Sarah (Workman) Marrs (1789 - 1879)

Born 11 May 1789 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Madison Marrs — married 26 Dec 1810 in Jacob's Cove, Tazewell, Virginia

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1879 at age 90 in Grundy, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Numerous trees on rootsweb.com show her parents as: Name: Abraham WORKMAN •Surname: Workman •Given Name: Abraham •Sex: M •Birth: 25 Jan 1761 in Washington County, Pennsylvania •Death: 1858 in Burke's Garden, Tazewell, Virginia •_UID: 83D321472C1C634E869341C585DD425CD6F5 •Change Date: 5 May 2003 at 13:13:29 Father: Joseph WORKMAN b: ABT 1736 in Somerset County, New Jersey Mother: Phoebe McRay MECMEHER b: ABT 1744 in New Jersey

Marriage 1 Margaret LIGHTNER b: ABT 1766 in Washington County, Virginia• Married: 24 Sep 1785 in Montgomery Co. Virginia 1 Children1.Has No Children Joseph WORKMAN b: ABT 1787 2.Has No Children Margaret WORKMAN b: ABT 1788 3.Has Children Sarah "Sally" WORKMAN b: 11 May 1789 in Tazewell County, VA 4.Has No Children Moses WORKMAN b: ABT 1791 5.Has No Children Phoebe WORKMAN b: ABT 1793 6.Has No Children Mary Ann WORKMAN b: ABT 1797 7.Has No Children James WORKMAN b: ABT 1800 in Tazewell County, Virginia 8.Has No Children Elizabeth WORKMAN b: ABT 1803 9.Has No Children John L. WORKMAN b: ABT 1805 in Tazewell County, Virginia ^[1]

Family

Daughter of Abraham Workman (1761-1858) and Margaret Lightner (1766-1850).

Place of birth is also given as Wythe Co or Burke's Garden, Tazewell Co, VA. NB: Wythe Co was not created until 1790 and Tazewell Co not until 1799.

Sarah "Sally" Workman married James Madison Marrs (1789-1859) on 26 Dec 1810 in Jacob's Cove (later Crockett's Cove), Tazewell Co, VA. They had fourteen children: Henry W. (1811-1881); Joseph (1813-1888); Olivia (1814-1906); John T. (1816-1875); James Madison, Jr. (1818-1891); Jane (1820-1862); Cynthia Ann (1820-1874); Thomas (1825-1908); David Whitley (1825-1891); Braxton Duncan (1826-?); Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" (1829-1875); Susannah "Sina" (1830-1870); Samuel (1833-1870); Wesley Price (1834-1910).

NB: "Emerini V. (1826-1914)" appears in several sources as a child of James Madison Marrs and Sarah "Sally" Workman. This is an error for Emerine Virginia Tabor (1826-1914), the wife of David Whitley Marrs 1825-1891). She was the daughter of Francis Tabor (1802-1872) and Mary "Polly" Shrader (1802-1872).

Locations and Land Holdings

James Madison Marrs and Sarah "Sally" Workman were married in Jacob's Cove (later called Crockett's Cove), Tazewell Co, VA, in 1810. They lived and paid taxes in Tazewell Co until about 1816 and then apparently moved to Cabell Co, VA, where they appear in the 1820 Federal census. They were back in Tazewell Co by the time the 1830 Federal Census was taken, but by the 1840 Federal census they had moved to Logan Co, VA, where they paid taxes. By the time of the 1850 Federal census they were back in Tazewell Co until they moved to Gentry Co, MO, where James purchased 40 acres of land from the Federal government on 1 June 1848. He bought another 120 acres of land on 2 Sep 1857 in Harrison Co, MO, where he died in Sep 1859. His widow, Sally, appears in the 1860 Federal census living in Clay Township, Harrison Co, MO, with the family of her son, Wesley Price Marrs. By Feb 1875 when she applied unsuccessfully for a pension based on James' War of 1812 service she was living with one of her sons in Grundy Co, MO. She died there in Nov 1879. NB: For additional information on locations, census results, taxes paid, and land purchased and sold, see Source 13 below.

Non-cemetery burial, presumably in either Harrison or Grundy Co, MO.

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Sarah was born in 1789. She passed away in 1879. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joliblon&id=I2164
2. ↑ Source will be added by Peggy (O'Neil) Mathena by 15 Feb 2021.

1. Ancestry.com, two separate entries for "Sarah Sally Workman".

2. Find A Grave: Memorial #154789815, created by Ginny on 9 Nov 2015.

3. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (Year: 1830; Census Place: Tazewell Co, VA; Series: M19; Roll: 200; Page: 209; FHL Film 0029679).

4. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. (Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: M452_979; Page: 265B; Image: 109).

5. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. (Year: 1860; Census Place: Clay Twp, Harrison Co, MO; Roll: M653_622; Page: 566; FHL Film: 803622).

6. Ancestry.com, Missouri, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1830-1870 (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. (In Washington Twp, Clay Co, MO, 1850 Slave Schedule, Page 455.

7. Ancestry.com Message Board, "Probate/Petition," posted by Amanda Kieling on 14 May 2011.

8. Ancestry.com Message Board, "Dept of Interior War Pension Application," posted by Amanda Kieling on 14 Mary 2011.

9. Ancestry.com, War of 1812 Pension Applications Index, page 255, WO #16304.

10. Ancestry.com, War of 1812 Pension Application Files, 1812-1815 (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (Soldier: James Marrs; Widow: Sarah Marrs; State: Virginia; Pension No. WO 11304; Roll: 63; NARA Film: M313).

11. Ancestry.com Message Board, "James Marrs/Sally Workman Documentation," posted by rmarrs8 on 16 Jan 2014 (includes Sally's declaration in support of unsuccessful War of 1812 pension application).

12. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.

13. Ancestry.com Message Board, "James Maxwell [sic!] Marrs 1789-1859," posted by rmarrs8 on 4 Nov 2014. NB: This is a dense collection of data on James and Sally Marrs including data on land transactions, court service, military service and pension applcations, locations, etc. It should be consulted for additional information pertinent to this profile.

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Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Workman _ Bree(2).ged on 20 January 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability. Original profile created by Lowell Kullberg Kullberg-5 on 23 Nov 2012.

This person was created through the import of Workman _ Bree(2).ged on 20 January 2011

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