Bridges in Sullivan Co., Indiana
In the Little Flock Cemetery at Find A Grave is a good photo of the stone of William BRIDGES and wife Sabina OKES as entered by the memorialist. William Bridges is on the censuses in Sullivan County 1830 through 1860 but I have been unable to learn the source of the identity of his wife as an Okes. If William and Sibby were married in Sullivan County pre-1850 that would explain it since the court house had a fire around 1850.
There are a number of connections and/or interactions between Bridges, Higdons, Lloyds and Oaks in Sullivan Co., IN, and Nelson Co., KY. I can find quite a bit on Olly/Ollie Bridges but no one connects him to William Bridges (that I've seen) though his wife Sarah was next door to William Bridges on the 1850 census. I descend from Samuel Oaks who had land dealings with W.W. Higdon as well as Ollie's widow Sarah Bridges, and also from John Lloyd's second wife, Sarah (Ransford) Carson, so I am most interested in the source of Sabina Okes' identity.
Can anyone tell me the source of Sabina's maiden name of Okes?
Thanks!