SPRY
Parents
William SPRY {M} = Nancy CAMERON {F}
Married 18 December 18341
Nancy CAMERON:
Born 1802, VA
Died 1880, Magoffin Co, KY probably2
Birth: According to DAR, Nancy was proven in Nat'l #792056
Death: It is thought Nancy died in the home of her grandson, Lewis Howard, on Bull Mire Creek. She was in the census as an old woman living with Lewis. from Joe Cameron. (I don't know which census he is referring to. LMcK-25 Apr 2000) The 1880 date came from DAR.
Census Date: 1860
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
HOWARD, Nancy, age 45, H543 This Nancy may not be the wife of John. According to other information, Nancy, wife of John was born in 1802. The Nancy in the 1860 census would have been born in 1815. Unless this is another error in the census.
Misc. event Type: Marriage Bond
Misc. event Date: 17 SEP 1817
Misc. event Place: Floyd Co, KY
p 151 Floyd County Marriage Bonds: Bond dates 17, Sept. 1817 by John Howard and James Camron for a marriage shortly to be had between John Howard and Nancy Camron.
#123 - on microfilm
Floyd County to wit:
These are to license and permit you to join in marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of the church to which you belong John Howard and Nancy Camron and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant given under my hand the 27th day of September 1817 Wm J Mayo, CFCC
This is to certify that James Camron father of the said Nancy has given oral consent hereto and that bond with security is given in my office according to law. teste - Wm J Mayo, CFCC
To any person legally authorized to so canonize(?) matrimony.
Sources
1 : "Joe Cameron "
1a: "Clarence E Shepard, Kentucky Kinfolk (Clarence E Shepard, 26"; Page p 62
2 : "Joe Cameron "
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{M} = Male; {F} = Female.