Marriage Record: Dewese (spelled Dewease, Dewees), Jesse and Mary Lowder, dau [of] Jacob Lowder [sic, s/b Sowder], Abram Gerheart, surety - Nov. 1, 1796. [Source: [A Brief of Wills and Marriages of Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1773-1831 by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 15].