Rod Bias wrote: > > Hello KYPIKE-L -- > > I'm new. In fact, I've yet to receive my first post from y'all. Nevertheless, I > venture out to tell why I subscribed to this list. > > Any help locating information on the marriage (or anything else about these > people): > > Daniel CLARK (c. 1836) born in or near Pikeville, KY. > Sarah Frances UTTER (c. 1837) born in or near Tazewell, VA. > They married about 1858. I hope in Pike Co., KY. > Eventually they seem to have reached Lincoln Co., WV. > > I can see that lots of CLARKs must have passed through Pike Co. over the years. I'm hoping > only one family of UTTERs did. The name is unusual enough that it should stand out in any > records: census, land, marriage, tax, births, deaths, etc. Thanks for anything and > everything. > > -- > > Rod.Bias@ASU.Edu > > Rodney L. Bias (602) 438-9202 > 4648 East Saint Catherine Avenue > Phoenix, Arizona 85040-5369 USA > Mr. Bias: Nice to see someone who gives their name and address! Now I can include you as a source for this family if the question should arise in the future. Below is a transc. of the marriage record for couple you ask about.: ________From files of The Tackett Family Assn.__________ *MARRIAGE [Daniel Clark to Frances S. Etter]: Pike Co., KY Marr. Bonds, 1822-1865, Clyde Runyon transc. • License issued 16 Sep 1852 by John N. Richardson, CPCC for marr. of Daniel R. Clark and Frances Sarah Etter, dau. of Henry Etter, • Consent being legally given by said Henry Etter. • Letter, dated 16 Sep 1852, requesting license for Daniel R. Clark “to marry by my consent;” signed by E. Clark. • Certificate in Case of Marriage (partly printed form): “I do hereby certify that, on the 19th day of Sept. 1852, I did marry Daniel R. Clark of Pike County, KY, 20 years old, born at Pike Co., KY, and was marr. to Frances S. Etters, of Pike Co., KY, aged 21 years, born at Withe Co. (sic), Virginia, and then single, by this presents Nathaniel R. Etters; Dated 19 Sep 1852." [wit.:] Bery C . Gilliam [and] Henry Jones. • [Married by]: Harvey G. Reynolds, Minister of Baptist Church. ____________ They are not in my family line, just material from our dB. The name [Utter] is noted as ETTER in both the 1850 and 1860 Pike Co. census. Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; <jtackitt@jps.net> *************************************************************** Tackett Assn. Website: <http://www.jps.net/jtackitt/index.html>