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John H. Holcomb[1]

Male 1773 - 1820  (47 years)


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  • Name John H. Holcomb 
    Born 25 Jun 1773  Campbell Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Oct 1820  Surry, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15907  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2016 

    Family Elizabeth 'Betsy' Michaux Cocke,   b. 6 Feb 1784, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1844, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Notes 
    • Other Children mentioned in her Will [Elizabeth M. Carter, Nee Cocke] are Elizabeth M. Davis (nee Holcombe), Henry W. Holcombe, dec'd daughter Sarah
    Children 
     1. Hugh Wyllie Holcombe,   b. 1811, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1860, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     2. Martha Ann Holcombe,   b. 12 Sep 1801, Charlotte County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1853, Campbell Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     3. Charles Anderson Holcombe,   b. 1806, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Elizabeth 'Bettie' Michaux Holcombe,   b. Abt 1803, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 5 May 2016 
    Family ID F5610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mison&id=I41768.
      Hugh Wyllie Holcombe
      Birth: 1811 in Prince Edward,Virginia
      Death: 31 MAR 1860 in North Carolina
      Marriage 1 Agnes Poythness Atkinson b: 23 JAN 1834 in, Chesterfield, Virginia, Married: 23 SEP 1856 in Campbell Co., Va.
      John H. Holcombe (1773-1820) m. Elizabeth Micheaux Cocke (1784-1844) No vember 1804. They had five children.
      There is a clear picture of John and Betsy's family after his death. A ccording to a suit brought in Chancery court in Campbell Co., VA, John h ad only 164a. of land and when Betsey remarried to Samuel Carter, there w as a division made and she received her one third part of the estate. A llan L. Wyllie and his wife Martha Ann (Holcombe), child of John and Be tsey, along with Charles A. Holcombe, Henry W. Holcombe, Hugh Holcombe ( under age) and Sally who had married William Gough were all named in th e suit.
      Betsey's will is dated and probated 1844, Halifax Co., VA, naming her c hildren. The only person named Carter in regard to the will was a Marg aret B. Carter as witness, whom I have not identified yet.

    2. [S84] Rootsweb, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mison&id=I41766.
      Charles Anderson Holcombe
      Death: in Lynchburg, Campbell, Va.
      Father: John H Holcombe b: 25 JUN 1773 in Campbell,Virginia
      Mother: Betsy Michaux Cocke b: 6 FEB 1784 in , Prince Edward, Va.
      Marriage 1 Elizabeth H Moseby b: 1808 in Campbell,Va
      Married: 10 DEC 1832 in Campbell Co., Va.
      Marriage 2 Lucy Jane Herndon b: 1819 in Campbell,Virginia
      Married: 10 SEP 1838 in Campbell,Virginia
      Mentioned in his Mother's Will