> -----Original Message----- > From: J Leon Vanlandingham [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 12:45 PM > To: [email protected]; Garrett Roxanne > Subject: {not a subscriber} Sarah Burk > > > The problem with Abram's daughter Sarah being the Sarah who > married Stewart Vanlandingham is the different in dates of birth. > Stewart's wife Sarah, from the 1860 and 1870 census records, was > born about 1835, and Abram's daughter, according to the 1850 > census record, was born about 1839. Maybe Abram and the Andrew > who signed Sarah and Stewart's marriage certificate were brothers > and both had daughters named Sarah, maybe named after their > mother. Pretty common practice in the 1800's. > > J. Leon Vanlandingham >