John Banks

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Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register records that John Banks, 22, single, a farm hand born and living in Clarke County, Virginia, married Maria Marston on February 3, 1881, at Millwood.

What the source supports

That John Banks, a farm hand living in Clarke County, Virginia, married Maria Marston in 1881.

Uncertainty

Read from this project's OCR of a scan of Duncan's printed abstract, not from the page image or from the register kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clarke County. Duncan's abbreviations are expanded using her key. The entry marks both him and his wife "(col)", Duncan's abbreviation, which her key defines as "colored". Nothing about John Banks beyond this entry is recorded here, and his parents and his wife get no records.

Source

Reference work

Evidence role: supports. Duncan's entry for the marriage.

Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1836-1886 (Heritage Books, 2008)

Patricia B. Duncan · 2008 (publication)

Locator: Page 57, register entry for the marriage of John Banks and Maria Marston

Relevant passage

BANKS, John (col); s/o Felin and Mary BANKS; 22y; sgl; farm hand; b. & res. ClrkVA; m. 3 Feb 1881 at Millwood to MARSTON, Maria (col); d/o Parker and Nancy MARSTON; 23y; sgl; b. & res. ClrkVA

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

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Source family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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