Francis Ignatius Combs ²

   Other names for Francis were Comes, Coombes, Coombs and Coomes.

  General Notes:

10 Feb 1816-Jun 1817 (Hardy Co VA WB2:291) Will of Francis Ignatius Coomes. Recorded June 1817, Hardy County WV.

Know all to whom these presents may come greeting that I Francis I. Combs of Hardy County and State of Virginia being sick and weak of body tho of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for his mercies therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all once to die I do make and ordain this my last will & testament and as attaching such worldly estate where with it pleased god to bless me with in this life I give and devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following to wit.

Item 1, I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Bean one Shilling and no more of my estate.

Item 2, I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Drusilla Jarboe one Shilling and no more of my estate.

Item 3, I give and bequeath to my three sons namely, Francis I. Combs, Henry Combs, & Joshua Combs each one Shilling and no more of my estate.

Item 4, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Nancy Combs the farm on which I now live together with a piece of ground I got of Thomas McGill in a swap, also one track of land adjoining the home place on Hunting Ridge containing one hundred and thirty two acres.

Item 5, I give and bequeath to my wife Nancy all my personal estate to have and to hold for the rest of her natural life and then to be divided equally between ("her" scratched out) our children namely Trecy, Cassa, Letty, Pyos, Christene, Charles & Peter Combs and the one unborn.

Item 6, I wish all my just debts to be paid by my wife Nancy.

Item 7, I give and bequeath to the Catholic Church one acre and quarter of ground for a burying place bounded by two white Pines & a white Oak & forming a great A thus

Item 8, I wish to have sold one track of land on the Spring Lick Ridge for the use of the family and I appoint and ordain James Conms (?) to sell same and to be allowed two Shillings in the pound for his services. As witness my hand & seal this tenth day of February eighteen hundred & sixteen.
Francis [his x mark] I. Comes. Witness Present Henry M. Davis, John Thorp, Maria [her x mark] Levre.

On the back side of will: Item 9, I constitute and ordain Annafnan Tucker and my wife Nancy Executors and setting aside all other wills and bequest here to fore made.

At a court held for Hardy County the 10th day of June 1817 this last will and testament of Francis I. Coomes (sic) dec. was presented in court, proved by the oaths of Henry M. Davis and John Thorp two of the witnesses and ordered to be recorded. Teste Ed Williams, Clk.
(Transcribed by Combs Researcher Joseph Lewis)
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1787 (Hardy Co VA Personal Property Tax List)

Combs, Francis Ignatius, tithed self, 1 negro, 2 horse, 5 head of cattle (The Personal Property Tax List for the year 1787 for Hardy Co VA
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Land Grants (need to obtain images of from http://www.lva.lib.va.us/):

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Francis I. grantee.
DATE 1 August 1789.
NOTE Location: Hardy County.
NOTE Description: 269 acres on the North River the waters of Great Cacapehon in the gap of Short Ass, including a great spring.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants U, 1789-1790, p. 105-106 (Reel 300).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 2, 1788-1794, p. 50-51 (Reel 313).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Francis I. grantee.
DATE 3 August 1789.
NOTE Location: Hampshire County.
NOTE Description: 407 acres beginning on the side of Pattersons Creek in or near a line of Joseph Whartons nor Felix Dorans land.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants U, 1789-1790, p. 83-84 (Reel 300).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 2, 1788-1794, p. 55 (Reel 313). NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Francis I. grantee.
DATE 3 August 1789.
NOTE Location: Hardy County.
NOTE Description: 250 acres including the head spring of the fork of Pattersons Creek including the Sink Holes.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants U, 1789-1790, p. 98-99 (Reel 300).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 2, 1788-1794, p. 54-55 (Reel 313).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Frances I. grantee.
DATE 5 June 1792.
NOTE Location: Hardy County.
NOTE Description: 230 acres on the waters of the North River of Great Cacapehon adjoining a survey of William Scott, and Ignatius Perry.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants V, 1790-1792, p. 636-638 (Reel 301).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 2, 1788-1794, p. 433 (Reel 313).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Frances I. grantee.
DATE 5 June 1792.
NOTE Location: Hardy County.
NOTE Description: 195 acres on the waters of the North River of Great Cacapeon.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants V, 1790-1792, p. 638-639 (Reel 301).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 2, 1788-1794, p. 433 (Reel 313).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Francis I. grantee.
DATE 24 September 1800.
NOTE Location: Hardy County.
NOTE Description: 93 acres on Mountain Run, waters of the North River, adjoining the lands of Thomas Marshall.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants Y, 1798-1800, p. 464 (Reel 304).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 5, 1796-1802, p. 199-200 (Reel 316).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

MULTIMEDIA Grant Survey
GRANTEE Combs, Francis I. grantee.
DATE 27 September 1800.
NOTE Location: Hardy County.
NOTE Description: 132 acres adjoining his own land and the land of Thomas Magill on the Hunting Ridge.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants Y, 1798-1800, p. 463 (Reel 304).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 5, 1796-1802, p. 173-174 (Reel 316).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.
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From an internet message board:

First, I do not know the parents of Francis Coomes (1726) who married
Charity Woods. He came to Nelson Co.
from NC where some other Virginia "Combs'" had moved. He was Catholic
and thought to have been born in Md.

Second, the reason I know that this Francis Coomes is not the son of
Thomas and Elizabeth Wharton Coomes of
Charles Co., Md is twofold.

One; In his will dated Aug. 29, 1752, Thomas Coomes wrote,

"Item, It is also my will & desire that my four youngest sons Joseph and
William and Francis Ignatius and Walter
Coomes that when they arrive at the age of eighteen years old that...."

This indicates that Francis Ignatius Coomes was born after 1734. If the
order that they are listed makes any
difference then I would est. abt. 1740.

Two; Francis Ignatius Coomes, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wharton
Coomes is known to have married first,
Cassandra Culver. This Francis dies in 1817 in Hardy Co. Va, (now WV).
In his will dated Feb. 10, 1816 he names
his children by his first wife as Elizabeth Bean, Drusilla Jarboe,
Francis Ignatius Coomes Jr., Henry Coomes and
Joshua Coomes. He also named his present wife "Nancy" and "our" children
as Trecy, Cassa, Letty, Pyos,
Christene, Charles and Peter Combs and the one unborn. (Francis' mother
was Elizabeth, Cassandra's father was
Henry, and she had a sister Drusilla, Joshua was also a Coomes family
name)

Francis married Cassandra Culver.

Francis next married Nancy.