I have some info on Elijah, his children and where he died, but no proven place or date of marriage to Susannah. I'd be willing to be that the marriage was either Botetourt or Augusta registered or Fincastle County Seat Registered, as these were earlier, settled versions of the "to become in 1776-77" Montgomery County. see http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/county2.htm also see http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/ for early maps. Based on this map I wouldn't rule out marriage having occurred in Bedford County, Va. which is neighboring Botetourt at the 1770ish time frame. As a side note - the Howells have early investment in Land records in Botetourt in the 1770-'s and 1780's. from "Early Settlers of Floyd County" "1772 - Elijah Hylton - Fought under Washington in Revolutionary War (other Hyltons had settled in (what was to become) Floyd earlier ???) Had oldest house in county - built before the Revolutionary War. On 1790 tax list Indian Valley Section next to Moser Dickerson. dau. Eliz. m. Henry Hylton 1/3/1792. Elijah & David Howell in partnership. Will made 9/8/1798. Son Geo. m. Martha Hill 1785. dau. m. D. Howell. On Capt. Eason's tax list in Mont. Co. in 1783." I descend from his grand daugther Nancy Howell, daughter of Elijah's child Susannah and the David Howell shown above. They were married in Montgomery in 1808. Through researching Hyltons, I have come to believe that approximate birth date for Susannah, mother of my Nancy Howell, daughter of the subject Elijah Hylton, was born about 1770 - before Montgomery was "discovered" and legal. There is some indication that Lucy Hylton, sister of Susannah and yet another daughter of Elijah and wife Susannah was born about 1766 - so this would indicate the marriage as technically having been performed in some county other than Montggomery. from webesite: http://home.earthlink.net/~wwwizard/land_records.htm GRANTEE Hylton, Elijah. grantee. DATE 21 September 1797. Location: Montgomery County. Description: 940 acres on the waters of the south fork of Little River, a branch of New River including Stalkers Nob. Source: Land Office Grants No. 39, 1797-1798, p. 619 (Reel 105). NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Also available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-. Hope something here might help. Regards Dusty -----Original Message----- From: vamontgo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vamontgo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of janiceud@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:27 AM To: VAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAMONTGO] Elijah Hylton and spouse Susannah 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/yAC.2ACE/1043 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any marriage information Elijah Hylton and his spouse, Susannah. I believe it's possible they were married in Montgomery Co. Thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message