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Greathouse of Mason County, WV Do you have any Greathouse kith and kin who resided in Mason County, WV? If so, please join us in our efforts to better document the Greathouse kith and kin who lived in this county, by sending your additions and corrections to Greathouse Point. 1806, Sep 17 - Consent/Marriage Bond: John Greathouse and Sarah McDade Excerpt from Letter of Consent: James and Rachel Tanner McDade: View @ Fold 3: [ Page 2a | Page 2b | Page 3 ] September th 17 - 1'06 Sur please to let John Pars son have lisens for Jhon grate house Sary mick Dade for tha are willing. [Signed] james mick Dade rachel mick Dade Excerpt from Marriage Bond: John Greathouse and Sarah McDade: Know all men by these presents that we John Grate house and John Parsons are held and firmly bound unto William H. Cable, Esq. Gov'r of Virginia in the just and full Sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars To which payment will and truly to be paid unto the said W. H. Cabell Govr and his successors office we do bind ourselves our heirs Exrs & admins firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 17th Septr 1806. The condition of the above obligation is such That whereas a Marriage is intended shortly to be solemnized between the above bound John Gratehouse and Sarah McDade If there should be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage other then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force. John (his X mark) Gratehouse {Seal} John (his S mark) Parsons {Seal} W. Sterrett Footnotes:
Sources: Mason County, WV, Court Records, Microfilm, 1806-11. 1806, Sep 17 - Consent/Marriage Bond: John Greathouse and Sarah McDade. View @ Fold 3: [ Page 2a | Page 2b | Page 3 ] Ralph Hall Sayre, Sayre Family ...another 100 years, Volume 1, New York: iUniverse, Inc. Page 235, 1806, Jun 19 - Marriage Return: Fuller Elliott, J. P.; Daniel Sayre and Sarah Hall. Mason County, WV, Court Records, Microfilm, 1806-11. 1806-1809 - Marriage Returns: Francis Watkins, J. P. of Point Pleasant, Mason County, WV. A marriage return for John Greathouse and Sarah McDade has not been found among those of J. P. Watkins. View @ Fold3 [ Page 1 | Page 2 ] Spencer Memorial Cemetery, Parkersburg Road - Route 14, Spencer, Roane County, WV. 1866, Jul 4 - Headstone: John Gratehouse Sen., Died: July 4, 1866, Aged: 88 ys \ 4 ms. Edward Greathouse, son and executor of John Greathouse's estate entered into a contract with a stonecutter in Ravenswood, WV to obtain a headstone for his father's grave in Jul 1866. The headstone was placed at his father's grave by Nov 1866. The inscription on the headstone, "John Gratehouse Sen., Died: July 4, 1866, Aged: 88 ys \ 4 ms ", was probably given to the stonecutter by Edward Greathouse in Jul 1866. |
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