Sophia SNIDER1

F, b. 1766, d. between 1855 and 1858
Relationship
4th great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Sophia SNIDER, daughter of Jacob SNIDER and Susannah Oswalt, was born in 1766 in Lwxington District, South Carolina.2

The folllowing land transaction was dated 27 Jun 1814, for $2000 140 acres on waters of the Saluda River, John Snider and Abraham Sanford and Nicholas See, George Snider, William Sanford, Susannah and Sophia Snider to Mathias Snider. Proved and acknowledged 16 Aug 1814.3

Sophia SNIDER purchased a government land patent 9 January 1833 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Her land was located in section 31, township 21 and range 8 west. This was off King's Mill Road.4

Sophia married Henry WEAVER Jr., son of Henry WEAVER Sr. and Eve Oswalt, on 4 May 1837 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. She was the widow of a Mr. Kizier. Henry Weaver and Sophia Kizier applied for their marriage license 2 May 1837.5,6,7

Sophia SNIDER appeared on a census, enumerated 1840, in the household of Henry WEAVER Jr. in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.8

Sophia SNIDER was named an heir in the will of Henry WEAVER Jr. dated 6 October 1842 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Sophia SNIDER appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1850 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Sophia Weaver, age 84, value of real estate was $300, her place of birth was unknown, she was blind and could neither read nor write. Ennumerated with her was Martha Smith(?), age 35 and born in South Carolina.9

Sophia SNIDER died between 1855 and 1858 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Last Edited=1 Jul 2022

Citations

  1. [S291] Betty Jean Weaver, "Weaver Family Genealogy," e-mail to John K. Brown, 18 Mar 1999.
  2. [S286] 1850 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
  3. [S816] "Migration of Jacob Snider and Susannah Oswalt", Accessed 27 May 2022.
  4. [S211] Marilyn Davis Barefield, Old Tuskaloosa Land Records, pg. 38.
  5. [S133] LDS microfiche records for Tuscaloosa County, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  6. [S288] Tuscaloosa County Website, online http://www.tusc.net/~tcla/usgenweb/tuscaloosa/, Marriages of Tuscaloosa County, 1819-1860.
  7. [S816] "Migration of Jacob Snider and Susannah Oswalt", Accessed 27 May 2022. Gets the wedding date correct, but otherwise confuses Sophia with her sister Margaret Snider who married Henry, son of John Samuel Weaver.
  8. [S654] 1840 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Henry Weaver household, pg. 249.
  9. [S286] 1850 U. S. Census, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, pg. 148, Sophia Weaver household #115.

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