WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 2 Today's Topics: #1 MARR: CURTIS Family; 1817-1865; Le ["Debbie Ullom" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <005c01c07c31$41b1ffc0$2538fea9@ldullom> Subject: MARR: CURTIS Family; 1817-1865; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Taken from the Old Marriage Books in the Lewis county courthouse: May 15, 1817 - JOHN CURTIS married PRUDENCE CUTRIGHT by JOHN MITCHEL (Bk 1, pg 46) April 6, 1818 - Marriage bond for ALEXANDER CURTIS and Miss JANE MITCHEL (daughter of JOHN MITCHEL) both of Lewis county. Bondsmen: ALEXANDER CURTIS and ABNER ABBOTT (his name crossed out and this name written over it: JOHN CURTIS) (Bk 1, pg 12) August 8, 1820 - Marriage bond for CATY CURTIS (daughter of CATHARINE CURTIS of Lewis county) and ANDREW SMITH. Bondsmen: ANDREW SMITH and WILLIAM SMITH (Bk 1, pg 106) August 8, 1820 - CATY CURTIS (mother: CATHARINE CURTIS) married ANDREW SMITH by JOHN MITCHEL (Marriage Bk 1, pg 9) February 15, 1821 - Marriage bond for ZACHARIAH CURTIS (son of CATHARINE CURTIS) and SARAH CUTRIGHT. Bondsmen: ZACHARIAH CURTIS and JOHN CURTIS (Bk 1, pg 131) February 15, 1821 - Permission for ZACHARIAH my son to marry SARRY CUTRITE signed CATHAREAN CURTIS. Teste: JOHN CURTIS and ANDREW SMITH (Bk 1, pg 159) February 15, 1821 - ZACHARIAH CURTIS married SARAH CUTRIGHT by JOHN MITCHEL (Marriage Book 1, pg 10) February 5, 1833 - Marriage bond for JANE CURTIS and JOHN GODFREY. Bondsmen: ABNER MITCHEL and JOHN MITCHEL, JR. Request by JOHN GODFREY for a license to marry the Widow CURTICE. Teste: JOHN MITCHEL and ABNER MITCHEL (Bk 3, pg 177) February 14, 1833 - JANE CURTIS married JOHN GODFREY by ABNER MITCHEL (Bk 3, pg 208) August 6, 1833 - Marriage bond for JESSE CURTIS and ELIZABETH COOPER. Bondsmen: JESSE CURTIS and WILLIAM WALKER (Bk 3, pg 194) August 8, 1833 - JESSE CURTIS married ELIZABETH COOPER by WILIAM G WILLIAMS (Bk 3, pg 206) March 13, 1834 - MAHALA CURTISS married AMOS REEDER by WILLIAM G WILLIAMS (Bk 3, pg 172) June 9, 1839 - Miss EMILY E CURTIS married GEORGE ROHRBOUGH by JN HARDMAN (Bk 4, pg 189) December 22, 1841 - Marriage bond for Miss CHRISTENIA CURTIS and ALFRED POSEY. Bondsmen: ALFRED POSEY and WM POSEY (Bk 5, pg 46) October 18, 1843 - Marriage bond for GEORGE W CURTIS and Miss MARY ALLEN (daughter of SOLOMON S ALLEN of Lewis county). Bondsmen: GEORGE W CURTIS and HEZEKIAH W SPAUR. Permission by JOHN CURTIS (father). Teste: ANTHONY P SPAUR and HEZEKIAH W SPAUR (Bk 5, pg 186) March 2, 1844 - Marriage bond for Miss ELIZABETH CURTIS (daughter of JOHN CURTIS of Lewis county) and ISAAC B MCNEMAR. Bondsmen: ISAAC B MCNEMAR and WILLIAM MCNEMAR. Permission by PHILIP MCNEMAR for his son to marry. Teste: D R HELMICK and J B MCNEMAR (Bk 5, pg 240) December 23, 1844 - Marriage bond for STEPHEN CURTIS and Miss JOSINAH RINEHART (daughter of JOHN RINEHART, deceased late of Lewis county). Bondsmen: STEPHEN CURTIS and GEORGE F WILSON (Bk 5, pg 255) December 26, 1844 - STEPHEN CURTIS married JOSINAH RINEHART by ALEXANDER MORRISON, MMPC. (Bk 5, pg 328) April 25, 1845 - Marriage bond for Miss SUSANNAH CURTIS (daughter of ALEXANDER CURTIS deceased late of Lewis county) and ADAM ROHRBOUGH. Bondsmen: GEORGE ROHRBOUGH and GEORGE RADEBOUGH (Bk 5, pg 282) May 8, 1845 - SUSANNAH CURTIS married ADAM ROHRBOUGH by D R HELMICK (Bk 5, pg 324) August 7, 1846 - Marriage bond for Miss SARAH CURTIS (daughter of JOHN CURTIS of Lewis county) and JACOB C ALKIRE. Bondsmen: JACOB C ALKIRE and JACOB COBURN. (Bk 6, pg 22) August 4, 1846 - Permission by JOHN CURTIS for his daughter to marry. Teste: JOHN ALKIRE and JACOB COBURN. (Bk 6, pg 22) August 13, 1846 - SARAH CURTIS married JACOB C ALKIRE by JOHN HARDMAN of Methodist Protestant Church (Bk 6, pg 128) April 12, 1847 - Marriage bond for JOHN W CURTIS and Miss ELIZABETH J OLDACRES (daughter of WILLIAM OLDACERS of Lewis county). Bondsmen: JOHN W CURTIS and WILLIAM OLDACRES (Bk 6, pg 78) April 12, 1847 - JOHN W CURTIS married ELIZABETH JANE OLDACRES by HENRY R BONNETT (Bk 6, pg 132) February 10, 1848 - Marriage bond for HENRY CURTIS and Miss PRUDY WARNER (daughter of JAMES WARNER of Lewis county). Bondsmen: GEORGE W CURTIS and JAMES WARNER (Bk 6, pg 141) February 11, 1848 - HENRY CURTIS married PRUDY WARNER by JAMES L CLARK (Bk 6, pg 196) February 29, 1848 - Marriage bond for Miss ELIZABETH W CURTIS (daughter of ZACHARIAH CURTIS of Lewis county) and MARTIN HARRIS. Bondsmen: WILLIAM HARRIS and GEORGE W CURTIS (Bk 6, pg 146) March 2, 1848 - ELIZABETH W CURTIS married MARTIN HARRIS by ANTHONY SPAUR (Bk 6, pg 200) October 16, 1848 - Marriage bond for DAVID D CURTIS and Miss DIANNA M SMITH (daughter of NIMROD SMITH of Lewis county). Bondsmen: DAVID D CURTIS and NIMROD SMITH (Bk 6, pg 161) July 18, 1850 - WILLIAM W CURTIS married Miss REBECCA WHETSEL by GEO J MARSH Min Methst P C (Bk 6, pg 217) March 2, 1862 - JAMES LEWIS CURTIS (24 yrs old, single, born and living in Lewis county, farmer, parents: ZACHARIAH and SARAH CURTIS) married NANCY ANN DAVIS (28 yrs old, widow, born and living in Lewis county, parents: ELIJAH and REBECA BUNYAN) in Lewis county at the residence of ALAXANDER SKINNER by GG DENNISON (Bk 8, pg 133) September 10, 1865 - SALATHIAL ELLIS CURTIS (22 yrs old, single, born and living in Lewis county, farmer, parents: ZACHARIAH and SARAH CURTIS) married MATILDA JANE RIFFLE (19 yrs old, single, born and living in Lewis county, parents: JOHN and SARAH ANN RIFFLE) in Lewis county at house of E. MCNAMER on the county line between Gilmer and Braxton by WILLIAM ERVIN (Bk 8, pg 264) ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:54:43 -0500 From: "Debbie Ullom" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <007101c07c32$40d9d2c0$2538fea9@ldullom> Subject: VETERANS: MITCHELL Family; 1700 and 1800's; Lewis county Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From the Hacker's Creek War Veterans record book located in the Lewis county courthouse: BENONI MITCHELL born February 19, 1815 in Lewis County died November 16, 1902 in Jane Lew of old age. Next of kin: GOODLOW BARNETTE, grandson living in Jane Lew. BENONI enlisted on March 15, 1862 as a private in the Union infantry - 10th Reg WV Infantry Company C (at age 47). Buried on November 18, 1802 in Old Harmony cemetery in Jane Lew (1.6 miles southeast of Jane Lew on Route 7). DRAPER C MITCHELL born 1841 died July 30, 1895 in Lewis county of heart failure. Next of kin: ALLA B JACKSON of Jane Lew. DRAPER enlisted on March 15, 1862 as a private (mus'n - musician) in the Union infantry - 10th Reg WV Infantry Company C (at age 21). Discharged August 9, 1865. Buried on August 1, 1895 in the Mitchell cemetery in Jane Lew (0.8 miles east of Jane Lew on Route 7. Cemetery 200 feet opposite intersection of Routes 7 and 7/1). I L MITCHELL born 1812. Next of kin: ALLA B JACKSON of Jane Lew. I L enlisted on March 15, 1862 as a private in the Union infantry - 10th Reg WV Infantry Company C (at age 50). Discharged August 9, 1865. Buried in the Mitchell cemetery in Jane Lew. JOHN A MITCHELL born in Jane Lew and died in Clarksburg of blood poisoning. Next of kin: Mrs. IVY THOMPSON, daughter, of Clarksburg. JOHN enlisted on April 4, 1864 as a private in the Union Calvary - 3rd WV Calvary Company M (at age 18). Discharged June 3, 1865. Buried in the Old Harmony cemetery in Jane Lew. Rev. JOHN MITCHELL born May 4, 1763 in England and died April 29, 1840 in Jane Lew of complications at the age of 76y 11m 25d. Next of kin: Mrs. GOODLOW BARNETT, great grand daughter, of Jane Lew. Rev. JOHN MITCHELL was born in England in 1763 and bound to a sailor. They went to West India and America in 1774, thence to East India, thence to America in 1775. He came to Virginia in 1776 and substituted in the U.S. Army in 1778. He was drafted in 1779. He was the first minister on Hacker's Creek and alternately fought the Indians. He also taught the first school in that section. Buried on April 31, 1840 in the Mitchell cemetery in Jane Lew. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:58:32 -0500 From: "Debbie Ullom" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <007201c07c32$c9787e60$2538fea9@ldullom> Subject: MARR: MITCHEL family; 1818-1888; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Taken from the Lewis county courthouse records: Marriages of MITCHELL men: January 24, 1818 - Bond for JOHN MITCHEL to marry Miss MARY HOW both of Lewis County. Bondsmen: JOHN MITCHELL and JOHN BROOK (Old Bk 1, pg 4) January 26, 1818 - JOHN MITCHEL married POLLY HOE by JOHN MITCHEL (Old Bk 1, pg 46) January 26, 1818 - JOHN MITCHELL married POLLY HOE (Bk 1, pg 3) March 10, 1830 - Bond for JOSEPH MITCHELL to marry POLLY FISHER. Bondsmen: JOSEPH MITCHELL and WILLIAM MITCHELL. (Old Bk 3, pg 63) March 14, 1830 - JOSEPH MITCHEL married POLLY FISHER (Bk 1, pg 56 and pg 63) January 27, 1831 - Bond for LAURENCE MITCHELL to marry DRUSILLA ROHRBOUGH. Bondsmen: LAURENCE MITCHEL and NATHAN ROHRBOUGH. (Old Bk 3,pg 101) February 10, 1831 - LAURENCE MITCHEL married DRUSILLA ROHRBOUGH by ABNER MITCHEL an elder of the Christian Church. (Old Bk 3, pg 131) February 10, 1831 - LAWRENCE MITCHEL married DRUSILLA ROHRBOUGH (Bk 1, pg 67) August 18, 1837 - Bond for BENONI MITCHEL to marry Miss SUSANNAH SIFE both of this county. Bondsmen: BENONI MITCHEL and JOSEPH MITCHEL (Old Bk 4, pg 99) November 11, 1837 - Bond for GEORGE C MITCHEL to marry JOANNAH PRICHARD. Bondsmen: GEORGE C MITCHEL and JAMES WEST. (Old Bk 4, pg 115). November 11, 1837- Permission of JOHN MITCHEL, JUNR for his son, GEORGE C MITCHEL to marry JOANAH PRITCHET. Witnesses: WILLIAM C ARNOLD and JOHN E MITCHEL. (Old Bk 4, pg 118) November 13, 1837 - Mr. GEORGE C MITCHEL married Miss JOANNA PRICHARD by JOSEPH KERR (Old Bk 4, pg 124) November 13, 1837 - GEORGE C MITCHELL married JOANNA PRICHARD by JOSEPH KERR (Bk 2, pg 17) January 29, 1842 - Bond for JOHN E MITCHEL to marry Miss PRUDENCE A MCCALLY daughter of HENRY MCCALLY of Lewis County. Bondsmen: JOHN E MITCHEL and JOHN S MCCALLY (Old Bk 5, pg 75) March 8, 1859- PAUL T MITCHEL (34 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: ABNER & DORCAS MITCHEL) to HARRIET SHOULDICE (23 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: CONRAD & CATHARINE SHOULDICE) (Bk 5, pg 15, line 357) October 21, 1859 - DRAPER C MITCHEL (19 yrs, single, born in Harrison County living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: BENNONI & SUSANAH MITCHEL) married MARTHA DBARR (21 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: DANIEL & MARY DBARR) by S D DAVIS (Bk 5, pg 14, line 314) December 27, 1866- MELVILLE VALENTINE MITCHEL (22 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: JOHN CLEM & PRUDENCE A MITCHEL) to MARY ANN BULL (18 yrs, single, born in Pocahontas County and living in Lewis County, parents: ISAAC & EVELYN BULL) by OLIVER LOWTHER (Bk 5, pg 34, line 295) December 15, 1868 - HENDERSON D MITCHELL (20 yrs, single, born in Braxton County and living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: JOHN A & PRUDENCE MITCHEL) to NANCY SMITH (38 yrs single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: WILLIAM & SARAH SMITH) by A D THOMAS. Consent of parents of male by writing. (Bk 5, pg 44, line 95) January 28, 1869 - IRA B MITCHEL (22 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, blacksmith, parents: JOHN E & PRUDENCE A MITCHEL) to MARGARET SUSAN WATSON (20 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: WILLIAM A & MARGARET A WATSON) by A D THOMAS. Consent in writing by father of female & brother making oath to its validity. (Bk 5, pg 45, line 3) December 25, 1873 - JOHN A MITCHEL (24 yrs, born and living in Lewis County) to HARRIET A BARR (21 yrs, born and living in Lewis County) by HENRY R BONNETT (Bk 5, pg 61, line 70) September 10, 1874 - CYRUS E MITCHELL (24 yrs, born in Lewis County and living in Braxton County) to NANCY RIFFLE (25 yrs, born in Braxton County and living in Lewis County, father: JEFFERSON RIFFLE) by SOLOMAN W HARRIS (Bk 5, pg 63, line 52) December 27, 1881- ROBERT JEFFERSON MITCHELL (25 yrs, born and living in Harrison County) to MARY E SNIDER (18 yrs, born and living in Lewis County) by JOHN S FISHER. Certificate of guardian accompanying (Bk 5, pg 97, line 91) June 30, 1888- MCCLELLAN MITCHELL (22 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, lawyer, parents: D C & MARTHA MITCHELL) to EDNA ELVA REAMER (18 yr, born in Harrison County living in Lewis County, parents: JNO A & MARTHA A REAMER) by Rev. E J WILSON (Bk 5, pg 145, line 52) Marriages of MITCHELL women: April 6, 1818 - Bond for ALEXANDER CURTIS to marry Miss JANE MITCHEL daughter of JOHN MITCHEL both of this county. Bondsmen: ALEXANDER CURTIS and JOHN CURTIS (ABNER ABBOT was crossed out and his name written over it) (Old Bk 1, pg 12) April 10, 1829 - Bond for JOHN SHORES to marry SARAH MITCHEL of the county of Lewis Bondsmen: JOHN SHORES and ENOCH M CUNINGHAM (Old Bk 3, pg 15) April 9, 1829 - Permission of SARAH MITCHEL for JOHN SHORES to marry SARAH MITCHEL. Witness: JAMES MALONE (Old Bk 3, pg 43) April 12, 1829 - JOHN SHOURS married SARAH MICHEL by PARDON COOK. (Old Bk 3, pg 43) April 12, 1829 - SARAH MICHEL married JOHN SHOURS (Bk 1, pg 30) May 3, 1836 - Bond for GEORGE B BENT to marry ELIZABETH MITCHEL. Bondsmen: GEORGE B BENT and BENONI MITCHEL (Old Bk 4, pg 26) May 3, 1836 - Permission of JOHN MITCHEL for his daughter, ELIZABETH MITCHEL to marry GEORGE BROAD BENT. Witnesses: BENONI MITCHEL and ISAAC MITCHEL. Permission of LYDIA BELL for her son GEORGE B BENT to marry ELIZABETH MITCHEL witnesses: BENONI MITCHEL and ISAAC MITCHEL. (Old Bk 4, pg 1) May 5, 1836 - ELIZABETH MITCHEL married GEORGE BENT by JOHN MITCHELL MG (Bk 2, pg 15) November 10, 1856 - MARY J MITCHELL married JAMES B BENT (Bk 4, pg 98) November 11, 1856- MARY T MITCHELL (36 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: WM & ELIZABETH MITCHELL) to JAMES B BENT (32 yrs, single, born in Prince William County living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: DELANY & HEFFE BENT) at JOSEPH MITCHELL's by HENRY R BONNETT (Bk 5, pg 7, line 153) May 27, 1861 - License for Mr. JAMES REED to marry Miss PHEBE MITCHEL. JAS REED (52 yrs, widower, born in Harrison County living in Upshur County, parents: STEPHEN & ELIZABETH REED) married PHEBE MITCHEL(45 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: WILLIAM & {blank} MITCHEL) on June 2, 1861 at PHEBE MITCHEL's in Lewis County, VA by ELI F WESTFALL, min. (Old Bk 8, pg 94) June 2, 1861 - PHEBE MITCHEL (45 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: WM & {blank} MITCHEL) to JAMES REED (52 yrs, widower, born in Harrison County living in Upshur County, farmer, parents: STEPHEN & ELIZABETH REED) by ELI F WESTFALL (Bk 5, pg 18, line 5) March 21, 1862 - License for DAVID BILON to marry MARY ISABELLA MITCHELL. DAVID BILON (24 yrs, single, born in Gilmer County living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: THOMAS & NANCY BILON) married MARY ISABELLA MITCHELL (21 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: JOSEPH & POLLY MITCHELL). Married April 20, 1862 at JOSEPH MITCHEL's in Lewis county, VA by JOHN T HACKER a minister of the M P Church. (Old Bk 8, pg 144) March 21, 1862- MARY ISABELLA MITCHELL (no age given, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: JOSEPH & POLLY MITCHELL) to DAVID BOILON (24 yrs, single, born in Gilmer County living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: THOMAS & NANCY BILON) by JOHN T HACKER (Bk 5, pg 20, line 18) January 9, 1868 - CASANDER VIRGINIA MITCHEL (22 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: BENONIA & SUSAN MITCHEL) to ELIAS LAFRAL BARNETT (23 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: DANIEL M & SARAH S BARNETT) by S D DAVIS (Bk 5, pg 40, line 4) September 10, 1874 - ALICE B MITCHEL (22 yrs, born and living in Lewis County) to ROBERT M HENDERSON (33 yrs, born in Augusta County living in Lewis County) by HENRY LANGFORD (Bk 5, pg 63, line 51) July 17, 1887 - MAY MITCHELL (19 yrs, born and living in Lewis County, parents: DRAPER C & MARTHA MITCHELL) to CHARLES LUTHER CASTO (18 yrs, born in Upshur County living in Lewis County, farmer, parents: ANANIAS & MARY JANE CASTO) by Rev. M MCWHORTER at M G WAGGONER's. (Bk 5, pg 136, line 49) June 7, 1890- ALICE MITCHELL (16 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: D C MITCHELL) to ALBERT E SUTTON (21 yrs, single, born in Braxton County living in Lewis County, lawyer, parents: S D & SARAH SUTTON) in Jane Lew by Rev. J S MCWHORTER (Bk 6, pg 12, line 37) August 4, 1891 - IDA DEBORAH MITCHELL (18 yrs, single, born and living in Lewis County, parents: PAUL T & HARRIET MITCHELL) to ROBERT IRVEN TAYLOR (29 yrs, widower, born and living in Lewis County, railroader, parents: MORRIS I & EMILY V TAYLOR) by Rev. E R POWERS (Bk 6, pg 21, line 57)