Marilyn, how nice of you to take a moment to reply.  Another list member
found the marriage on Family Search.  I've been at this for 20 years, own
what I thought were all the marriage record books, with no success in my
search.  They were married in Frederick Co/Winchester.
Thanks,
m.


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Marilyn J. Jackson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On 3/6/2014 2:50 PM, Madaline Preston wrote:
>
>> I need a kind soul who has Clarke Co, VA marriage records for 1882ish.
>> (first child born 1883.)
>>
>> Benjamin T. Harper was b. 4 Aug 1835 in VA , d. 8 Nov 1902. He married
>> Martha Barrett,. d/o Benjamin Barrett.  She was b. Aug 1847, d. 4 Jan 1918
>> according to her gravestone.  Martha was living at home with her widowed
>> father in the 1880 census for Frederick Co.  Although Benj and Martha were
>> from Frederick Co, their marriage is not recorded in the records of that
>> county.
>>
>> Benjamin had a farm in or near Wadesville, a "town" on the
>> Clarke/Frederick
>> line, sometimes claimed by Clarke, sometime by Frederick as best I can
>> figure
>> out.
>>
>> Grateful for any help.
>> M. Preston
>>
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>>  Madeline,
>
> You might also want to look in DC or over the line in Maryland or West
> Virginia.   I helped someone years ago with a DAR application and we found
> them in DC. They took the train from Charlottesville.
>
> Marilyn
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