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Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
Name: Christopher Rodes
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Catherine Peeters
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1801
County: Rockbridge
State: Virginia
Christopher Rhodes:
1810 Rockbridge co. Va.
1m 0-10 [Ben?]
1m 26-45 [Chris about age 38]
4f 0-10 [Margaret, Sarah, X? & Y? ]
2f 26-45 [Cath abt age 30-35 and a sister or ??]
1820 Rockbridge co. Va.
2m 0-10 James 1819 & ?
1m 16-26 Ben?
1m 45-up [Chris would be abt 48]
5f 0-10 Sophia, Nancy, Madeline, maybe X & Y
1f 10-16 [Sarah 1809]
1f 16-26 [Margaret 1805]
1f 26-45 [Cath is prob 40-45]
10/11/1837 Rockbridge co. Va. Deed Book V p 163 sold to John A. Reynolds
They came from near Natural Bridge to Wood co. (now Jackson Co, WV) Va.
1830 Rockbridge Co, VA
Christopher Rhodes
1m 5-10 Jacob 1826 (4)
1m 10-15 Peter 1824 (6) ??
1m 20-30 James 1819 (11)
1m 50-60 [Chris age 48]
1f 0-5 Mary 1828 (2)
1f 5-10 ??
1f 10-15 Madeline (12)
3f 15-20 Sophia 18, Nancy (17), & Y
2f 20-30 Sarah (21 - mar 1832) & X
1f 40-50 [Cath age 45ish]
1840 Jackson co. Va. #216
1m 10-15 Jacob 1826 (14) mar 1848
1m 15-20 Peter 1824 (16)
1m 70-80 no females
Next are Benjamin Roads, then Peter Roads, Samuel was 2nd before Chris.
1850 Jackson co #451-456 8/27/1850
Rodes Christipher, 78 M Farmer Va, can't r/w, deaf
Rodes Catherine 60 F Va can't r/w
Rodes Sophia 38 F Va can't r/w
Rodes Jacob 24 M Farmer Va
Rodes Polly 22 F Va can't r/w
Rodes Peter 60 M Farmer Va can't r/w
Tolly Gilbert 13 M Va
1860 Jackson, VA # 955-900 living with Watson & Mary Rollins
Catherine, 83
Sophia, 48
JCWR:
Christopher Rhodes, appraisal Feb 1859; died Nov 1858
Will, 9/1/1854, prv, Mar term 1858
2 daughters now living with me: Peggy Rollins & Sophia Rhodes (single dau)
property not subject to debts of Polly's husband Watson Rollins or Sophia's if she marries
wife Catherine
friend RR Riley, Exec
Know all men by these present that we Christopher Rhodes & Christian Varner are held and firmly bound to James Monroe governor of the commonwealth of Virginia or his successor in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well & truly to be made we bind ourselves our Heirs Execution & jointly and severally firmly by these present Witness our hands and seald this 2nd Day of May in 1801
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be esteminized between the above bounded Christophber Rhodes & Catherine Peters daughter of Jonas Peters Decd.
If thereforethere shall be no lawful cause to the same then this obligation to be void or else remain in full force.
teste Christoph ?
A. M. Reid Jr. C. E ?
Christoph Rhodes' last will & Testament
In the name of God, Ame. I Christopher Rhodes of the County of Jackson in the state of Virginia being of sound mind and meory butbeing weak in body and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and wishing to make a proper distribution and arrangement of such worldly good as I am possessed of do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in maner and form folling that is I say.
I will and desire that my funeral expenses shall be first paid but if my two daughters now linving with me Polly Rollins and my single daughter Sophia shall settle the expenses attending my funeral and burial then I will and bequeath to my said two daughters all my estate both real and personal of every kind and description considering as I conscientiouly do that I do not owe anything to any man on earth and therefore deem it unnecessary to make any arrangement or provision for the payment of debts. But in making the above bequest to my said two daughters I desire that the estate thus devised shall remain the property of my said two daughters and not subject to the control of or be leable: for the debts of Watson Rollins, the husband of Polly Rollins or the husband of Sophia if she should here after marry. Nor is it my desire to interfere with the dower right of my beloved wife Catharine who I will and desire shall receive her legal share of all my estate.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my friend R. R. Riley executor of this my last will and testament and hereby revoking all to give bond and security uipon gualifing as such ex
My seal this 1 day of Sept 1854,
Christopher S his mark Rhodes
Signed Sealed and acknowledged in the presence of us who at his instance and in his presence have subscrited our names as witness
Robt R. Riley
Andrew Waugh
Virginia Jackson Co.
March First 1858
The last will and testament of Christopher Rhodes ded was this day produced in court and proven by the oaths of Andrew Waugh and R. R. Riley subscribing witness there and order to be recorded and on the motion of the said R. R. Riley executor there in named who took the oath as prescribed by law certificate is granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form the said decedent having reauested on his said mile? that his said executor should not upon his qualifying give bond and security as such ex.
A Copy
Teste Jas Greer ClerkVa:Big Sandy INDEX_90.Preparer:Index of Names 31 January 2012 PAGE33T VaRockbridge Co. Catherine Peters and Christopher Marion Rhodes were married on 2 Jun 1801 in Rockbridge Co., Va.
From JoAnn - found at Rockbridge Courthouse in Lexington, June 2017
Deed Book U Page 163, Rockbridge Co, VA
This indenture made the 14th day of October in the year 1837 between Christopher Rhodes and Katy his wife of the one part and John A Reynolds of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Christopher Rhodes and Katy his wife for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to them in hand paid by the said Reynolds, have bargained & sold & by these present to bargain and sell to the said Reynolds the tract of land on which the said Rhodes now lives in the Arnolds Valley, adjoining the land of Winste (?) Tygart and bounded as follows to wit: beginning at a black oak on or near a line of the said Tygert and running with the same south 480 west 68 poles to a white oak corner to said Tygert land, then running with ... lines 121 west 38 poles to a Red oak hickory & 2 poplars S20 east 117 poles to a chestnut ... on a flat ridge N35 East 100 poles to 3 ... growing out of one root in a hollow N 31 + East 24 poles to a chestnut N 19 + West 48 Poles to a chestnut Locust and chestnut and west 64 poles to a chestnut and several Gums N 62 West 64 poles to a poplar, chestnut, oak and gum in a hollow thence N 25 West 31 poles to the beginning to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of Land containing one hundred acres be the same more or less to the said John A Reynolds his heirs and assigns forever free from any claim or demand by the said Christopher Rhodes & Katy his wife and of all others. In testemony whereof the said Christopher Rhodes and Katy his wife do herewith affix their hands and seal the day and year first above written.
Christopher Rhodes (mark and seal)
Katy Rhodes (mark and seal)
Rockbridge County ..
We, R Grigsby & Wm Paxton Jr Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid in the state of Virginia certify that Christopher Rhodes and Katy his wife parties to a certain deed bearing date October 14th 1837 and ... ... ... this day came before us in our county aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed and desired us to certify their said acknowledgement to the Clerk of the County Court of Rockbridge in order that the said deed may be recorded. And the said Katy being quarried? by us privatly and apart from her husband and having fully explained to her the deed aforesaid she declared that she had willingly signed sealed and delivered the same and that she wished no to retract it. Given under our hads hereto this 14th day of October in the year 1837.
R Grigsby
William Paxton Jr
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