Martha was born about 1769.
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groom's age: bride's name: Pattey Gatewood bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 06 Oct 1789 marriage place: Amherst County, Virginia groom's father's name: Wm. Evans groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: Richd. Gatewood bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: M86847-0 system origin: Virginia-EASy source film number: 30273 reference number: P 52 Citing this Record
"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR77-QZG : accessed 09 Oct 2012), George Evans and Pattey Gatewood, 06 Oct 1789; citing reference P 52, FHL microfilm 30273.
Marriage Notes for George Evans and Martha "Patty" Gatewood:
!1789 MARRIAGE: OF SON: MARRIAGE BONDS & .. OF AMHERST COUNTY, VA
1763-1800: By Wm. Montgomery Sweeney.
PG. 28: "Evans, George, bachelor, and Pattey Gatewood, spinster, October 6, 1789. Henry Gatewood, surety. Consent of William Evins and Richard Gatewood.
the marriage license book for Amherst Cty. It is for 1789 Oct 6 for George Evans and Pattey Gatewood. In the column for parents or Guardians, Evins, Wm. (consent of for husband). The next column is for parents or guardians of wife, Gatewood, Richd. (Consent of wife). The security and witnesses listed is, Henry Gatewood, Wm Loving, jr., and Joel Campbell. (this was copied by Jeannie Powell Smith)
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