(Note: Family unable to locate his grave in the Morris Cemetery in Grayson Co, TX. Some family members are in the Van Alstyne Cemetery in Grayson Co. Possibly in this Cemetery.)

Jacob Shaw McComb, depending on the information found was born in 1767 or 1774. In a biography of The Rev Thomas Benton McComb, son of Jacob Shaw McComb, it has been written that Thomas's Father, Jacob Shaw McComb, was 98 years old when he died in Grayson County Texas in 1865. This would figure his birth year as 1767.

The following information was taken from a family bible once owned by Jacob Shaw McComb. No one knows who handcopied this information or when it was copied. In the family bible that Jacob Shaw McComb owned at one time, he had written that he was born 01 April 1774. It also stated that he landed in Charleston, South Carolina on 03 October 1798. He stated that he came from 'Cove of Cork', Ireland and that the passage took 6 weeks. This family bible supposedly came into the possession of the Noel-Wiley Family. The Noel-Wiley Family and Jacob Shaw McComb lived in the same areas of Tennessee, Knox and Roane Counties. There is no known link between these families and as of yet, it is unclear how this family came into possession of this bible. At this present time it is not known where the bible is.

There is another story: Jacob Shaw McComb. was a soldier on an English Military ship. This ship landed in New York (the year is unknown). Jacob Shaw McComb supposedly met his brother William McComb, and left the ship. He supposedly joined his brother in Tennessee.

Jacob Shaw MCCOMB "the Immigrant"
Apr 1774 - 25 Jul 1865 RESIDENCE: IRE and 1798 Charleston, SC and TN and Miller Co. MO and Grayson Co. TX
BIRTH: Apr 1774, Antrim Co. Ireland
DEATH: 25 Jul 1865, Grayson Co. Texas

Father: James MCCOMB
Mother: Katherine SHAW

Sarah "Sallie" EVANS MARRIAGE: 14 Nov 1800, Roane Co. TN or Wilkes Co. GA


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Jacob S. McComb. It was said that he would never accept a political office; nevertheless he always took an active part in politics for his party and friends, and canvassed his district for Sam Houston when he was elected Governor of Tennessee. He and Houston were strong personal and political friends. He died in Grayson county, Texas, in 1865, aged 93 years. Source: Texas Genealogy Trails website