
Greene County Marriage Licenses
[1821 – 1850]
The following marriage licenses were issued in Greene County, Illinois to residents of what later became Jersey County, Illinois.
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1821
October 30 - Robert McDow and Esther Lofton were married.
1822
May 29 - George Finney and Margaret Creswell were married.
1823
January 9 - Elam
Brown and Salley Allen were married by Charles Gregory, county Commissioner.
January 30 - Cyrus
Tolman and Polly Eldred were married by Samuel Lee, a justice of the peace.
1824
January 2 - William
Gillham and Martha Munson were married by Thomas G. Lofton, a justice of the peace.
March 20 - John
R. Caldwell and Elizabeth
Slaten were married.
June 27 - James
Nairn and Victor Colean were married by John Brown, a justice of the peace.
July 19 - George
Stamps and Franky Henson were married by John Brown, a justice of the peace.
September 25 - Thomas
Cummings and Mary Ann
Carroll were married by Thomas G. Lofton, a justice of the peace.
1825
March 10 - Charles
Gregory and Elizabeth
Woodman were married by Samuel Lee, a justice of the peace.
1826
April 8 - Charles
Dodgson and Polly Lofton were married by Thomas G. Lofton, a justice of the peace.
November 4 - William
Waddel and Sally Gillham were married.
1827
February 15 - Tarlton
F. Brock and Lucinda Slaten were married.
September 13 - Jesse
White and Tabitha Carrico were married by John Brown, a justice of the peace.
1828
April 28 - John
Gunterman and Melinda
McKinney were married by D. McFain, a justice of the peace.
October 16 - Stephen
Gorham and Lucretia Brush were married by S.C. Prince, a justice of the peace.
1829
March 18 - Jacob
Lurton and Margaret McDow were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
1830
March 18 - John
E. Lofton and Jane White were married by John Osbun, M.G.
April 11 - William
McDown and Delilah Wagoner were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
1831
August 18 - William
D.F. Slaten and Irena
West were married by John Brown, a justice of the peace.
1832
July 26 - Ezekial
Chance and Elizabeth Grimes were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
1833
March 32 - Richmond
Henderson and Mary Ann
Douglas were married by John Brown, a justice of the peace.
September 19 - J.
M. Terry and Mary Ann
Waggoner were married by John Brown, a justice of the peace.
1834
April 29 - James
J. Randle and Jane Lofton were married.
September 11 - Richard
Spalding and Sarah J.
Gillham were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
1835
February 19 - John
McDow and Mariah Waggoner were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
April 23 - Hiram
Curtis and Anna Eliza
Dougherty were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
July 9 - Nathaniel
Hamilton and Mary B. Dougherty were married by Gilbert Dougherty, a justice of the peace.
August 27 - George
Noble and Sarah Swan were married by J.J. Bayse, M.G.
September 3 - Moses
Cockrell and Caty Ann
Utt were married by Thomas McDow, a justice of the peace.
October 15 - Aaron
Hamilton and Elizabeth
Jackson were married.
1836
January 26 - J.M.
Hurd and Lydia Noble were married by J.J. Bayse, a justice of the peace.
October 27 - John
W. Slaten and Ann F. Piggott were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
December 4 - Jacob
Utt and Mary B. Swann were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
1837
January 7 - Orange
F. Howland and Sarah Ann
Terry were married by A. King, a justice of the peace.
March 23 - George
B. Slaten and Clementine
Lewis were married.
April 13 - Wright
Casey and Mary Frances
Curry were married by William Jerome, M.G.
April 22 - Zadock
Reddish and Sophia Medford were married by D. Myers, a justice of the peace.
May 4 - LaFayette
McCrillis and Mary E.
Mason were married by Alvin Bailey, M.G.
June 11 - Moses
Amburg and Eliza Cope were married by J.M. Hurd, a justice of the peace.
December 14 - Jeremiah
Stilwell and Ann Eliza
White were married by J.M. Hurd, a justice of the peace.
December 21 - Peter
C. and Susannah Beeman were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
1838
January 4 - Benjamin
M. King and Louisa Lemon were married by William Hill, M.G.
September 16 - Asa
Snell and Priscilla E.
Landon were married by Joseph Crabbe, a justice of the peace.
October 18 - Jarrett
T. Grimes and Charity
Brown were married by Urial Downey, a justice of the peace.
December 27 - Virgil
Noble and Hannah J. Utt were married by Moses Lemon, M.G.
December 25 - Isaac
Scarritt and Martha Ann
Mason were married by E. Rogers, M.G.
1839
January 3 – Charles
D. Hodges and Ellen C.
Hawley were married by A.T. Bledsoe, M.G.
January 8 – Ezekiel
Gillham and Mary Cowan were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
January 17 – Allen
Gillham and Nancy Murphy were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
January 31 – James
Lamb and Catherine Curtis were married by Moses Lemon, M.G.
March 7 – George
Spangle and Priscilla
Utt were married by J.M. Hurd, a justice of the peace.
April 2 – Elias
Cockrell and Mary McFair were married by R.S. Spencer, a justice of the peace.
June 13 – William
Hurd and Esther Ann Buckles were married by J.M. Hurd, a justice of the peace.
July 2 – Thomas
Ford and Mariah Adams were married by Joseph Fowler, M.G.
July 23 – Edmund
Douglas and Harriet Curtis were married by A. P. Brown, M.G.
September 30 – Joseph
H. Colean and Mariah Gillham were married.
1840
Early in January – William
H. Allen and Martha Maria
Mason were married under a Greene County license.
January 25 – Thornton
Hughes and Elizabeth Waggoner were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
April 24 - Isaac
Harbert and Mrs. H. M.
Shull were married by J. Fowler, M.G.
April 23 – Christopher Kirchner and Elizabeth Thurston were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace.
March 12 – Albertus Lofton and Lucinda Chappell were married by T. McDow, a justice of the peace.
April 29 - Augustine Stalder and Polly Lance were married by John Keys, a justice of the peace.
May 28 – Perley Silloway and Harriet Wilkins were married by J. Crabbe, a justice of the peace.
June 18 – Daniel McFain and Mary Cooper were married by J.W. Lowder, a justice of the peace.
August 25 – George Stafford and Anne E. Cresswell were married by Silas Crain, a justice of the peace.
September 10 – Caleb Noble and Susannah E. Gillham were married by W. Jerome, a justice of the peace.
October 15 – William Noble and Elizabeth Hamilton were married by M. Lemon, M.G.
October 22 – Thomas Smirl and Euphemia Dougherty were married by W. Jerome, M.G.
December 17 – John N. English and Elizabeth A. Belt were married by W.S. McMurray, M.G.
1841
January 3 – Hiram
English and Mary A. Grimes were married by H.N. Belt, a
justice of the peace.
January 19 – Elisha
A. Barton and Rebecca
Lofton were married by S. Crain, a justice of the peace.
February 4 – William
Post and Hannah W. Calhoun were married by J. Harriott, a justice of the peace.
March 4 – Jonathan
Plowman and Elizabeth
Crull were married by S. Crain, a justice of the peace.
April 8 – William
Millross and Mariah Noble were married by L. Lyons, M.G.
September 9 – William
B. Nevius and Laura Goodwitch were married by L. Lyons, M.G.
October 7 – Benjamin
C. Rhodes and Amanda Darr were married by G.W. Lowder, J. P.
October 10 – Phillip
Pennington and Mary A.
Cummings were married by E. Dodson, M.G.
November 7 – William
Chappell and Elizabeth
Hooper were married by George Hoffman, a justice of the peace.
December 9 – John
Massey and Mariah Brown were married.
December 13 – Henry
Darlington and Marian
Noble were married by W. Jerome, M.G.
1842
January 20 – Aaron Dodson and Margaret M. Biggers were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of peace.
February 10 – Aaron
Rue and Catherine S. Howell were married by T. Baldwin, M.G.
March 3 – Andrew
Gillham and Margaret Darlington were married by W. Jerome, M.G.
March 2 – Uriah
D. Howell and Alice Nevius were married by L. Lyons, M.G.
June 20 – Robert
Gardner and Julia Carroll were married by E. Rodgers, M.G.
October 27 – Henry
Utt and Matilda Dougherty were married by L. Anderson, M.G.
October 27 – David
Dunsdon and Julia B. Hackney were married by J. Harriott, a justice of the peace.
December 22 – Hugh
N. Cross and Antoinette
Van Horne were married by L. Lyons, M.G.
1843
February 2 – Thomas
B. Ruyle and Mary Pruitt were married by D. Myers, M.G.
February 22 – Eleazer
Smith and Susan Harriott were married by John Brown, M.G.
June 10 – Robert
W. English and Rebecca
Grimes were married by John Brown, M.G.
September 28 – Charles
H. Smith and Elizabeth
A. White were married by Thomas McDow, a justice of the peace.
October 3 – Joseph
C. Beeman and Elmina Maria
Bray were married by Thomas McDow, a justice of the peace.
October 17 – William
M. Deeds and Elizabeth
Walden were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace.
October 25 – John
L. White and Martha L.
Sansom were married by S. Allen, M.G.
October 25 – Charles
H. Bowman and Mary Hooper were married by J. Crabbe, a justice of the peace.
November 2 – Nathanial
Smith and Emily Darr were married by L. Lyons, M.G.
December 25 – John
Maltimore and Lydia Court were married.
1844
January 3 – Archilbald
Craig and Catherine Hankson were married by J. Harriott, a justice of the peace.
February 22 – Thomas
A. Eaton and Louisa M.
Dougherty were married by W. Jerome, M.G.
April 23 – William
Rhoades and Elizabeth
Swan were married by Thomas McDow, a justice of the peace.
March 20 – William
Kirby and Experience Perrings were married by L. Lyons, M.G.
May 16 – Joseph
B. Schroeder and Priscilla
Paterson were married by C. D. James, M.G.
June 19 – Reuben
Noble and Harriet Cordelia
Douglas were married by W. Jerome, M.G.
July 3 – Dr.
James B. Veitch and Marilda
McDow were married by E. J. Palmer, M.G.
August 8 – Robert
Darlington and Harriet
Colean were married by Joel Terry, M.G.
March 21 – Charles
N. Adams and Nancy Bell were married by C. D. James, M.G.
August 20 – Ephraim
Fredinburg and Mary Lofton were married by C.H. Goodrich, a justice of the peace.
June 22 – Benjamin
F. Slaten and Mariah Askew were married by M. Lemon, M.G.
October 15 – Benjamin
S. Griggs and Mary Slaten were married by C.H. Goodrich, a justice of the peace.
October 27 – William
L. Jerome and Elvina Gillham were married by W. Jerome, M.G.
October 29 – Adam
Slendennin and Elizabeth
J. McReynolds were married by H. Barr, M.G.
December 25 – Benjamin
B. Hamilton and Mary Ann
Chandler were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace.
1846
February 25 – Minor
S. Gowins and Nancy Beeman were married by B. Stafford, M.G.
March 14 – Charles
C. Rhodes and Emeline
Darr were married by Jacob Rhodes, M.G.
April 6 – Andrew
Spangles and Susan Hughes were married by A. Lofton, a justice of the peace.
May 1 – Jacob
Reddish and Hannah Weeks
were married by H. Webster, a justice of the peace.
May 20 – Samuel
J. M. Dougherty and Elizabeth
Cook were married by C.D. James, M.G.
June 25 – Isaac
Snedeker and Caroline
Sunderland were married by E.J. Palmer, M.G.
October 15 – James
J. Haycraft and Matilda
Rhodes were married by S.J. Haycraft.
October 22 – Isaac
R. Ely and Mary Christopher were married by E.J. Palmer, M.G.
November 24 – Jonathan
Plowman and Rachel Crull were married by J. Brown, M.G.
1847
February 2 – Mathew
C. Stanley and Elizabeth
Armstrong were married by G.C. Wood, M.G.
February 25 – Eli
Linley Hupp and Jane E.
Turner were married by B. Stafford, a justice of the peace.
March 18 – Joseph
W. Brown and Harriet J.
Downey were married by Asa Snell, a justice of the peace.
March 28 – John
Daniel and Mary Palmer were married by W. Roberts, M.G.
April 17 – William
Evans and Louisiana Noble were married by C. H. Goodrich, a justice of the peace.
May 9 – John
H. Reddish and Mary Turner were married by H. Webster, a justice of the peace.
June 21 – Henry
O. Goodrich and Amelia
J. Knapp were married by G.W. Wood, M.G.
July 4 – John
A. Wallace and Elizabeth
Thompson were married by B. Stafford, a justice of the peace.
August 16 – Benjamin
Wedding and Tabitha Johnson were married by R.C. Baugh, a justice of the peace.
August 26 – James
W. Calhoun and Mrs. Lucinda
Robbins were married by Asa Snell, a justice of the peace.
September 30 – William
P. Jarboe and Harriet
M. Hansel were married by E.J. Palmer, M.G.
October 5 – Joseph
Lane and Hannah Ann Piggott were married by J. Anderson, M.G.
October 8 – John
H. Belt and Matilda Bramlett were married by W. Hill, M.G.
November 11 – Nelson
Colean and Sarah J. Waddle were married by Joel Terry , M.G.
1848
January 6 – Lebbeus
L. Kirby and Sarah Post were married by W.F. Boyakin, M.G.
April 25 – John
G. Dougherty and Susan
Millross were married by J.M. Terry, a justice of the peace
May 28 – William
A. Scott and Elizabeth
J. Lurton were married by J. Crabbe, a justice of the peace.
October 1 – David
Stafford and Elizabeth
C. Gower were married by B.B. Hamilton, M.G.
December 19 – W.
Edsall and Mrs. Lydia
Edsall were married by Minor S. Gowins, a justice of the peace.
1849
January 27 – Enoch
W. Wallace and Julia A.
Bray were married by M.S. Gowins, a justice of the peace.
February 4 – William
S. Dougherty and Elizabeth
Brown were married by J. M. Terry, a justice of the peace.
March 8 – Francis
Colean and Mary J. Belt were married by A. Dickerson, M.G.
March 2 – William
Noble and Thirza Chappell were married by J.M. Terry, a justice of the peace.
April 15 – William
Buckles and Harriett Ripson were married by E.J. Palmer, M.G.
August 31 – John
Arthur Allen and Jane
Elizabeth White were married by G.C. Wood, M.G.
September 2 – William
G. Thompson and Nancy
A. Smith were married by William Williams, a justice of the peace.
October 25 – George
D. Morgan and Margaret
Millross were married by B.B. Hamilton, M.G.
November 21 – Joseph
Marshaw and Sarah A. McDow were married by B.B. Hamilton, M.G.
December 20 – George
Kirby and Margaret Utt were married by J. Buckley, M.G.
1850
February 26 – Martin
B. Miner and Laura L.
Miner were married by G.C. Wood, M.G.
March 20 – Dr.
James Bringhurst and Mary
Ryan were married by G.E. Warren, county judge.
March 20 – Samuel
C. Ellis and Mary Matilda
Edsall were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace.
April 14 – Hiram
Leonard and Amanda Powell were married by S.B. Knott, a justice of the peace.
April 18 – William
S. Hawley and Caroline
Fisher were married by J. Buckley, M.G.
Donated by Billie Trail [Jersey County Host]
©2003, Transcribed by Debbie Quinn [Sangamon
County Host]