Rachel Stevenson, daughter of Thomas Stevenson, married George Poage on 23 July 1754 in Augusta, Virginia. [1]
Children
Elizabeth Poage b: 1755 in Locust Bottom, Botetourt Co., Virginia
George Poage b: 30 AUG 1765 in Locut Bottom. Botetourt Co., Virginia
Rachel Poage b: 4 JAN 1768 in Locust Bottom, Botetourt Co., Virginia
Margaret Poage b: 1770 in Locust Bottom, Botetourt Co., Virginia
Experience Poage b: 1771 in Locust Bottom, Botetourt Co., Virginia
Mary "Polly" Poage b: 11 JAN 1774 in Locust Bottom, Botetourt Co., Virginia
John Poage b: 1780 in Locust Bottom, Botetourt Co., Virginia
Thomas Stevenson's Will:
Thomas Stevenson's will -- To son-in-law, George Poage, 1 shilling; to grandson, George Poage, 1 shilling; to grandson, John Poage; to Agness Reed; to Joseph Hannah; to Deborah Reed; to Isabel Reed; to Alex. Reed; what money Henry King owes to be giv
Description Heir
Book WB-478
Prove date 16 Aug 1785
She died prior to December 1786. Her husband's will was probated in the Botetourt County Court in December 1786, named all seven children but not his wife Rachel, implying that she predeceased him.[2]
Sources
↑ Woodworth, Robert Bell. "The descendants of Robert and John Poage, Volume I, Published: Staunton, Virginia, Priv. print. by the McClure Print. Co., 1954. Page 3.
↑ Worrell, Anne Lowry, compiled by."Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia," Page 61.
Thomas Stevenson's Will: Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912. Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. Ancestry Record 7832 #53120
Rachel Poage in the Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912. Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. Ancestry Record 7832 #96104 Name Rachel Poage Date 10 Oct 1765 Location Augusta Co., VA Property 210 acres in Forks of James River and Craigs Creek, opposite John Crawford, land of George Poage. Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Remarks 115. Property conveyed to George Poage by Thomas Hadley. Description Grantor's Wife Book 12-216
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