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1820 Wood, VA:
Rector, Charles
2m 0-10
1m 26-45
1f 0-10 Sally
1f 16-26 ??
1f 26-45
1830 Wood, VA:
Rector, Charles
2m 10-15
1m 50-60
2f 5-10 Susan & Martha ??
1f 10-15 Sally
1f 40-50
1840 Wood, VA
Rector, Charles
2m 20-30
1m 60-70
2f 15-20
1f 20-30
1f 40-50
1850 Wirt Co; 303-303:
Charles, 74, VA, farmer
Sarah, 64, VA
1860 Jackson VA
Sarah, 74, blind, living with Levin
1860 Mortality Sch
Rector, Charles, 84, m, June, VA, old age, farmer
JCDR
Charles Rector, 6/26/1859; 83y 1m 28d; D - Jackson Co, Parent - Ben Rector; Born Jackson Co,
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Both buried Rector Cemetery, Sherman, Jackson Co, WV
This cemetery is located on a hill above the Isaac Sherman house, and the hill is overgrown, the soil has slipped, there is no road or path up to the cemetery, and the locals advise visiting it in cooler weather when the copperheads are not around.
Rector Charles Apr 24 1776-Jun 29 1859 b. Faquier Co VA s/o Benjamin Rector
Rector Sallie Ruth wife of C. Rector Mar 4 1786-4 Feb 1864 mn Rust b. Loudon Co VA
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Sims Index: Wood County
150 acres, Adj Rector & Blosser, 1820, Bk 1, pg 240
History of Wirt Co, WV:
First Court:
. . . .the 4 Gentleman Justices who made up the first County Court were Henry Steed,
William Sheppard, Thomas Boggs and Charles Rector 8 Apr 1848
The first house of worship in the Town of Elizabeth . . .Baptist. . .Rev E Rector
Pioneer History of Meigs Co, OH to 1949:
Sarah Ruth Rust (Mar 4, 1786-Feb 4, 1864) married Charles Rector (Apr 24, 1776 - June 29, 1859) of Fauquier County, VA, January 2, 1814. They conveyed all rights in "Frog Hall" Westmoreland Co, and removed to western VA. High Sherrif of Wood Co, VA when it comprised the present Wirt and Pleasant Counties.
Hardesty's History of Wirt Co WV 1882
The First County Court
In compliance with the act creating the new county, the first county court convened at the house of Alfred Baruchamp in the town of Elizabeth, on the 23 rd day of May 1848. The following justices were present, Viz: Henry Steed, Charles Rector, William Shepherd, Thomas Boggs, John P Thomasson, William R Goff, Silas B Seaman, William P Rathbone, Daniel Wilkinson and Alfred Beauchamp.
John House "Pioneers of Wood Co"
Benjamin Rector was of German descent, but the name does not so indicate, and settled in VA.
A son, Charles, lived in Wirt Co, formerly Wood Co, until a few years before his death, which occured at the home of his son, Charles, in Jackson Co. He came from Fauquier Co soon after the War of 1812. He had a number of slaves and was Sheriff of Wood Co. Of his children:
Susan m. Raleigh M Kyger
Sarah m. William H Smith, their son William H m. a Jackson
Martha m. a Sims
Levin
Steptoe
A Rector married a Sherman and lived at Little Sandy. Charley Rector, who was a candidate for Sheriff of Jackson Co, was a grandson of the Charles Rector above, who must have moved to Jackson County in the '40s.
Enoch Rector, the Baptist preacher, was a son of Thomas, brother of Benjamin. (This should be brother of Charles, sons of Benjamin)
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West Virginia Pioneers
Abt 1829 - Yes, date unknown
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