In a message dated 8/11/2004 4:22:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, DonaRitchi@aol.com writes: > Jimmie wrote: > > <<2. ELIJAH6 CORNETT, (B) (ELIJAH5, DANIEL B.4, ELIJAH COMBS3, ROBERT > BUSTARD2, WILLIAM1) was born December 1872 in Letcher Co. Kentucky. He > married LAURA > COMBS, (B) Abt. 1896. She was born December 1874 in Perry Co. Kentucky. >> > > I have a serious question about this descent: > Elijah Combs Cornett was b 1822 > Son Daniel Cornett was b 1849 > Elijah5 born? > Elijah6 born 1872 > > When was Daniel's son Elijah born? I'd guess certainly not before 1865, > making the birth date of 1872 for the second Elijah quite suspect, if it > does > belong to this lineage. Are we sure there were two Elijahs? > > Comments? > Dona Ritchie > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dona, This was from an earlier post. Rootsweb hiccupped or something. Norma warned up a few days ago that certain posts weren't going through. And this post was cleared up over a week ago. Please disregard this post from Jimmie as it was made on July 27th. See the entire orginial below... In a message dated 7/27/04 6:12:47 PM Central Daylight Time, LyndaCGKyCol@aol.com writes: > CATHERINE CORNETT > Date  330405 > Age  064 > Place  PERRY > Volume  035 > Cert  17440 > Deathvol  33 > Name: MRS CATHERINE CORNETT > Female, White, Married > Age: 64 years > Place of Death: Jeff, Perry Co. Ky > Birth Date: 1869 > Place of Birth: (blank) > Spouse: Elijah CORNETT > Father: Carlo COMBS,born in Jeff, Ky. > Mother: Peggy COMBS, born inJeff, Ky. > Informant: Mrs C.C. HALL, Jeff, Ky. > Death Date: 5 April 1933 > Cause of Death: Heart Disease > Signed: K. N. Salyers MD, Jeff, Ky. > Burial Place: Combs Cemetery, Jeff, Ky. > Undertaker: (blank) > Transcribed by Lynda Combs Gipson, 17 July 2004 > > ooops here's one I overlooked, sorry. The info I have on this family may not all be correct, so if anyone has anything one way or the other please post it. Remember the (b) stands for (afro american). We have a Carlo and Peggy Combs in our files with a daughter Sally md. John H. Hall but we can't prove these are the parents of this Catherine yet. JimBob 1.  ELIJAH5 CORNETT  (DANIEL B.4, ELIJAH COMBS3, ROBERT BUSTARD2, WILLIAM1) was born 1875 in Unknown.  He married (1) ELIZA JANE COMBS Unknown in Unknown, daughter of IRA COMBS and MARTHA BURTON.  She was born 19 July 1877 in Perry Co. Kentucky.  He married (2) CATHARINE COMBS Unknown in Unknown.  She was born Unknown in Unknown.     Child of ELIJAH CORNETT and CATHARINE COMBS is: 2.  i.  ELIJAH6 CORNETT, (B), b. December 1872, Letcher Co. Kentucky. Generation No. 2 2.  ELIJAH6 CORNETT, (B) (ELIJAH5, DANIEL B.4, ELIJAH COMBS3, ROBERT BUSTARD2, WILLIAM1) was born December 1872 in Letcher Co. Kentucky.  He married LAURA COMBS, (B) Abt. 1896.  She was born December 1874 in Perry Co. Kentucky. Notes for ELIJAH CORNETT, (B): 1900 Perry Co. Census - Dist. 5 - Hazard #118/118 Elijah Cornett, head, B., M., b. Dec. 1872, age 27, m. 4 yrs, KyKyKy,farmer Laura,wife, B., F, b. Dec. 1878, age 22, m. 4 yrs, 2 ch-2 liv., KyKyKy Bessie, dau.. B., b. Jan. 1897, age 3, Pearl, dau, B., b. Sept. 1899, age 9/12 Kirby? Isam?, servant, B., b Jan. 1878, age 22, single, KyKyKy Farmer Children of ELIJAH CORNETT and LAURA COMBS are:     i.  BESSIE7 CORNETT, (B), b. January 1897, Perry Co. Kentucky; d. 01 December 1917, Hazard,  Perry, Co. Kentucky. Notes for BESSIE CORNETT, (B): BESSIE CORNETT Date  171201 Age  019 Place  PERRY Volume  069 Cert  34477 Deathvol  17 Place of death, Hazard, Perry Co. Full name, Bessie CORNETT Female, Negro, Single Birthdate of deceased, (unknown) Age, 19 Years Birthplace, Perry Co. Ky. Father, Elijah CORNETT, born in Letcher Co. Ky. Mother, Laura COMBS, born in Perry Co. Ky. Informant, C. B. COMBS, Hazard, Ky. Burial, Big Creek, Ky. Undertaker, R. O. DAVIS, Hazard, Ky. Date of death, 1 Dec 1917 Cause of death, TB Transcribed by Lynda Combs Gipson, 7 April 2002     ii. PEARL CORNETT, (B), b. September 1899.