He married 2nd Sarah (Wentz) Derton, Nov. 1, 1857 in Cabell County, WV.
William and Mildred received a large tract of land in Barboursville situated along the Guyandotte River from her father Col. Thomas Ward. William cleared the land, built a log house and named his plantation "Mulberry Grove." William built a brick house c1834 with bricks made at the site. The brick house burned in 1985, but the thick walls stood for many years, slowly crumbling. Knob Hill golf course was later constructed on the farm. The house ruins were razed when the farm was bought by developers and the golf course disappeared also.
William was a judge in the Cabell County courts and also a Methodist minister. His portrait hangs in a court room of the Cabell County court house.
He died in a field on his plantation that later became McClung Addition.
He had a gravestone at one time.
US Congressman, Senator, Judge
William McComas attended Emory and Henry College in Virginia, practiced law, and served in the Virginia State Senate and then was elected to Congress as a Jacksonian Democrat in 1832. He served two terms, from 1833 to 1837. An attempt to return to Congress in 1848 was unsuccessful. He was a delegate to the Virginia secession convention in 1861, where he voted against secession. During the Civil War he was a judge of the United States district court in that part of Virginia which had become West Virginia.
He married 2nd Sarah (Wentz) Derton, Nov. 1, 1857 in Cabell County, WV.
William and Mildred received a large tract of land in Barboursville situated along the Guyandotte River from her father Col. Thomas Ward. William cleared the land, built a log house and named his plantation "Mulberry Grove." William built a brick house c1834 with bricks made at the site. The brick house burned in 1985, but the thick walls stood for many years, slowly crumbling. Knob Hill golf course was later constructed on the farm. The house ruins were razed when the farm was bought by developers and the golf course disappeared also.
William was a judge in the Cabell County courts and also a Methodist minister. His portrait hangs in a court room of the Cabell County court house.
He died in a field on his plantation that later became McClung Addition.
He had a gravestone at one time.
US Congressman, Senator, Judge
William McComas attended Emory and Henry College in Virginia, practiced law, and served in the Virginia State Senate and then was elected to Congress as a Jacksonian Democrat in 1832. He served two terms, from 1833 to 1837. An attempt to return to Congress in 1848 was unsuccessful. He was a delegate to the Virginia secession convention in 1861, where he voted against secession. During the Civil War he was a judge of the United States district court in that part of Virginia which had become West Virginia.
Family Members
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James Madison McComas
1812–1859
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Valeria McComas
1814–1823
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Rispah McComas
1816–1819
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Henrietta McComas
1821–1829
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Elisha Wesley McComas
1823–1890
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Dr William Wirt McComas Sr
1826–1862
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Eliza Ann McComas Fulkerson
1828–1845
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Judge Hamilton Calhoun McComas
1831–1883
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Rufus French McComas
1833–1891
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Capt Benjamin Jefferson McComas
1836–1894
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Irene Octavia McComas McKendree
1843–1913
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