Combs family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0308

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises 1 box (5 folders) of Combs family deeds, leases, mortgages, tax records, military records and personal documents that were created between 1849 and 1970.

Dates

Creation: 1849 - 1970

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. It may be accessed in the Special Collections and Archives reading room.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization.

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications for which Hutchins Library assumes no responsibility.

Biographical Notes

The resources in this collection relate primarily to James Slaughter “Seals” Combs (1846-1935), Mary Catherine Handy Combs (1850-1940) and their descendants. James S. Combs served in the 14th Kentucky Calvary, U.S.A., during the American Civil War. After the war, he worked as a surveyor, teacher, and merchant in Owsley County. Mary Handy's family moved to Kentucky from Virginia. She and James met during the Civil War. They were married in Booneville, Kentucky on December 27, 1870 and raised seven children. Their granddaughter, Betty Beulah Sternberg Overhultz (1903-1992) wrote this note that is stored in the accession file: "Old Records and papers dating back to the year 1800 - they were found at home after mother passed away. They must have been Grandma and Grandpaw Combs papers. How mother got them I do not know. B. Overhultz."

Acknowledgement: Some of the above data was collected from https://tfkrha.org/Military/Military_Combs_J.php.

Extent

1.00 boxes_(general) (4 folders in Box 1 and an oversize folder in flat storage (map case 1).)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Combs family papers record data about the business and personal affairs of an Owsley County, Kentucky family during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most materials are Combs family documents prior to 1930.