Here is the final part of the article. Phyllis These appear to have been long term relationships, and in most cases are likely the only extant of the woman's maiden name. It is likely that each person was single, otherwise the charge would have been adultery. I have additional information on only two of these couples: (1) William Tate (age 44) married Pheraba Fugate (age 41) on 12 October 1849 according to a minister's return recently found in the Russell County Courthouse. I found them in the 1850 Russell County census with four children, ages 1, 4, 7, & 11. (2) Henry Hay and "Nicy" Robinson. They were in Lawrence County, KY in 1850, in Morgan County, KY in 1854 and 1860, and in Elliott County, KY in 1870. The birth record of a child showed that the mother's maiden name was Eunice Roberson. They had appeared on four Russell County VA lewdness lists in1849 and 1850. Possibly they married in Russell County immediately before they left, but it is more likely they left to avoid further prosecution in the courts. There is no indication they married in Kentucky and it seems unlikely anyone there knew or cared. They apparently stayed together for life. One of their granddaughters could pass for pure Indian, so now I wonder if it would have been legal for Henry to have married Eunice if she had been Indian or other nonwhite. Most of the other individuals charged with lewdness were listed in the 1850 census of Russell County. There was a wide range of ages and circumstances so I really can't generalize about what I found. Perhaps any further research on the matter is best left up to those researching the individual families. There are a number of reasons why individuals charged with lewdness did not or could not marry; (1) The expense of the marriage bond and marriage licenses might not have been affordable. (2) One or both parties might have still been legally married to someone else. (3) One or both might have been legally divorced, yet by law forbidden to remarry by the court which gave the divorce. (The Russell County Court sometimes disallowed remarriage.) (4) Marriage of a white person to one of color was probably illegal at this time. A person of color could include anyone thought to be part Negro or Indian such as the Melungeons. Jews and Gypsies and dark Europeans could also fall in this category. Transcribed from The Appalachian Quarterly - December 1999 issue by Phyllis Reynolds Goelz 4/27/2006