Combs &c. Families of Lafayette Co, MO

Lafayette & Jackson Counties were established in 1825-6 from Lillard Co (abolished simultaneously). In 1833, the counties of Bates, Van Buren and St. Clair were est. from Jackson & Lafayette Cos, and in 1834, Rives Co (name changed to Henry later) was established from Lafayette Co, and Johnson Co from Lafayette and Van Buren.

Notes: Frederick WOOTON m 13 Oct 1817, Clay Co, KY, Nancy COMBS, d/o Elijah and Sarah ROARK Combs, Sr. (see also 1840 and 1850 below). They were on the 1830 Perry Co, KY Census. The above tracts were adjacent parcels and their immediate "neighbors" (those also patenting land in these two sections) were:

PATENTEE NAME SIGNATURE DATE DOCUMENT NR. ACCESSION NR. CERTIFIED DOC.

COCKRELL, JOSEPH 12/05/1833 1991 MO0180__.067
COCKRELL, JOSEPH 11/04/1835 2920 MO0200__.020
DALTON, ADDISON F 07/15/1854 38297 MO1750__.251
GREER, JAMES W 05/01/1843 15400 MO1350__.201
GREER, JAMES W 05/01/1843 15402 MO1350__.203
KISER, NANCY A 06/01/1859 40678 MO1970__.339
MASYE, WILLIAM 06/01/1859 41172 MO1970__.473
MCALESTER, NATHANIEL 05/01/1843 17852 MO1390__.496
STANLEY, SHADRACK W 02/01/1851 29767 MO1600__.110
THOMSON, JOHN 05/01/1843 15399 MO1350__.200
THOMSON, JOHN 05/01/1843 15396 MO1350__.197
THOMSON, JOHN 05/01/1843 15398 MO1350__.199
TRACY, WINIFORD 11/01/1853 35020 MO1690__.069
WHITSITT, STEWART 01/22/1855 31700 MO1620__.359
WILCOX, THOMAS 01/15/1858 40470 MO1920__.102
WOLFENBARGER, ADAM R 01/15/1856 40478 MO1780__.492

Also Note: No Combs Land Patents have been found near those of Frederick thus far. SW: MASSIE, THOMPSON, WHITTSETT, MCALLISTER

25 Jul 1848 - 10 Jul 1849 (Lafayette Co, MO Wills) Ennis COMBS. Will dated 25 July 1848 - prob. 10 July 1849. Heirs: wife, Susan N. COMBS. Children, Sarah Elizabeth COMBS, Edward Mark COMBS and Mary CALDWELL late Mary Ann COMBS, son, Silas Evans COMBS, son, John C. COMBS part of proceeds from land in Saline Co, Mo. son, Fielding A. COMBS, Jr. dau., Caroline unmarried, son, James H. COMBS tract of land I purchased of Silas EVANS of Saline Co., Mo. Son, Ennis COMBS to live with Silas EVANS who has raised him this far until he is 21 years of age. Money in hands of Mr. BEBB, attorney at law, now residing in Elkton [Todd Co], Ky. shall be used to pay for land I purchased from Stephen G. WENTWORTH and HARBOURN. Land in Saline Co. and Van Buren Co.* to be sold 3 of my children … Caroline COMBS, Susan MATTHEWS late Susan COMBS and James H. COMBS. Exec. son John COMBS. Wit. Silas EVANS, Winney CREWS, James WARD, Chas. CARPENTER and N. C. MITCHELL. Codicil wr. 25 July 1848 - (nb: added language re clearing up land titles, etc.)

(Provided by Combs Researcher Rhoda Fone from LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI ABSTRACT OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS 1821-1850, Compiled by Jacqueline Hogan Williams & Betty Harvey Williams, p. 221)

*Van Buren Co, MO was est. in 1836 from Jackson, and renamed Cass in 1849. The legal description of this land is the E ½ NE Section 24, Township 43, Range 30; E ½ SE & SE NW Section 35, Township 43, Range 30. This parcel would amount to about 200 acres of farm land, located south of the small community of Garden City, Missouri [see Note 6]. (Combs Researcher Michael R. Wilson

Lafayette County, Missouri Probate File #37, Will. p. 1. Probate File of Ennis COMBS included:

???? John C. COMBS handing over administration of estate to William SPRATT.

1 Jun 1850 - 20 Jul 1850 Affidavit by Howard MATTHEWS of Hamilton County, Ohio. Certified by Hamilton Co, OH clerk

(Combs Researcher Michael R. Wilson)

Notes: Evan Ennis COMBS, s/o Cuthbert T. & Sally EVANS Combs, Sr., m (1) Mary S. HINDE, came to Lafayette Co MO from Montgomery Co KY (See Also Saline Co MO); m (2) Susan Neville CATLETT (see Buchanan Co, MO) by whom he had no children. In 1850, children, James H. and Caroline were back in Montgomery Co, KY in HH of their sister, Mary A. COMBS, w/o Augustus B. CALDWELL.

01 Sep 1848 (Lafayette Co MO Marriages) BURNETT, Polly Ann married COMBS, William on 01 Sep 1848 in Lafayette County, Missouri("Early American Marriages: Missouri to 1850, Jordan R. Dodd, et al, Precision Indexing Publishers, Bountiful, UT)

28 Jul 1859 Lafayette Co, MO Marriage Book E. p. 19. Ennis COMBS Jr. married Sarah Waddell CALLAWAY

Combs Researcher Michael R. Wilson)

Notes: Sarah Waddell CALLAWAY was the d/o James Anderson & Cassa Ann WADDELL Callaway (DAR Lineage of Miss Belle COMBS, Vol. 75).

14 Jan 1866 (Lafayette County, Missouri; Marriage Book E. p. 261) Edward Mark COMBS & Lucy YOUNG (Combs Researcher Michael R. Wilson who adds that Edward Mark was s/o Silas Evans & Martha Jane PREWITT)

???? Lafayette Co, MO. Born: Mrs. Georgie W. NUTTER Deatherage. Wife of Buckner F. DEATHERAGE. Daughter of Samuel NUTTER and Sallie WARNER, his wife. Granddaughter of William Alfred WARNER and Georgie COMBS, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Leslie COMBS (1793-1881) and Margaret TROTTER (1799-1844), his wife, m. 1818 [Fayette Co, KY]. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Benjamin COMBS and Sarah RICHARDSON (1750-1816), his wife. Benjamin COMBS (1749-1838) was an officer in the Revolutionary War from Kentucky. He was born in Virginia; died in Winchester, [Clark Co] Ky. (Dar Lineage of Georgie W. Nutter Deatherage, Volume 65, DAR ID Number: 64194)

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

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