Halsey Family Marriage Documents 1840, 1845

Access and use

Location of collection:
Wytheville Community College
F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact for questions and access:
POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Halsey Family Marriage Documents, Mss. Collection 2001.38, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Halsey Family Marriage Documents, Mss. Collection 2001.38, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of two documents. One is an authorization by Stephen Halsey for a marriage license to be issued by the Wythe County Clerk for the marriage of Senah Halsey and James Ingram, dated 16 April 1840. Another document in a marriage license for Richard R. Farmer and Rachel Halsey, issued by J. P. Mathews, Wythe County Clerk on 17 November 1845.

Biographical / historical:

Both Senah Halsey and Rachel Halsey were daughters of Wythe County farmer Stephen Halsey who died in 1859. Senah Halsey married James Ingram in 1840 and her sister, Rachel Halsey, married Richard R. Farmer in 1845.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Ruth Ann Chitwood in 2001 as part of the W. R. Chitwood Collection.
Custodial history:

Dr. W. R. Chitwood obtained the document from Ruby Smith, branch librarian at the Wythe County Public Library in 1984. A student at Concord College in West Virginia had discovered the documents in a library book and mailed them to the Wythe County Library in August 1980.

Physical description:
2 items.