Mariah was the daughter of daughter of William and Rachel Banks Padgett; she was born about 1820 in Stokes County North Carolina.[1]
She married Alexander Shockley, Dec 26, 1837 in Stokes County, North Carolina.[2]Witness to marriage, William Ward.They had the following children:
James Madison Shockley, b 1838
Nancy Shockley, b 1839
Susan M Shockley, b 1839
John Wesley Shockley, b 1840
William H Shockley, b 1840
The children's births are based on the 1850 census.[3]
Mariah died in Stokes County, North Carolina about 1840.
Sources
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMM-3YN1 : 9 March 2021), William Padgett and Rachel Banks, 10 Sep 1808; citing Stokes, Pitt, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
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