Orange County Indexed
The Combs surname
The Combs name in Orange County Indexed: 31 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1845
most named in the 1830s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1756–1845
- Court minutes 1787–1796
- Marriages 1791–1831
- Wills 1813
- In the chronology
- 1790 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (4), Flat River (1), Hillsborough (1), Tryon Street (1), Combs Creek (1), Eno River (1), Morgan Creek (1)
- Married into
- Price 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- McDaniel 4, Cate 3, Hargis 2, Granville 2
- Spellings to try
- Combe, Combes
- Search beyond these records
- Combs in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Combs there)
- Combs in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 1 person
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In the historical records 31 records
11 deeds, 2 marriages, 14 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Combs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1780s
- 1780DeedsNorth Carolina to William Combs, 13 March 1780
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Combs, Wm. (Hillsborough District)
- 1787Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring James Carragan in John Logue’s action.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded John Strother £20 in damages plus costs against William Steel.
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Combs (Hillsborough District)
- 1791MarriagesMarriage bond: Aron Combs and Betsy Justice
- 1793Court minutesThe court appointed James Combs as road overseer, replacing Theophilus Thompson.
- 1796Court minutesJurors convicted Susanah Jackson of assault.
1810s
1830s
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: David W Combs and Martha Price
- 1837DeedsJohn R Minnis to Nancy McDaniel & David Combs, 10 June 1837
- 1838DeedsJohn McDaniel & Nancy McDaniel & David Combs to John Cate, September 1838
- 1838DeedsThomas Cate to Nancy McDaniel & David Combs, 2 March 1838
- 1838DeedsJohn McDaniel & Nancy McDaniel & David Combs to John Cate, 22 October 1838
1840s
Undated
- Court minutesTwenty-six people were ordered summoned for the next Hillsborough county court.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors qualified.
- Court minutesThe court ordered a survey and jury inspection of the disputed boundaries in Whitney’s action against Davis, with each party choosing jur…
- Court minutesWm Combs’s executors won damages and costs against Geo Doherty on appeal.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Miller as road overseer, replacing James Combs.
- Court minutesWm Galbreath was nonsuited in his action against Joseph White.
- Court minutesJoseph Marcum recovered damages and costs against Kounies Moreland.
- Court minutesJno Hanks recovered the unpaid debt balance and damages against Jess Lynch after a payment credit and rejection of setoff.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Asa Combs to Kenneth Anderson for instruction in shoemaking.
- Court minutesDeed, Mary Combs to Dennis Hargis, proved by Dudley Sneed.
