MAY

1745

Jeremiah C “Chunky Jerry” Combs

m. Synthia Nancy Sumner

John Grigsby was born in 1720.

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs (same as ) b 1780 Shenandoah Co VA 10 Jan 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Nancy Grigsby.

In the 1740s, John accompanied Lawrence Washington, in the forces of Admiral Vernon, on the expedition against

Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs m. 1805 (1st) to Synthia Nancy Sumner, d/o Samuel Sumner and Winnifred Combs. Children

Cartagena, South America, which was “one of the most important event of Gooch’s Administration, as taken in connection of Jeremiah “Chunky Jerry” Combs and Synthia Nancy Sumner;

with the other colonies, it was another step in the development of Union.” See, “History of Augusta County”, J. Lewis Peyton; and “Collections of the Virginia Historical Society,” Volume IX. Afterward he commanded a company in the

Moses Adam Combs

thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. This information was obtained from the old war m. Nancy Campbell

records in the archives at Washington. Owing to participation in this Colonial War and in the Revolutionary War, he was Moses Adam Combs b 1806 Perry Co KY d 1853 Perry Co KY s/o and Synthia Sumner. Moses Adam Combs m. (1) to Nancy

afterward known as Soldier John.

Campbell b 11 OCT 1819 Perry Co KY d 23 Jan 1915; d/o and Mary Smith. Children of Moses Adam Combs and Nancy

Campbell;

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