Thanks. I will go back and look at Good's book, which I own, too. This is what I saw and recorded at the Rockingham County Court House in Harrisonburg: Rockingham County, Virginia, Bond Book 5, page 601: 14 Nov 1856, at Ely?Gentry? near Round Hill, Rockingham County, VA, Henry Bull, age 25, Single, b Frostburg, Alleghany Co., VA (sic--MD?), residing Rockingham County near Roundhill, son of John Bull and Frances Shirkey, and Elizabeth Reed, 21, S, b Smith's Creek, near Sparta, residing RC at head of Longmeadow, dau of Jacob Reed and Sarah Kiser; married by Abraham Knopp, Min., German Baptist Church, recorded 14 Dec 1856. CHAT111@aol.com wrote: > Hello. > > My source is from a book "Shadowed by the Massanutten", A History of Life > along Smith Creek. by William Algernon Good. My uncle was a friend of Mr. > Good. It is a well researched and written book. > > On page 288 of this book, > > "Henry Charles Bull, b. Sept 9 1831 d. Jan. 29 1882, M. (bond date) Dec. 14 > 1856 at the home of Eli Gentry near Round Hill, Rockingham County by Rev. > Abraham Knopp of the German Bapist Church, to Elizabeth Reed, b. Jan 9, 1838 > on Smith Creek at the head of Long Meadow, d. May 6 1916, da. of (Jacob, and > Sarah Kiser). Henry was a member of Co. C. 11th Va. Cavalry post (Civil) > war, and according to the census lived near Cowans Post Office south of > Broadway, Va. Rev. Knopp held services in many of the area churches > including Tenth Legion and New Dale. > Children, > > Mary Catherine Bull. > Fannie Rebecca Bull, b. July 9 1859 d. Nov. 19, 1951; m. Aug. 8, 1877 to > Emanuel E. Derrow (I have a photo of their tombstone.) > Katie Bull, m. George Ettinger > Annie A. Bull, m. James T. Cave. > Sarah Jane Bull m. Eli Knupp > John Henry Bull m. Nellie Lee Martz > > There are countless more information on the above plus a lot of information > on the Buhl/Bull families. > > Charles William Buhl married my mother's 1/2 sister Emma. > > Lynda