This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lAB.2ACE/1371.2190.2278.2283.2284.2297.2301.1 Message Board Post: Rufus Thomas married Elizabeth Beard, 5/18/1815 in Bedford Co., Va. (Bedford Co., Va. Marriage Bonds). Daughter Julia Ann Thomas married William Ware Jopling, 11/29/1840 in Bedford Co., Va. ( Bedford Co.,Va. Marriage Bonds). This record contradicts the Bondurant Family Bible (Held at the Library of Va.) which indicates Julia and William's marriage as either 12/2 or 12/21/1840 (Date unclear).