Sarah Witten1
b. 9 March 1830, d. 6 May 1901 or 8 May 1901
Father | James Witten2 |
Mother | Rebecca (?)2 |
Birth | 9 Mar 1830 | Sarah Witten was born on 9 Mar 1830 in Virginia.3,4,5 |
Marriage | 27 Dec 1860 | She married Alexander Buchanan, son of John Buchanan and Mary Ryburn, on 27 Dec 1860 in Tazewell County, Virginia.2 |
Cens-Sum | | Following the war Alexander and Sarah settled in Tazewell County, where they farmed and raised four children: Margaret, Rebecca (Rose), John and Mary. James Witten, born in the 1790s and presumed to be Sarah's father, was enumerated with them on the 1870 and 1880 census.6,7,4 |
Death | 6 May 1901 or 8 May 1901 | Sarah died on 6 May 1901 or 8 May 1901.3,8 |
Burial | | She was buried at Whitman-Peery Cemetery in Tazewell County, Virginia.9,8 |
Citations
- [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 209. Trimble cites records belonging to Miss Mary Sewell Helvey as his source for information on the family of John Buchanan and Mary Ryburn.
- [S1144] Pauline Haga, Tazewell Co., Virginia Marriage Book 3, p. 20. Alexander M. Buchanan, 25, b. Smyth Co., son of John Buchanan & Sarah Witten, 21, b. Tazewell Co., dau of James and Rebecca Witten; marr 27 Dec. 1860 by J. Lyons - under a heading saying "certificates of marriages irregularily returned."
- [S1146] Ruth Boyd Wilson and Thurman Robert Wilson, Tazewell County Cemeteries Vol. 2, p. 52. Stone reported to read: Sallie Buchanan March 9, 1830-May 8, 1901.
- [S934] Alexander Buchanan household, 1900 U.S. census, Tazewell County, Virginia, population schedule, Jeffersonville Mag. Dist, Enumeration District (ED) 97, sheet 6 A (p. 128 stamped), dwelling 99, family 100; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 1730, viewed online at Ancestry.com, July 2004, image 11 of 78. Enumeration reads: Alexander Buchanan, b. May 1827, 73, marr 40 yrs; Sallie, wife, b. Mar 1830, marr 40 yrs, mother 4 children, all living; Gee, dau, 25, b. Feb. 1875, sgl; all b. VA, all parents b. VA.
- [S1639] Rose Brown Peery and Betty T Hollowell, Tazewell Co., Virginia - Some Old Cemeteries, p. 116. Stone reported to read: Sallie Buchanan b. May 19, 1830 d. May 6, 1901; cemetery reported as Whitman-Peery Cemetery. This date of birth is probably not correct as the 1900 census reports the month as March which is consistent with an alternate reading of her headstone.
- [S929] James Witten household, 1870 U.S. census, Tazewell County, Virginia, population schedule, Maiden Spring township, page 262b (stamped), dwelling 53, family 53; National Archives micropublication M 593, roll 1680, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2004, image 8 of 93. Enumeration recorded: James Witten, 73, farmer, owns real estate valued at $3,000, pers. prop at $450; A.M. Buchanan, 43, farm laborer; Buchanan: Sallie, 40; Margaret 8; Rebecca R., 4; John W., 2; Nancy George, 13, mulatto, domestic; all b. VA.
- [S933] Alex N. Buchanan household, 1880 U.S. census, Tazewell County, Virginia, population schedule, Maiden Spring District, Enumeration District (ED) 90, page 295a (stamped), dwelling 352, family 352; National Archives micropublication T-9, roll 1393, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2004, image 41 of 55. Enumeration reports: Alex N. Buchanan, 53, marr, farmer; Sarah, 50, wife, marr; Margaret J., dau, 18; Rose R., dau, 14; John B., son, 12; Mary E., dau, 6; James Witten, 88, widowed; all born VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S1639] Rose Brown Peery and Betty T Hollowell, Tazewell Co., Virginia - Some Old Cemeteries, p. 116. Stone reported to read: Sallie Buchanan b. May 19, 1830 d. May 6, 1901; cemetery reported as Whitman-Peery Cemetery.
- [S1146] Ruth Boyd Wilson and Thurman Robert Wilson, Tazewell County Cemeteries Vol. 2, p. 52. Stone reported to read: Sallie Buchanan March 9, 1830-May 8, 1901; cemetery described as Whitman Community Cemetery.