Sarah "Sallie" Digges Noel

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina, USA
• Witness: 1898, Tazewell County, Virginia; Both George and Sarah are witnesses in the divorce proceedings of Mary Francis and her husband.
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virgina, USA
• -Bluefield News: 28 April 1928, Tazewell County, Virginia; The condition of Mrs. Sarah D. Burress, who is suffering with cancer, remains quite serious. Mrs. Burress is at the home of her niece, Mrs. J.T. Vaughan on 1st St.

Notes:

In June of 1900 George, 63 and Sarah, 64 were living in the Jeffersonville district of Tazewell County, with their 15 year old grand daughter, Hattie. By 1900 they had been married for 40 years. In August of 1906, George filed for divorce.

In 1900 George was still farming. George can not read or write, but Sarah can. George owns his farm free and clear.

Buried:
Sarah Digges Noel (1836-1927) was a daughter of Fielding and Sophia Taylor Noel. Sarah said she was born in Essex County. (More...)

Sarah married George Washington Burress on 9 Sep 1860 in Tazewell County, Virginia, and was divorced in Aug 1906 in Tazewell County, Virginia. George (son of James "Jimmy" Burress and Mary Frances "Franky" Neel) was born in Mar 1837 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 7 Aug 1916 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Divorced:
George W. Burress, Complainant VS. (Decree) Sallie Burress

This cause came on this day to be heard upon the complainant's bill, and the exhibits filled therewith; upon process returned duly executed on the defendant, Sallie Burress' and upon the depositions of witnesses taken before a commissioner in chancery, and filed on behalf of the complainant, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, and it appearing to the court, independently of the admissions of either party, in the pleadings or otherwise, that the said parties were lawfully married on the ____ day of _____, 186__, that the said complainant and defendant have resided and have been domiciled in this county ever since the aforesaid marriage, and for more than one year next preceding the commencement of this suit; that the said Sallie Burress deserted her husband, George W. Burress, on the ___ day of August, 1906, in Tazewell County, without just cause; that the said complainant and defendant last cohabited in the county of Tazewell, and have not cohabited since the date of said desertion, and that the said George W. Burress has resided in Tazewell County for more than one year next preceding the commencement of this suit; the court doth adjudge, order and decree that the said George W. Burress and Sallie Burress be divorced from the bonds of matrimony, which was created by the aforesaid marriage, and that the said marriage be, and the same is, dissolved, and annulled, and this cause is ordered to be left from the docket.

Married:
George W. Burress, 21 Y 6 M 14 D and Sarah D. Noel 24 Y 5M and 22 D; Both Single, Both born and reside in Tazewell: Husband Parents: James and Frances Burress; Wife parents: Fielding and Sophia Noel. Husband: Farmer Married by: James Calfer

1. Rachel L. Burress was born in 1861 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
2. Martha Jane Burress was born on 26 Jun 1864 in Bland County, Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1956 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida; was buried in Tate Township Cemetery, Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio.

Fielding married Sophia Taylor on 12 Nov 1827 in Caroline County, Virginia. Sophia was born in 1803; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]