Thomas Rockholt married Caroline Kinsey on August 24, 1865, McMinn County, Tennessee. There are several good (and not so good) references for this event:
A photo copy of the original county record indicating a marriage license was issued on August 22nd and the marriage was on August 25th, before a justice of the peace.
There is a hand written record, probably the county clerks' book, which shows the same information but is indexed as Caroline Kinser.
A typed sheet, listing 1865 marriages in Tennessee, has Thomas Rockholt and Caroline Kinser married on August 22, 1865,
It appears that the original was probably misread, resulting in the wrong spelling of Caroline's name; the date error is obviously a misreading of the license date for the marriage date. While in this case the differences are not severe, they could certainly result in ones tree having the wrong information. Even with the best research there is always the chance of error -- we can only do our best to get it right.
Now I need to find exactly who Thomas is and where he fits on the family tree. I believe he was born around 1845 and died after 1880. Caroline is actually Rachel Caroline Kinsey.
1880 Dist 3, McMinn County Tennessee Census has Thomas and Rachel C. Rockhold and their children. Also on the same page I find Nancy A. Rockhold (55 YO) living by herself; James R (36 YO) and Katherine F.S. and kids and William and Celia Rockhold and their son Eli. Near the first of the census report I found F.M. and Susannah Rockhold and daughter Mary Josaphine in house number 4.
This Nancy A. Rockholt, living by herself, is probably a widow and at age 55 is about the right age to be the mother of most if not all of the boys on this census. I also see a few "Melton" families on the census, and since I have seen the Rockholt/Melton union before, I suspect this might be Nancy Melton, wife of one William Rockhold/t. I also see there are a few of the Colbough family, which I have also seen married into the family.
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