Marriage Records

Marriage Register A 7-16-1837 - , Harris Co., Texas
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1288)


"Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YFSJ-95?cc=1803987&wc=M61N-NNL%3A146753701 : 22 December 2016), 004705666 > image 234 of 523; multiple county clerks, Texas.

p. 415

Oscar G. Ross  To  Mary L. Stamps

The State of Texas
Harris County

To any Judge, Justice of the Peace or Regularly authorized Minister of the Gospel

Greeting
    You are hereby authorized to unite in the Holy bond of Matrimony Mr. Oscar G. Ross & Miss Mary L. Stamps, first having the consent of the parents of the said Mary & of the solemnization thereof make due return to me at my office within 60 days from this date

Witness my hand & official seal at my office in Houston this 30th day of Novr A.D.1846
    W. R. Baker   clk

Returned Decr 15th 1846  Enclosed.

"The within was duly Executed by me on the 2d Dec. 
        W. M. Gryons [?]   M. P. D."
 

Marriage License of A. W. Avis and Gladys Roberson
(C. Avis Catalog entry #227)
(Document ID #009)


STATE OF TEXAS                    8989
COUNTY OF WICHITA

To any Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish Rabbi, Judge of the District or County Court or any Justice of the Peace, in and for the State of Texas:

GREETING:
You are hereby Authorized to Solemnize the RITES OF MATRIMONY BETWEEN

Mr. A. W. (Jake) Avis and Miss Gladys Roberson
and make due return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County, within Sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this License.  

Witness my official signature and seal of office at office in Wichita Falls, Texas, the 20 day of June A.D. 1921

[L.S.]        W. T. Harris     Clerk of the County Court, Wichita County, Texas.
by Elizabeth Hall   Deputy.
 

I, N. F. Grafton, certify that on the 21st day of June A. D. 1921,
I united in Marriage A. W. (Jake) Avis and Gladys Roberson
the parties above named.

    Witness my hand this 23rd day of June A. D. 1921.
            N. F. Grafton, Pastor
            First Presbyterian Church
 

Returned and filed for record the 24 day of June A. D. 1921 and recorded the 24 day of June A. D. 1921. 
By Winnie Helma  Deputy     W. T. Harris  County Clerk

 

Whitfield Co., Georgia Marriage Record A
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1289)


"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZ6-SCN?cc=1927197 : 23 July 2019), > image 1 of 1; Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow.


p. 103

To any Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Minister of the Gospel:  You are hereby authorized to join in the Holy State of Matrimony  David Thompson  and  Miss Alice Rudd  according to law; and for so doing, this shall be your sufficient License.

Given under my Official Signature, this 17th day of July 1877

        W. J. Underwood   Ordinary

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Certificate to be returned to the Ordinary.

I hereby Certify, That on the 17th day of July 1877
David Thompson  and Alice Rudd
by me duly joined in Matrimony   R. T. Hanks, M. G.
 

Wichita Co., Texas Marriage Record v. 12-15 1925-1929
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1268)

"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WB-39M4-C?cc=1803985&wc=3L3K-K68%3A1560489101 : accessed 16 July 2023), 007196247 > image 50 of 947; citing various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Service and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.

p. 564

RECORD OF MARRIAGE LICENSES

                                                                       [Handwritten note:  11/20/25  3895 Suaperba St.  Santa Diego Calif]
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA

13795 [Stamped]

To any Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish Rabbi, Judge of the District or County Court or an Justice of the Peace, in and for the State of Texas - GREETING:

YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE THE RITES OF MATRIMONY BETWEEN

Mr. Frank M. Avis and Miss Zona Pauline Dunn

and make due return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County, within sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this License.  

Witness my official signature and seal of office, at office in Wichita Falls, Texas the 28th day of Oct A.D. 1925.

                        Alma Y. Miller    Clerk of the County Court of Wichita County, Texas.

By Lucille Johnston       Deputy
 

I, Rev. C. G. Lee, hereby certify that on the 2nd day of Nov. A. D. 1925, I united in Marriage Frank M. Avis and Miss Zona Pauline Dunn the parties above named.

    Witness my hand this 2nd day of Nov. A. D. 1925
            C. G. Lee

Returned and filed for record the 3 day of Nov. A. D. 1925 and recorded the 20 day of Nov. A. D. 1925 
     Alma Y. Miller County Clerk

By                   Deputy.

Wilbarger Co., Texas Marriage Records v. 10-11 1928-1937 
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1267)

"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Q9-D833?cc=1803985&wc=3L3K-7M3%3A1560348701 : accessed 16 July 2023), 005786652 > image 221 of 866; citing various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Service and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.

p. 176

RECORD OF MARRIAGE LICENSES


STATE OF TEXAS                6794 [stamped]
County of Wilbarger

To any Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish Rabbi, Judge of the District or County Court or any Justice of the Peace, in the State of Texas - GREETING:

YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE RITES OF MATRIMONY 

Between Mr. Piner Avis and M[sic] Zona Marie Garrison

and make due return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County, within sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this License.  

WITNESS MY OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE, At office in Vernon, Texas the 27 day of Feby A.D. 1935.

                        J. E. Collins   

                       Clerk of the County Court of Wilbarger County, Texas.

                       By         Deputy
 

    I, F. M. Taylor, certify that on the 27 day of Feby A. D. 1935, I united in marriage Mr. Piner Avis and Zona Marie Garrison the parties above named.

    WITNESS MY HAND this 27 day of Feby A. D. 1935
            F. M. Taylor J. P.
            Wilbarger County Texas
 

RETURNED AND FILED FOR RECORD The 27 day of Feby A. D. 1935 and recorded the 28th day of Feby A. D. 1935 
     
By         Deputy.                                        J. E. Collins    County Clerk.




 

Acts of the Second Session of the Seventh General Assembly of Tennessee, Chapter 9, p. 18
(C. Avis Catalog entry #38)

The search site which provided the reference numbers for the record of interest:
https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/database-tn-research/acts-tennessee-1796-1850

The reference numbers were then provided via the same site to a research librarian at the Tennessee State Library.  The librarian then scanned the page of interest and emailed the file.

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[Cover of the bound volume:]

ACTS
PASSED AT
THE SECOND SESSION 
OF THE
SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE
BEGUN AND HELD
AT KNOXVILLE,
ON MONDAY, THE THIRD OF APRIL,
One Thousand Eight Hundred & Nine

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KNOXVILLE:
PRINTED BY 
JOHN B. HOOD,
PRINTER TO THE STATE
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1809.

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CHAP. IX.

An ACT to divorce the persons therein named.

Preamble.
      WHEREAS good cause hath been shown to this general assembly, why the persons hereafter named should be discharged from the bonds of matrimony :  Therefore,

Persons divorced.
       BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the bonds of matrimony existing between John Sevier, junior, and his wife Susanna, formerly of Greene county ; Samuel Moore, and his wife Anne, of the same county ; Lewis Edwards and his wife Mary ; John Cunningham of Knox county, and his wife Elizabeth ; Mary Ann Gallaher, and her husband William Gallaher ; Elizabeth Williams, and her husband Nathaniel Williams ; William Cartwright, and his wife Polly, be, and they are hereby dissolved to all intents and purposes ; and that the aforesaid persons be restored to all the rights, privileges, and immunities which each enjoyed before their intermarriage.

      JOHN TIPTON,
      Speaker of the House of Representatives

      EDWARD DOUGLASS,
      Speaker of the Senate, pro. tem.

April 22d, 1809.

 

Marriage Registers, 1861-1869, vol. B-D, McNairy Co., Tennessee
(C. Avis Catalog entry #12xx)


"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-Y4S8-GC?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-BL1%3A1589264488%2C1589373796 : 22 December 2016), McNairy > Marriage registers, 1861-1869, vol B-D > image 325 of 747; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.


p. 124
State of Tennessee, McNairy County

MARRIAGE LICENSE

To any one Legally Authorized Solemnize Marriages:

    These are to Authorize you to Solemnize the Rites of Matrimony between John Gilton and Miss Amanda Fortune of your County, agreeably to an Act of Assembly in such cases made and provided.  Provided, always that the said Miss Amanda Fortune be an actual resident of this county; otherwise this shall be null and void, and shall not be accounted any license or authority for you or either of you, for the purpose aforesaid, more than if the same had never been prayed or granted.

    GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, AT THE CLERKS OFFICE, In said County, this 13th day of March 1866
        
        R. M. Thompson   Clerk.


                ----    

CERTIFICATE.

State of Tennessee,
McNAIRY COUNTY.

    I Solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the within named parties on the 13th day of March 1866
            Robert Young  M. G.

                ----

    Know all Men by these Presents, That we, John Gilton and Thomas Hankins of the COUNTY OF MCNAIRY and STATE OF TENNESSEE, are held and firmly bound unto the STATE OF TENNESSEE, in the sum of TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, and each and every one of us and them jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.  WITNESS our hands and seals this 13th day of March 1866

    The condition of the above Obligation is such, That Whereas, John Gilton has this day prayed and obtained a license to marry Miss Amanda Fortune.  Now if the said Miss Amanda Fortune be an actual resident of the county aforesaid, and there shall not hereafter appear any lawful cause why the said John Gilton and Miss Amanda Fortune should not be joined in holy matrimony as husband and wife, then this obligation to be void and of no effect; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

    John Gilton  [his mark]
    Thomas Hankins [his mark]

 

Greene Co., Tennessee Marriages May 1780 - Sept. 1836
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1254)


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSQ9-98CD?i=142&cc=1619127

FamilySearch.org film 4486576 image 143

[The heading on page 24 says "Marriage License and Bonds".  No heading on each page.]

p. 216

#1542
October 28, 1812
Hugh Maloney
to
Susanna Sevier
 

Marriage by Bond in Colonial Texas (Smith)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #235)

Author: Bennett Smith
Publisher:  Bennett Smith, Fort Worth, Texas, 1972

p. 84
List of Old Marriage Bonds in the Office of the County Clerk of Brazoria County, at Angleton, Texas

County Clerk's Number: 5
Hodge, James and Zulema Kyrkendall
3-18-1830
 

Article in unknown paper around Maypearl, Texas
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1247)

[Unknown date, but 1940 implied by another article on back]

Marriage Announced

Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Wiggins of Maypearl announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Jo Ann Wiggins, to Sgt. Charles R. Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. n. B. Jordan, 207 Ross Avenue.  The wedding took place in Rankin at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. Wayne Sullivan, on September 13.  Attending the couple were Miss Billy Wesson of Boyce, and Buck Jordan, brother of the groom.  The bride is a graduate of Maypearl High School.  The groom attended Waxahachie High School, and was graduated from the Mechanics Training School in the Air Force in which he is now serving.  Following  a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Jordan will make their home in San Antonio.