This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENRY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GBC.2ACI/1086.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for sending these marriages. I will search each one in case Rachel was a widow when she married William Henry. Funny as the only one who fits so nicely is Rachel Poage since William Poage, John Poage and Elisha McClanahan were in William Henry's estate. But, the information I've found so far notes that Rachel Poage Hill and husband William were married a long time. Wonder why the marriage bond notes "parent/Wm. Ritchey"? Rena Worthern contacted me a short time ago with this marriage: Rachel Henry was Rachel McElhanny d/o Samuel McElhanny. She md John Jenkins on 29 July 1816 she was over 21. Source: Botetourt Marriages by Vogt Vol 2 I'd read this marriage at the LVA last week but didn't find that this Rachel Henry was a widow. Rena said that she was going to the court house today and would check for me. Believe me Linda, I truly appreciate all that you have sent and will write you when I hear from Rena. There are so many names in Botetourt that appear to have moved first to Hardin Co. TN and then later to Jackson Co. AR. Sincerely, Carolyn Anderson