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The County of Gipson was established in 1813 from Knox County.   Knos was created  from the Northwest Territory in 1790.  The county seat is located in Princeton, Indiana.

HH#7 George W. WARD 34 M Farmer 500
Elijah 20 M Farmer
Susan 13 F
Jane A. 12 F
Thurza Anna 09 F
Thomas 07 M
Elijah PAULEY 20 M Farmer

HH# 8 Crawford WARD 27 M IA Farmer 750
Telitha I 23 F IA

HH#13 Volentine RACHEL 34 M KY Farmer 300
Martha A. 20 F KY
Sarah Ann 3 F IN
Louisa 10/12 F IN
Eliga JORDON 10 M IA
William T. DENBY 05 M IA

Note: Valentine RACHELS married 29 Dec 1844 in Posey Co IN, Martha Ann COMBS. See Also 1859 Allen Co KY deed and Anna Combs HH below.

HH# 28/28
James WILLIAMS 28 M
Elisabeth 22 F  (Elizabeth Fifer, dau of John below)
*William M. 3    (see 1860 census below)
John   1
Abijch DAVIS 20

1850 IN CNS, Gibson Co.
HH#29/29
John FIFER                age 50 M
Lucinda                   age 48 F
William                   age 21M
James                     age 19 M
Moses                     age 17 M
Levi                        age 12 M  Farmer IN
*Precilla                   age 16 F                          (listed in marriage record below)
Maston WILLIAMS age 45 Farmer 2500 IA    (possibly father of James above)

HH 45/45
COMBS, Anna 50  F  KY
             *Peter 19  M  KY     Farmer
              James 17  M  KY     Farmer
Notes:  This is my 3rd great grandfather Peter Anderson COMBS with his mother Anna (Anderson) COMBS.  Grandmother Birdie Lorena (COMBS) HOISINGTON was the daughter of Albert Grant COMBS and Hulda May (Probasco) COMBS.   Albert Grant was the son of Peter Anderson COMBS and LuAnna (Lancaster) COMBS.  Hulda May was the daughter of Nathan S. PROBASCO and Susannah S. (CARR).  Birdie Lorena (Combs) HOISINGTON was the wife of Freddie Franklin HOISINGTON and they were the parents of my mother Lorena Pearl (HOISINGTON) TOTTY. Lorena P. married my father Vernon Estell TOTTY, Sr.  see also Posey Co., IN, Kay Co., OK, Logan Co., OK, Pott. Co., OK and Montague Co., TX for more family history.
Anna Combs was in Allen Co KY in 1838, apparently already widowed, when she purchased land from one Peter ANDERSON. The above was Peter Anderson Combs, b 02 Dec 1830, KY, s/o a Thomas Combs according to his death certificate (SeeKay Co OK). According to his obituary, he m (1) a Cynthia/Samanthy WARD in "Southern Indiana" and (2) Louannie LANCASTER, marriage record in Allen Co KY dated 09 Jul 1859. That same year, Peter Combs purchased from Valentine & Martha Ann Combs Rachel "of Posey Co Indiana" (HH#13 above) her "undivided half interest" in the tract of land purchased by Ann Combs in 1838. Martha Ann was described as "one of the heirs at Law of said Ann B. Combs and James W. Combs." Two Thomas Combs are on the 1830 Allen Co KY census, one of them the h/o Anna ANDERSON - and the same who married in 1829 in Sumner Co TN (increasing the possibility that this family was kin to the Pendleton SC Combs?). Based on the birth year of ca 1837 for the above James Combs, Thomas appears to have died 1837-1838.  By 1860 both Peter Combs and Martha Combs Rachel were back in Gibson Co IN (See Below).
 
 

Peter A. Combs }         Be it Remembered, That on this 31st day of
Priscilla Fifer    } SS:    January 1854, the following marriage
                                       license was issued, towit:
Indiana, To-WIT; Gibson County.
Know Ye, That any person empowered by law to solemnize marriage is hereby authorized to join
together as husband and wife, Peter A. Combs and
Priscilla Fifer and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.

{ S.S.} In Testimony Whereof,     I Andrew Lewis     Clerk of the
           Gibson Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal
           of said Court, this 31st day of January 1855.

Be it Further Remembered, That on this _________day of ___________________
185_, the following certifcate was filed in my office, to wit:

Indiana, To-Wit,   ______________________  County:
           This certifies that I joined in marriage as busband and wife    were not married and Pricialla Fifer died  on the __________day
of ____________________ 185_.
                                                                               ................................................................
Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt from original marriage license in my files.
Notes:  This marriage was never performed because Priscilla FIFER died before they could be married.

Peter A. Combs }         Be it Remembered, That on this       4th   day of
Cynthia Ward    } SS:       June      1856,             the following marriage
                                       license was issued, to=wit:

Indiana, To-Wit;      Gibson     County.

                                       TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS--GREETINGS:

Know Ye, That any person empowered by law to solemnize marriage is hereby authorized to join
together as husband and wife,               Peter A. Combs             and
Cynthia Ward and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.

{ S.S.} In Testimony Whereof, I Andrew Lewis Clerk of the
           Gibson Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal
           of said Court, this 4th day of June 1856.

Be it Further Remembered, That on this 5th day of August
1856, the following certifcate was filed in my office, to wit:

Indiana, To-Wit,     Gibson    County:
           This certifies that I joined in marriage as husband and wife    Peter A.
Combs              and                     Cynthia Ward                on the 5th day
of  June  1856.
                                                                              Wm Pulland Esq.

Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt from original marriage license in my files.
Notes:   Cynthia was also called Samanthy in the obit for Peter Anderson Combs, most likely a nickname.  Cynthia/Samanthy died in childbirth of their first child, a son. .  My great great grandfather Peter Anderson COMBS was so distraught over her death that he returned to Allen County, Kentucky the home of his boyhood.   He was next documented in the 1860 census for Gibson County living in the household of John FIFER/FIFFER/PFIFER with his new wife Louanna(Lancaster).

1860 Indiana  Census page #934, Gibson Co.
Peter A. and Louianna Combs are living in household

HH 1175/1179 John PFIFER age 60 M PA Farmer 6600/2000
Levi age 25 M IN Farmer 300
Wm M. WILLIAMS age 12 M IN
*Peter A. Combs age 30 M KY [no occupation listed]
*Louianna age 21 F KY
Notes: See 1850. Also note that Peter A. Combs is living with the father of Priscilla Fifer, the woman he had intended to
marry, but she died before they could be married.   Louianna Lancaster was his second wife.   The first wife Cynthia Ann Ward
died in Childbirth with Peter's first born son.

HH 1176/1180 Moses PFIFER age 26 M IN Farmer 100
Susan age 24 F IN
John age 04 M IN
Jessie age 01 M IN
Sarah WARD age 15 F IN (possibly sister to Cynthia/Samanthy Ann WARD)

HH 1183/1187 Daniel PFIFER age 30 M IN Farmer
Mary age 28 F IN
Emily age 11 F IN
Sarah age 09 F IN
Harris age 03 M IN

HH 1183/1187 Pemelia TAYLOR age 41 M IN Farmer
Julia A. DANBY age 15 F IN
Wm T. '' age 14 M IN

HH 1190/1194 Wm. PFIFER age 31 M IN Farmer 600
Hulda age 31 F IN
Moses age 07 M IN
Samuel McELLEN? age 10 M IL

HH 1191/1195 V. RACHEL age 45 M IN Farmer 1600/700
Martha A. age 30 F IN
Sarah A. age 12 F IN
Lewis age 10 M IN
Francis age 08 M IN
Alonzo age 07 M IN
George age 06 M IN
Wm age 04 M IN
Francis age 03 M IN
Sarah BAILY age 08 F IN
Thos. age 05 M IN

Notes: Valentine and Martha Ann (Combs) Rachels (See 1850). Martha Ann was the sister of Peter Anderson Combs, and daughter of
Thomas and Anna B. (Anderson) COMBS.

to be continued

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