Andrew Combs was the son of Jeremiah 'Chunky Jerry' Combs and Cynthia Nancy Sumner. He married Mary' Polly' Feltner, daughter of John Louis Feltner and Elizabeth 'Betsey' Watson. . They were the parents of the following children:
Elizabeth Polly Combs 1836 m Jack Hurt
Wayne Combs 1838 m Juda Dobson
Allen Combs 1839 m Priscilla Dobson
Elizabeth 'Betsey' Combs Standafer 1841
Levi Simpson Combs 1843 m Abigail Gayheart
Daniel Combs 1848 Nancy Stacy
Cynthia Combs 1850 m John M. Smith
John M. Combs 1855
Nancy Combs 1856 m Sampson Smith
Richard Combs 1858 m Elizabeth Young
Sithey Combs 1861
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Dickey Diary Interview: Andrew Combs Hazard [Perry Co], Kentucky. April 26, 1898 (J. J. Dickey Diary, Reel #3,
pp. 2267-2273, transcribed by Darlene Sizemore and Phyllis Hefelfinger.)
I was born in 1806. My grandfather lived at the Long Islands of Holston River, a good while. He and my father went there several times. My grandfather married Nancy Grigsby. I have been at the Long Islands of Holston myself. My mother was a sickly women and I went back for medicine. I took my mother to Salt Creek, Indiana to see her mother, Mrs. Hicks. I am a brother of John S. Combs who lives on this creek. I knew that General Leslie Combs was kin to us but I do not know whether he was Uncle William's son or not. I saw my uncle William often. He used to come from about Lexington to see us. My Grandfather Nicholas Combs came first. He built a cabin and left his wife and went back for provisions etc.
I think Sam Cornett was the oldest of the Cornett's. My grandfather was detained on his first trip back to (the) Long Island of Holston and he feared his wife would starve or die before he could get back but when he came up to the point of the mouth of Carr, he helloed and she answered him. His heart leaped with joy at the response. the deer were all about the cabin but she did not know how to shoot. The women were not marksmen. I knew my mother to kill bear and deer. the old Combs' were property plenty. They owned slaves. They went back to Tennessee. I crossed New River when I went to the seashore. I think old Thomas Grigsby came out with my grandfather; he was his brother-in-law, brother of my grandmother. Old Mason Combs married a terrible women. Martin Combs was his son, on Carr; also Preston on Middle Fork and Bony at Booneville. the Indians used to scout through the settlement and do devilment. My wife was Polly Feltner, they were Dutch people. My wife is four years my junior. She has a brother on Lot's Creek called Jacob Feltner, pretty well preserved. The Feltners came from Tennessee. They were here when I was born. I was born in this county. My mother was a Sumner. They came from the Long Islands of Holston. There is a island in the river a mile or two long, just below Bluntsville. I am pretty certain my father married in this state. My brother, Mose was the eldest child. He was a man grown when I was a boy.
My wife had brothers and sisters as follows:
William, Henry, Rebecca (OSBORNE) in Indiana, and Jacob. My father in law died and is burried at the Squire Nick Combs, place near L.D. Combs. She had a sister Nancy, married a Richie. Old Richard Smith married Nancy Combs, my aunt. He was a Baptist preacher. He would drink liquor and fight. He whipped a bully and got his nose and ear bitten off. He was a blacksmith. He could not be whipped. I have traveled a great deal. I got my eyes hurt in a fight when on the road to Indiana. A fellow imposed on my brother and I whipped him. The Dr. told me my eye would fail when I was old and now the sight is gone. I have had many fights but not on my own account.
I never was whipped. Some of the old Combs' belonged to the church. My father did. He made a great deal of liquor. My grandfather and he were great workers, never stopped. They both got well off. My father made money making flat boats and selling to Clay's Ferry to boat tobacco to New Orleans. He sold one for $200.The Combs' were usually tall. My father was called "Chunky" Jerry. He was like the Grigsbys. He had $10,000 worth of land in Perry County when he died. He had land all over the county. My grandfather was the richest of all the Combs'. All had negros and a great deal of property. My father used to boat coal to Clay's Ferry. I remember when they began to boat coal from here. It was when I was a boy. I remember when he took empty boats down. I am not certain but I think my father Jerry Combs, took the first boat load of coal down the river. I remember when they began to take timber off on rafts. They took walnut first. John Amy(Amis), Sam Davidson, old Billy Strong, the preacher, the Begleys, and others were involved in the 'cattle war' the middle forkers got the worst of it. Old Gilbert was with Amy(Amis) he rode up amongst the Grapevine boys. Some of the Sizemores were in it. Callahans and Davidsons came from Clay to help the Grapevine boys. Amy(Amis) was an overbearing man. Joel Elkins set his gun behind the door of the Court House and at the picked time shot Amy(Amis). 1807.
Elizabeth Polly Combs 1836 m Jack Hurt
Wayne Combs 1838 m Juda Dobson
Allen Combs 1839 m Priscilla Dobson
Elizabeth 'Betsey' Combs Standafer 1841
Levi Simpson Combs 1843 m Abigail Gayheart
Daniel Combs 1848 Nancy Stacy
Cynthia Combs 1850 m John M. Smith
John M. Combs 1855
Nancy Combs 1856 m Sampson Smith
Richard Combs 1858 m Elizabeth Young
Sithey Combs 1861
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Dickey Diary Interview: Andrew Combs Hazard [Perry Co], Kentucky. April 26, 1898 (J. J. Dickey Diary, Reel #3,
pp. 2267-2273, transcribed by Darlene Sizemore and Phyllis Hefelfinger.)
I was born in 1806. My grandfather lived at the Long Islands of Holston River, a good while. He and my father went there several times. My grandfather married Nancy Grigsby. I have been at the Long Islands of Holston myself. My mother was a sickly women and I went back for medicine. I took my mother to Salt Creek, Indiana to see her mother, Mrs. Hicks. I am a brother of John S. Combs who lives on this creek. I knew that General Leslie Combs was kin to us but I do not know whether he was Uncle William's son or not. I saw my uncle William often. He used to come from about Lexington to see us. My Grandfather Nicholas Combs came first. He built a cabin and left his wife and went back for provisions etc.
I think Sam Cornett was the oldest of the Cornett's. My grandfather was detained on his first trip back to (the) Long Island of Holston and he feared his wife would starve or die before he could get back but when he came up to the point of the mouth of Carr, he helloed and she answered him. His heart leaped with joy at the response. the deer were all about the cabin but she did not know how to shoot. The women were not marksmen. I knew my mother to kill bear and deer. the old Combs' were property plenty. They owned slaves. They went back to Tennessee. I crossed New River when I went to the seashore. I think old Thomas Grigsby came out with my grandfather; he was his brother-in-law, brother of my grandmother. Old Mason Combs married a terrible women. Martin Combs was his son, on Carr; also Preston on Middle Fork and Bony at Booneville. the Indians used to scout through the settlement and do devilment. My wife was Polly Feltner, they were Dutch people. My wife is four years my junior. She has a brother on Lot's Creek called Jacob Feltner, pretty well preserved. The Feltners came from Tennessee. They were here when I was born. I was born in this county. My mother was a Sumner. They came from the Long Islands of Holston. There is a island in the river a mile or two long, just below Bluntsville. I am pretty certain my father married in this state. My brother, Mose was the eldest child. He was a man grown when I was a boy.
My wife had brothers and sisters as follows:
William, Henry, Rebecca (OSBORNE) in Indiana, and Jacob. My father in law died and is burried at the Squire Nick Combs, place near L.D. Combs. She had a sister Nancy, married a Richie. Old Richard Smith married Nancy Combs, my aunt. He was a Baptist preacher. He would drink liquor and fight. He whipped a bully and got his nose and ear bitten off. He was a blacksmith. He could not be whipped. I have traveled a great deal. I got my eyes hurt in a fight when on the road to Indiana. A fellow imposed on my brother and I whipped him. The Dr. told me my eye would fail when I was old and now the sight is gone. I have had many fights but not on my own account.
I never was whipped. Some of the old Combs' belonged to the church. My father did. He made a great deal of liquor. My grandfather and he were great workers, never stopped. They both got well off. My father made money making flat boats and selling to Clay's Ferry to boat tobacco to New Orleans. He sold one for $200.The Combs' were usually tall. My father was called "Chunky" Jerry. He was like the Grigsbys. He had $10,000 worth of land in Perry County when he died. He had land all over the county. My grandfather was the richest of all the Combs'. All had negros and a great deal of property. My father used to boat coal to Clay's Ferry. I remember when they began to boat coal from here. It was when I was a boy. I remember when he took empty boats down. I am not certain but I think my father Jerry Combs, took the first boat load of coal down the river. I remember when they began to take timber off on rafts. They took walnut first. John Amy(Amis), Sam Davidson, old Billy Strong, the preacher, the Begleys, and others were involved in the 'cattle war' the middle forkers got the worst of it. Old Gilbert was with Amy(Amis) he rode up amongst the Grapevine boys. Some of the Sizemores were in it. Callahans and Davidsons came from Clay to help the Grapevine boys. Amy(Amis) was an overbearing man. Joel Elkins set his gun behind the door of the Court House and at the picked time shot Amy(Amis). 1807.
Andrew Combs was the son of Jeremiah 'Chunky Jerry' Combs and Cynthia Nancy Sumner. He married Mary' Polly' Feltner, daughter of John Louis Feltner and Elizabeth 'Betsey' Watson. . They were the parents of the following children:
Elizabeth Polly Combs 1836 m Jack Hurt
Wayne Combs 1838 m Juda Dobson
Allen Combs 1839 m Priscilla Dobson
Elizabeth 'Betsey' Combs Standafer 1841
Levi Simpson Combs 1843 m Abigail Gayheart
Daniel Combs 1848 Nancy Stacy
Cynthia Combs 1850 m John M. Smith
John M. Combs 1855
Nancy Combs 1856 m Sampson Smith
Richard Combs 1858 m Elizabeth Young
Sithey Combs 1861
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Dickey Diary Interview: Andrew Combs Hazard [Perry Co], Kentucky. April 26, 1898 (J. J. Dickey Diary, Reel #3,
pp. 2267-2273, transcribed by Darlene Sizemore and Phyllis Hefelfinger.)
I was born in 1806. My grandfather lived at the Long Islands of Holston River, a good while. He and my father went there several times. My grandfather married Nancy Grigsby. I have been at the Long Islands of Holston myself. My mother was a sickly women and I went back for medicine. I took my mother to Salt Creek, Indiana to see her mother, Mrs. Hicks. I am a brother of John S. Combs who lives on this creek. I knew that General Leslie Combs was kin to us but I do not know whether he was Uncle William's son or not. I saw my uncle William often. He used to come from about Lexington to see us. My Grandfather Nicholas Combs came first. He built a cabin and left his wife and went back for provisions etc.
I think Sam Cornett was the oldest of the Cornett's. My grandfather was detained on his first trip back to (the) Long Island of Holston and he feared his wife would starve or die before he could get back but when he came up to the point of the mouth of Carr, he helloed and she answered him. His heart leaped with joy at the response. the deer were all about the cabin but she did not know how to shoot. The women were not marksmen. I knew my mother to kill bear and deer. the old Combs' were property plenty. They owned slaves. They went back to Tennessee. I crossed New River when I went to the seashore. I think old Thomas Grigsby came out with my grandfather; he was his brother-in-law, brother of my grandmother. Old Mason Combs married a terrible women. Martin Combs was his son, on Carr; also Preston on Middle Fork and Bony at Booneville. the Indians used to scout through the settlement and do devilment. My wife was Polly Feltner, they were Dutch people. My wife is four years my junior. She has a brother on Lot's Creek called Jacob Feltner, pretty well preserved. The Feltners came from Tennessee. They were here when I was born. I was born in this county. My mother was a Sumner. They came from the Long Islands of Holston. There is a island in the river a mile or two long, just below Bluntsville. I am pretty certain my father married in this state. My brother, Mose was the eldest child. He was a man grown when I was a boy.
My wife had brothers and sisters as follows:
William, Henry, Rebecca (OSBORNE) in Indiana, and Jacob. My father in law died and is burried at the Squire Nick Combs, place near L.D. Combs. She had a sister Nancy, married a Richie. Old Richard Smith married Nancy Combs, my aunt. He was a Baptist preacher. He would drink liquor and fight. He whipped a bully and got his nose and ear bitten off. He was a blacksmith. He could not be whipped. I have traveled a great deal. I got my eyes hurt in a fight when on the road to Indiana. A fellow imposed on my brother and I whipped him. The Dr. told me my eye would fail when I was old and now the sight is gone. I have had many fights but not on my own account.
I never was whipped. Some of the old Combs' belonged to the church. My father did. He made a great deal of liquor. My grandfather and he were great workers, never stopped. They both got well off. My father made money making flat boats and selling to Clay's Ferry to boat tobacco to New Orleans. He sold one for $200.The Combs' were usually tall. My father was called "Chunky" Jerry. He was like the Grigsbys. He had $10,000 worth of land in Perry County when he died. He had land all over the county. My grandfather was the richest of all the Combs'. All had negros and a great deal of property. My father used to boat coal to Clay's Ferry. I remember when they began to boat coal from here. It was when I was a boy. I remember when he took empty boats down. I am not certain but I think my father Jerry Combs, took the first boat load of coal down the river. I remember when they began to take timber off on rafts. They took walnut first. John Amy(Amis), Sam Davidson, old Billy Strong, the preacher, the Begleys, and others were involved in the 'cattle war' the middle forkers got the worst of it. Old Gilbert was with Amy(Amis) he rode up amongst the Grapevine boys. Some of the Sizemores were in it. Callahans and Davidsons came from Clay to help the Grapevine boys. Amy(Amis) was an overbearing man. Joel Elkins set his gun behind the door of the Court House and at the picked time shot Amy(Amis). 1807.
Elizabeth Polly Combs 1836 m Jack Hurt
Wayne Combs 1838 m Juda Dobson
Allen Combs 1839 m Priscilla Dobson
Elizabeth 'Betsey' Combs Standafer 1841
Levi Simpson Combs 1843 m Abigail Gayheart
Daniel Combs 1848 Nancy Stacy
Cynthia Combs 1850 m John M. Smith
John M. Combs 1855
Nancy Combs 1856 m Sampson Smith
Richard Combs 1858 m Elizabeth Young
Sithey Combs 1861
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Dickey Diary Interview: Andrew Combs Hazard [Perry Co], Kentucky. April 26, 1898 (J. J. Dickey Diary, Reel #3,
pp. 2267-2273, transcribed by Darlene Sizemore and Phyllis Hefelfinger.)
I was born in 1806. My grandfather lived at the Long Islands of Holston River, a good while. He and my father went there several times. My grandfather married Nancy Grigsby. I have been at the Long Islands of Holston myself. My mother was a sickly women and I went back for medicine. I took my mother to Salt Creek, Indiana to see her mother, Mrs. Hicks. I am a brother of John S. Combs who lives on this creek. I knew that General Leslie Combs was kin to us but I do not know whether he was Uncle William's son or not. I saw my uncle William often. He used to come from about Lexington to see us. My Grandfather Nicholas Combs came first. He built a cabin and left his wife and went back for provisions etc.
I think Sam Cornett was the oldest of the Cornett's. My grandfather was detained on his first trip back to (the) Long Island of Holston and he feared his wife would starve or die before he could get back but when he came up to the point of the mouth of Carr, he helloed and she answered him. His heart leaped with joy at the response. the deer were all about the cabin but she did not know how to shoot. The women were not marksmen. I knew my mother to kill bear and deer. the old Combs' were property plenty. They owned slaves. They went back to Tennessee. I crossed New River when I went to the seashore. I think old Thomas Grigsby came out with my grandfather; he was his brother-in-law, brother of my grandmother. Old Mason Combs married a terrible women. Martin Combs was his son, on Carr; also Preston on Middle Fork and Bony at Booneville. the Indians used to scout through the settlement and do devilment. My wife was Polly Feltner, they were Dutch people. My wife is four years my junior. She has a brother on Lot's Creek called Jacob Feltner, pretty well preserved. The Feltners came from Tennessee. They were here when I was born. I was born in this county. My mother was a Sumner. They came from the Long Islands of Holston. There is a island in the river a mile or two long, just below Bluntsville. I am pretty certain my father married in this state. My brother, Mose was the eldest child. He was a man grown when I was a boy.
My wife had brothers and sisters as follows:
William, Henry, Rebecca (OSBORNE) in Indiana, and Jacob. My father in law died and is burried at the Squire Nick Combs, place near L.D. Combs. She had a sister Nancy, married a Richie. Old Richard Smith married Nancy Combs, my aunt. He was a Baptist preacher. He would drink liquor and fight. He whipped a bully and got his nose and ear bitten off. He was a blacksmith. He could not be whipped. I have traveled a great deal. I got my eyes hurt in a fight when on the road to Indiana. A fellow imposed on my brother and I whipped him. The Dr. told me my eye would fail when I was old and now the sight is gone. I have had many fights but not on my own account.
I never was whipped. Some of the old Combs' belonged to the church. My father did. He made a great deal of liquor. My grandfather and he were great workers, never stopped. They both got well off. My father made money making flat boats and selling to Clay's Ferry to boat tobacco to New Orleans. He sold one for $200.The Combs' were usually tall. My father was called "Chunky" Jerry. He was like the Grigsbys. He had $10,000 worth of land in Perry County when he died. He had land all over the county. My grandfather was the richest of all the Combs'. All had negros and a great deal of property. My father used to boat coal to Clay's Ferry. I remember when they began to boat coal from here. It was when I was a boy. I remember when he took empty boats down. I am not certain but I think my father Jerry Combs, took the first boat load of coal down the river. I remember when they began to take timber off on rafts. They took walnut first. John Amy(Amis), Sam Davidson, old Billy Strong, the preacher, the Begleys, and others were involved in the 'cattle war' the middle forkers got the worst of it. Old Gilbert was with Amy(Amis) he rode up amongst the Grapevine boys. Some of the Sizemores were in it. Callahans and Davidsons came from Clay to help the Grapevine boys. Amy(Amis) was an overbearing man. Joel Elkins set his gun behind the door of the Court House and at the picked time shot Amy(Amis). 1807.
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