Margaretta Colston Carper
Boyce woman, daughter of J. L. Carper, who married Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod of Lynchburg at Emmanuel Chapel on July 6, 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reports that Miss Margaretta Colston Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carper, became the bride of Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod of Lynchburg in Emmanuel Chapel, Boyce, on July 6. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for her marriage, aged 20, daughter of Julian L. and Minnie S. Carper, to Charles Campbell MacLeod at Boyce on July 6, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reports that Miss Margaretta Colston Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carper, became the bride of Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod of Lynchburg in Emmanuel Chapel, Boyce, on July 6. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for her marriage, aged 20, daughter of Julian L. and Minnie S. Carper, to Charles Campbell MacLeod at Boyce on July 6, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
What the source supports
That Margaretta Colston Carper of Boyce married Charles Campbell MacLeod on July 6, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The register entry is cited, not merged. Her parents have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The July 14, 1921 report of the wedding of Margaretta Colston Carper and Charles Campbell MacLeod.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 14, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-07-14 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Brilliant Wedding at Emmanuel Chapel"
Relevant passageBoyce, July 12—A beautiful wedding of widespread Interest was solemnized in Emmanuel Chapel last Wednesday evening. July 6. at » o’clock, when Miss Margaretta Colston Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. L. Carper, became the bride of Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod, of Lynchburg, one of the Virginia heroes of the world war, who was awarded the French war medal, the Croix de One >». [Guerre] for bravery in action.
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: contextualizes. Duncan's register entry for the marriage of Charles Campbell MacLeod and Margaretta Colston Carper, July 6, 1921, cited as a second record; the match is a proposal.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1887-1925 (Heritage Books, 2009)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2009 (publication)
Locator: Page 101, register entry for the marriage of Charles Campbell MacLeod and Margaretta Colston Carper
Relevant passageMacLEOD. Charles Campbell: s/o Charles & Leita MacLEOD; 29y; sgl; salesman: b. Lynchburg Va res. Box 368, Lynchburg, Va; m. 6 Jul 1921 at Boyce to CARPER, Margaretta Colston; d/o Julian L. & Minnie S. CARPER: 20y; sgl: b. & res. ClrkVA:
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
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