The Cumbo Family of Brunswick Co. NC

No known family relationship exists (at this time) between the Cumbo and the Jacobs family, however knowing that  Noah Jacobs sold his land on Meadow house Branch in Town Creek, Brunswick County, NC to one Jane Cumbo, makes one wonder if there might have been a family relations. 

It's not so much he sold his ten acres to her but rather that he sold it for only $10. The low amount is suggestive of a family connection. The fact that he sold it to Jane and not her husband Williams shows the changing attitudes with regards to women owning and purchasing land. Later in 1860 when Jane sells the same land to Elenor Blount, she includes her husband in the land deed sale.  

In 1858 Jane Cumbo and her husband William Cumbo sell this same land to Elenor Blount for $75. The description of the land can be compared to the description given in the 1846 deed between Noah Jacobs and Jane Cumbo.

        Noah to Jane Cumbo land description: 

            On Town Creek bounded on McKay's line now Berry's line in the second branch below the Meadow House Branch with that branch to the run o the creek with creek to McKays line. Ten acres more or less.  

signed Thomas Heriden and Allen G. Jacobs. 

        Jane Cumbo to Elenor Blount 

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Ten ares on the north side of Town Creek to Elenor Blount of Duplin county. bounded at a stake on McKay's line now Elenor Blounts line, east to the second branch below Meadow House Branch - black gum said thence with Meadow House Branch as it meanders to the run of Town Creek. thence up said creek to McKay's line now Mrs. Blounts line know as Hogue line thence to the beginning. Ten acres more or less. 

signed HC Leonard and Ezekiel Skippper

The Cumbo family of Brunswick County began early on with David, Reubin, Stephen, Solomon showing up on early tax records before the 1790 census. 

Cumbo Census Records for Brunswick County

1800 : Solomon, Reubin 

1810   Solomon, Reubin 

1820 Solomon, Reubin 

1830 Solomon, Levi, Shadrick, Isaac, Isham, David & Abraham 

1840 William(1804) , Jacob, and Isham(1802) 

1850 William & Isham (brothers or cousins) 

1860 Isham and Jacob

1870 Isham 

1880 Isham 

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JACOBS & CUMBOS

The 1830 census in Brunswick County N.C. is the most telling with regards to relationships with the Jacobs family. Living next door to SHADRICK CUMBO is ZACHARIAH JACOBS.  Both are FPC with HG EM-2. From a Y DNA stand either could be the paternal line, (father, brother, cousins, grandfather) of Noah and his 1/2 siblings or cousins: Mary Polly, Nathan, William Canada and Allen G. , but staying with family lore and the YDNA findings have confirmed that the surname is indeed JACOBS. 

In looking at the 1830 census for ZACHARIAH JACOBS the ages of the family members of Noah Jacobs family could match up? I believe they do match up, however without names it is only a guess. 

It is also very possible that one reason why NOAH JACOBS sold the land on Meadow House Branch off of Town Creek to JANE CUMBO, was because JANE CUMBO was his sister, OR 1/2 sibling or cousin. The close proximity to SHADRICK CUMBO and NOAH JACOBS  is enough to reasonably suggest this. 

We have also postulated that Civil Jacobs who married Shadrack SKIPPER may have also been NOAH JACOBS sister. The Skipper family also lives nearby and we have many AutosDNA matches to the Skipper family. 

William and Jane Cumbo seem to disappear after selling the land on Meadow House Branch. Their three children don't show up in the 1860 census either. Their last name could have been altered, they may have missed the census because of travel, or they may have hit on hard times with illness etc. We will continue the search for the family, but the Civil War highly complicated things. 

James Cumbo born in 1840 has a cousin born in 1839 who was also named James Cumbo and also fought in the Civil War from NC. 

We cannot find Oren Cumbo and I even considered it might be Pren but the search engines did not yield me any results. 

In reviewing other Cumbo names in Brunswick County it is possible that their last name is now Cumbee, Cumbow, etc. McCumbee

Oren born in 1837, James born in 1840, and Louisa born in 1843 may hold the clues to the family relations between the Jacobs and the Cumbo families. 

Connecting the Dots on my Cumbo Family Tree is a very interesting blog about the history of the Cumbo family in America. It is possible and very likely that William Cumbo's family falls within the family tree of this Virginia Cumbo family who fought hard for their families freedom. 

The DNA matches we get when we filter for the name Cumbo are larger than I would have anticipated, but sometimes its because of other family lines that also connect with the match. My mother's DNA matches to several Cumbo, McCumbee, Cumbee family trees but many of these trees also match because of the Benton family of which William and Jane Cumbo lived next door to in the 1840 census. 

We will keep researching the Cumbo family ties to the Jacobs. The DNA seems to hold some clues that could be gems in helping us understand the older generations relationships. 

LS.