Marriage: Sheets, Samuel, 1843-01-29, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States of America[1]
Research Notes
Rachel's family migrated from Maryland. Look for father Matthew and his marriage there.
Marriage Return: M Maddox To the clerk of the court of Harrison Co Va. This is to certify that Mr Washington Ward and Miss Margaret Maddox were legally joined together in a state of holy wedlock Nov 24th 1842. Also Mr Samuel Sheets to Miss Rachel Maddox Jan 29, 1843. Done by me a regular authorized minister of the Gospel M Maddox Admitted to record in Harrison County Court Clerks office Dec 1843.
Cause of Death: Dropsy
Rachel's father was a minister.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, ancestry.com, West Virginia, 1843-01-29, Sheets, Samuel and Maddox, Rachel
↑ West Virginia. Deaths Index, 1853-1973, ancestry.com, Sheets, Rachel, 1860-06-14
↑ Wolfe Hawkins-Sheets-Yates-Wheeler and Allied Families, Lela Wolfe Prewitt, 1964, Sheets, Samuel (1796-1862) p 28
↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Virginia->Harrison Co->District 22
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