Robert POOR & Elizabeth Woodson MIMS

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Robert POOR
Elizabeth Woodson MIMS

Husband: Robert POOR
Birth: 18 Jun 1763, Goochland Co., VA
Death: 1801, Goochland Co., VA
Father: Abraham POOR
Mother: Judith GARDENER

Marriage: 7 Feb 1787, Goochland Co., VA

Wife: Elizabeth Woodson "Eliza / Betty" MIMS
Birth: 3 Apr 1769, Goochland Co., VA
Death: 1823
Other spouse: m2. 4 Sep 1806, Goochland Co., VA, William HODGES, Jr.
Father: Shadrach MIMS
Mother: Elizabeth WOODSON

Children — born in Goochland Co., VA:

1. Drury Woodson POOR, b. 7 Dec 1787, Goochland Co., VA
2. Martha POOR, b. 1788/89; m. 21 Mar 1811, Goochland Co., VA, Abraham POOR
3. Mary "Polly" POOR, b. 1790
4. Robert POOR, b. 1792; m. 7 Sep 1818, Logan Co., KY, Isabella HERNDON
5. Elizabeth POOR, b. 21 Jul 1795, d. 30 Jan 1826, Logan Co., KY; m. 23 Sep 1815, Goochland Co., VA, Henry G. BIBB
6. Nancy POOR, b. 1796; m. 1 Mar 1818, Logan Co., KY, Benjamin A. KING
7. James POOR, b. 1797; d. 1857; m. 12 Mar 1816?, Logan Co., KY, Jane Gill CLINTON

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Poor, Robert Mimes, Elizabeth Feb 7, 1787 Goochland Co., VA

Poor, Elizabeth Hodges, William, Jr. Sep 4, 1806 Goochland Co., VA

Poor, James Clanton, Jane Mar 12, 1811 Logan Co., KY

Poor, Elizabeth Bibb, Henry G. Sep 23, 1815 Goochland Co., VA

Poor, Nancy King, Benjamin A. Mar 1, 1818 Logan Co., KY

Poor, Robert Herndon, Isbel Sep 17, 1818 Logan Co., KY

Secondary sources have James and Jane married in 1816; and, normally, I would not accept a secondary source over a primary one, but… Based on two grounds, it does appear Dodd has made a transcription error because 1) if James's birthdate is correct, he is much too young to be getting married in 1811 and 2) the marriage of Elizabeth and Henry in Virginia in 1815 clinches it that the family did not move to KY until after 1815.

1b. Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s (Broderbund CD-174):

p. 194 Marriage Bonds in Goochland County.

p. 198 February 7, 1787. Robert Poor to Eliza Mimms; sec., Gideon Mimms.

2. Broderbund World Family Trees. Vol. 11, Pedigree #4556.

3. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

4. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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