Zerilda (Gilkison) Stith (abt. 1822 - abt. 1888)

Born about 1822 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James M Stith — married 25 Feb 1839 in Lawrence, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died about 1888 at about age 66 in West Virginia, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Honi Kleine [send private message] and Betty Toppings [send private message]

Biography

Zerilda was born about 1822. She was a daughter of John Gilkison. It is not with certainty she was a daughter Delila Drown as this couple did not marry until 1823 and John Gilkison's 1820 household contained a female the appropriate age to have been a first unknown wife. Zerilda is however named in numerous primary source documents as the daughter and heir of John Gilkison.

She married James Stith in 1839 in Lawrence Co., Ohio. Her father John Gilkison deeded land to Zerilda just shortly before his death in 1857. She passed away before 1889 when a chancery cause was filed by her still living children and heirs of those deceased to divide land she had received from her father.

Sources

• [1]OH County Marriages, 1789-2016 Lawrence Marriage records and index 1817-1843 vol 1-3 Image 180

Census Records

• [2]1840 VA, Cabell Co.
• [3]1850 KY, Lawrence Co.
• [4]1860 VA, Wayne Co.
• [5]1870 WV, Wayne Co., Butler (James SEETH)
• [6]1880 WV, Wayne Co., Butler

• [7]15 Oct 1857 John Gilkison to Zerilda Stith; John Gilkison to John D. Gilkison; John Gilkison to John D. & Emeline Gilkison; John Gilkison to Zerilda Stith (second deed); & John Gilkison to Laura Ann, Zachariah T., & Victoria Davis. WV, Wayne Co., Deed Book E, Pgs. 90 thru 95.
• [8]5 Feb 1889 Oliver Stith, et al. vs. James Stith, et al. WV, Wayne Co., Order Book 7 Pgs. 33 & 34.
• [9]7 Jun 1889 Partition made per Oliver Stith, et al. vs. James Stith, et al. WV, Wayne Co., Order Book 7 Pg. 143.

VA, Wayne Co., Land Tax Books

• [10]1858 Zurilda – 50 acres & 200 acres
• [11]1859 Zerrilda – 50 & 200
• [12]1860 Zerilda – 50 & 200
• [13]1861 Zerrilda – 50 & 200
• [14]1866 Zerilla – 50 & 200
• [15]1888 Zerrilda – Butler 3rd -- 200
• [16]1889 Zerrilda’s Est. – Butler 3rd -- 200