMBS & Barsheba DRAKE by Rev. SHAW

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD; "Bersheba" per Allegany County Marriages in Date Order (1791-1825))

1818/01/17 Allegany Co MD. Married: POTTER, David & COBUS (CORBUS), MARGARET, bride nts: COMBS

1819 Allegany Co MD Petition List

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD; "Marg't" per Allegany County Marriages…)

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD) Search Words: Martha

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD; "Eliz." per Allegany County Marriages…)

Mar 1830 (Belmont Co., Ohio Common Pleas Court Records) Mar, 1830. John NEFF, vs Peter NEFF, etal. Petition for Partition. Filed 77-17-1829. Land, 120 acres E BD Section 13, Township 7, Range 4. Richland Twsp. Heirs: John NEFF Jr., Peter NEFF, Henry NEFF, Jr., Sarah late NEFF wife of Isaiah FROST, Elizabeth late NEFF wife of William WRIGHT, Anna late NEFF wife of Elisha COMBS, Hannah late NEFF, deceased, late wife of Henry COONTZ, her children--Jacob, Sarah, Peter and Catherine COONTZ, all minors except Jacob who is an idiat; Jacob NEFF, deceased, his children--John T., Sarah Ann and Mary Neff, all minors, all are of Allegheny Co., Maryland [Allegany] except Henry NEFF Jr, who resides in Belmont Co, Ohio. (312)

Notes: See the 1829 Allegany Co, MD marriage of Elizabeth [sic] NEFF to Elisha COMBS, and the 1840 Elisha Combs-Elizabeth (NEFF?) Combs Allegany Co MD record below.

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1832 Allegany Co MD Deeds. P 469 Elisha COMBS (Trustee - Church) from Thos. WRIGHT et al Q 126

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1838 Reigster of Members Names, Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, Allegany Co, MD

Notes: Elisha and Elizabeth COMBS were listed adjacent to each other, as were Sarah and Margaret COOMBS.

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

08 Sep 1838 Hampshire Co VA Marriages. John J. COMBS & Susan B. [sic] CRAWFORD

("Hampshire County Marriages of the 1800's, Vicki B. Horton, 1994, Matt Combs' Combs of Hampshire Co VA)

Notes: John J. COMBS is listed on the 1840 Hampshire Co VA Census. Rev. SHAW was a traveling (itinerant) preacher and the marriage was apparently returned in Hampshire.

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-3, Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD; sp. "COOMBS" per Allegany County Marriages…)

("Hampshire County Marriages of the 1800's, Vicki B. Horton, 1994, Matt Combs' Combs of Hampshire Co VA)

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt Combs from the "History of Western Maryland," J. Thomas SCHARF, Orig 1882, 1968, p. 1047)

1840/08/10 Allegany Co MD. Married: COMBS, William & PARKER, Sarah Ann by Rev. SHAW

Notes: No William found in Allegany Co MD; or Hampshire or Hardy Cos VA on the 1840 Census Index.

19 Oct 1840 - 09 May 1842 (Johnson Co MO Book B/F p. 26). Will of Valentine HOFFMAN of Allegany County, Maryland. Written 19 Oct 1840, probated Allegany Co, MD 24 Feb 1842 in. Book A. pp. 300-301. probated Johnson County, Missouri 09 May 1842. Son William HOFFMAN to receive $1000 and in case of his death, it. is to be paid over to Elisha COMBS and in case of his death to be. paid over to John NEFF in trust as guardian for son William HOFFMAN. Children mentioned: Peter HOFFMAN, John J. HOFFMAN,. George HOFFMAN, Edmund HOFFMAN, Harriet NEFF, Elizabeth COMBS, and Margaret WRIGHT.. . All inherited land in Johnson County, MO to be sold.. . Exec. Elisha COMBS. Wit: George HOFFMAN, John J. HOFFMAN, John A. HOFFMAN

(Johnson County Missouri Wills - Betty Harvey WILLIAMS. Provided to Combs Researcher Matt Combs by Mrs. Opal Combs of Oregon)

Notes: Elisha COMBS was m 25 Nov 1829 by Rev. SHAW to Elizabeth NEFF. On 28 Oct 1820 in Allegany Co MD, a Jacob NEFF m an Eliza HOFFMAN. Did Elisha marry the widow of Jacob NEFF? If so, who was Elisha COMBS who m Anna NEFF per 1830 record above?

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1841/04/28 Allegany Co MD. Married: KOONTZ, Isaiah & COMBS, Margaret by Rev. SHAW

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

1845/04/07 Allegany Co, MD. Married: ANDERSON, William & COMBS, Eliz by Rev. SHAW

Notes: According to Commemorating Frostburg's Percy Cemetary: Restoration and Research by Anthony E. Crosby, Jr. and Michael R. Olson, 1995, one William T. ANDERSON was a grandson of John & Margaret TRIMBLE Combs, but no Eliz was named as a daughter in that source.

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt Combs from the History of Western Maryland, J. Thomas SCHARF, Orig 1882, 1968, p. 1047)

1850 Allegany Co MD Census

District 5

p 92

1247/1257 John Combs 84 M W 3,000 MD
Susan 23 F W MD
Alphe 18 F W

p 114

1563/1579 William ANDERSON 45 M W Farmer 15,000 Ireland
Elizabeth 25 F W MD
David 22 M W
Rachel 18 F W
Sarah 16 F W
Thomas W 5 M W
Anna 3 F W
John 1 M W

Note: Eliz COMBS married William ANDERSON; 1845/04/07 Allegany Co, MD. Is this them? William's 2^nd marriage?

p 115

1579/1595 Elisha Combs 57 M W 10,000
Elizabeth 48 F W
George 20 M W
Harriett 16 F W
Thomas 13 M W
Elisha 10 M W
Emma 5 F W

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Matt C. Combs from Hazel Groves Hansrote Fiche, Page 196-4. Allegany College, Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD)

29 Nov 1853 - 19 Jul 1859. Allegany County, MD Will. John COMBS of Allegany Co. Liber B. Folio 160. Adm. Elisha COMBS, William COMBS. Will made 29 November 1853, Probated 19 July 1859. Wit. J.H. HOBLITZEL, John NEFF, and J. JARRETT

1859 Post Office: Lonaconing. County: Alleghany. State: Maryland. Postmaster: John S. COMBS 152

(Extracted by Combs Researcher Susan C. Hefner from "List of Post Offices in the United States, 1959", p. 152)

Rosehill Cemetary

MCC Note: John Slidell COMBS, s/o John Joseph & Susan Melvina CRAWFORD Combs

Percy Cemetery

(From "Commemorating Frostburg's Percy Cemetary: Restoration and Research" by Anthony E. Crosby, Jr. and Michael R. Olson, 1995.)

“Mr. [John] COMBS received land from Frostburg Circuit of Methodist Episcopal Church for the first church in Frostburg and was a church trustee in 1834 [Scharf, p. 1479]. Mr. COMB'S grandson, William T. ANDERSON, became a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church of America and gave a speech in 1911 at the church his grandfather had founded [CET, 2-20-1911]. Mr. COMBS owned “Little Meadow Farm”, 11 miles west of Frostburg. The 1850 census lists his occupation as farmer. He had 6 children: Elisha (m. Elisabeth NEFF); Abigail (m. John WORKMAN); William (m. Maria ARNOLD; Sarah A. WHEELER); Margaret (m. Josiah PORTER)… and Anna Martha (m. ? PORTER) [family genealogy supplied by Wilda KELLY]. Another daughter Sophia, died in 1830 [Maryland Advocate 8-21-1830, item 224]. Margaret was the daughter of John and Margaret TRIMBLE. She married John COMBS in 1793 or 1795.”

Biographies

H. Wheeler Combs

"Garrett Co. [formerly Allegany] - Among the lawyers of Oakland [Garrett Co], H. Wheeler COMBS occupies a conspicuous position. Mr. COMBS was born in Westernport, Allegany Co., MD, Feb 20, 1849. His grandfather, John COMBS, whose ancestors were of Welsh origin, was a native of Va. and moved early in life to Frostburg, [Allegany Co] MD where he married and raised a family of three children - two sons and one daughter. His occupation was that of farmer, and he died at the age of 94. Wm. COMBS, second son of John, and father of H. Wheeler COMBS, was born at Frostburg, Aug 13, 1799, and was twice married. His first wife was Maria ARNOLD, by whom he had 2 children - John S. COMBS, a merchant and prominent citizen of Lonaconing, and Althea M., widow of Thomas DEVECMON, who was one of the foremost lawyers of Maryland. His second wife was Sarah A. WHEELER, of Hampshire Co., VA by whom he had five children, only two of whom are living - Charles A., a farmer, residing near Oakland, and H. Wheeler. Wm. COMBS was a successful merchant, carrying on stores at Mt. Savage, Frostburg, Pekin Mines, Lonaconing, Bloomington, Westernport, and Franklin Mines. He was among the first who engaged in flatboating coal down the Potomac River. He died Aug 18, 1879. His wife is living with her son Charles A.

"H. Wheeler COMBS was partially educated in the common schools of his county, and was employed up to the age of 17, principally as clerk in his father's stores. He then entered St. John's College at Annapolis, where he remained 2 yrs, but was bookkeeper for his brother John S. at Lonaconing and Barton. During this period he occupied his spare time in the study of law. The confinement of bookkeeping proving injurious to him, he obtained an engagement with Stoneburger & Richards, a grocery house of Baltimore, as traveling salesman, and then with H.E. Pickect & Co., importers of teas and coffees, N.Y. City. In the fall of 1870 he started a wholesale tea and spice business in Baltimore, but after carrying it on a short time was obiged, on account of ill health, to discontinue it. On 15th of June, 1871, he married Flora, dau of Israel and Eleanor TOTTE, of Yellow Springs [Greene Co], Ohio.

"In the fall of 1872 Mr. COMBS purchased a cotton plantation near Natchez, [Adams Co] Miss., which he managed for 2 years. Having recovered his health he returned to Maryland, and engaged in mercantile business at Moscow, Allegany Co. His store was burned in the fall of 1875. He then became manager of a mercantile business at Danville, Knox Co., Ohio, and his wife died there Sept. 9, 1876. He continued in business at Danville about 1 year, and then resumed the study of law, attending 2 courses of lectures at the Univ. of Va. In 1878 he moved to Oakland, where he was admitted to the bar and opened an office for the practice of his profession. Nov. 13, 1879, he married Lucille, daughter of Charles and Amanda MORRIS. By his former marraige there were 2 children - Myrtle, born and died in Miss., and Leslie, born and died at Danville. J. Morris is the only child by his last marriage.

"Mr. COMBS is Republican in politics and a leader of his party in the section of the state in which he resides. He was one of the electors on the Garfield ticket and is at present chairman of the State Central Committee of Garrett Co., and member of the Republican Executive Committee of the state. Though not a member of any religious denomination, he is a contributor to the support of several churches at the place of his residence. He is a Past Grand in the I.O.O.F. and also a member of the American Legion of Honor.

(Provided to Combs Researcher Matt Combs by Researcher Opal Combs who extracted from the HISTORY OF WESTERN MARYLAND, J. Thomas Scharf, 3 vols., 2,148 pp. total, illus., indexed, paper. (1882), reprinted 1995. "A treatise on history of western-most portion of Maryland, the area now comprising counties of Frederick, Washington, Allegany, Garrett, Montgomery, Carroll.")

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1800 Allegany Co MD Census

1810 Allegany Co MD Census Index

1819 Allegany Co MD Petition List

1820 US Census Index, Allegany Co, MD

1830 Allegany Co, Maryland Census Index

1840 Allegany Co MD Census Index

1850 Allegany Co MD Census Index

1850 Allegany Co MD Census

The Registration Law 1866 Allegany County

1870 Allegany County Census

1890 Allegany County Maryland Veteran's Census

Rosehill Cemetary

Percy Cemetery

Biographies