Sarah Ligon Britton1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 16079, (1858 - btn 1887 - 1900)
FatherWilliam Edward Britton1,5,3 (14 Dec 1823 - abt Mar 1881)
MotherSarah E. Ligon1,6,3 (abt 1833 - 29 Nov 1858)

Key Events:

Birth: 7 Jan 1858, Halifax Co., Virginia7,8,9
Marriage: 2 Jun 1881, Halifax Co., Virginia, William S. Purkins (Mar 1857 - )3
Death: between 1887 and 1900, Halifax Co10
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family

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Narrative:

     Sarah Ligon Britton was born on 7 Jan 1858 in Halifax Co., Virginia.7,8,9
     Her mother died on 29 Nov 1858, when Sarah was an infant.11,12 She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Scottsburg, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her father, William Edward Britton.13
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Halifax Courthouse, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her father and stepmother, Frances A. Buster.14
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her father. Her son Conrad does not appear in the household, nor had he been found elsewhere. It seems likely he was actually living there and omitted from the census record somehow, but there is no way to know if that is correct.15
     Sarah was named an heir in the will of her father, dated 16 Feb 1881 in Halifax Co., Virginia, to received one dollar. Her son Conrad was to receive a one-third share in the proceeds of the sale of his real and personal property.16
     Sarah married William S. Purkins, son of George W. Purkins and Sarah J. Marton, on 2 Jun 1881 in Halifax Co., Virginia.3
     Sarah died between 1887, when her daughter Mary was born, and 1900, when her husband was living with his cousin and shown as widowed, and her two older children were living with her sister Mary. It might be supposed she and Mary died soon after the child's birth, but no record of her death or that of the daughter has been found. The Halifax Co. death records from 1887 to 1896 have been searched and neither has been found in those or any other records.10

Children:
     Child with an unknown father:

19

Children:
     Children with William S. Purkins:

Citations

  1. [S9632] Register of Births, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1858, no. 33, Sarah E. Britton.
  2. [S1623] William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Sarah L. Britton.
  3. [S3519] "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Wm S. Purkins and Sarah L. Britton.
  4. [S9622] William Edward Perkins, Certificate of Death, shows name as Ligon Britton.
  5. [S1623] William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows them apparently living as father and child.
  6. [S1623] William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows no mother in the household, suggesting she had died.
  7. [S9632] Register of Births, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1858, no. 33, Sarah E. Britton, shows date and county.
  8. [S1623] William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 1 and state.
  9. [S1608] W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 11 and state.
  10. [S9617] Walter T. Purkins household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows her husband as widowed.
  11. [S9371] Register of Deaths, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1858, no. 13, Sarah E. Britton, shows date and county.
  12. [S1623] William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows him with four children aged 1 to 7, but no wife, suggesting she had died.
  13. [S1623] William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  14. [S1608] W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  15. [S1599] Wm. E Britton household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  16. [S9616] Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 32:318-9, will of William E. Britton.
  17. [S9661] Register of Marriages, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1897, no. 43, Conrad W. Britton and Della M. Fallen, shows his mother as Sarah L., and his surname as Britton.
  18. [S9616] Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 32:318-9, will of William E. Britton, names the boy an heir without stating any relationship, after leaving her one dollar.
  19. [S9661] Register of Marriages, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1897, no. 43, Conrad W. Britton and Della M. Fallen, shows his mother as Sarah L. and a dash where his father should be named.
  20. [S9591] Mary E. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows her as niece of Mary, who was Sarah's sister.
  21. [S3520] "Virginia Births and Christenings," FamilySearch.org, record for Eliza Perkins, citing FHL #2046941, record unreadable on image.
  22. [S9591] Mary E. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows him as nephew of Mary, who was Sarah's sister.
  23. [S9622] William Edward Perkins, Certificate of Death.
  24. [S9632] Register of Births, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1887, pg 677, no. 10, Mary C. Perkins.