Spouse: Sarah Sartain (1780–1828) Married 1793
Children:
Mary 'Polly' (1795–1860)
Catherine (1798–1823)
David (1800–1870)
Sartain (1802–1890)
Elizabeth Betsey (1803–1839)
Amon B. (1804–1877)
Catherine (1806–1880)
Stephen Burk (1807–1860)
Gordon (1808-)
Jesse (1810–1880)
William (1811–1865)
John B (1812–1860)
Matilda (1812–1900)
James (1815–)
Isaac (1816–1870)
Joel (1817–)
John Calvin (1819–1902)
Spouse: Phoebe Ann Adams (1801–1891) Married 1832
Children:
George (1835–1900)
Catherine America (1837–1916)
Amanda Malvina (1840–1911)
Stephen married Sarah Sartain on 20 Jul 1793 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Three of their sons, Sartain, Amon, and Stephen Burke, are known to have been born in Tennessee between 1802 and 1807. Stephen and his family moved to Ohio about 1811 but he was in West Virginia on the 1815 tax list. Stephen's younger sons, Isaac and John Calvin were born in Lawrence County, Ohio, located just across the Ohio River not far from his siblings in Cabell County, W.V.
Following the death of Sarah, Stephen got married to the younger Phoebe Ann Adams, in 1832 while living in Illinois. Soon after they moved to Missouri where their three known children were born.
There are reports that Stephen was in Texas for the signing of the Indian Treaty at Bird's Fort. This would have there in 1841-1842 about the same time as the Peters Colony was settling Texas with new pioneers and giving them free land. Satisfied with the change in circumstances with the Indians, he sent word to collect his family and the group arrived in the fall of 1844.
Stephen's son, Amon McComas, seems to have been in charge of this very large family move to Texas. His older brothers, Sartain and David did not relocate. Lavina McComas who came with the group, was most likely the widow of David. She was listed in the Peters Colony as a widow with five children and she received 640 acres of land in her own name. Amon arrived with three other brothers and the widowed sister-in-law, his family and his brothers' families. He also brought all of their animals, slaves, farm implements, and household effects. This was a very large caravan of oxen drawn covered wagons, the magnitude of which must have been an enormous task.
One McComas/McCommas researcher believes that the differences in the spelling of the name came about as the result of opinions regarding slavery. She had a letter from an old relative suggesting that if they were in favor of slavery they took the double "mm" spelling. Amon McCommas is said to have brought slaves with him to Texas and his family name reflects the double "mm". There is no record of Stephen having slaves so his name should be spelled McComas. Many of the McComas clans who moved to New Mexico and Arizona changed the spelling back to a single "m". It's also important to note that this family were pioneers in the formation of the city of Dallas. There are several sites, parks, and a major four lane expressway named after the McCommas family in that city.
Stephen died after moving to Texas (perhaps as early as 1844-1845). His wife, Phoebe Ann Adams McComas, remarried a man named David Evans, who somehow managed to lose the land that had been claimed by Stephen. There is a Texas Certificate dated 10 May 1847 which documents that Phoebe was widowed and remarried.
This is the best known record of Stephen McComas death, from the 'WPA Dallas Guide', Dallas Public Library: A pioneer burial in Dallas County, witnessed by John Billingsley who arrived as a child with his father Samuel Billingsley in the fall of 1842. "The first person to die in our community was a man by the name of McComas, and he was buried without a coffin in this manner - A grave was dug down into the white rock and then a vault smoothly dug in the white rock and a large slab hewed out of a elm tree. The corpse was wrapped in a sheet and laid in the rock vault and covered with the slab, the grave was filled up, and there left to await the summons when all great and small, both rich and poor, will hears from the stone vault in the vale, as the marbled and white sepulchers of the happy city."
The above notes contain multiple sources and were originally composed by Shirley Crow Straley, TX - 20320 "Silver" on Jul 24, 2007. Categories: Genealogy News, History, McComas/McCommas, Misc. Posted to Ancestry in July 2009.
Children:
Mary 'Polly' (1795–1860)
Catherine (1798–1823)
David (1800–1870)
Sartain (1802–1890)
Elizabeth Betsey (1803–1839)
Amon B. (1804–1877)
Catherine (1806–1880)
Stephen Burk (1807–1860)
Gordon (1808-)
Jesse (1810–1880)
William (1811–1865)
John B (1812–1860)
Matilda (1812–1900)
James (1815–)
Isaac (1816–1870)
Joel (1817–)
John Calvin (1819–1902)
Spouse: Phoebe Ann Adams (1801–1891) Married 1832
Children:
George (1835–1900)
Catherine America (1837–1916)
Amanda Malvina (1840–1911)
Stephen married Sarah Sartain on 20 Jul 1793 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Three of their sons, Sartain, Amon, and Stephen Burke, are known to have been born in Tennessee between 1802 and 1807. Stephen and his family moved to Ohio about 1811 but he was in West Virginia on the 1815 tax list. Stephen's younger sons, Isaac and John Calvin were born in Lawrence County, Ohio, located just across the Ohio River not far from his siblings in Cabell County, W.V.
Following the death of Sarah, Stephen got married to the younger Phoebe Ann Adams, in 1832 while living in Illinois. Soon after they moved to Missouri where their three known children were born.
There are reports that Stephen was in Texas for the signing of the Indian Treaty at Bird's Fort. This would have there in 1841-1842 about the same time as the Peters Colony was settling Texas with new pioneers and giving them free land. Satisfied with the change in circumstances with the Indians, he sent word to collect his family and the group arrived in the fall of 1844.
Stephen's son, Amon McComas, seems to have been in charge of this very large family move to Texas. His older brothers, Sartain and David did not relocate. Lavina McComas who came with the group, was most likely the widow of David. She was listed in the Peters Colony as a widow with five children and she received 640 acres of land in her own name. Amon arrived with three other brothers and the widowed sister-in-law, his family and his brothers' families. He also brought all of their animals, slaves, farm implements, and household effects. This was a very large caravan of oxen drawn covered wagons, the magnitude of which must have been an enormous task.
One McComas/McCommas researcher believes that the differences in the spelling of the name came about as the result of opinions regarding slavery. She had a letter from an old relative suggesting that if they were in favor of slavery they took the double "mm" spelling. Amon McCommas is said to have brought slaves with him to Texas and his family name reflects the double "mm". There is no record of Stephen having slaves so his name should be spelled McComas. Many of the McComas clans who moved to New Mexico and Arizona changed the spelling back to a single "m". It's also important to note that this family were pioneers in the formation of the city of Dallas. There are several sites, parks, and a major four lane expressway named after the McCommas family in that city.
Stephen died after moving to Texas (perhaps as early as 1844-1845). His wife, Phoebe Ann Adams McComas, remarried a man named David Evans, who somehow managed to lose the land that had been claimed by Stephen. There is a Texas Certificate dated 10 May 1847 which documents that Phoebe was widowed and remarried.
This is the best known record of Stephen McComas death, from the 'WPA Dallas Guide', Dallas Public Library: A pioneer burial in Dallas County, witnessed by John Billingsley who arrived as a child with his father Samuel Billingsley in the fall of 1842. "The first person to die in our community was a man by the name of McComas, and he was buried without a coffin in this manner - A grave was dug down into the white rock and then a vault smoothly dug in the white rock and a large slab hewed out of a elm tree. The corpse was wrapped in a sheet and laid in the rock vault and covered with the slab, the grave was filled up, and there left to await the summons when all great and small, both rich and poor, will hears from the stone vault in the vale, as the marbled and white sepulchers of the happy city."
The above notes contain multiple sources and were originally composed by Shirley Crow Straley, TX - 20320 "Silver" on Jul 24, 2007. Categories: Genealogy News, History, McComas/McCommas, Misc. Posted to Ancestry in July 2009.
Spouse: Sarah Sartain (1780–1828) Married 1793
Children:
Mary 'Polly' (1795–1860)
Catherine (1798–1823)
David (1800–1870)
Sartain (1802–1890)
Elizabeth Betsey (1803–1839)
Amon B. (1804–1877)
Catherine (1806–1880)
Stephen Burk (1807–1860)
Gordon (1808-)
Jesse (1810–1880)
William (1811–1865)
John B (1812–1860)
Matilda (1812–1900)
James (1815–)
Isaac (1816–1870)
Joel (1817–)
John Calvin (1819–1902)
Spouse: Phoebe Ann Adams (1801–1891) Married 1832
Children:
George (1835–1900)
Catherine America (1837–1916)
Amanda Malvina (1840–1911)
Stephen married Sarah Sartain on 20 Jul 1793 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Three of their sons, Sartain, Amon, and Stephen Burke, are known to have been born in Tennessee between 1802 and 1807. Stephen and his family moved to Ohio about 1811 but he was in West Virginia on the 1815 tax list. Stephen's younger sons, Isaac and John Calvin were born in Lawrence County, Ohio, located just across the Ohio River not far from his siblings in Cabell County, W.V.
Following the death of Sarah, Stephen got married to the younger Phoebe Ann Adams, in 1832 while living in Illinois. Soon after they moved to Missouri where their three known children were born.
There are reports that Stephen was in Texas for the signing of the Indian Treaty at Bird's Fort. This would have there in 1841-1842 about the same time as the Peters Colony was settling Texas with new pioneers and giving them free land. Satisfied with the change in circumstances with the Indians, he sent word to collect his family and the group arrived in the fall of 1844.
Stephen's son, Amon McComas, seems to have been in charge of this very large family move to Texas. His older brothers, Sartain and David did not relocate. Lavina McComas who came with the group, was most likely the widow of David. She was listed in the Peters Colony as a widow with five children and she received 640 acres of land in her own name. Amon arrived with three other brothers and the widowed sister-in-law, his family and his brothers' families. He also brought all of their animals, slaves, farm implements, and household effects. This was a very large caravan of oxen drawn covered wagons, the magnitude of which must have been an enormous task.
One McComas/McCommas researcher believes that the differences in the spelling of the name came about as the result of opinions regarding slavery. She had a letter from an old relative suggesting that if they were in favor of slavery they took the double "mm" spelling. Amon McCommas is said to have brought slaves with him to Texas and his family name reflects the double "mm". There is no record of Stephen having slaves so his name should be spelled McComas. Many of the McComas clans who moved to New Mexico and Arizona changed the spelling back to a single "m". It's also important to note that this family were pioneers in the formation of the city of Dallas. There are several sites, parks, and a major four lane expressway named after the McCommas family in that city.
Stephen died after moving to Texas (perhaps as early as 1844-1845). His wife, Phoebe Ann Adams McComas, remarried a man named David Evans, who somehow managed to lose the land that had been claimed by Stephen. There is a Texas Certificate dated 10 May 1847 which documents that Phoebe was widowed and remarried.
This is the best known record of Stephen McComas death, from the 'WPA Dallas Guide', Dallas Public Library: A pioneer burial in Dallas County, witnessed by John Billingsley who arrived as a child with his father Samuel Billingsley in the fall of 1842. "The first person to die in our community was a man by the name of McComas, and he was buried without a coffin in this manner - A grave was dug down into the white rock and then a vault smoothly dug in the white rock and a large slab hewed out of a elm tree. The corpse was wrapped in a sheet and laid in the rock vault and covered with the slab, the grave was filled up, and there left to await the summons when all great and small, both rich and poor, will hears from the stone vault in the vale, as the marbled and white sepulchers of the happy city."
The above notes contain multiple sources and were originally composed by Shirley Crow Straley, TX - 20320 "Silver" on Jul 24, 2007. Categories: Genealogy News, History, McComas/McCommas, Misc. Posted to Ancestry in July 2009.
Children:
Mary 'Polly' (1795–1860)
Catherine (1798–1823)
David (1800–1870)
Sartain (1802–1890)
Elizabeth Betsey (1803–1839)
Amon B. (1804–1877)
Catherine (1806–1880)
Stephen Burk (1807–1860)
Gordon (1808-)
Jesse (1810–1880)
William (1811–1865)
John B (1812–1860)
Matilda (1812–1900)
James (1815–)
Isaac (1816–1870)
Joel (1817–)
John Calvin (1819–1902)
Spouse: Phoebe Ann Adams (1801–1891) Married 1832
Children:
George (1835–1900)
Catherine America (1837–1916)
Amanda Malvina (1840–1911)
Stephen married Sarah Sartain on 20 Jul 1793 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Three of their sons, Sartain, Amon, and Stephen Burke, are known to have been born in Tennessee between 1802 and 1807. Stephen and his family moved to Ohio about 1811 but he was in West Virginia on the 1815 tax list. Stephen's younger sons, Isaac and John Calvin were born in Lawrence County, Ohio, located just across the Ohio River not far from his siblings in Cabell County, W.V.
Following the death of Sarah, Stephen got married to the younger Phoebe Ann Adams, in 1832 while living in Illinois. Soon after they moved to Missouri where their three known children were born.
There are reports that Stephen was in Texas for the signing of the Indian Treaty at Bird's Fort. This would have there in 1841-1842 about the same time as the Peters Colony was settling Texas with new pioneers and giving them free land. Satisfied with the change in circumstances with the Indians, he sent word to collect his family and the group arrived in the fall of 1844.
Stephen's son, Amon McComas, seems to have been in charge of this very large family move to Texas. His older brothers, Sartain and David did not relocate. Lavina McComas who came with the group, was most likely the widow of David. She was listed in the Peters Colony as a widow with five children and she received 640 acres of land in her own name. Amon arrived with three other brothers and the widowed sister-in-law, his family and his brothers' families. He also brought all of their animals, slaves, farm implements, and household effects. This was a very large caravan of oxen drawn covered wagons, the magnitude of which must have been an enormous task.
One McComas/McCommas researcher believes that the differences in the spelling of the name came about as the result of opinions regarding slavery. She had a letter from an old relative suggesting that if they were in favor of slavery they took the double "mm" spelling. Amon McCommas is said to have brought slaves with him to Texas and his family name reflects the double "mm". There is no record of Stephen having slaves so his name should be spelled McComas. Many of the McComas clans who moved to New Mexico and Arizona changed the spelling back to a single "m". It's also important to note that this family were pioneers in the formation of the city of Dallas. There are several sites, parks, and a major four lane expressway named after the McCommas family in that city.
Stephen died after moving to Texas (perhaps as early as 1844-1845). His wife, Phoebe Ann Adams McComas, remarried a man named David Evans, who somehow managed to lose the land that had been claimed by Stephen. There is a Texas Certificate dated 10 May 1847 which documents that Phoebe was widowed and remarried.
This is the best known record of Stephen McComas death, from the 'WPA Dallas Guide', Dallas Public Library: A pioneer burial in Dallas County, witnessed by John Billingsley who arrived as a child with his father Samuel Billingsley in the fall of 1842. "The first person to die in our community was a man by the name of McComas, and he was buried without a coffin in this manner - A grave was dug down into the white rock and then a vault smoothly dug in the white rock and a large slab hewed out of a elm tree. The corpse was wrapped in a sheet and laid in the rock vault and covered with the slab, the grave was filled up, and there left to await the summons when all great and small, both rich and poor, will hears from the stone vault in the vale, as the marbled and white sepulchers of the happy city."
The above notes contain multiple sources and were originally composed by Shirley Crow Straley, TX - 20320 "Silver" on Jul 24, 2007. Categories: Genealogy News, History, McComas/McCommas, Misc. Posted to Ancestry in July 2009.
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