G2G: Virginia Louisa Minor's ancestors Warner Washington Minor & Maria Timberlake - obscure marriage record on FamilySearch

Question

At least one source establishes that John and Elizabeth (Cosby) Minor had a son William, who in turn had the grandson, Warner Washington Minor,[1] whose wife was Maria Timberlake.[2] Someone on FamilySearch attributes the marriage of Warner and Maria to 1819, which makes more sense, given that their first child is attributed with an 1820 birth. The FamilySearch citation[2] says 1849, but the citation is unindexed and includes three "volumes" of record (360 pages), much of which is in cursive or poorly reproduced (or both).

It would bring us one step closer to establishing the paternity of Virginia Louisa Minor (1824-1894) LHJX-3S6, who was a Missouri suffragist and American Civil War relief worker, if we can validate that her parents in fact married in 1819.

Anyone up for perusing the Virginia records in source [2]?

Many thanks in advance!

[1] The William and Mary Quarterly. Minor Family. 1900, p. 52-4. Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.

[2] "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch: accessed 9 Feb 2021, Maria M Timberlake in entry for Warner W Minor, 1849 [?].

Answer 1

Another thing that is curious about Virginia Louisa Minor, besides the fact that she married a distant cousin, is the appearance of a Minor child from England in the 1850 census:

Francis Minor

Male

30

Virginia

Virginia Minor

Female

26

Virginia

Lucy Minor

Female

10

England
[note birth location and age both suggest Lucy probably wasn't their daughter]

Also, we have this notable report that I have rewritten from Francis Minor's FindAGrave, suggesting that though Virginia Louisa Minor would be worth having a connected profile built out, despite not having any apparent surviving issue:

Francis Minor was a Princeton and University of Virginia educated lawyer. He married Virginia Minor 31 Aug 1843, a distant cousin, whom he represented in the State and then the US Supreme Court case Minor v. Happersatt 1873-1875. (At that time, married women were not allowed to sue.) In 1892 at the time of Francis Minor's death, Susan B Anthony wrote, "No man has contributed to the woman suffrage movement so much valuable constitutional argument and proof as Mr Minor." Some say that to the best of her knowledge, Susan Anthony believed him to be the first person to assert a woman's right to vote under the Fourteenth Amendment. [see also WikiPedia for Francis Minor entry]