Israel and Elizabeth Heath and their 3 young boys next appear in Cabell County, VA in 1808. We know this because the next child was born in Cabell County, VA in 1808. This would make them among the very first families to settle this area. Cabell County was only ‘formed’ in 1809. They may have moved here earlier than 1808. What is known is that they were here for the next 30 years and were very active. The remainder of their children were born in Cabell Co., VA: John Wesley Heath, born 24 Oct 1808 Jonas B. Heath, 1810 Stephen Preston Heath, 1812 Nancy Heath, 1814 Laura Mary ‘Laurie’ Heath, 1815 David M. Heath, 1817 Here is a timetable of what is known about the family in Cabell County, VA: 1782 August 1782, Israel Heath, through an Old Treasury Land Office Warrant was issued 15 acres in Cabell County, VA. Land surveyed Nov. 6, 1813, and recorded July 10, 1815 at Richmond, VA.(Record from VA State Archives & History Dept., Richmond, VA). 1799 Israel Heath, age 26, married Elizabeth Blue July 25, 1799 in Berkeley County, VA. 1808 Son John Wesley Heath born 24 Oct 1808 in Cabell Co. VA. 1809 Cabell County, VA formally established. 1810 1810 Tax List for Cabell County has Israel Heath, age 37 listed. 1810 Son Jonas Heath born in Cabell County. 1812 Son Stephen Preston Heath born in Cabell County. 1812 Israel Heath, age 39, served as a Private in the War of 1812 in Captain John Simmon’s Company of Virginia Militia. Rifleman at Point Pleasant VA. (Simmons was a neighbor). (Reference National Archives and Record Services). 1813 15 acres in Cabell County surveyed Nov. 6, 1813 (VA State Archives & History Dept.) owned by Israel Heath. 1814 Daughter Nancy Heath born in Cabell County. 1815 Daughter Laura Mary Heath born in Cabell County. 1815 15 acres in Cabell County, VA issued through Old Treasury Land Office Warrant to Israel Heath was recorded July 10, 1815 at Richmond, VA. (Reference National Archives and Record Services.) 1815 1815 Tax List for Cabell County lists Israel Heath, age 42. 1817 Son David M. Heath born in Cabell County. 1818 Son William R. Heath, age 18 married Nancy Sanford in Cabell County. 1820 1820 Federal Census for Cabell County lists Israel Heath, age 47 along with son William R. Heath, age 19. 1823 Son Richard B. Heath, age 20 married Sarah Elizabeth ‘Sally’ Jordan in Cabell County, VA. 1828 Israel Heath’s son Jonas, age 18, married Margaret ‘Peggy’ Barrett in Cabell County, VA. 1829 Son James, age 29 marries Chloe McComas in Cabell Co. She is the daughter of Moses McComas and Lucy Napier. 1830 1830 Federal Census for Cabell County, VA lists Israel Heath, age 57, with sons James Heath age 30, Richard B Heath age 27, Jonas Heath age 20 (all 3 sons are married by this time). 1832 Daughter Nancy Heath, age 18 marries William Burke ‘Burk’ McComas in Cabell Co. 16 Feb. 1832. He is a son of Moses McComas and Lucy Napier. 1833 Son John Wesley Heath, age 29 married Judith McComas age 27 in Cabell County, VA. She is a daughter of Moses McComas and Lucy Napier McComas. 1834 Daughter Laura Mary ‘Laurie’ Heath, age 24 married Sanders W. McComas in Cabell Co. 28 Jan 1834. He is another son of Moses McComas and Lucy Napier McComas and brother to Wm. ‘Burke’ McComas whom Nancy Heath married. 1838 Son David M. Heath, age 21, married Zetta/Letha McComas in Cabell County, VA. She is another daughter of Moses McComas and Lucy Napier. 1838 Eldest son James Heath and his family have already moved to Platte Co. MO. 1839 Firstborn Nelson B. Heath, son of William Richard and Nancy Sanford married 29 March1839 Sarah Porter. 1840 Israel Heath age 67 and family are in Platte County, Missouri. He was a farmer, stonemason and earnest Methodist. (Reference: Annals of Platte County, Mo., W.M. Paxton, 1897). Israel and Elizabeth Heath led a full and active life in Cabell County, VA. It is here they were heavily involved with the McComas family with whom they remain connected both in Cabell County and in later years in Missouri. The McComas family brought their family from Virginia to Lincoln County (same area as Cabell) and so the families may have known each other earlier as Methodists in Berkeley County before they moved. I believe the Moses McComas family were also devout Methodists as evidenced by one reference to a McComas deeding land over for one of the oldest Methodist churches in Cabell County, VA. They lived close by each other along the Guyandotte River, perhaps attended the same church services as Methodists. Five of the children of Israel Heath marry Moses McComas children during this period, all within a short space of time. All five McComas children they married were from the children of Moses McComas and his wife Lucy Napier. The McComas’s (Scottish descent) are a very large and well-known family in this part of VA. There is even today a McComas district. Moses McComas was born 1776 in VA. Lucy Napier was born 1774 in Montgomery County, VA. She married Moses McComas on Feb. 5, 1793 in Christianburg, Montgomery County, VA. Their children were: 1. Elisha McComas b. 1794 2. Dicey McComas b. 1796 3. George McComas b. 1798 4. Hiram McComas b. 1799 5. Julia McComas b. ca 1800 6. Sarah McComas b. 1801 7. Cynthia McComas b. 1802 8. Chloe McComas b. 1808 9. William Burke McComas b. 1810 10.Judith B McComas b. 1811 11. Sanders W McComas b. 1814 12. Rebecca McComas b. 1815 13. Letha Zetta McComas b. 1818 A statement made later by a descendent of Israel MComas said that Moses McComas was ‘a farmer and during the Indian War served under General Harrison.’ Moses was the son of John David McComas and Catherine Burk from VA. Moses McComas died in Platte County, MO. Lucy (Napier) McComas, his wife, died Dec 23 1849 in Jasper Co. IL. McComas/Heath Unions: All Took Place in Cabell Co VA James Heath (age 29) marries Chloe McComas (age 21) in 1829 Nancy Heath (age 18) marries William Burke ‘Burk’ McComas (age 22) in 1832 John Wesley Heath (age 29) marries Judith McComas (age 27) in 1833 Laura Mary (‘Laurie’Heath (age 24) marries Sanders W. McComas on 28 Jan 1834 David M. Heath (age 21) marries Letha/Zetta McComas (age 20) in 1838 Later on there is still another Heath/McComas union: Lucy J Heath (daughter of William R Heath) marries Sanders W. McComas, son of Nancy Heath, 1st cousins. This takes place though in Platte Co. MO much later in the story. Israel Heath and family lived very near the large Moses McComas family. There is a Heath cemetery in Cabell County, VA with only one lone grave, that of Robert 'Dump' Heath so called because he was a cripple. In 1810 Moses McComas owned ‘26 acres near the Guyandotte River’ and an additional 80 acres ‘West side of the Guyandotte’ River. Israel Heath’s land was 15 acres at the mouth of the Guyandotte River and his two sons had property in the Mud River area off the Guyandotte River. During their time in Cabell County, VA Israel Heath had children of his own born, his older children married and made them grandparents, and each census shows various combinations of family members living together or in separate households at different periods of time. Four of his sons became Methodist Ministers: John Wesley Heath, Stephen Preston Heath (ordained a Deacon in 1836) , Jonas B Heath and David M Heath ( future Heath Chapel in Benton Township, Daviess County, MO. The Heath family were abolitionists, never owning any slaves despite the fact they lived in slave states. The McComas families and Heath families were no doubt completely absorbed in each others lives with so many children and grandchildren between them. There were twenty-five grandchildren born to Israel Heath and Elizabeth Blue during their period just in Cabell County. Israel owned 15 acres “on the Guyandotte River beginning just below the mouth of Heath’s Creek at the upper end of the Narrows.” It was recorded 10 July 1815. On a map you can see Heath’s Creek and Upper Heath’s Creek clearly marked as they empty into the Guyandotte River. His eldest son James recorded a Land Office Grant for ‘50 acres on east of Mud River’ on 4 March 1836. Son Jonas B Heath recorded a Land Office Grant for ‘70 acres on straight fork of Mud River’on 16 Oct. 1837. These are areas adjacent to the Guyandotte River. Moses McComas (and other McComas’s) family owned land on the Guyandotte River as well. There is today a ‘McComas District’ in this area.