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Combs, Judge Alfred Alton Sr.[1]

Male 1813 - 1891  (78 years)


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  • Name Combs, Alfred Alton 
    Prefix Judge 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 10 Mar 1813  Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860  Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880  Troublesome Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Troublesome Creek 
    Death 5 Dec 1891  Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial T-Point Cemetery, Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I15950  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2021 

    Father Combs, Matthew,   b. Abt 1790, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1866, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Brown, Frances,   b. 1 Feb 1789, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1872, Noctor, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1810  Clay, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Noble, Margaret,   b. 15 Oct 1813, Clay, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1895, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 1832  Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Combs, Turk
    +2. Combs, Paulina,   b. 1830, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1915, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +3. Combs, Mary,   b. 12 Oct 1831, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1918, Buckhorn Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +4. Combs, Nancy,   b. 1834, Lost Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1924 (Age 90 years)
    +5. Combs, Capt. Henderson Mathew,   b. 27 Mar 1837, Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1863, Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    +6. Combs, Shadrack Harrison,   b. 18 Jul 1839, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1891, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +7. Combs, Jeremiah,   b. 12 Mar 1840, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1918 (Age 77 years)
    +8. Combs, Rachel,   b. 20 Nov 1842, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1915, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +9. Combs, Delilah,   b. 14 Mar 1845, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1912, Buckhorn Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +10. Combs, Isaac Ballard,   b. 3 Sep 1849, Lost Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1924, Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +11. Combs, Delaney,   b. 8 Mar 1850, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years)
    +12. Combs, Alfred Alton Jr.,   b. 1 Jan 1855, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1916, Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     13. Combs, George,   b. Abt 1863, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     14. Combs, William,   b. Abt 1864, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     15. Combs, John Jack,   b. 1865, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     16. Combs, Martha,   b. 14 May 1872, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Mar 1813 - Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1832 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Troublesome Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Troublesome Creek - - Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Dec 1891 - Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - T-Point Cemetery, Clayhole, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Populated Place Township Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Notes 


    • Information on this person comes from a 10 page Noble document found at the Kentucky Historical Society - No author given. (JR)
      Jack Noble and Turk Noble were not in this above document. I did not record where they came from. But I already had them when I posted from the above document. (JR)

      Susan Fahnstromm on her web page says he died in 1866.

      Found in George Washington Noble's book "Behold He Cometh In The Clouds":

      "I went down to Uncle Alfred Combs’s before my horse got well. I could see no brand on the horse as the hide was dry where the walnut had been rubbed. Uncle Alfred bad a fine branded horse which had been burned with a hot shovel to disfigure the brand, but
      it would show a little on a frosty morning. He said he would give me his horse for mine. His horse was in good fix and I wanted to come borne, and I said, all right,” and we swapped. I told him I had a cow up at Jake’s; I was going up there and give the cow to Jake and go home He said, Come down here and stay with us until we get ready to move and go with us and carry a load. I told him all right. I stayed with him until the last of September. He had moved from Breathitt county, Kentucky. He was the father of Capt Henderson Combs, who was a captain in the Thirteenth Ken­tucky Cavalry. He resigned his office and Capt Strong's men killed him. They would not let him surrender, but killed him in his own house, and went on a mile and killed David Barnett, an innocent man. Uncle Alfred had peddled on baled cotton there and carried it on horseback from Virginia to Kentucky and made enough money to buy a negro. He bought him from Al Frick in Virginia.. He was a crippled negro and was raised in Georgia. He was crippled with rheumatism His name was James. He was so small when he left Georgia that he did not know anything about their names. He is still living near Jackson, Breathitt county, Kentucky."

      It is said that this is who the T-Point cemetery is named. He is Alfred A "Tea" Combs.

      Try this link for T-Point Cemetery.
      http:/​/​loricase​.com/​tpoint​.html

      The Death Cert of daughter Mary Polly Combs Allen says Alfred was born in VA and Margaret was born in Breathitt Co., KY.

  • Sources 
    1. [S557] GEDCOM file imported on 1 Oct 2008.

    2. [S217466] Alfred Combs, "United States Census, 1850".

    3. [S217465] Alfred Combs, "United States Census, 1860".

    4. [S217464] Alfred Combs, "United States Census, 1870".

    5. [S217463] Alfred Combs, "United States Census, 1880".

    6. [S217462] Alfred Combs, "Find A Grave Index".