There is a reference in "Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio" to this marriage that indicates that the marriage affadavit, original return is in Volume B, page 160. If no one is going to the courthouse, perhaps you can write them? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Radcliff" <canit@suddenlink.net> To: <OHSCIOTO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 2:52 PM Subject: [OHSCIOTO] Samuel Slack & Ruth Zaires > The next time someone makes a run to the records room at the courthouse, > could you check one thing for me? I have seen only one reference to the > marriage of my Samuel Slack and that was to a Ruth Zaires on 28 SEP 1849 > in Scioto County, Ohio. Would it be possible for someone to check this > for me and make sure that Ruth's last name was, in fact, Zaires? She > was supposed to have been born in Kentucky about 1818, but I can find no > trace of this surname. I am trying to locate her correct maiden name, > but of course, even Zaires may not be her maiden name, as she was about > 31 years old when she married Samuel Slack and may have been a widow. > Would like to hear from anyone connected with this Slack line. > Supposedly, Samuel's parents were Uriah Slack and Sarah Bedford. Can > anyone corroborate this? Thank you. My Scioto lines are Slack, Custer, > Kennedy and Jewett. > Mike Radcliff > Milton, Cabell County, > West Virginia > _____________________________ > To contact the list admin send an email to: OHSCIOTO-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHSCIOTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message