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Note: See the Combs-Coombs website at: http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ms/ms-wfc.htm
Source: The Dr. William Franklin Coombs Manuscript - William (1818-1894) was the son of Adin Permelia Williams Coombs, the son of Samuel Combs of Loudoun Co., VA - as edited by Combs researcher, Thom Montgomery [edited parts in brackets].
"Jonah Coombs, son of Samuel Coombs, Sr., settled in Henry County, Kentucky. He first married a Miss Garnett, I think. She bore him three children, viz: Hawkins, Fielding, and Martha. Hawkins lived and died near Indianapolis [Marion Co], Indiana. He left no children. Fielding married his cousin Virlinda Coombs, daughter of Adin coombs. He first settled on the farm now owned by Van Meter, near Glendale, in Hardin County, Ky. He afterwards removed to Henry County and later to Indiana near Indianapolis just before the Capitol was located there. He left several children, all of whom are, perhaps, dead.
[Martha, daughter of Jonah Coombs, married Thomas Mitchell of Henry County, Ky. They and all their children are all dead.
After the death of his first wife, Jonah Coombs married a Miss Webb. She bore him four children, viz: Lucy, William, Jesse and Asa.
Lucy married Thomas B. Hancock. They lived and died in Henry County, leaving children, one of whom, Dr. Jesse Hancock, lived in Bedford, Trimble County, Ky.
William married Miss Sanford. They are both dead, leaving three children, all girls: one, Sophronia, is dead.Frances, married twice, and both husbands are dead. She and her sister Adaline, who married Dudley Shouse, live in Sulphur, Henry County.
Jesse, Coombs also, married a Miss Sanford. Both are dead. They left surviving them three children, viz: William Pryor, Thomas H. and Harriet.
William Pryor married a Miss Campbell and lives near Campbellsburg [HenryCo], Ky KENTUCKY. They have two sons, George H. and Thomas. George H. Coombs is a prominent preacher of the Christian Church, and lives in Kansas City [Clay & Jackson Cos], Missouri.
Thomas, son of Jesse Coombs, married, but his wife is dead, and he lives with his brother William Pryor. Both are successful farmers and excellent citizens.
Harriet, daughter of Jesse COOMBS, married Joseph Shelton, an energetic farmer and trader. The family of Jonah Coombs ranked among the best in Henry County]."
According to G. Glenn Clift's The "Corn Stalk" Militia of Kentucky 1792-1811 (Frankfort, Ky, Ky Historical Society, 1957), p. 101, Jonah Combs was on May 22, 1802 appointed Captain, the 38th Regiment, Henry Co., Ky.
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