Person:David McComas (2)

David McComas was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Pg. 215. David Mccomas Sr. - Appraisal 1820

by John Stone, James Smith, William Henderson[Note: is this the appraisal for David McComas' father that died in 1799 or this David?]

p. 225. David McComas - Will Apr. 26, 1820

Wife - Tabitha

Son - James

Bro. - Thomas

Adm. - son James

Wit.-Moses McComas, William McComas, Andrew Barrett

Prob. - Aug. 23, 1820.

[Cabell County, [West] Virginia Wills, pg. 8]

Notes

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerj&id=I74468

•ID: I74468

•Name: David McComas

•Given Name: David

•Surname: McComas

•Sex: M

•Birth: Abt 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia

•Death: 20 Aug 1820 in Montgomery County, Virginia

•Note:

From the book "The Bailey Family" by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis: "David, Jr. was about thirty-two years old when he married Chloe Baley who was about nineteen years old. On March 16, 1790 William Davidson of Bluestone got a warrant for 200 acres of land "lying between George Perry's line and the lines of land where R Bailey lives then......joining McComas's line on the side of the waters that is called Cover Spring." Chloe was living very near her family.

In 1796, Chloe gave birth to a son, James McComas, in Wythe County, Virginia. By 1804, David had moved, with his brother, Thomas, to an area that became Cabell County, Virginia. Chloe was not with him. David listed Tabitha McComas as his wife in his will. Her parents were probably Thomas and Mary Ann Aldridge McComas, and she was born after 1799. This meant that Tabitha was David's young niece. No marriage bond for David and Tabitha can be found.

David McComas left James McComas no property, and it is highly probable that James was not his son. One of James's descendants stated that James said he had been illegitimate, and a court case in Cabell County concerning land litigation stated that "David McComas had no children". It is quite possible that David McComas was unable to have children.

Chloe McComas later became the (probably common-law) wife of David Lusk. David Lusk was the brother of Samuel, who married Sarah Bailey in 1804. She was Chloe's younger sister."

For almost ten years no children were born from this marriage. In 1796 James McComas was born, however his father was most probably David Lusk. A suit filed by David McComas, Tazewell Co., Order Book 1, the Commonwealth v. David Lusk and Chloe McComas, hints at some alliance between them, however no charge is mentioned. David McComas relocated to Cabell Co. and in his will of August 23, 1820, mentions his wife, Tabitha, his son James, and his brother Thomas. He had no other children. He left his "son" James one dollar per his will.

Father: David McComas b: 2 Mar 1724 in Hartford County, Maryland

Mother: Catherine Burk b: Abt 1737 in Augusta County, Virginia

Marriage 1 Chloe Bailey b: 11 Jan 1767 in Bedford County, Virginia

•Married: 11 Jan 1787 in Greenbrier (Wyoming) County, (West) Virginia

Children

1. John D. McComas b: Aft 1788

2. James McComas b: Abt 1796 in Wythe County, Virginia