Maybe it’s just me, but it seems a little dark to list marriages — even arranged ones that maybe made a family 200 acres richer at the time — in a will book. Those are for death and impending fights over land. Not so in Lunenburg County, Virginia, where I guess they reasoned, they didn’t have anywhere better to put them. In the process of researching two men named Carter White, one who occasionally went by Junior and one who occassionally went by Senior (but not always, an even more frustratingly weren’t father and son, but uncle and nephew), I discovered a few associated records worth posting. Often, the indexed records, don’t include seemingly minor details, like the minister’s name who performed the ceremony which help in discovering what religion our ancestors practiced and help give clues on family associations. Citations are all from Lunenburg County Will Books.
22 Nov 1793, William Stone of Mecklenburg & Tabitha Neals, William Creath, Minister of Gospel [WB 4, p 35]
1793 [no day/month given], Isaac Stone & Rebecca Whiteworth, by William Creath [WB 4, p 46]
Sometime between Nov 1790-May 1791, Carter White & Betsey Winn Cockerham, by James Shelburn [WB 4, p 12]
13 Jan 1791, Minor Wilks & Phebe White, William Ellis, Minister [WB 4, p 14]
30 Jan 1794, Carter White, Jr. to Betsy Wood, by James Shelburn, Baptist Minister [WB 4, p 87]
6 May, 1799, Carter White & Mary Cockerham, William Ellis Minister [WB 5, p 22]
14 Jul 1804, William White to Elizabeth Cockerham, William Ellis, Minister of Gospel [WB 6, p 122]
11 Aug 1804, Minor Wilks to Elizabeth Seneth (hard to decipher), William Ellis, Minister of Gospel [WB 6, p 122]
2 Aug 1805, Richard Wilks to Jincy Stone, by William Ellis [WB 6, p 135A]
31 Dec 1803, Thomas Wilks to Jiney Winn, Joel Johns, Minister [WB 6, p 76]
5 Sep 1809, William Wilkes & Phebe Winn, Joel Johns, Minister [WB 6, p 265]
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