Joseph Briggs
Clarke County man named in April 1923 as a son of Isham Keith Briggs, with whom he worked part of the George H. Byrd farm.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 5, 1923 reports the death of Isham Keith Briggs, former sheriff and chief land assessor of Clarke County, at the home of his son in South Boston. It says that in his later years he operated part of the George H. Byrd farm with his son Joseph Briggs, and names Joseph Briggs of Clarke among his surviving sons.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 5, 1923 reports the death of Isham Keith Briggs, former sheriff and chief land assessor of Clarke County, at the home of his son in South Boston. It says that in his later years he operated part of the George H. Byrd farm with his son Joseph Briggs, and names Joseph Briggs of Clarke among his surviving sons.
What the source supports
That Joseph Briggs of Clarke County was named in 1923 as a son of Isham Keith Briggs and had worked part of the George H. Byrd farm with him.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his father's obituary. His father has no record here, so no kinship record is made.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 5, 1923 obituary of Isham Keith Briggs.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 5, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-04-05 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary of Isham Keith Briggs
Relevant passageMr. Isham Keith Briggs, for years Prominent as county official and 1 citizen of Clarke County, for whose 1 family Briggs postoffice is named, i ■ died Tuesday afternoon at the home! of his soji [son] Dr. Keith Briggs, in South Boston
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of his offices and farming.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 5, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-04-05 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary of Isham Keith Briggs, continued
Relevant passageHe served as Sheriff for years, and only a few years ago he resigned s [as] chief land assessor of Clarkf. [Clarke] ... Luring [During] his later years he operated | part o' the George H. Byrd far:;; [farm] i with his son Mr. Joseph Briggs
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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