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Northampton County, on the VA state line, was established from Bertie in 1741. In 1759 Hertford Co was established from Northampton, Bertie & Chowan, with no substantial changes after that date.


aft 1776 Northampton Co, NC. Rev. War Pay Voucher. Combs, Robert; [too faint] Northampton County, Robert (his R mark) Combs (Selected Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers & Public Claim Indents for Combs & Associated Families of North Carolina)


1780 Northampton Co NC Tax Lists

Robert Combs

(North Carolina Taxpayers 1679-1790 By Clarence E. Ratcliff)


07 Feb 1781 (Rich Square Quaker MM Records, Northampton Co NC) "Winifred Combs received into membership." (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1, North Carolina, W. W. Hinshaw)

18 Mar 1781 (Rich Square Quaker MM Records, Northampton Co NC). "Winnifred Combs m John PURVISS." (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1, North Carolina, W. W. Hinshaw)

Notes: Winnifred is the only Combs record listed in the Rich Square Minutes and it appears her membership may have been in order to marry John PURVISS, already a member. Her relationship to Robert Combs of 1780, if any, is unknown. By 1783, John & Winnifred Combs Purviss appear to have removed to Wayne Co NC where their children are recorded in the Contentnea Meeting records, and where John PERVIS [sic] died in 1809.


1787 Northampton Co NC Tax List

Lawrence's District

Page 25 (Selected Names)
Line Name Legend
10 James ROSE 1-1-3-0-1
11 Jonathan BLANCHETT 1-0-0-0-0-0
12 Jacob JACOBS 2-2-6-0-0
13 Robert Combs 1-0-3-0-0
14 Benjamin HARE 1-1-0-10-9
15 Jonas WOOD 1-2-2-13-13
23 Joseph HAYS 2-0-0-2-0
29 Barnabas JOHNSTON, Sr. 1-2-5-4-1
30 Thomas BOON 1-3-2-0-0
31 John DICKENSON, Sr. 0-3-0-13-12

Page 27 (Selected Names)
10 John NELSON 0-2-0-0-0
23 Sarah SUMNER 1-3-6-4-0
24 Benjamin JOHNSON 1-1-2-0-0

Page 28 (Selected Names)
01 Dardan JOHNSTON 1-0-4-0-2
06 Barnabas JOHNSTON Jr. 1-1-1-0-0
07 Charles THOMPSON 2-2-3-4-5
08 Francis MABREY 2-1-2-0-0
09 Jesse WILLIAMS 2-6-5-7-7

(State Census of NC, 1784-1787, Register)

Notes: See RW Soldiers of Warren Co TN re Barnabas JOHNSTON and See Combs-Mabry Connections re Francis MABRY. No PERVIS or PURVIS, etc. are found in this county's tax lists this year.


1790 Northampton Co, NC Census

Halifax District

[Selected names - ordered, but not adj.]

UNDERWOOD, John 1-4-3-0-0
Combs, Robert 1-1-3-0-1
JOHNSTON, Barnabas 2-0-5-0-6
JOHNSTON, Barnabas, Jr. 1-4-1-0-0
(Heads of Families, North Carolina)


1810 NC Census Index - Northampton Co

#716
COMBES, Polly

(Extracted by Combs-Stacy Researcher Barbara Stacy Mathews)


1820 Northampton Co NC Census Index

Page 222
CUMBS, Henry


23 Feb 1831 (Northampton Co NC Marriages) Combs, Hariett & VAUGHAN, James (Marriage CD - Source Record Still Needed)


18 Oct 1837 (Northampton Co NC Marriages) Combs, John & BANKS, Emeline (Marriage CD - Source Record Still Needed)


Important: All Records collected for this county may not have been added here as yet. See also the Combs Research List Archives