Mary WALLER,daughter of William WALLER (1757-1832), married a man with
the surname SEVERNS, SOVERNS, or SOVEREIGNS, and had a son John born
January 1, 1812 in what is now Preston County, WV. I have seen
speculation that
the father's name was John or Joseph, but I'm not interested in
speculation. I want documentation of the father's name, the date and
location  of the the marriage, and the names of the father's parents.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 01 Apr 2004 11:05 PST

Dear buckeye 68,

What kind of documentation would you consider a valid answer?

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by buckeye68-ga on 01 Apr 2004 12:33 PST

For the husband's identification/marriage record I would expect to see
a legally marriage record or a church record for a Mary WALLER and a
SEVERNS/SOVERNS/SOVEREIGNS in the Berkeley/Monongalia County VA area
some time in the 1790-1811 period. Another possibility would be a
documented birth or baptismal record for John from 1812 identifying
his father. For the names of the parents of the father, as I am
already familiar with the names of the several
SEVERNS/SOVERNS/SOVEREIGNS families in the area at that time, I would
settle for virtually anything tieing him to such a family, e.g. a will
or his year of birth.

By the way, I and many others have been looking for this information
for years - it ain't easy! I can guess a couple of possible names,
based on circumstantial information, but I'm not paying $100 for an
educated guess. I want something that would be acceptable to an
organization like the DAR.