Cuthbert T. Combs, Sr.

1750 - Abt 1815  (65 years)

• Name	Cuthbert T. Combs
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1750	Prince William or Stafford Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Will	12 Feb 1814	Clark Co, Kentucky
  	Last Will and Testament of Cuthbert Combs (Book 3 Book of Wills, Clark Co., KY) . In the name of God Amen, I Cuthbert Combs of Clarke County &n State of Kentucky being well in health and of sound mind calling into mind the mortality of my body & knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make this my last will & testament in the following manner & form.. As Ten of my Children viz. Betsey Edwards formerly Betty Combs Joseph Combs Benjamin Combs Polly Evans formerly Polly Combs John Combs Sythe Payne formerly Sythe Combs Susan Richman [sic] formerly Susan Combs Cuthbert Combs Sally Evans formerly Sally Combs and Nancy Payne formerly Nancy Combs have married and received part of my estate. Therefore I desire they should not receive anymore until the death of my wife Sally Combs. But my two sons Fielding Alexander Combs and Evan Ennis Combs I give and bequeath the following real and personal property I give and bequeath to my son Fielding Alexander Combs a Negro boy named James a son to _____ to him and his heirs forever also a bed & furniture a cow and calf thirty barrels of corn and one thousand weight of pork.. Then I give and bequeath to my son Ennis Combs a Negro man as son to Sarah to him and his heirs forever a bed and furniture a horse saddle and bridle a cow and calf thirty barrels of corn and one thousand weight of pork to be received when he attains the age of one and twenty years or before if he marries. Then I gave and bequeath to my two sons Fielding Alexander Combs and Ennis Combs one thousand acres of land lying on Sympsons_re_(?) Creek in Nelson County and adjoining Wm. Brasears' Preem___ion(?) on the upper end and extending up the creek for quantity to have and to hold to them and there heirs in fee simple. Then I gave and bequeath to my loving wife Sally Combs the use and occupation of all the land with its appurtenances contained within my settlement & preemption(?) on Howard's upper Creek in Clarke County except what I have deeded to Benjamin Combs, Cuthbert Combs, William Edwards and Christopher Dawson and after the death of my wife Sally Combs I give and bequeath the last aforesaid tract of land which I loaned to my wife during her life to my two sons Fielding Alexander Combs and Ennis Combs to have and to hold to them and their heirs in fee simple. Then I give and bequeath to my wife Sally Combs during her life the use and hire and their increase Viz. old Dick Old Tom and Sarah his wife little Tom and Nancy children to the said Sarah Willes Charles Vilet(?) Azzy and Frank children to said Nancy Winny George Isaac Betty Allen & Stephen children to the said Winny I also give & bequeath to my wife Sally Combs during her life the use and hire of same negroes and their increase that are coming to me after the death of my mother from a deed made by Benjamin Bullet to my father John Combs and my mother Seth Combs (as the deed will more fully shew) Then as the title to the negroes I have given to my daughter Nancy Payne Viz a Negro boy named Dennis and a Negro girl named Hester is likely to be disputed; also the title to the negroes I have given my daughter Sally Evans viz. a negroe boy named George and a negro woman named Nellie and her two children is likely to be disputed also the title to a negro boy named Sam whom I have given to my daughter Susannah Richmond is likely to be disputed and the title to a negro man named Dick whom I have given to my son Cuthbert Combs is likely to be disputed. and . Therefore if either of the aforesaid individuals viz. Nancy Payne Sally Evans Susannah Richmond or Cuthbert Combs lose their negroes or any of them by the course of law desire that the same may be purchased and redelivered to their respective owners or that each of the aforesaid individuals may be compensated according to their loss of receiving negroes of equal value from amongst those I have loaned to my wife Sally Combs Then I desire after the death of my wife Sally Combs that all the aforesaid negroes I have loaned her and the increase of said negroes also the money that is coming to me after the death of my mother by a _____(?) of my brother Fielding Combs which money I loaned to my wife Sally Combs during her life may be equally distributed among the following legatees, viz. Betsey Edward, Joseph Combs Benjamin Combs Susan Richmond Polly Evans Sythe Payne John Combs Cuthbert Combs Sally Evans Nancy Payne Fielding Alexander Combs & Ennis Combs Then I give and bequeath to my wife Sally Combs all of the remainder of my personal property viz. still(?) hogs horses cattle sheep and also all my household kitchen and furniture and plantations utensils viz. wagons ploughs and also all the money I have in possession and due me by bonds and bills notes or accounts to pay my debts and defray the expense of lawsuits.. Lastly I appoint my loving wife Sally Combs executrix and my two sons Fielding Alexander Combs and Tennis [sic] Combs. . Cuthbert Combs (seal). executors of this my last will & testament and do utterly ___(?) and disannul all and every other former will or testament by me made as witness my hand & seal this twentieth day of February eighteen hundred and fourteen. . Teste John H Combs . Marquis Calmes Trenton William Calmes James Sympson.
  Death	Abt 25 Jun 1815	Clark Co, Kentucky
  Person ID	I43450	Roots
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	John Combs, Sr.,   b. 1725, Fauquier Co, Virginia d. 1785, Stafford Co, Virginia (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Sytha "Seth" Harrison Bullitt,   b. 1728, Fauquier Co, Virginia d. 1820, Clark Co, Kentucky (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1748	Prince William Co, Virginia
  Family ID	F5322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah "Sally" Evans,   b. 12 Jul 1752, Virginia d. 20 Jul 1816, Clarke Co, Kentucky (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1785
  Children	1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Combs,   b. 21 Sep 1770, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 22 Mar 1838, Kentucky (Age 67 years)   2. Joseph Combs,   b. Abt 1772, Stafford Co, Virginia d. Aft 1814, of, Clarke Co, Kentucky (Age ~ 43 years) + 3. Benjamin Bullitt Combs,   b. 3 Apr 1774, Stafford Co, Virginia d. Sep 1834, Christian Co, Kentucky (Age 60 years)   4. Mary "Polly" Combs,   b. 4 Feb 1776, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 9 Jan 1863, Clarke Co, Kentucky (Age 86 years)   5. John Combs,   b. 11 Sep 1777, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 6 Jan 1843, Henry Co, Missouri (Age 65 years) + 6. Seth (Sythe) Combs,   b. 1779, Stafford, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 15 Dec 1836, bet Boone Co, Missouri & Christian Co, Kentucky (Age 57 years)   7. Susan Combs,   b. Abt 1781, Stafford Co, Virginia d. Aft 1814, of, Clark Co, Kentucky (Age ~ 34 years)   8. Cuthbert Bullett Combs, Jr.,   b. 8 Mar 1783, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 25 Sep 1853, Clarke Co, Kentucky (Age 70 years)   9. Sarah "Sally" Combs,   b. 1785, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 22 Mar 1838, Clarke Co, Kentucky (Age 53 years) + 10. Nancy Combs,   b. Abt 1789, Stafford Co, Virginia d. Aft 1850, Christian Co, Kentucky (Age ~ 62 years)   11. Fielding Alexander Combs,   b. 1791, Stafford, Stafford Co, Virginia d. Aft 1814, of, Clarke Co, Kentucky (Age 24 years)   12. Evan Ennis Combs,   b. 23 May 1794, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 18 Jun 1849, River, Cleveland Co, North Carolina (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F19936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2014