Elijah Combs was born 4-17-1770 probably in Frederick Co., Virginia and died 9-12-1855 in Hazard, Ky. He was one of the founding fathers of the city of Hazard. He donated 10 square acres of his land for the city.
Elijah Combs was one of eight sons of John Combs who came to Perry County with his family by way of Pound Gap in the 1790's, one of the first families to settle here. He was the son of John Combs and Nancy Harding.
Elijah served in the Kentucky Militia as a major in the 2nd Batallion 80th Regiment in 1811. He was the Perry Co. jailor in 1833, the Perry sheriff in 1836, and served in the Kentucky State Senate in 1840.
Elijah married Sally Roark, daughter of Michael and Lettie Roark of Virginia in Roanoke, Va. in Montgomery Co. Sallie was born cicra 1767-1775 in Montgomery Co., Va. and died in 1855 of flux in Hazard.
Exactly when Elijah built his first house which was near the back the Court House on High Street is unknown, but his Sally Roark Combs bore him a son, Jesse, there in 1798. He built a larger house later, a two-story log house closer to the river, about where the old Goad Hardware was on Main St.
Sallie and Elijah are buried in the Combs family cemetery on the hill behind the Perry Co. courthouse.
Elijah and Sallie were parents of these children:
Jesse Combs m Polly Bolling
Nancy Combs m Fredrick Wooton
Elijah Combs, Jr. m Polly Ann Combs
Louisa Combs m Robert Bustard Cornett
Mary 'Polly' Combs m John A. Duff
Jackson G. Combs m Martha 'Patsy' Crank
Lucinda Combs m Shadrack Duff and George Isom
Susan Combs Mattingly
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When Elijah Combs was born in 1764 in Warren, Virginia, his father, John, was 28 and his mother, Nancy, was 23. He had six brothers and one sister. He died on September 12, 1855, in Perry, Kentucky, at the impressive age of 91.
Second Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, USA location of death.
Elijah Combs was one of eight sons of John Combs who came to Perry County with his family by way of Pound Gap in the 1790's, one of the first families to settle here. He was the son of John Combs and Nancy Harding.
Elijah served in the Kentucky Militia as a major in the 2nd Batallion 80th Regiment in 1811. He was the Perry Co. jailor in 1833, the Perry sheriff in 1836, and served in the Kentucky State Senate in 1840.
Elijah married Sally Roark, daughter of Michael and Lettie Roark of Virginia in Roanoke, Va. in Montgomery Co. Sallie was born cicra 1767-1775 in Montgomery Co., Va. and died in 1855 of flux in Hazard.
Exactly when Elijah built his first house which was near the back the Court House on High Street is unknown, but his Sally Roark Combs bore him a son, Jesse, there in 1798. He built a larger house later, a two-story log house closer to the river, about where the old Goad Hardware was on Main St.
Sallie and Elijah are buried in the Combs family cemetery on the hill behind the Perry Co. courthouse.
Elijah and Sallie were parents of these children:
Jesse Combs m Polly Bolling
Nancy Combs m Fredrick Wooton
Elijah Combs, Jr. m Polly Ann Combs
Louisa Combs m Robert Bustard Cornett
Mary 'Polly' Combs m John A. Duff
Jackson G. Combs m Martha 'Patsy' Crank
Lucinda Combs m Shadrack Duff and George Isom
Susan Combs Mattingly
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When Elijah Combs was born in 1764 in Warren, Virginia, his father, John, was 28 and his mother, Nancy, was 23. He had six brothers and one sister. He died on September 12, 1855, in Perry, Kentucky, at the impressive age of 91.
Second Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, USA location of death.
Elijah Combs was born 4-17-1770 probably in Frederick Co., Virginia and died 9-12-1855 in Hazard, Ky. He was one of the founding fathers of the city of Hazard. He donated 10 square acres of his land for the city.
Elijah Combs was one of eight sons of John Combs who came to Perry County with his family by way of Pound Gap in the 1790's, one of the first families to settle here. He was the son of John Combs and Nancy Harding.
Elijah served in the Kentucky Militia as a major in the 2nd Batallion 80th Regiment in 1811. He was the Perry Co. jailor in 1833, the Perry sheriff in 1836, and served in the Kentucky State Senate in 1840.
Elijah married Sally Roark, daughter of Michael and Lettie Roark of Virginia in Roanoke, Va. in Montgomery Co. Sallie was born cicra 1767-1775 in Montgomery Co., Va. and died in 1855 of flux in Hazard.
Exactly when Elijah built his first house which was near the back the Court House on High Street is unknown, but his Sally Roark Combs bore him a son, Jesse, there in 1798. He built a larger house later, a two-story log house closer to the river, about where the old Goad Hardware was on Main St.
Sallie and Elijah are buried in the Combs family cemetery on the hill behind the Perry Co. courthouse.
Elijah and Sallie were parents of these children:
Jesse Combs m Polly Bolling
Nancy Combs m Fredrick Wooton
Elijah Combs, Jr. m Polly Ann Combs
Louisa Combs m Robert Bustard Cornett
Mary 'Polly' Combs m John A. Duff
Jackson G. Combs m Martha 'Patsy' Crank
Lucinda Combs m Shadrack Duff and George Isom
Susan Combs Mattingly
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When Elijah Combs was born in 1764 in Warren, Virginia, his father, John, was 28 and his mother, Nancy, was 23. He had six brothers and one sister. He died on September 12, 1855, in Perry, Kentucky, at the impressive age of 91.
Second Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, USA location of death.
Elijah Combs was one of eight sons of John Combs who came to Perry County with his family by way of Pound Gap in the 1790's, one of the first families to settle here. He was the son of John Combs and Nancy Harding.
Elijah served in the Kentucky Militia as a major in the 2nd Batallion 80th Regiment in 1811. He was the Perry Co. jailor in 1833, the Perry sheriff in 1836, and served in the Kentucky State Senate in 1840.
Elijah married Sally Roark, daughter of Michael and Lettie Roark of Virginia in Roanoke, Va. in Montgomery Co. Sallie was born cicra 1767-1775 in Montgomery Co., Va. and died in 1855 of flux in Hazard.
Exactly when Elijah built his first house which was near the back the Court House on High Street is unknown, but his Sally Roark Combs bore him a son, Jesse, there in 1798. He built a larger house later, a two-story log house closer to the river, about where the old Goad Hardware was on Main St.
Sallie and Elijah are buried in the Combs family cemetery on the hill behind the Perry Co. courthouse.
Elijah and Sallie were parents of these children:
Jesse Combs m Polly Bolling
Nancy Combs m Fredrick Wooton
Elijah Combs, Jr. m Polly Ann Combs
Louisa Combs m Robert Bustard Cornett
Mary 'Polly' Combs m John A. Duff
Jackson G. Combs m Martha 'Patsy' Crank
Lucinda Combs m Shadrack Duff and George Isom
Susan Combs Mattingly
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When Elijah Combs was born in 1764 in Warren, Virginia, his father, John, was 28 and his mother, Nancy, was 23. He had six brothers and one sister. He died on September 12, 1855, in Perry, Kentucky, at the impressive age of 91.
Second Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, USA location of death.
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