"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D9-CBP : 9 November 2014), Jacob Ritter, Stephens City, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing family 2096, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHD-QXL : 5 December 2014), Jacob Ritter and Margaret Elizabeth Brenton, 08 Oct 1867; citing Frederick, Virginia, reference PG122; FHL microfilm 31,459.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFL1-TS8 : 17 October 2014), Jacob Ritter in household of Walker Rutter, Virginia, United States; citing p. 39, family 261, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,147.
"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ2-X2D : 12 December 2014), Jacob Ritter, 04 Jul 1870; citing Stonewall, Frederick, Virginia, reference Stonewall,Fredk, L14; FHL microfilm 31,460.
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