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- Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name: William Sorrell
Bride Name: Sarah Leighton
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1835
County: Botetourt
State: Virginia
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: William Sorrels
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Botetourt, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free Colored Persons - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Free Colored Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Torrd [William Sorrel] [William C Sorrell]
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Home in 1850: District 51 and a half, Rockbridge, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 42
William Torrd 40
Sally Torrd 35
James Torrd 16
Frances Torrd 14
Mary Torrd 12
Rebecca Torrd 10
Martha Torrd 3
William Torrd 5
Death
Rockbridge, Virginia
Rootsweb note: William Sorrell b 1810 in Amherst Co, Virginia. He was struck by lightning and died 1867 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia. William married Sarah Anne Leighton in Rockbridge Co in 1835.
Transcription Gazette & Banner [Lexington, Virginia] Wednesday, July 10,1867
On Wednesday last [3 July 1867], James C. Wilson, Wm. Sorrells, Sr., Thomas Sorrells, I.Sorrells, D Hendricks, whites, and a freedman, were struck by lightning while engaged in harvesting on the farm of Mr. Wilson on North Buffalo. Wm. Sorrells was killed. Mr. Wilson and the freedman seriously, and the others slightly injured.
Mr. W. and the freedman, we learn, are improving, and are now thought to be in a fair way of recovery.
On the same day we were visited by a storm of rain and hail accompanied by a heavy wind, which injured many fruit and shade trees, blowing up some by the roots, and twisting off the tops and branches of others.
The lightning struck in several places in and near the tow, but fortunately no one was injured.
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Ann Sorrells
Age in 1870: 60
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lexington
John M Hayslip 39
Mary E Hayslip 30
William A Hayslip 9
Mary M Hayslip 1
Sarah Ann Sorrells 60
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Abt 1810 - 1867 (57 years)
