Marriages, Charleston County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails

Marriages for Charleston County
South Carolina Genealogy Trails

Baltimore Patriot - April 19 1817

At Washington, Mr. JAMES SHIELDS to Miss SARAH VARDEN, both of that city.

At Charleston, Major G. H. MANIGAULT of the U. S. Army, to Miss ANN HEYWARD, all of that city.

At Harford, Md., on Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. STEPHENS, TOPPAN WEBSTER, Esq. of the City of Washington, to Miss MARY CHAUNCEY, of the former place.

Married, on Tuesday evening, the 31st of December last, by Robert Hutchinson, Esq. Mr. William Hutchinson, to the amiable and accomplished Miss Jane Workman, both of Laurens District. (Carolina Gazette January 22, 1808)

Married, on Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. Dr Hollinshead, Mr. John Fraser, to Miss Ann Matthews, daughter of Wm. Matthews, esq.: all of this city. (Carolina Gazette January 22, 1808)

Married, on Thursday evening last, in St. Thomas' Parish, by the Rev. Mr Phillips, Mr. John M. Hoff, to Miss Nancy Morgan; both of this place. (Carolina Gazette January 22, 1808)

Married, on Tuesday evening, by the Rev. John Phillips, Mr. Henry Bennet, of this city to Mrs. Hannah Wells, of Christ Church Parish. (Carolina Gazette January 22, 1808)

Married, on Tuesday evening by the Rev. Dr. Hollinshead, Mr. Joseph Dorrill, of Christ Church Parish, to the amiable Miss Rachel Combee, of this city. (Carolina Gazette January 22, 1808)

Married, in St. Phillip's Church, on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Robert Stewart, to Miss Martha Stoll; both of this City. (City Gazette Novemaber 14, 1820)

Married, on Tuesday the 30th ult. In Charlotte County , Virginia , Mr. Perrin Aldey, aged 105 years, to Mrs. Ann Tannesley, aged 90 – she is his third wife, and he her third husband. – Richmond Argus. (Saturday, August 24, 1805) - (Source: Marriage notices in Charleston courier, 1803-1809. Pub. 1919...contributed by Linda Rodriguez)

Charleston , July 21. – A recent wedding of interest was that of Miss Margaret Lillian Moore to James Benjamin Black, Jr., on Thursday, July 12, at noon , St. Paul ’s Episcopal church, Charleston. [State – 22 July 1917 ; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]

Charleston , July 21. – On the afternoon of Friday, July 6, at 5:30 o’clock , Miss Agnes Masters and Henry Lawson Jordan were married in the study of the Second Presbyterian church by the Rev. Melton Clark, pastor of the church. Present were Miss Anna Masters, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Masters, T. Jordan, a brother of the bridegroom, and Wesley Luhn. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan left immediately for the North. They will make their home at Chadbourn, N. C. [State – 22 July 1917 ; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]

On Thursday at one o’clock, 22d instant, at the residence of Mrs. E. P. Fitzsimons by the Rev. A. Glennie, J. Harleston Read to Annie E., daughter of the late E. G. Staney, of Charleston, S.C. [The Charleston Daily News – Charleston, SC – December 26, 1870 – Transcribed by D. Donlon]

EARLY AMERICAN MARRIAGE RECORDS

The following list has been prepared from state, county, city, town and church records, some of which have never appeared in print, and are here listed for the first time:

Charlestown SC Early Marriages

Alexander, William and Mary Witter, January 31, 1801, Charlestown, S. Car.

(Source: A Journal of American Ancestry Genealogy Vol. 5, No. 8; Publ. April, 1915;

Submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack)

St. John’s Parish, SC Early Marriages

Alexander, Eliz. and John D. Vale, 1788, St. John's Parish. S. Car.

(Source: A Journal of American Ancestry Genealogy Vol. 5, No. 8; Publ. April, 1915;

Submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack)