Combs &c. Families of Carroll County, Virginia

	Combs &c. Families of Carroll Co, VA

Carroll County was established in 1842 from Grayson Co VA (Wythe < Montgomery). Note, however, that (1) in 1806, Grayson also gained land from Patrick Co VA (Henry < Pittsylvania < Halifax < Lunenburg); and (2) that this county is on the long-disputed North Carolina-Virginia state line; thus records of the same families can also be found in North Carolina.

1842 Carroll Co, VA Tax Lists

1843 (Carroll Co VA Wills) George AILSWORTH of White Co, TN. Will pro.1843. Names wife, Susanna, and grandson, Alvis A. SWIFT.
(Over the Mountain Men, Anne Lowry Worrell, Carroll (formerly Grayson) Co, VA Will Briefs)

Mar 1846 (Carroll VA Will Bk 1:145-6) pro. Mar 1846. Will of Levi JOHNSON. In the name of God, amen. This sixteenth day of January, One Thousand eight hundred and forty six, I, Levi Johnson of Carroll County, Virginia, being very sick and weak of body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner, as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life. I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First of all it is my will that all my just debts should be paid out of my estate.
Second. I give to Charles A. Johnson, my son, a certain parcel of land Beginning, on a black gum running up an old road to the original line thence running up the creek to a large maple tree, thence across through the bottom to the original line.
Third. I also give unto my son, Warner all the lower part of my land, Beginning on White oak, running with the lane to the original line by his paying forty Dollars in good trade to my daughter Edaline.
I also give my son Fontlyroy all my land from Warner's line above, running with the lane to the old line, by his paying forty Dollars to my daughter Jane.
I also give to my son Joseph one hundred and twenty acres patented land lying on the Elk Spur.
It is also my will that after all my just debts is paid out of my pershible property that the residue should be for the sole use and benefit of my wife Elizabeth to use at her will her life time and then if anything left to be equally divided among the rest.
Also I constitute make and appoint my two sons Warner and Fontleroy, my Executors to this my last will and Testament and I do hereby make and disannul all former Testaments and wills by me in any ways made and satisfying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and make above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered Levi Johnson (Seal) by the said Johnson in the presents of us the subscribers Irvin Richardson April 1846 William Lewis March 1846 Charles Lewis. Virginia, Carroll County Court March Term 1846
The foregoing writing purported to be the last Will and Testament of Levi Johnson deceased was proved by the oath of William lewis, subscribing willingly thereto and was continued for further proof, and at the April term of said Court 1846 the said will was further proved by the oath of Irvin Richardson another subscribing witness thereto and was ordered to be recorded. Teste William Lindsey, C.C.

(Complete text of the Will of Levi Johnson, Carroll Co, VA Will Book 1, pp. 145/146, Transcribed by Combs Researcher Louise Converse who adds that Charles A. JOHNSON later removed to Russell Co VA).

1850 CENSUS

01 Jan 1852 (Carroll VA Grants 106:733) Joseph Combs. 150 A on waters of Stewart's Creek.
01 Jul 1854 (Carroll VA Grants 109:810) Joseph Combs 8-1/4 A on w fork of Crooked Creek.
01 Nov 1858 (Carroll Co VA Grants 116:607) Joseph Combs 43-1/2 on waters of Stewarts Cr.

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25 Oct 1853 Carroll Co, VA. Born: Richard Stephen Combs. Removed to Crittenden Co, AR with his parents (not named) in 1876.

Note: No Richard or Stephen found in 1860 yet; however, see Richard and Stephen in the 1870 Grayson Co, VA household of Nancy Combs, d/o Joseph and Caroline.

26 Oct 1854(?) Carroll Co, VA. Birth Records. Eliza I?. Combs, d/o S. & Sarah

7 Nov 1854(?) Carroll Co, VA. Birth Records. Nancy An Combs, d/o Churchill & Elizabeth (ibid.)

3/1/1855 Carroll Co, VA Married: Zadock(?) Combs and Millie JOHNSON (Source?)

Marriage Certificates, Carroll County, Virginia

Zeddick Combs and Milley Johnson;   01 Mar 1855
   at Carroll County, Virginia.
      Z. Combs: born Carroll Co., Va.; farmer (40)
                son of Wm. and Jane Combs; widower
      M. Johnson: born Carroll Co, Va.; (39)
                  dau of Wm. and Mary Johnson; single
      Both live in Carroll Co., Va.
      Married by Hugh Jones
      Page 40, Line 3 (State Dept. of Health Cert.)
      Book 1 Page 2 Line 3 (County Clerk Register)

Stephen J. Smith Note: On the Certified Copy (issued September 11, 1978) of the document above, Milly's age at DOM was listed as 29 the info above (39) is from the original Index in Carroll County. Milly Combs is listed with Zeddac Combs in "Census, 1860, Carroll Co., VA, Family # 635, Zeddac and Milly Combs" where she is listed as age 45 as well as "Census, 1850, Carroll Co., VA, Family # 402, Johnson, William & Polley, Page 58: Milley, Age 33 f." Her marriage in 1855 would thus place her age as 38-40, matching the Original Index age of 39 (not 29, a typo, in the CC, which I didn't bother to have corrected at the time, since she was not my direct ancestor and I was trying to document Zed's parents with that certificate)

8 Jan 1856 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Mary (fem), cause: unknown, age: 4 years, parents: (??) Combs, informant: father

-- Aug 1858 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Riley Jackson (male), cause: scarlet fever, age: 18 years, parents: (??) Combs

-- Aug 1858 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Joseph Washington (male), -- Aug 1858, cause: scarlet fever, age: 1 years 1 months, parents: (??) Combs

(Carroll Co, VA GenWeb, Aug. 1858 Deaths, includes notation that <shgorilley@mailexcite.com> added info that Riley Jackson's parents were: Zedekiah (Zeddoc) & Susannah [PAYNE] Combs; and Joseph Washington's parents were: Zedekiah (Zeddoc) & Matilda (Milly) [JOHNSON] Combs)

Notes: Riley Combs, then age 8 (b ca 1842), on 1850 Surry Co, NC census in HH of Zadock and Susannah PAYNE Combs. Source for second wife? For given name Matilda? For ancestry of Joseph Washington Combs?

Additional Notes provided by Stephen J. Smith
Source for second wife. GGGrandson of Zadok Combs. Note the many variations of the spelling of both Zad/Zed's and Mill(e)y's name in all the following. I am Zed's great-great-grandson from his 3rd marriage (which you do not have yet). Zed married first Susannah Payne in Grayson (later Carroll) County, VA in 13 Apr 1833, lived in Surry Co., NC in 1850, then in Carroll County, VA from circa 1855 (marriage to wife 2, Milley on 01 Mar 1855) to 1868 (based on land records), then is listed in the Wilkes Co., NC Census in 1870 through the 1880 Census. He died between 1884 (Wilkes County Deed) and 1900 (when my great-great-grandmother was listed as widowed in the W.Va. Census).

For given name Matilda?: I can't support or deny that name. All records I have found list her name as Milly, Milley, Millia, Emillah (in same deed as Millia), Millie (in same deed as Millia), the last two deeds being different ones (where her name was spelled 2 ways in each of the two documents, in the Grantor and Signature areas). These names include her marriage certificate, census listing in father's household, census listing in husband's household, and 3 deeds from the 1850's in Carroll County. I don't know if Milley is a nickname for Matilda or not....or whether it should be Emiliah or Emily or some other variation instead of Matilda...but I am more familiar with Matilda being nicked Tilley or Tilda, not Milley, but I just don't know for sure. She signed her name with her mark, so none of the sources is "primary" in showing how SHE spelled it. Note Death Certificates for Riley and Joseph Washington Combs that Zed himself must have called her Matilda, since he was the source for the two certificates and they both list "Matilda" as the mother's name (unless the County Clerk went off on his own little tangent and expanded her name).

For ancestry of Joseph Washington Combs?: Death Certificates for Joseph Washington and Riley Jackson Combs (above). Riley's record is listing his step-mother at the time, since he appears in the 1850 Surry Census as a child of Zedick and Susannah Combs as you noted in your comments on the page. There is no doubt that the two Zeddac/Zedick's were the same, since two of the children are common to both census records in 1850 and 1860 (Rosey age 5, Alexander age 2 in 1850; Lerosy J. age 15 and Alexander M age 11 in 1860). Note also that each Death Certificate lists the parents.

14 Jun 1859 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Hannah (fem), age: 2 months, parents: Churchill & Elizabeth Combs, occupation: infant, informant: Churchill Combs, father

16 Dec 1859 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Cortine? (fem), cause: liver complaint, age: 45 years, parents: (??) & Mary WELLS?, pob: Grayson Co, Va, consort: Joseph Combs, informant: J. Combs, husband

1860 Carroll Co, VA Mortality Census

Dec 1859 Death: Combs Caroline, 54, f, w, md, b. Va, cause: consumption for 10 years.

Notes: This would be Caroline WELLS/WILLS wife of Joseph Combs and same as Cortine Combs from the Carroll Co., Va. State Death Records who d. 16 Dec. 1859.

1860 CENSUS

15 Nov 1861 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Ellen (fem), cause: measles, age: 4 years, parents: Wm W. &c. Combs, informant: father

5 May 1862 Combs, William, Pvt., Co., C, 24th VA, killed at Williamsburg, VA, b. c1842, son of Newell and Frances.

8 Mar 1863 Combs, Zaddoc, Pvt., Co. E, 29th VA, died at Petersburg of smallpox.

30 Oct 1864 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Rosa (fem), cause: flux, age: 2 years 3 months, parents: S. & S. Combs, occupation: ------, informant: S. Combs, father

1870 CENSUS

24 Feb 1872 Carroll Co, VA Death Records. Combs, Mary Jane (fem), 24 Feb 1872, cause: not known, age: 1 days, parents: Reuben & Amanda Combs, consort: unmarried, informant: Reuben Combs, father.

Notes: Possibly Reuben Combs, s/o Churchill and Elizabeth BRANSCOM Combs, but who was Amanda? He is missing from the 1870.

20 Sep 1872 Carroll Co, VA Death Records. Combs, William (male), cause: old age, age: 100 years, parents: not given, pob: Grayson Co, Va, occupation: farmer, consort: Jane Combs, informant: Adeline Combs, (??).

Notes: The age appears to be exaggerated (see also 1870 and 1880 census) Was the informant, Adeline HYATT, w/o Thomas Combs?

18 Dec 1872 Carroll Co, VA Death Records. Combs, Anna A. (fem), cause: hives, age: 5 years, parents: John C. & Christina Combs, informant: John C. Combs, head of house.

19 Nov 1876 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, not named (fem), cause: not known, age: 1 months, parents: Edmond & Letha Bell Combs, consort: unmarried, informant: Edmond Combs, father.

1 Jul 1879 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, not named (male), 1 Jul 1879, cause: hives, age: 2 months 16 days, parents: R.F. & Milly A. Combs, consort: single, informant: R.F. Combs, father.

15 Jul 1879 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Combs, Milly Ann (fem), cause: consumption, age: 36 years, parents: Rebecca LARGIN, consort: married, informant: Freil Combs, husband.

Notes: Richard Freil Combs, s/o Newell & Francis BEAMER(?) Combs? Missing in 1870.

10 Dec 1879 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. HAYNES, Matilda (fem), 10 Dec 1879, cause: (illegible), age: 37 years 4 months 3 days, parents: Wm & Jane Combs, occupation: farmer, consort: Archiblad HAYNES, informant: Arch HAYNES, husband.

1880 CENSUS

5 Oct 1880 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Thomas, Elizabeth (fem), 5 Oct 1880, cause: consumption, age: 48 years 6 months 18 days, parents: Wm & (??) Combs, occupation: farmer, consort: Wm H. Thomas, informant: (illegible), (illegible)

1 Apr 1882 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Monroe T. (male), 1 Apr 1882, cause: shot, age: 12 years, parents: St Clair & Sarah Combs, consort: unmarried, informant: St Clair Combs, father

20 Apr 1882 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Allen, Nancy (fem), 20 Apr 1882, cause: wound direah, age: 55 years 3 months, parents: Wm & Jenny Combs, occupation: farmer, consort: Jeremiah Allen, informant: J. Allen, husband

23 Jun 1884 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Browder, Rosa J. (fem), 23 Jun 1884, cause: bronchitus, age: 42 years 3 months, parents: Zedoch & Susan COMBS, occupation: farmer, consort: Robert C. Browder, informant: R.C. Browder, husband

30 Jun 1884 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Lou Ellen (male), 30 Jun 1884, cause: brain fever, age: 1 years 11 months 4 days, parents: Noah & Martha A. Combs, occupation: farmer, consort: unmarried, informant: Noah Combs, father

24 Jun 1885 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Wilbur H. (male), 24 Jun 1885, cause: flux, age: 1 years 9 months 19 days, parents: Noah & Martha Combs, occupation: farmer, consort: unmarried, informant: Noah Combs, father

28 Nov 1885 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Nancy A. (fem), 28 Nov 1885, cause: diptheria, age: 7 years 7 months, parents: Enos & Malissa Combs, occupation: farmer, consort: unmarried, informant: Enos Combs, father

8 Jan 1886 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Margaret L.N. (fem), 8 Jan 1886, cause: diptheria, age: 15 years, parents: Noah J. & Julia E. Combs, informant: father

12 Feb 1886 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Charles A. (male), 12 Feb 1886, cause: diptheria, age: 17 years, parents: Noah J. & Julia E. Combs, informant: father

Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified
Business Directory 1888-1889 for Carroll County

Saddle and Harnessmakers

Principal Farmers

Cabell - Thomas Combs
Cold Spring - St.Clair Combs
Gladesboro - N. J. Combs

21 Jun 1891 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Wiatt S. (male), 21 Jun 1891, cause: flux, age: 1 years 11 months, parents: Reuben Lucy A. Combs, informant: Ruben Combs, father

11 Oct 1891 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Barnett (male), 11 Oct 1891, cause: croup, age: 11 months, parents: Noah & Martha A. Combs, consort: unmarried, informant: Noah Combs, father

29 Oct 1891 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Lucy A. (fem), 29 Oct 1891, cause: consumption, age: 35 years, parents: Clark H. & Sabrina (??), pob: Grayson Co, Va, consort: married, informant: Ruben Combs, husband [This is Lucy A. (South) Combs]

25 Dec 1893 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. Leftwitch, Laura T. (fem), 25 Dec 1893, cause: not known, age: 25 years, parents: St. Clair & Sarah Combs, consort: Riley M. Leftwitch, informant: Riley M. Leftwitch, husband

-- Aug 1896 Carroll Co, VA Deaths. COMBS, Levi C. (male), -- Aug 1896, cause: shot by Thos Webb, parents: Newell & Frances Combs, informant: Victor C. Webb, nephew

Carroll Co VA Cemetery Enumerations

M G COOMES, 12 Dec 1882-17 May 1925 and Dollie COOMES Farmer, 1895-1965.

(Extracted by Coomes Researcher Patience Northern from Carroll Co VA Cemetery Book who adds that this does not include listings for Combs (& other spellings))
See Also below for more re James T. COOMES Family

A Mystery COOMES in Carroll Co, VA - a relative late-comer - was James T.(Tucker) COOMES about whom there is a long-standing oral family history passed down through several lines (with minor variations) as follows:

“James T. COOMES was born in Baltimore, Md. 1816-17 of English parents. His father was captain of a ship flying the Union Jack. Our cousin tells of her grandfather, William Henry COOMES being named for his grandfather. That gives us a name - William COOMES. However, she also tells us that there was a mariner in 1774 who brought people to Va. NC. area from Scotland and Ireland named William BUDDICombs on the Ship Molly. There is the possibility that he dropped the first part of his name and used the name Combs.”

Note: Much more on this COOMES [sic] family still to be added! (Report coming shortly)

Carroll County Obituaries

Jasper Allen m w m
b 29 Nov 1858 d 18 Mar 1916
age 52 y 4 m 19 d
c/d shot in head/homicide
F. Jeramith Allen
M. Sarah Combs pb VA
inf. Barnette M. Allen
Bur: his home - Galax

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