Hi All Hope Everyone is having a great day. Carter started the ball rolling on these. I'm hoping we can sort these Jeremiahs out. Look at the below and see what ya think. ttyl JimBob Jeremiah "Tight Jerry" Combs 1870 Perry Co Census HH#74 74-74/3 Combs Jeremiah M W 26 Ky Farmer "Tight Jerry" s/o "Chunky Jerry" & Matilda Combs Combs 74-74/3 Combs Julian F W 21 Ky m. 20 July 1826 d/o John Lorenzo & Polly Ann Combs Combs 74-74/3 Combs John L. M W 3 Ky b. 06 Jan 1864 m. Mary Francis Martin d. 13 Dec 1957 74-74/3 Combs Grant M W 2 Ky m. Susan Combs 74-74/3 Combs Mindy F B 12 Ky Domestic servant Notes: According to The Combes Genealogy, this is Jeremiah "Tight Jerry" Combs (s/o Matilda Combs by Jeremiah C. "Chunky Jerry" Combs) and [Judy sic] Julia Ann Combs (d/o John L. and Polly Ann Combs Combs). No source given, but see also 1880 Perry 1880 Perry Co. Ky. census by Judy Cunigan #329 COMBS, Jeremiah 38 (Jeremiah C. Tight Jerry Combs) Julia 34 (Juliann Combs d/o John Lorenzo & Polly Ann Combs) John L. 13 Grant 11 Tippacanoe (f) 09 (M.H. This is the 1st time I've ever seen this name) William R. 07 Wood 05 Richmond 10 TILDA 70 (Matilda Combs, Jeremiahs mother ?) 1900 Knott Co., KY Census - Part 3 Enumerated June 1900 by Ballard F. Combs 245-250 COMBS Jerry 64 Head unknown birthdate md 35 yrs KY KY ?? Julia wife age & birthdate unknown 10/8 KY KY ?? Woodrow son age & birthdate unknown KY Kelley son age & birthdate unknown widow KY Tip___ia dau age & birthdate unknown KY Mary 13 dau 7/1886 KY Bentley 8 son 3/1892 KY Tilda 95 mother age & birthdate unknown widow 4/2 KY KY ?? 1910 Knott co ky census HH#7-7 COMBS Jerry T. 73 Head md 40 yrs KY KY KY Juliann 70 wife 9/7 KY KY KY Tipecanoe 30 dau KY Mary A. 25 dau KY Bently 17 son KY Hello I could not figure this one out for anything so I sent it to One of Our Transcription Experts: CERTIFICATE OF DEATH KENTUCKY # 30509 PLACE OF DEATH COUNTY KNOTT City Emmalena Ky FULL NAME JEREMIAH COMBS Residence Emmalena Ky Sex Male Color White Status Widower Age 101 years 3 Months 14 Days DATE OF DEATH JULY 28 1936 Occupation None Birthplace KentucKy Father JONY COMBS, SR.(Jarry?see below) Birthplace of Father Perry Co Ky Maiden Name of Mother MAY WALKER(??see below) Birthplace of Mother Perry Co, Ky Informant John Combs Address Lathair,Ky. BURIAL Emmalena Ky. Undertaker G. M. Nichalson Address Hazard Ky Filed Dec. 15 1936 Registrar Rhoda C Kelley Medical Certificate of Death I hereby certify that I attended deceased from July 24,1936 to July 28,1936 Death is said to have occured on the date stated above at 8pm. The principal cause of death: Senility & Pneumonia Signed M. F. Kelley, M.D. Address Hindman Ky From: Louise Gaskill <pgaskill@juno.com> To: grogers@infinet.com Neevie, I believe this is Jeremiah "Tight Jerry" Combs!!!! Now bear with me here Neevie, and I'll explain how I came to think this! I calculate that he was born ca 1835 [Tight Jerry was born Aug 01, 1831 and his parents were: Jeremiah "Chunky Jerry" Combs & Matilda Combs] The death certificate says that his father was Jarry/Jany Comb, Sr. and Mag or May Walter, I think that it is Walter and when the writer crossed the "T" he got off and put it over the "E". The writer was continually off when he crossed "T's" on the entire death certificate. Also if you look at how "Perry Co. is written it looks like an "N" instead of double "r's" Are you still with me? Also, if you look at the informants name where he wrote "John", he defineatly carried the "J" over the top to form the "o" in John. So, I am assuming that he was not writing an "o" after the "J" in Jarry/Jerry Combs, he was either forming an a or an e. Speaking of the informant: His son John Lorenzo Combs did not die until 1957, so if this is Tight Jerry, then the informant would most likely be him. My enumerator for the precincts in the 1920 Knott census that I transcribed made his "R's" just like this guy did, I bet it's the same guy [M.F. Kelley]!, they look like "S's". He almost formed the same kind of "R" when he wrote Jeremiah at the top of the certificate.