He was on the tax list of Carter County in 1796 and 1798.
On August 15, 1815, a Jacob Colbough, was surety for Catherine Colbough's marriage to William Engle.
In October, 1815. Jacob Colbach of Carter County sold Henry Colboch of Sullivan County 94 acre on the north side of the Watauga River for $350 The land was next to John Hendrix, Thomas Price and Garland. The sale was registered at the November, 1817 Court before William Carter, Jurat & David Humphreys, Jurat.
Sullivan County is in far northeast corner of Tennessee between North Carolina and Virginia and was originally part of those states. It was formed in 1779 when it was divided from Washington County.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.
East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
John Colbaugh was born about 1780 in Tennessee. He married Mary Milhorn or Mottern.
Matilda Colbaugh (1802),
Francina Colbaugh (1804, married John M. Smith),
George Colbaugh (1807, married Elizabeth McCorkle),
Lucinda (Sina) Colbaugh McCorkle (1812, married Samuel McCorkle),
Michael Colbaugh
(1815, married Catherine Cox),
Martha (Patsy) Colbaugh (1817, married Dennis Nolan),
William Colbaugh (1818, married Elizabeth Smith)
Henry Colbaugh (1822, married Levisa Nave, granddaughter of Abraham Nave),
Samuel Colbaugh (1824, married Maria Carr),
Mary Jane Colbaugh (1825, married John Massengill son of Henry Massengill), and
Susan Colbaugh (1826, married Samuel Cross son of Jesse Cross).
