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/jAC.2ACE/600.1.2.1 Message Board Post: The earliest marriages which exist for Grayson are from 1793, with all of the year 1836 missing, per the clerk of court. Grayson was not formed until 1793,for marriages earlier you will need to go to the parent county for Grayson, Seems like it was formed from Wythe which was formed from Montgomery. Check this county formation out as my geography of VA is not all that great. Seems you were interested in marriages in Grayson earlier than 1793 IN Alderman's book The Settlements, Carroll 1765-1815, mentions a Thomas Bryant who settled in the Grayson/Carroll area. Thomas was from Bedford Co VA and married to Mabel Melton d/o Absolom and Ann Melton. Mabel married first Joseph Burnett. Jospeh died and left mabel with 4 children, Mabel then married Thomas Byrant on 11 Dec 1793. They had only one child also named Thomas. Thomas died about 1811she bought 50 acres on Glade Creek in Grayson. She died in Carroll 18 Oct 1845. Thomas Jr married the younger daughter of Michael Farmer Ruth. His will is probated inCarroll county Will Book 1 page 308 he left 10 children.