Elizabeth Wilks, 1790

Name
Elizabeth /Wilks/
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Wilks
Nickname
Betsy
Married name
Elizabeth /Dobyns/
Birth
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
2nd President of the United States
John Adams
March 4, 1797
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 47298417. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard
3rd President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
March 4, 1801
Birth of a brother
Death of a paternal grandmother
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a brother
Note: Feb. 23, 1806; Benjamin Wilks & Polly Foster; Asa Wilson, Surety; Married by Elijah Hurt, Feb. 24, 1806. [License issued 23 FEB 1806; married 24 FEB 1806]
Death of a maternal grandfather
Death of a paternal grandfather
4th President of the United States
James Madison
March 4, 1809
Marriage of a sister
Note: "___ --, ----; Jabes Beard & Sally Wilkes; Married by Peyton Welch."
Marriage
Note: "Dec. 25, 1809; Abner Dobyns & Elizabeth Wilks; Samuel Wilkes, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Dec. 28, 1809."
Birth of a son
Marriage of a brother
Note: "Jan. 5, 1811; Thomas Wilks & Betsy Morris, dt John; Zachariah Harrison, Surety."
Birth of a daughter
Marriage of a brother
Note: "jan. 18, 1815; John Wilks & Susanna Rider, dt John; Jacob Woodford, Surety; Married by Payton Welch, Jan. 22, 1815."
Death of a maternal grandmother
British King
George III
from October 25, 1760 to January 29, 1820
5th President of the United States
James Monroe
March 4, 1817
Marriage of a brother
Note: Oct. 5, 1818; Francis Wilks & Lucy Dobyns, dt Sarah; Abner Dobyns, Surety. Bedford County Marriage Bonds
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Red Mills Cemetery
Address: It is on the West Side of Highway 31-W and just north of the Nolin River, about six miles south of Elizabethtown in Hardin County and not far from the Eagle Mills section of Larue County.
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Indexing Project# M00005-6, Film# 30591, Reference # page 82
Text:

listed as Judy Dowdy

Note: "May 24, 1824; Henry Wilks & Judah Dowdy; William Dowdy, Surety; Married by William Harris, May 26, 1824."
Marriage of a brother
Note: "Oct. 8, 1824; Samuel N. Wilks & Emily Newman, dt Catherine Elet; Gilbert Crum, Surety; Married by James Scott, Oct. 8, 1824."
Death of a brother
British King
George IV
from January 29, 1820 to June 26, 1830
6th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
March 4, 1825
Death of a mother
Marriage of a parent
Note: ceremony performed by William Leftwich, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Joseph Crouch as surety on bond.
Note: "Oct. 6, 1826; Samuel Wilks & Margaret Witt; Joseph Crouch, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Oct. 11, 1826."[License issued 6 OCT 1826; married 11 OCT 1826]
7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829
Death of a brother
Note: apparently after one census and before the next when Lucinda Wilks was head of family, must be his widow
Marriage of a brother
Note: "Jul. 26, 1830; Samuel W. Wilks & Matilda Woodford; Wm. Woodford, Surety; Married by H. Alley."
Birth of a son
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Book 22, Page 438
Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-8, Film# 30591, Reference# Pag 61
Note: "Nov. 26, 1832; Samuel Wilkes & Sarah Dobyns; Abner Dobyns, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Nov. 28, 1832."
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-9, Film# 30597, Reference# 60
Marriage of a brother
Note: listed as: Wilks, Samuel L. - Killough, Cynthia - 3 Sep 1835 - Ganard, H. MG
Birth of a granddaughter
Marriage of a son
British King
William IV
from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
Birth of a granddaughter
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837
Death of a father
Citation details: Book 9, pages 381, 384; Book 10, page 322
Note: his property was appraised by administrators Henry Wilks and Thomas Rider, and the last of sale buyer s included Samuel Norman Wilks (a grandson, Ben's son Samuel Norman)
Birth of a granddaughter
9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841
Death of a brother
Birth of a granddaughter
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845
Birth of a grandson
Marriage of a son
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849
Marriage of a son
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
Family census
Address: Southern Division
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: page 224 & 225
Text:

Enumerator: G. A. Burton

Note: in hh 206 206 as Abner Dobins, Age: 63, Male, Farmer, $1000, VA; Betsy, Age: 60, Female, VA, Cannot read or write; Benjamin W., Age: 19, Male, Student, VA, Attended school.
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Page 53
Citation details: Indexing Project# M86847-9, Film# 30597, Reference# 60
Note: age 21 at marriage. listed as Benj. Wilkes
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
Death of a husband
Citation details: Indexing Project# 109193-7, Film# 2056975, Reference# 2056975
Death of a brother
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Marriage of a son
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Indexing Project# M868479-9, Film # 39597, Reference# 63
Note: listed as Thos. B. Wilkes
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Vol 1, Page 64, License # 1581
Note: Sam'l L WITT, age 32, wid, bp Bedford Co, res Campbell Co, parents: Cha's & Mary B WITT, occ: farmer Elizabeth WILKES, 30, sngl, bp Bedford, res Bedford, par: Sam'l & Sarah WILKES

Sam'l L WITT, age 32, wid, bp Bedford Co, res Campbell Co, parents: Cha's & Mary B WITT, occ: farmer Elizabeth WILKES, 30, sngl, bp Bedford, res Bedford, par: Sam'l & Sarah WILKES
by C.W. WOOD

Note: Elizabeth was his 2nd wife; Samuel L. Witt was her 1st husband
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Marriage of a son
Note: 3rd wife
Death of a son
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Death of a brother
Death of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 47298417. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Beard Family Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.97020, Longitude: -87.72729. Farm east side of County Road 11 at intersection with 139 in the woods behind the farm house.
Note: Beard Graveyard located on the Jabez & Sally (Wilkes) Beard farm homesteaded in the early 1830's in Lauderdale County, Alabama near Cloverdale and Florence. Grave is difficult to find across an open field about 1/4 mile behind the farmhouse and into the woods a few hundred feet.
Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: "Sally Beard--Born in Bedford, Co., Va June 30, 1798. Died Apr. 24, 1885." "I have found the shores of everlasting rest".
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Death
yes
Family with parents
father
17641837
Birth: October 24, 1764 30 24 Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Death: July 1, 1837Bedford, Virginia, USA
mother
17651826
Birth: about 1765 20 21 Dunmore (later Shenandoah), Virginia, USA
Death: before October 1826Bedford, Virginia, USA
Marriage MarriageJuly 9, 1783Bedford, Virginia, USA
14 months
elder brother
17841824
Birth: August 30, 1784 19 19 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: March 4, 1824Hardin, Kentucky, USA
3 years
elder brother
17871843
Birth: December 16, 1787 23 22 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: September 1843Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
2 years
herself
1790
Birth: April 28, 1790 25 25 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death:
11 years
younger brother
17941840
Birth: between 1794 and 1800 35 35 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: between 1830 and 1840Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA
2 years
younger brother
17951878
Birth: 1795 30 30 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: 1878Bedford, Virginia, USA
2 years
younger brother
17961826
Birth: about 1796 31 31 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: 1826Bedford, Virginia, USA
3 years
younger brother
1798
Birth: about 1798 33 33 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death:
6 months
younger sister
Sally Wilks Beard, 1st cousin of John Wilks, Jr
17981885
Birth: June 30, 1798 33 33 Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Death: April 24, 1885Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
5 years
younger brother
18031861
Birth: May 13, 1803 38 38 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: after February 28, 1861Red River, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Margaret Witt
father
17641837
Birth: October 24, 1764 30 24 Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Death: July 1, 1837Bedford, Virginia, USA
stepmother
17881858
Birth: 1788Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: February 12, 1858Bedford, Virginia, USA
Marriage MarriageOctober 11, 1826Bedford, Virginia, USA
Family with Abner Dobyns
husband
17871859
Birth: June 19, 1787Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Death: May 1, 1859Bedford, Virginia, USA
herself
1790
Birth: April 28, 1790 25 25 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death:
Marriage MarriageDecember 28, 1809Bedford, Virginia, USA
10 months
son
18101872
Birth: October 12, 1810 23 20 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: July 11, 1872Floyd, Virginia, USA
2 years
daughter
1812
Birth: 1812 24 21 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death:
11 years
son
1822
Birth: July 29, 1822 35 32 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death:
17 months
son
1823
Birth: December 23, 1823 36 33 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death:
7 years
son
18311888
Birth: March 8, 1831 43 40 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: August 11, 1888
Birth
Marriage
Family census
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: page 224 & 225
Text:

Enumerator: G. A. Burton

Marriage

"Dec. 25, 1809; Abner Dobyns & Elizabeth Wilks; Samuel Wilkes, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Dec. 28, 1809."

Family census

in hh 206 206 as Abner Dobins, Age: 63, Male, Farmer, $1000, VA; Betsy, Age: 60, Female, VA, Cannot read or write; Benjamin W., Age: 19, Male, Student, VA, Attended school.

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