EARLY MARRIAGES
BY Esther Carter Harris

The first marriage license ever issued in the county was dated June 8, 1819.

Early Marriages:

William Clark and Peggy Carson -- June 8, 1819
Elkana Bramlet and Sally Lofton -- Sept 6, 1819
Wm. Clark and Amelia Hamilton -- Sept 18, 1819
John Johnson and Hannah McCormich -- July 21, 1820
John F. Farley and Milly Ramsy -- Aug 13, 1820
Robert Penick and Elizabeth Clemmons -- July 30, 1820
John Owen and Malinda Vaughan -- Aug 20, 1820
Joseph Martin and Elizabeth Bird -- Aug 29, 1820
David Monroe and Nancy Crews -- Aug 24, 1820
John Moffitt and Sarah Campbell -- Sept 7, 1820
Samuel McNeal and Polly Sheppard -- Sept 17, 1820
Zachariah Hews and Sarah Bain -- Dec 14, 1820
James Fitzgerald and Clara Slocumb -- Nov 19, 1820
Joel Ellidge and Mary Close -- Jan 13, 1821
Jeremiah Job and Rachael Campbell -- Jan 14, 1821
Thomas C. Gaston and Sally Conner -- Feb 1, 1821
Nathan Harris and Nancy Stanley -- Mar 4, 1821
James Clark and Sally Bradshaw -- Mar 6, 1821
Jonathan Hart and Cynthia Turney -- Mar 25, 1821
Charles Wood and Sarah Dubois (widow) -- May 15, 1821
James Cyrus Gaston and Peggy Clark -- June 19, 1821
Owen Martin and Mary Crews -- Aug 16, 1821