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From: "Diane Stojanowski" <>
Subject: Re: [WOODLIEF] Thomas Woodlief + Elizabeth Claiborne - record???
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:20:24 -0400
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Try looking in the Petersburg area for a marriage liscense for Thomas
Woodief and Elizabeth Claiborne. Also some of the female Woodlief's are
daughters of other Woodlief brothers. Thanks for the info. Diane


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From: "Sandy" <>
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: [WOODLIEF] Thomas Woodlief + Elizabeth Claiborne - record???


> In research regarding Devereaux J. Woodlief of VA>>Texas>>California, as
> well as some research concerning Peter William Woodlief of VA>>New
> Orleans, La., reference is made to each of them being the sons of a
> Thomas Woodlief of Brunswick Co, VA., said to have married an Elizabeth
> Claiborne.
> (Devereaux was born ca 1806, Peter William born ca 1809. Yet another
> sibling is said to be a Thomas C. Woodlief of Texas, born ca 1818.)
>
> I cannot locate a marriage record for a Thomas Woodlief to an Elizabeth
> Claiborne....be it a marriage bond, deed, or even a will for Elizabeth's
> father (which might name a daughter, Elizabeth Woodlief or some such).
>
> Brunswick Co marriage records 1750-1853, as abstracted by John Vogt & T.
> William Ketherly Jr., show the following Woodlief marriages:
>
> 24 Dec 1787: George Woodlief to Katharine CLAYTON; bm Thomas Claiborne;
> minister John King, Baptist;
>
> 7 June 1822 (bond)/ marr 18 June 1822: Elvira Woodlief to Joshua YOUNG;
> bm Phil Claiborne who sends a letter asking for a bond in absentia and
> noting that Joshua Young lives too far to come to court a second time;
> Joshua is from Dinwiddie Co.
> minister, David Browder;
> [note - Brunswick Co marriages 1730-1852 as abstracted by Augusta B.
> Fothergill lists Elvira as daughter of Elizabeth Woodlief]
>
> 20 Apr 1839 (bond)/ marr 9 May 1839/ Eliza E.H. Woodlief to William
> WALLACE; bm William W. Bennett; bride is of age; witnesses Elvira
> Young & William W. Bennett; minister, John Doyle;
>
> In any case, none of the abstracts of Brunswick Co marriages show a
> marriage for a Thomas Woodlief to anyone - let alone to an Elizabeth
> Claiborne....and marriage records for Brunswick clearly date back to at
> least 1730.
>
> Has anyone found any sort of record of this marriage?
>
> Thanks,
> Sandy
> >
>
>
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