Margaret

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  • Name Margaret  
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I94  Bowser
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 

    Children 
    +1. Rachel Smoots,   b. 13 Jul 1775, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1872, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Downs 
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1782 Personal Property Tax of Margaret Smout
    1782 Personal Property Tax of Margaret Smout
    Shenandoah County, Virginia

    Margaret Smout
    0 tithables
    2 horses
    1 cattle
    Tax: 4 shillings, 3 pence

    Note: Margaret is only found once in the tax records. She appears in 1782 and the next Smoots appeared in the tax records in 1787.

    FamilySearch.org, Personal property tax lists, 1782-1850 (Shenandoah County, Virginia), film 1905722, img 429
    1785 Personal Property Tax of Daniel Downs
    1785 Personal Property Tax of Daniel Downs
    Shenandoah County, Virginia

    Daniel Downs
    1 male over 21
    1 horse
    2 cattle

    Note: Margaret, the mother of Rachel Smoots, married someone with the last name Downs. This is the only Downs in Shenandoah County at the time.

    FamilySearch.org, Personal property tax lists, 1782-1850 (Shenandoah County, Virginia), film 1905722, img 479
    1789 Personal Property Tax of Daniel Downs and Vincent Brannon
    1789 Personal Property Tax of Daniel Downs and Vincent Brannon
    Shenandoah County, Virginia

    Daniel Downs for Vincent Brannon
    3 males over 21
    3 horses

    Note: Vincent Brannon was a witness of the marriage of William Arterburn Jr and Rachel Smoots. He later married Elizabeth Arterburn, likely William Jr's sister. Daniel Downs was paying for Vincent, suggesting a familial connection.

    FamilySearch.org, Personal property tax lists, 1782-1850 (Shenandoah County, Virginia), film 1905722, img 569
    1796 Parental Consent for Marriage of William Arterburn and Rachele Smoote
    1796 Parental Consent for Marriage of William Arterburn and Rachele Smoote
    12 March 1796, Shenandoah County, Virginia

    Margaret Downs gave permission for a marriage license to be issued to Rachele Smoote, her daughter, and William Arterburn.

    Witnesses: Althen Axton and Vincent Branman

    FamilySearch.org, Marriage bonds and licenses, 1772-1901 (Shenandoah County, Virginia), film 2167815, img 764