Michael Kearns and Nancy Keyes marriage bond. Marriage Register No. 3, page 290, 24 March 1814. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia
Wilmer L. Kerns, compiler, Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia (Revised) (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992); page 230
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLH-G6M : accessed 4 January 2019), John Keys, Martinsburg, Berkeley, Virginia, United States; citing p. 84, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 129; FHL microfilm 193,688.
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-PJR : 17 August 2017), John Keys, Berkeley, Virginia, United States; citing 226, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 189; FHL microfilm 29,668.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYM-NQM : 8 September 2017), John Keyes, Martinsbury, Berkeley, Virginia, United States; citing p. 180, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 551; FHL microfilm 29,684.
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