per 2006 rootsweb post:
"After years of searching, we have finally succeeded in locating a marriage record for John & Rachel Woodward (thanks to William Wallace, Alice Woodward Dean descendant). He made a trip to the Jefferson County archives and found the marriage of John Woodert to Rechel Williams in 1795. ... Thomas Williams was bondsman and Adam Meek officiated. Thomas Williams was Rachel's brother. John & his brother Aaron had purchased 640 acres of land on July 7, 1795, near Panther Creek in Jefferson County."