Notes for Cary COLLIER


"My biological father is Russel Long.  My biological mother and father were
never married.  Deana has an older son Justin by a man with the last name of
Macbeth.  Her other three children Lyle, Cody and Maegan are all by Cary
Collier.  Deana is no longer married to Cary and has not remarried."
--  Anonymous Informant, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 27 April
2018
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Notes for Cody COLLIER


"Ii miss you, Dad"
--  Cody Collier, Memorial comment with virtual flowers on memorial of Robert
Keith Colllier, 17 June 2015
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Notes for Robert Keith COLLIER


Robert Keith Collier
Birth Jan 6, 1956
Death Oct 15, 2001 Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Mother Mary Jo Welch Forga (1937 - 2006)
Burial Lone Valley Cemetery, Sims, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
Maintained by cody collier, Originally Created by Robert Galloway Oct 21, 2010
--  Find A Grave Memorial# 60398969,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60398969/robert-keith-collier
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Notes for Susan COLLIER


"My grandmother always had said that there was Cherokee Indian in her line.  We
have never been able to prove that.  However as I research the Franklin line I
hear many references to that same mystery.  Easom and Luvina Forrester are
parents of Esom Franklin (1817) who married Susan Collier.  Their daughter
Mariah Franklin (1850) married John Baptiste Dorway who is my Great
Grandfather.  My grandmother Violet Dorway was the one who always told us that
she was part Cherokee."
--  "tlm002200," Ancestry Discussion Group, 08 January
2011
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Notes for W P COLLIER


Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Leona Hill, age 17 born (abt 1889) in Texas, resident of Washita County,
Oklahoma Territory
W P Collier, age 23, born (abt 1883) in Texas, resident of Washita County,
Oklahoma Territory
Marriage 18 Mar 1906 Redwood, Washita, Oklahoma, USA
License 15 March 1906 application by Father W B Hill, age 52, of Washita
County, Oklahoma Territory
License issued 15 March 1906 by Washita County, Oklahoma Territory
Marriage ceremony 18 March 1906 at Redwood, Washita County, Oklahoma Territory
Officiated by Fred H Mendel, Evangelist, of Rocky, Washita County, Oklahoma
Territory
Witnesses Fred Mesch and Minnie Thompson, both of Redwood
Recorded 21 March 1906 by Richard A Billings, Probate
Judge
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Notes for Arthur B. COLLINS


Arthur B Collins
Birth Feb. 16, 1891
Death Nov. 23, 1971
Spouse Mary Aveline Tucker Collins (1911 - 2000)
Burial Star Valley Cemetery, Warwick, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Plot: SW22 GS3
Maintained by Okies Kid, Originally Created by Janey Clark Dec 31, 2001
--  Find A Grave Memorial #6057748,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6057748

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Arthur Collins
Born 16 Feb 1891
Died Nov 1971
Last Residence Chandler, Lincoln, Oklahoma 74834
SSN 432-18-4439 issued Arkansas (Before 1951)
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Notes for Howard Waldo COLLINS


Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
H W Collins, Age 21
Residence West Point, White, Arkansas
Inez Sanders, Age 19
Residence West Point, White, Arkansas
Marriage License 9 Jun 1931 Faulkner County

1940 Federal Census, Ouachita Pariash, Louisiana, 29 April, Police Jury Ward 1
[No City Name], District 37-1, Page 19A, Bastrop Hwy 165, Hse #391, Rents $20,
No Farm
Holland, Lee Head M W 27 Married Grade H3 b Miss Pine Bluff AR in 1935
Mechanical Engineer, Natural Gas [b abt 1913]
Holland, Gladys Kate Wife F W 29 Married Grade H4 b Ark Pine Bluff AR in 1935
[b abt 1911]
Holland, Glenda Dau F W 4 Single Grade 0 b Ark Pine Bluff AR in 1935 [b abt
1923]
Collins, Howard W Lodger M W 27 Married Grade H4 b Ohio Rural White Co AR in
1935 [b abt 1913]
Collins, Inez Lodger F W 25 Married Grade H4 b Ark Rural White Co AR in 1935
[b abt 1915]
Collins, Howard Jr Lodger M W 5 Single Grade 0 b Ark Rural White Co AR in 1935
[b abt 1934]

Social Security Death Index
Howard Collins
Born 18 Dec 1912
Died May 1987
Last Residence Newport, Jackson, Arkansas 72112
SSN 438-09-8266 issued Louisiana (Before 1951)

Howard W Collins
Birth 18 Dec 1912 Arkansas
Death 13 May 1987 (aged 74)
Burial Walnut Grove Cemetery, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, USA
Spouses:
Elizabeth Shuford Stephens Collins 1921-2002 (m. 1946)
Inez Sanders McSwain 1915-2003
Children:
Howard Waldo Collins 1934-2015
Glenn Ells Collins Gay 1947-2019
Created by Jon Chadwell Jul 02, 2010
--  Find A Grave Memorial #54398298,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54398298/collins
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Notes for Howard Waldo COLLINS


1940 Federal Census, Ouachita Pariash, Louisiana, 29 April, Police Jury Ward 1
[No City Name], District 37-1, Page 19A, Bastrop Hwy 165, Hse #391, Rents $20,
No Farm
Holland, Lee Head M W 27 Married Grade H3 b Miss Pine Bluff AR in 1935
Mechanical Engineer, Natural Gas [b abt 1913]
Holland, Gladys Kate Wife F W 29 Married Grade H4 b Ark Pine Bluff AR in 1935
[b abt 1911]
Holland, Glenda Dau F W 4 Single Grade 0 b Ark Pine Bluff AR in 1935 [b abt
1923]
Collins, Howard W Lodger M W 27 Married Grade H4 b Ohio Rural White Co AR in
1935 [b abt 1913]
Collins, Inez Lodger F W 25 Married Grade H4 b Ark Rural White Co AR in 1935
[b abt 1915]
Collins, Howard Jr Lodger M W 5 Single Grade 0 b Ark Rural White Co AR in 1935
[b abt 1934]

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Howard W Collins
Birth Date 30 Apr 1934
114 School Rd, West Point, AR, 72178

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Howard Waldo Collins
BIRTH 30 Apr 1934 West Point, White County, Arkansas, USA
DEATH 4 Sep 2015 (aged 81) Kensett, White County, Arkansas, USA
BURIAL West Point Cemetery, West Point, White County, Arkansas, USA

Howard Waldo Collins, 81, of Kensett, Arkansas, passed away, Friday, September
4th, at White County Medical Center. He was born April 30, 1934 in West Point,
Arkansas, to Howard W. Collins Sr. and Inez McSwain Collins.

Howard was of the Baptist Faith. He was a loving father and grandfather, a
very giving person, and was loved by all who knew him.

Howard is survived by three sons, Robert Collins of Kensett, Howard "Randy"
Collins of San Diego, California, and Mike Collins (Kerry) of Lakeland,
Tennessee; four daughters, Karon Vowels (Mark) of Scott, Arkansas, Kimnore
Collins of Little Rock, Danielle Davis (Jeremy) of Jacksonville, and Taylor
Mae Collins of Kensett; two brothers; three sisters; seven grandchildren; and
seven great grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Irene
Collins.

A Memorial service will be Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6 P.M. at Searcy
McEuen Funeral Home.

All arrangements have been entrusted to Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home.

Parents:
Howard Waldo Collins 1912-1987
Inez Sanders McSwain 1915-2003

Spouse Ruth Irene Grissom Collins 1940-2014

Half Siblings Glenn Ells Collins Gay 1947-2019

Created by Kinfolk 5 Sep 2015
--  Find a Grave Memorial 151875231,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151875231
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Notes for Martha COLLINS


Matrtha and Yerby had 12 children. Their names are listed by Bill Corbin in his
family genealogy.

Malinda "Lindy" Corbin b: ABT. 1826 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Tedford Oliver Corbin b: ABT. 1828 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Mary Mazalla Corbin b: 24 AUG 1829 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Hulda Corbin b: ABT. 1831 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Chesley Davis Corbin b: 20 JUL 1832 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Jane K Corbin b: ABT. 1835 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Elizabeth Corbin b: OCT 1839 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Andrew Jackson Corbin b: ABT. 1841 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Malissa Corbin b: OCT 1842 in Pickens District, South Carolina
Theresa "Trisa" Corbin b: OCT 1842 in Cherokee County, Georgia
Rosannah Corbin b: 29 DEC 1845 in Cherokee County, Georgia
James Harley Corbin b: 10 AUG 1849 in Cherokee County, Georgia
--  Bill Corbin, Ancestry,
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=willbill&id=I0058

Some genealogies give her maiden name as Collins.  in the 1850 census she was
enumerated as Yerby Corbins wife under the name Patsy.  Genealogeis generally
consider Patsy (spelled Patsey by some) as a nickname.

1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 11 November, Division 15, p
235, Hse #1641, Fam #1656
Yerby Corbin 45 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate SC [b abt 1805]
Patsy Corbin 45 F Widow b SC Illiterate [b abt 1805]
Lindy Corbin 23 F b SC Illiterate [b abt 1827]
Ledford Corbin 21 M Farmer b SC Illiterate [b abt 1829]
Many W Corbin 19 M Farmer b SC [b abt 1831]
Hulda Corbin 18 F b SC [b abt 1832]
Christy D 16 F b SC [b abt 1834]
Jane 15 F b SC [b abt 1834]
Eliza 10 F b SC [b abt 1834]
Andrew J Corbin 8 M Farmer b SC [b abt 1831]
Linsa (?) 5 F b SC [b abt 1834]
Milissa 5 F b SC [b abt 1834]
Harley Corbin 1 M Farmer b SC [b abt 1849]

In her analysis of the censuses, Diana Gale Matthiesen asks some good
questoins abotu the children in the census, based on her analysis of all the
censuses.

Where is Rosannah?
Theresa and Melissa should be seven years old, not five.
It's Rosannah who should be five.
The children from Andrew on down, at least, had to have been born in GA
because they were in GA by the 1840 census.

Irby CORBIN
Martha __?__
Husband Irby / Erby / Yerby CORBIN
Birth 1805, Pendleton [now Pickens] Co., SC
Death Jan 1860, Pickens Co., GA
Father David CORBIN
Mother Sarah __?__
Marriage:
Wife Martha "Patsy" __?__
Birth 1807/8, Pendleton Co., SC
Death aft 1880 census
Children:
- born in Pickens Co., SC
1.  Melinda / Malinda "Lindy" CORBIN, b. 1826/7
2.  Tedford Oliver CORBIN, b. 1828
3.  Mary Mazalla CORBIN, b. 24 Aug 1829 or 1830/1
4.  Hulda CORBIN, b. 1831/2
5.  Chesley Davis CORBIN, b. 20 Jul 1832
6.  Jane K. CORBIN, b. 1834/5
7.  Elizabeth "Eliza" CORBIN, b. Oct 1839
- born in Hall or Cherokee [now Pickens] Co., GA
8.  Andrew Jackson CORBIN, b. 1841
9.  Theresa "Trisa" CORBIN, b. Oct 1842
10.  Malissa CORBIN, b. Oct 1842
11.  Rosannah CORBIN, b. 29 Dec 1845
12.  James Harley CORBIN, b. 10 Aug 1849
--  http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Corb/CorbinIrby-Martha_.html

Martha's husband Yearby/Erby died in January 1860, reported int eh 1860 census
Mortality Schedule.

1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule, Pickens County, Georgia, Grassy Knob
District, District 122, p 1
Corban [Corbin], Yearby Age 50 M Married b SC Died Jan 1860, Farmer Cause of
death Dropsy, Sick for 32 days before death  [b abt 1810]

1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 27 June 1860, Grassy Knob
District, PO Marble Works, District 122, p 16 (scan 964), Hse #718, Fam #611
Carbans [Corbin], Martha 51 F Domestic	$1800 Real Estate $200 Personal b SC
Illiterate
Carbans [Corbin], Andrew 19 M Farmhand b GA Attended School
Carbans [Corbin], James H 9 M b GA Attended School
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Notes for Mary Ann COLLINS


1850 Federal Census, Sumter County, Georgia, 9 September, District 26, page
331, Hse/Fam #303
Levi Kinard 28 M Overseer b GA (b abt 1822)
Mary Kinard 26 F b GA
- page 332 -
Sarah C Kinard 7 F b GA
Mary A Kinard 5 F b GA [b abt 1845]
George Kinard 3 M b GA [b abt 1847]
Robt Kinard 1 M b GA [b abt 1849]
Benj F Kinard 3mos M b GA [b abt May 1850]

1860 Federal Census, Ashley County, Arkansas, -- July, Extra Township, PO
Hamburg, page 49, Hse/Fam #346
Levi W Kinnard 38 M Farmer $800 Personal  born Georgia [b abt 1822]
Mary A Kinnard 37 F born Georgia [b abt 1823]
Mary A Kinnard  13 F born Georgia [b abt 1847]
George M Kinnard 12 M born Georgia [b abt 1848]
Robert L Kinnard 10 M born Georgia [b abt 1850]
Benjamin F Kinnard 9 M born Georgia [b abt 1851]
Mila E Kinnard  7 F born Georgia [b abt 1853]
John W Kinnard 5 M born Georgia [b abt 1855]
Margaret L 3 F born Georgia [b abt 1857]
Levi Kinnard 11mos M born Georgia [b abt July 1859]
Joseph I Ashworth 25 M born Georgia [b abt
1835]
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Notes for Phoebe J COLLINS


A couple of genealogies spell here name the standard way as Pheobe.  A couple
of others have the speling Phoebia, found on the 1900 census.  Her gravestone
has simply Belle Terry and the dates of birth and death:  Aug. 7, 1861, Oct.
16, 1900.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Marriage Bond Payment by James L D Terry and bondsman David T Roberts
Belle Collins
Spouse: James L D Terry
Marriage 28 Mar 1882 Giles County

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Giles County Marriage Book p 59
Apr 2 1882
James L D Terry
to Belle Collins
By Charles E Heringer (?unreadable), MG [Minister of the Gospel]

From the birth dates of the children in the 1900 census record, we can tell
that James and Phoebe moved to Texas between September 1890 and December 1892.

1900 Federal Census, Wise County, Texas, 2 June, Voting Precinct 9, District
150, page 2B, Hse #23, Fam #24
Terrey, James L Head W M  June 1863 36 Married 16 yrs TN TN TN Farmer Rents
Terrey, Phoebia Wife W F Aug 1861 38 Married 16 yrs 7 children/6 living TN TN
TN
Terrey, Henry C Son W M Jan 1883 16 Single TN TN TN Farmer
Terrey, Owen Son W M May 1888 12 Single TN TN TN Farmer
Terrey, Willie M Dau W M Sept 1890 9 TN TN TN At School
Terrey, Flora J Dau W M Jan 1893 7 TX TN TN At School
Terrey, Gertie Dau W M Apr 1896 4 TX TN TN
Terrey, Homer Son W M Mar 1900 2mos Single TX TN TN

Phoebia J "Belle" Collins Terry
Birth Aug. 7, 1861
Death Oct. 16, 1900
Spouse James Levi Terry (1863 - 1937)
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery #03, Chico, Wise County, Texas
Created by Richard Hollis Oct 27, 2009
--  Find A Grave Memorial #43595152,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43595152
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Notes for Rosa Mariah COLLINS


1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 7 July, District 3, PO Blue
Pond, page 69 (scan 155), Hse/Fam #461
James A Webb 21 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $200 Personal rptd  born Tenn Cannot
read or write [b abt 1839]
Rosa M Webb 26 F Domestic born Tenn Cannot read or write [b abt 1834]
Wm B Webb 16 M born Tenn [b abt 1844]
Hugh [Few] A Webb 11 M born Tenn [b abt 1849]
Joseph M Webb 6 M born Alabama [b abt 1854]
Pernethia J Webb 4 F born Alabama [b abt 1856]
John W Webb 9mos M born Alabama [b abt Sept 1859]

1870 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 20 August, Township 9, PO Sand
Rock, page 9 (scan 237), Hse/Fam #65
Webb, James 45 M W Farmer $50 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate born Tenn [b
abt 1810]
Webb, Mariah 34 F W Keeping House born Tennessee [b abt 1830]
Webb, Joseph 16 M W Fam Laborer born Alabama [b abt 1854]
Webb, Jane 14 F W born Alabama [b abt 1856]
Webb, Solomon 8 M W born Alabama [b abt 1862]
Webb, Nancy 6mos F W Farmer born Alabama b Jan
1870
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Notes for Gladys Mae COLQUITT


Gladys Colquitt
Birth 19 Apr 1910 in Tennessee
Death 27 Apr 1997 in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina
Parents Charles Rustine Colquitt 1883 - 1947, Sarah Algie King 1886 - 1970
--  Colquitt,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24465438/person/1531096697?ssrc=&ftm=1

1940 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 15 April, Shelby,
District 23-27, Page 14B, 108 McDowell St, Hse #247, Rents $15
McSwain, Ben Head M W 29 Single Grade H4 b NC Same house in 1935 Draying &
Hauling [b abt 1911]
McSwain, Gladys Wife F W 29 Married Grade H2 b Tenn Same house in 1935 [b abt
1911]
McSwain, Bobby Joe Son M W 8 Grade 3 b NC Same house in 1935 [b abt 1932]
McSwain, Ben Donald Son M W 3 Single Grade 0 b NC in 1935 [b abt 1937]

The reported age of Bobby Joe in this census enables us to estiamte that Ben
and Gladys married about 1931.

North Carolina, Death Collection, 1908-2004
Gladys Mae McSwain [Gladys Mae Colquitt]
White Female, Married, Age 87 Years
Social Security Number 246094168
Birth 19 Apr 1910 Tennessee
Education 11th grade
Residence Cleveland County, North Carolina 28150
Occupation Winding and twisting machine operators, Yarn, thread, and fabric
mills
Death 27 Apr 1997 Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
Cause of Death Acute Leukemia of unspecified cell type, Contributing
Intracranial hemorrhage: Subdural hemorrhage
Burial Location "in-state" - Not given in tanscription, image not available
Recorded 30 Apr 1997

Social Security Death Index
Gladys C McSwain
Born 19 Apr 1910
Died 27 Apr 1997
Last Residence and Benefit Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina 28150
SSN 246-09-4168 issued North Carolina (Before 1951)

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Gladys Mae Colquitt McSwain
Birth Apr 19, 1910 Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Death Apr 27, 1997

Mrs. Gladys Mae Colquitt McSwain, 87, of Shelby, died Sunday, April 27, 1997,
at Hospice at Wendover.

A native of Knox County, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Charles R. and
Algie Sarah King Colquitt. She was retired from Dover Mills and was a member
of Second Baptist Church, where she worked for more than 40 years in the
children's department.

She was preceded in death by a son, Bobby Joe McSwain.

She is survived by her husband, Ben L. McSwain; a son and daughter-in-law, Ben
D. and Lavon McSwain of Raleigh; a daughter-in-law, Lois McSwain of
Greensboro; a sister, Oneta Blanton of Shelby; seven grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Cleveland Memorial Park.

Spouse Benjamin Lee McSwain (1910 - 2010)

Burial Cleveland Memorial Park, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Created by Elizabeth Olmstead Mar 25, 2009
--  Find A Grave Memorial #35124239,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35124239
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Notes for Benjamin Osborne COLVIN


Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979
Benjamin O Colvin
Meranda Gregory
Marriage 24 Dec 1868 Bracken County, Kentucky

Benjamin Osborne Colvin
Birth Jan 11, 1835
Death Jan 17, 1915
Parents:
Bennett Colvin (1791 - 1878)
Sabina Hollis Colvin (1801 - 1865)
Spouse Almiranda Gregory Colvin (1845 - 1870)
Siblings:
Harriet Colvin (1827 - 1904)
Mary Ann Colvin Moore (1842 - 1919)
Burial Colvin Cemetery, Willow, Bracken County, entucky, USA
Created by Debbie J Apr 26, 2010
--  Find A Grave Memorial #51665541,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51665541/benjamin-colvin
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Notes for Thomas A COLVIN


Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Samantha Duckett
Spouse Thomas A Corvin [Colvin]
Marriage 7 Jul 1880 Gordon County, Georgia
Ceremony by M M Dillard, Justice of the Peace
Recorded 18 December 1880 Gordon County Marriage Book, p
557
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Notes for Benjamin Henry COMBS


"Thomas Terry left Martha Johnson. Both remarried. Thomas to a Mary, surname
unknown. Martha, to Benjamin Combs."
--  Anonymous comment on the profile of Thomas Terry on FamilySearch,
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97GQ-NN2

1850 Federal Census, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 23 August, District 1, page
33, Hse/Fam #247
Benjamin Combs 57 M Farmer $250 Real Estate b Tennessee [b abt 1793]
Patsy [Martha Johnston] Combs 48 F b Tennessee [b abt 1802]
Elvira Combs 9 F b Tennessee [b abt 1841]
Maranda Combs 9 M b Tennessee [b abt 1841]

Living nearby was Patsy's brother Jessee Johnson.

1850 Federal Census, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 23 August, District 1, page
32-33, Hse/Fam #244
Jesse Johnston Sr 56 M Farmer $250 Real Estate b Tennessee[b abt 1794]
Polly [Burns] Johnston 55 F b Tennessee[b abt 1795]
Madison Johnston 18 F b Kentucky [b abt 1832]
Nancy Johnston 16  M b Kentucky [b abt 1834]
- page 33 -
Henderson Johnston 12 F b Kentucky [b abt 1838]
Jefferson Johnston 8 F b Kentucky [b abt 1842]

The following detailed profile helps to clarify some names, relationships and
family identities.  There are very many individuals with very similar or the
very same name in several closely-related families in Breathitt and
surrounding counties of Kentucky that several reconstructions seem to have
confused some couples and family identities.  Especially the many Johnson and
Combs lines in several generations.

An FAG memorial identifies Benjamin's wife as Martha Jan "Patty" Brown, with
the same children we find attributed in the information below to Martha Patsy
Johnson Terry, who married Benjamin as her second husband.  These two women
are merged into one, it seems, on soem genealogies.  But note that the
information below from a Combs genealogy reports two wives for Benjamin, first
Jane Brown, then second Martha Patsy Johnson (who seems to have also married
Thomas Terry first.  Martha married Thomas at an uncertain date, and he
abandoned her at an uncertain date.

The daughters that appear with Benjamin and Martha Combs in the 1850 census
are linked to the FAG profile for Martha Jane Brown, but genealogies report
them to be the daughters of Martha Johnson Combs..

However, one factor in the Jane Brown Combs profile may help.  Though it says
she was married to Benjamin but died before 1842.  The significance of the
date 1842 is not explained in the memorial.  But we note in the 1850 census,
his wife Martha matches Martha Johnson Terry.  This is supported by other
records and by the genealogy reconstructed for this family on FamilySearch.

In the 1850 census there are twin daughters in the home, Maranda and Elvira,
age 9.  Maybe Jane died in childbirth with these girls, or soon after.  The
girls would have been born in 1840, or at least before June 1 of 1941 to be 9
years old at June 1 census time in 1850.  This may be where the ambiguity
occurs.

This ambiguity is reflected in the family information below, noting the same
uncertain range of dates for the birth of both wives, 1798-1802.  the year
1802 matches other records for Martha Patsy Johnson Terry.  The birth date on
Jane Brown Terry's grave stone is 1793.  The date of death is 1845.

This would seem to clarify how long Benjamin and Jane were married before her
death, but the Combs genealogy states that Jane died before 1942, with no
clarification of the significance of that date.  And in the 1880 census,
Martha Combs is reported in the household of her daughter Maranda (Combs)
Johnson and her husband Thomas Johnson as Thomas' Mother-in-law.

Without a birth certificate or marriage record, then, it is uncertain which
wife was really the mother of these twin girls.  I would think the grave was
more definitive, but we have found in our years of research that sometimes the
wrong dates or guessed gates are on gravestones!

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Among children of John & Margaret Combs

Benjamin Combs, born between 1787 and 1793 in (possibly Sullivan Co)
Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1858, Breathitt Co, Kentucky; m
(1) 04 Apr 1816, Clay Co, KY, Jane BROWN, b 1798-1802, TN; d bef 1842,
probably in Breathitt Co, KY; m
(2) bef 1842, Martha "Patsy" JOHNSON (who had m (1) 1 Jan 1817, Floyd Co, KY,
Thomas TERRY), b 1798-1802 in TN or NC; d aft 1880, of Breathitt Co, KY.

The first record we have for Benjamin is in Lincoln Co, KY, when, on 1 Nov.
1810, he witnessed the consent of John Combs for his daughter Sally to marry
James HUNDLEY. The following day he was surety for their marriage bond. If
Benjamin was a surety in 1810, he would have been at least 21 years of age
giving him a date of birth prior to 1790.

Benjamin is listed on the 1817, 1818 and 1829 Clay Co, KY Tax Lists. He has
not yet been located on the 1820 Census. He is listed on the 1830 census in
Perry Co, Kentucky. He is listed on the census in 1840 and 1850 in Breathitt
Co, KY.

Benjamin is named as a son of John (1761) in the Dickey Diary Interview of
Margaret Combs Lewis.

--  Revolutionary War Soldier John Combs Jr of East Kentucky (1761-1848),
http://www.combs-families.org/combs/families/c-j1761.htm#benjamin
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Notes for Elvira COMBS


1850 Federal Census, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 23 August, District 1, page
33, Hse/Fam #247
Benjamin Combs 57 M Farmer $250 Real Estate b Tennessee [b abt 1793]
Patsy [Martha Johnston] Combs 48 F b Tennessee [b abt 1802]
Elvira Combs 9 F b Tennessee [b abt 1841]
Maranda Combs 9 M b Tennessee [b abt
1841]
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