Jim, They are very likely Combest and I looked carefully, because that is what I thought they should be, but the book says Combert and Combes. Before I put this series in the Archives, I will put Combest in brackets, so the search engine will catch it. Jackie At 02:21 AM 3/10/1999 -0800, you wrote: > >In a message dated 3/9/99 4:51:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, >libcoutu@ACS.EKU.EDU writes: > >from the "PHIL" listings: ><< Combert, F.P. & L.M., live stock > Combert, W.R., gauger and surveyor > Combes, Fount, cooper > Combes, F.B., general store >> > >Jackie -- Is there a chance these names could be "Combest", particularly the >first 3? I have Liberty Madison, Franklin Pierce and Will Roe Combest who >were brothers and would have been of this era. They were husbands and/or >brothers-in-law of my Grandmother's aunts. > >Best Regards, >Jim Carigan >Frankfort KY >USA >email: jimmonomoy@aol.com, jimmonomoy@hotmail.com >WWW home: http://users.aol.com/JimMonomoy/private/JimMonom.htm >Lighthouses: http://users.aol.com/JimMonomoy/private/jimmomoy.htm >The Lighthouse Hunter's Guide: http://users.aol.com/uslhswww/lhindex.htm >Infrastructure: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1943 >Genealogy: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/r/James-M-Carigan/ >Ryan Clan US: http://www.ryans.org > >Researching CARIGAN / CARRIGAN / RYAN / CUNDIFF / BELL / ALLEN / HUTCHISON / >GHOLSON / LANGSTON / WILSON / DAVENPORT / SMITH / FITZPATRICK / THÈRIAULT > >______________________________ >Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:09:58 -0800 >From: Barbee Hodgkins <bhodgkin@OregonVOS.net> >Subject: Re: [KYCASEY-L] Re: KYCASEY-D Digest V99 #51 >To: KYCASEY-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <v04011700b30bb4e270a1@[192.168.82.4]> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >X-Message: #8 > >>Hi Barbee. What I have on Thomas is that he was born in 1813. But he had >>a son >>Thomas Ray. Thomas' brother William was born in Lancaster, PA. Other sibs, >>Phoebe, Letitia, Margarete, Elizabeth. I believe the kids all resided in KY. >>Sorry, not much help. >>Christen > >Thanks for the information on Thomas Phillips. Sounds like he belongs to >the PA branch that lived near the Casey County line. My Phillips all claim >VA as birthplace and I can't find any reference where in VA. Have tracked >the PA family pretty well. They left lots of relatives still in Taylor >County. > >My Thomas married Sarah Goode and had James, John, Campbell, Christopher, >Thomas Jefferson, Jackson and Cynthia. He was born before 1786 in VA. Was >in Adair County in the 1820's and Ray County MO in 1830's. >Barbee Hodgkins >bhodgkin@OregonVOS.net >