Early Botetourt Virginia Marriages

Have you ever used resources from GenWeb Archives or contributed to them? With the availability of digitized records on FamilySearch and Ancestry, it’s easy to overlook the valuable resources available through GenWeb Archives. I was recently reminded of this while trying to identify individuals mentioned in the 1776 will of James Alexander from Botetourt County, Virginia.

A Google search for +”Samuel Crawford” +”Jonathan Tosh” +”James Alexander” +Botetourt +Virginia led me to a GenWeb Archive page that indexed marriage records from the Annals of Southwest Virginia. Although this index doesn’t include information on the three Crawford families from Garrard County, Virginia, it does provide marriage dates for many members of the FAN (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors) club.

Marriage Date – Groom – Bride – Parents

1789 Anderson, James Mary Ann Tathum John Tathum
1790 Anderson, James Agnes Dean
1797 Anderson, James Ann Sharkey
1775 Anderson, John Rebecca Maxwell
1791 Anderson, John Ann McClure
1791 Anderson, John Anne Awl
1800, July 22 Anderson, John Martha Broadwater
1780 Anderson, Joseph Sarah Beau
1793 Anderson, Joseph Catherine Wedgon
1802, Apr. 2 Anderson, Robt. Elizabeth Lemmon
1784 Anderson, Thos. Rebecca McClure

1794 Crawford, Alexander Elizabeth McClure
1788 Crawford, Andrew Euphies Batey
1793 Crawford, English Mary Caldwell
1786 Crawford, Jas. Sarah Vansant Sarah Vansant
1791 Crawford, Jas. Jean Poage Jean Poage
1797 Crawford, Jas. Eleanor Hunter
1794 Crawford, Nimrod Elizabeth Gray Jas. Gray
1771 Crawford, Samuel Jane Mason
1798, July 31 Crawford, Samuel Polly Dudden
1790 Crawford, Thos. Ann McNeely Wm. McNeely
1786 Crawford, Wm. Martha Cooper
1788, Apr. 20 Crawford, Wm. Margaret Dean

1788 Douglas, John Ann Morris

1792, Oct. 24 Maxwell, William Elizabeth Vansant

1790 Snodgraas, James Eliz. Fulton Daniel Fulton
1801, Jan. 26 Snodgrass, Henry Jean Mann Mary & Nathan Mann
1800, May 1 Snodgrass, Isaak Jean Preston
1787 Snodgrass, Joseph Susanna Snodgrass Jas. & Mary Snod.
1798 Snodgrass, Joseph Jannet Craddock Jos. S. Wm. Craddock
1799, June 26 Snodgrass, William Peggy Divin
1801, May 9 Snodgrass, William Esther Walker William Walker Richard Morris

1784 Vausant, Elijah Elinor Nelson
1783 Vausant, Iseah Margaret Thompson
1788 Vausant, Lisha Mary Crawford

While the Annals of Southwest Virginia is accessible on Ancestry, searching Ancestry for all three surnames—Crawford, Tosh, and Alexander—would have been challenging. That’s why I’m grateful for the GenWeb resources, which can be easily found through a Google search using multiple surnames.

NOTE: ChatGPT was used to convert the marriage records that were copied/pasted into a document into a csv file. This AI tool as also used to improve the writing of this blog and to write the meta description.