Bedford County, VA - Marriages; Wm. and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 4

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Some Early Marriages in Bedford County, Va.

     Jos. L. Miller

     William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 4.
(Apr., 1903), pp. 280-282.

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SOME EARLY MARRIAGES IN BEDFORD COUNTY, VA.

1759.  Joseph McMurty and Susanna Patton.
1759.  Jacob Anderson, bachelor, and Mary Callaway, spinster.
1761.  Jacob Echols, bachelor, and Mary Cogel, spinster.
1762.  Joseph Gibson and Inda Gibson, daughter of John Gibson.

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            SOME EARLY MARRIAGES IN BEDFORD COUNTY, VA.        281

1762.  Francis Reade and Margaret Boyd.
1763.  James McFarland, bachelor, and Margaret Downing, spinster.
1763.  Thomas Gash and Elizabeth Gilbert, witness Preston Gilbert.
1767.  Jacob Early, bachelor, and Elizabeth Robertson, spinster.
1768.  Thomas Rowland, bachelor, and Mary Russell, spinster.
1769.  George Russell, bachelor, and Sarah Witcher, spinster.
1772.  John Long and Mary Haynes.
1772.  Nathaniel Morris, bachelor, and Ann Morris, spinster.
1772.  Josiah Carter, security on James Anthony's marriage bond.
1773.  Reuben Picket and Elizabeth Day.
1773.  Jesse Owen and Elizabeth Brook, Robert Brook security.
1773.  Jeremiah Kirtly and Mary Robinson.
1774.  James Bates and Mary Jones, granddaughter of Thomas Nance.
1774.  Thomas Delany and Martha Terrill, daughter of William Terrill.
1775.  Richard Timberlake and Sarah Daugherty.
1777.  Alex. Gibbs and Hannah Gilbert, daughter Jarvis Gilbert, witness
                 Samuel Gilbert.
1778.  John Downing and Rachel Dooly.
1778.  John Black and Michael Marshall, daughter of William Marshall.
1779.  Benjamin Gilbert and Hannah Butler.
1779.  Glover Baker and Mary Ferrall, daughter of William Ferrall.
1779.  James Boyd and Hannah Gilbert.
1779.  John May and Elizabeth Hunter, daughter of John Hunter.
1778.  Thomas Daugherty and Sarah Goggin.
1780.  James Richardson and Margaret Caldwell.

1780.  James Stevens and Martha Morris, daughter of Samuel Morris.
1780.  William McKinny and Elizabeth Stevens.
1781.  William M. Rice and Rebekah Wellington.
1781.  Daniel Price and Lydia Morris.
1781.  Robert Baker and Hannah Ferrall.

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282         WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY

1783.  Patrick Buckner and Molly Easkip.
1783.  William Anderson and Sally Early, guardian William Callaway.
1785.  John Armour Findley and Sarah Cook.
1785.  George Hardwick and Susanna Rice, daughter of Charles Rice.
1786.  Joseph Jarret and Aggie Beard, daughter of Margaret Young.
1786.  Zachariah Sumers and Sarah Dawson, daughter of John and
                 Susanna Dawson; he a son of Rachel Sumers.
1786.  John Burk and Mary Stevens.
1787.  Francis Hunter and Jane Wright.
1787.  James Duncan and Mary Ann Bright.  (Of these much history here.)
1788.  Richard Price and Francis Henderson.
1788.  Obadiah Vaughn and Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of John Edwards.
1789.  Paul Talbot Sumers and Sarah Bruce.
1789.  John Taylor and Sarah Robertson.
1791.  John Rice and Fannie Snelson, certificate by Charles Snelson and
                 David Rice.
1792.  Daniel James and Elizabeth Pratt.
1792.  Jacob James and Nancy Basham, certificate signed by Daniel James.
1794.  David Rice and Jane Holt, daughter of Betty Holt, witnesses James

                 Holt and James Mitchell.
1796.  William H. Rice and Ally Goodrich, consent given by James Goodrich
                 and Charles Rice.
1796.  Isaac James and Polly James, daughter of Daniel and Susanna James.
1800.  Jack Gibson and Hannah Eidson, daughter of B. Eidson.

     The above extracts from the Bedford records were furnished to the
Louisville Courier Journal a few years ago by Mrs. R. B. Claytor, of Bedford
County, collected from the different issues of the Journal, and arranged
chronologically by
                                                 Jos. L. Miller, M. D.