Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Sheets Cemetery, Wood, VA1,956, Mary Sheets, age 72y, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51459876
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary DeWitt, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MT8D-2C8
!NOTE: The 1808 marriage record gives her name as Polly Sheets (not Mary DeWitt)
!MARRIAGE: 25-Feb-1808 Harrison, VA marriages318, book 1, page 101, Henry Sheets and Polly Sheets
!REFERENCE: Wolfe/Sheets Families957, page 27
!REFERENCE: Sheets/Congrove Families958, This reference indicates Henry (not Mary) was the brother of John Sheets who married Susan Congrove and that the parents of Mary were Michael and Elizabeth Sheets
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary DeWitt, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MT8D-2C8
!NOTE: The 1808 marriage record gives her name as Polly Sheets (not Mary DeWitt)
!MARRIAGE: 25-Feb-1808 Harrison, VA marriages318, book 1, page 101, Henry Sheets and Polly Sheets
!REFERENCE: Wolfe/Sheets Families957, page 27
!REFERENCE: Sheets/Congrove Families958, This reference indicates Henry (not Mary) was the brother of John Sheets who married Susan Congrove and that the parents of Mary were Michael and Elizabeth Sheets
Spouses
FatherJohn Michael Sheets (1749-1790)
MotherElizabeth Weigel (1755-~1845)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Sheets Cemetery, Wood, VA1,956, Henry Sheets, age 53y, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51459867
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Henry Sheets, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH6P-64C
!MARRIAGE: 25-Feb-1808 Harrison, VA marriages318, book 1, page 101, Henry Sheets and Polly Sheets
!REFERENCE: 23-Mar-1825 Wood, VA deeds, book 6, page 531b, "John Dewitt to Michael Sheet and Henry Sheets, all Wood Co, VA, 200 A, being a certain tract situated on forks of Lee Creek, being same tract conveyed by Thomas Tavenner, Sheriff, Wood Co, dtd 04-Jan-1825. ($100 ihp) Rec’d WCC 04-Apr-1825."
!REFERENCE: Revolutionary War pension record for uncle John Sheets, Sr.
!REFERENCE: Wolfe/Sheets Families957, page 27
!REFERENCE: Sheets/Congrove Families958, This reference indicates Henry (not Mary) was the brother of John Sheets who married Susan Congrove and that the parents of Mary were Michael and Elizabeth Sheets
!REFERENCE: Wood, VA/WV deeds. Some of the following deeds (all with Henry as grantor) may be for Henry's son: Henry Sheets - book 6, page 531; Henry Sheetz - book 7, page 74; Henry Sheetz - book 9, page 125; Henry Sheets - book 10, page 244; Henry Sheets - book 10, page 562; Henry Sheets - book 11, page 206
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Henry Sheets, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH6P-64C
!MARRIAGE: 25-Feb-1808 Harrison, VA marriages318, book 1, page 101, Henry Sheets and Polly Sheets
!REFERENCE: 23-Mar-1825 Wood, VA deeds, book 6, page 531b, "John Dewitt to Michael Sheet and Henry Sheets, all Wood Co, VA, 200 A, being a certain tract situated on forks of Lee Creek, being same tract conveyed by Thomas Tavenner, Sheriff, Wood Co, dtd 04-Jan-1825. ($100 ihp) Rec’d WCC 04-Apr-1825."
!REFERENCE: Revolutionary War pension record for uncle John Sheets, Sr.
!REFERENCE: Wolfe/Sheets Families957, page 27
!REFERENCE: Sheets/Congrove Families958, This reference indicates Henry (not Mary) was the brother of John Sheets who married Susan Congrove and that the parents of Mary were Michael and Elizabeth Sheets
!REFERENCE: Wood, VA/WV deeds. Some of the following deeds (all with Henry as grantor) may be for Henry's son: Henry Sheets - book 6, page 531; Henry Sheetz - book 7, page 74; Henry Sheetz - book 9, page 125; Henry Sheets - book 10, page 244; Henry Sheets - book 10, page 562; Henry Sheets - book 11, page 206
Marriage25 Feb 1808, Harrison, VA318
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 25-Feb-1808 Harrison, VA marriages318, book 1, page 101, Henry Sheets and Polly Sheets