The Holcomb family was a wealthy and successful Human family of the late 23rd century. Harry Holcomb was an itinerant space traveller of the mid-23rd century when he discovered and claimed the world later known as Holcomb's Planet, which had been long-abandoned by its former Orion inhabitants. Following the Four Years War, in stardate 2/0410, Harry Holcomb returned to the planet with his family and a number of settlers to found a colony. Harry Holcomb administered Holcomb's Planet for a time, before he retired. His four sons then jointly shared civilian authority.