"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DY-H2N : 23 December 2020), Richard M Napier in household of Patrick Napier, Trouts Hill, Wayne, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9L3-B62 : 4 December 2014), Richard M.J. Napier, Private, Company , Ferguson's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Guyandotte Battalion), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M382 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 881,434.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNN-PN5 : 11 February 2018), Richard M J Napier and Amilda Adkins, 1862; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,490.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNJ-6P2 : 11 February 2018), R M J Napier and Julia A Bradshaw, 1872; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,490.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-WGT : 20 February 2021), Richard M C J Napier, Stonewall, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 140, sheet 258B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,415.
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