Bible Records Joseph Vandike and Abegale Matney Contributed by Grace Ratliff , Issue #1, Winter 1998 Buchanan County Times Past Joseph Vandike and Abegale Matney were married July 21, 1829 in Tazewell;County, Virginia. Joseph was the son of James and Susan Vandike. Abegale Matney was the daughter of Walter Matney and Charity Young Matney. They moved to the Mill Branch Section of the Dismal River area before 1850. Joseph died soon after moving there. Joseph and Abegale (Matney) Vandike Family bible Records. Joseph Vandike and Abby Matney was married on Tuesday 21 of July in the year of Christ, 1829 James Vandike was born a Sunday the 31 of Oct. on the year of Christ 1830 Walter Vandike was born on Saturday the 25 of February in the year of Christ 1832 Nancy Vandike was born on Sunday the 9 of March in the year of Christ 1834 Charity Vandike was born the 17 day of September in the year of our Lord 1843 Vicy L. Vandike was born on Tuesday September the 29 in the year of Christ 1835 Lusie Vandike was born on Thursday August the 31 in the year of Christ 1837 Susana Vandike was born on Sunday on September the 8 in the year of Christ 1839 William Vandike was born on Thursday on May the 11 in the year of Christ 1841 Lattish Vandike was born the 2 day of September in the year of our Lord 1844 Lynia Vandike was born the 16 day of April in the year of our Lord 1846 Daniel (David?) Vandike was born the 25 day of April in the year of our Lord 1838 At 06:19 PM 02/13/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Dan, >I don't remember if I have thrown this out before; if so let's go for a >second time. > >I have Abigale Mattenlee who married Joseph Vandike 21 July 1829. Joseph is >not listed in the 1830 Census. Abigale is listed in the 1840 Tazewell Co. >Census. She is subsequently found in Tazewell and Buchanan Counties, VA. >She is enumerated in the census near Walter Matney, Sr in the 1850 Tazewell >Census; I suspect he is her father. This Walter Mattingly/Matney is 78 in >1850 Tazewell Census (b @ 1770s). > >Have you been able to make a connection between the Tazewell Matney/Mattingly >families to the Mattingly families of Maryland? > >Have you established migration patterns for older members of the family which >might have passed through Tazewell County; or definitely did not pass through >this area. I have been hitting this wall from the Abigale/Walter side for a >long time. Any thoughts on who might be on the other side? > >I wish I had something important to contribute but questions seem to be the >only thing I have. > > >Lomane > > David. M. Burke [email protected]