Treasure Chest Thursday~Valentine Brock and Nancy Vandigrift

Finding ancestors that migrated away from the home county or home state is always a challenge and very rewarding when found. I can remember it like yesterday when I found the family of Valentine Brock and his wife Elizabeth Lundy living in Henry County, Georgia. 

Valentine b. bef 1775 in the Cheraw District and his wife Elizabeth Lundy, b. 3 Feb. 1780 were married in 1807 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 

Valentine and Elizabeth had 5 children:

• James Lundy Brock, b. 8 Sept 1808
• Mary Ann Brock, b.20 Feb. 1810
• Sarah Elizabeth Brock, b. 26 Jan. 1812
• Eliza P. Brock, b. 16 Nov. 1813
• Valentine Brock, b. 2 Feb 1815

All the children were born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 

On 21 July 1836, the youngest son, Valentine married Nancy W. Vandigrift daughter of John Vandigrift and Margaret Crockett. Young Valentine’s father had passed away sometime before 1830. The marriage was recorded in Henry County Marriages Book 1822-1933 and General indexes to marriages 1821-1939, page 171. 

Marriages, 1822-1933

Georgia Henry County – I certify that Valentine Brock and Nancy Vandigrift were duly joined in matrimony by me this 21^st day of July 1836.
                                                        J. A. Ellis J. J. C.
               Recorded the 14^th day of September 1836.
                                                        Chas. Bayne D. C. C. O.

Valentine and Nancy had 2 daughters before he died at the age of 34 on 25 April 1850 in Henry County, Georgia.
 
Valentine Brock, b. 1815 is my 2nd cousin 4 times removed.
 
 







 
 
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[1] "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21404-19104-28?cc=1927197 : 22 May 2014), 0175289 (004849061) > image 111 of 540; county courthouses, Georgia.