ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS

EARLY MARRIAGES OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
from "A Gazetteer of Madison County"
by James T. Hair

©2006, Transcribed by Kim Torp



Record of Marriage License granted by Josias Randle, Clerk, previous to 1820.

"In the following record of mariage licenses from No. 15 to 150 (the first 14 seeming not to have been placed on record,) those marked * appear also in the list of marriage certificates which follow.  Both extend to about the same period, June, 1819.  The list of certificates is most complete in having the earliest dates, but the record of licenses seems more complete during the period covered by it."


NOTE:  The spelling of the names following is according to the "Records."

1814

Date

Groom

Bride

June 14 William *KELLEY Rebeckah McMAHAN
July 27 Samuel STATTIENS Elizabeth H.
Sept. 5 Samuel LOCKHART Winney WALKER
Sept. 22 James KIRKPATRICK Electa MEACHAM
Oct. 13 Benjamin STEDMAN Margaret GILLHAM
Oct. 13 Myatt STUBBLEFIELD Sarah BLACK
Dec. 12 Bennet NOWLAND Nancy ROBESON
Dec. 27 George MOOR Peggy McFARLIN

1815

DATE

GROOM

BRIDE

Jan 2 Jubilee *POSEY Caty  SMITH
Jan 24 William *WOOD Polly COX
Feb 1 Jesse *BELL Susan MEACHAM
Feb 13 Phillip *TETER Rebeckah ROBESON
March 17 William JOHNSON Lydia HUTTON
May 26 Davis CARTER Caty RAGAN
June 23 Orman BEEMAN Talisha WHITE
June 6 Abraham PRICKETT Sally KIRKPATRICK
July 31 James HEART Fanny PUKSLEY
Aug 12 Daniel LANISON Amans GREENWOOD
Nov 22 Hiram *BECK Nancy SAMS
Dec 20 Water McFARLIN Sally HUTTON

1816

DATE

GROOM

BRIDE

Jan John DRUM Gilley WOOD
Feb. 20 Abraham CASTEEL Polly NOWLAND
Feb Jonah CATON Ara CLARK
March 11 Israel *TURNER Caty STICE
April 30 Samuel *SEYBOLT Tamar PICKERING
May 21 Samuel JARAWAY Jenney WHITEHEAD
June 3 Samuel *THOMAS Elizabeth ISEY
Aug. 5  Thomas MOORE Rebecca HOLCOMB
Aug 17 William *ATKINS Elizabeth EMERT
Aug. 24 James THOMSON Permilia SORRELS
Sept. 11 Joseph BOROUGH Sally SHEPHERD
Sept. 25 Robert *REYNOLDS Sally WHITESIDE
Nov. 13 Walter J. SEALEY Vicy MEACHAM
Nov. 13 David H. KENNEDY Mary COOTS?
Nov. 27 Jephtha LUMKIN Jane KIRKPATRICK
Dec. 13 John *GREEN Nancy MEANS
Dec. 19 Samuel *BEEMAN Polly SMELSER
Dec. 28 Samuel DAVIDSON Vitet ENLOE

1817

DATE

 

GROOM

 

BRIDE

Jan. 3   Moses ARCHER   Elizabeth BRAZEL
Feb. 7   William WYATT   Rachel KITCHENS
Feb. 15   Alexander V BONNER   Huldah FOSTER
Feb. 22   William GREEN   Polly STARKEY
March 1   Rodolphus LANGWORTHY   Lucy MEACHAM
March 12   Jonas *BRADSHAW   Betsey SAWYERS
March 13   James REYNOLDS   Sally BLACK
March 18   Levi SCOT   Edy ENNIS
April 10   Wiley *GREEN   Betsey HIGGINS
April     David NIX   Betsey WHITESIDE
April 16   James *HERYFORD   Betsey VINCENCE
May 26   Jacob *DECK   Sally BATES
June 5   John *GREENWOOD   Margaret KIRKPATRICK
June 10   Thomas *SCOTT   Susan COOPER
June 21   Hampton McKINNEY   Polly B. CLARK
June 23   Job DAY   Jane SHOCKLEY
July     Samuel JUDY   Sally REAVES
July 15   Thomas HAMILTON   Purifa HARRIS1
July 22   Absalom RENSHAW   Milley WOODYARD
July 23   John BATES   Nancy CROSBY
Aug. 6   William GOING   Anna WHITEHEAD
Aug. 9   Edward WELSH   Rachel (widow) KAIN
Aug. 9   Philip HENSON   Elizabeth GREENWOOD
Aug. 9   Edward HALEY   Elizabeth BOLT
Aug. 14   Daniel DUNMORE   Turzy L. MEACHAM
Aug. 16   George HEWITT   Peggy BISHOP
Aug. 19   John WYATT   Rebecca WYATT
Sept. 1   Jesse RENFRO   Letty WEST
Oct. 1   Hiram HUITT   Nancy HERRIFORD
Nov. 4   John CAMMEL   Levina PARKINSON
Nov. 15   Joshua DELAPLAIN   Hannah DAVIDSON (widow)
Dec. 10   Abraham SIPPY   Sally MILLER
Dec. 11   John C. WOOD   Fanny DENSON
Dec. 11   Hiram ROBBINS   Betsey DEAN
Dec. 23   Alexander BYRUM   Polly WOOD
Dec. 26   Jehu L. LITTON   Lydia MORRIS
Dec. 3   Martin JACKSON   Betsey McDANIEL
1NOTE: PURIFA KIRKPATRICK IN RECORD OF CERTIFICATES


1818

DATE

 

GROOM

 

BRIDE

Jan. 26   John McCOLLUM   Sarrah WHITESIDE
Feb. 11   George *FARIS   Nancy PIPER
Feb. 17   John *CRAWFORD   Cassey HOLCOMB
Feb. 17   William HOWARD   Elizabeth REECE
Feb. 25   Robert McMAHAN, jr.   Nancy CONWAY
Feb. 27   Lorenzo EDWARDS   Patsey NEW
March 5   James THOMSON   Jean MUNSON
March 9   Henry EMERT   Rachel REBOLD
March 9   Richard KINGHTON   Jeney SMART
March 20   Isaac CASTEEL   Betsey ALBARD
March 24   James *GILLHAM   ? LOFTIN
March 3   John RICHARDSON   Orphy THOMPSON
April 15   Thomas FURGASON   Betsey MEDFORD
May 22   George *ALLEN   Polly GIBBS
June 3   David M. GILLHAM   Polly HARKLEROAD
June 9   Nicholis RUSSELL   Polly CANBY
June 17   John T. LAWYORK   Ann TRULOCK
July     Aquilla *LOW   Polly REVIS
July 8   Temple *NIX   Hannah TAYLOR
July     William *BURTON   Barbary SMART
July 18   Jacob *MOORE   Polly BURNS
July 18   Jacob *WAGGONER   Nancy MOORE
Aug. 5   Daniel *HOLCOMB   Vicy TOLLY
Aug. 17   Elias ROBERTS   Elizabeth ALLEN
Aug. 21   John JOHNSON   Nancy DUGGER
Aug. 22   Moses *LEEDS   Mary WADDLE
Sept. 19   Solomon PENNY   Jincy RENSHAW
Oct. 5   John PIPER   Lucinda BEARD
Oct. 10   Warner YATES   Frances TINDALL
Oct. 20   Thomas *FENLEY   Charlotte JACKSON
Oct. 29   Hiram *ROUNTREE   Nancy R. WRIGHT
Nov. 17   John POWELL   Betsey COOP
Dec. 7   Thomas *HILL   Peggy MOORE
Dec. 16   William ARCHER   Betsey HOLT
Dec. 18   John WHITE   Peggy ROBINSON
Dec. 21   John CARSON   Margaret PARKERSON
Dec. 24   Daniel PETTENGILL   Anna BICKMORE
               

1819

DATE

 

GROOM

BRIDE

Jan. 13   Isaac RENFRO   Rachel CARSON
Jan. 18   Elias McCANCE   Polly WHITESIDE
Jan. 19   James *WHITLOCK   Rhody GREEN
Jan. 28   Daniel *HARPER   Peggy STANDFIELD
Jan. 30   Owen *EVENS   Mary CRISPWELL
Feb. 2   Nicholas *CHELEANO   Margaret DEGEARLY
Feb. 15   Andrew ARMSTRONG   Maryann ROBERTS
Feb. 15   William *KIRKPATRICK   Lyddia BARTLETT
Feb. 22   Thomas *McDOW   Mary LOFTIN
Feb. 25   Adam *MILLER   Peggy THOMSON
March 6   Thomas *LOFTIN   Betsey HAYTON
March 8   Mark HIGGINS   Rachel BRISCO
March 8   James DUNN   Zilpha THOMAS
March 15   Joseph HOWARD   Jenney McALILEY
March 17   John *WADDLE   Caty SNYDER
March 25   John BARNABY   Polly JOHNSON
March 26   Thomas MOORE   Mary PARKERSON
April 3   Samuel HAMILTON   Polly ELDRIGE
April 19   James NIXON   Mary Ann RUTHERFORD
April 21   Daniel WHITE   Anne BROWN
April 28   Daniel *TOLMAN   Mary Ann HARE
May 1   William ENNIS   Sally WIATT
May 3   John *CRESSUP   Agness MANNING
(on condition of no objection of parents)
May 11   George BRIDGES   Mary LINDLY
June 3   Richard BROZALE   Layodosea ENYART
June 7   John CORMACK   Fanny RANDLE


RECORD OF CERTIFICATES OF MARRIAGES
for Madison County Illinois Territory, previous to 1820, filed by Josias Randle, Clerk

[Webmaster's Note: I've put these in chronological order and left off the person performing the ceremony]
1813
Jan 29 1813   Jas. McKiney   Nancy Lockhart
Feb. 19 1813   John Lawton   Patey Hill
March 9 1813   William York   Betsey Kitchens
March 25 1813   William Ogle   Isabella Kyle
April 8 1813   John Hapton   Harriet Stublefield
April 9 1813   Jas. Sullivan   Phebee Hutton
May 3 1813   Joshua Renfro   Pheraby Revis
June 24 1813   Daniel G. Moor   Franky Jarvis
July 2 1813   Thomas Wadkins   Polly Green
Aug. 31 1813   Samuel Hutton   Peggy Wright
Nov.   1813   Wm. Furguson   Hannah Green
Nov.   1813   George Wise   Elth Jones
Nov.   1813   Joseph Ferguson   Jane Gragg
Nov.   1813   Daniel Johnson   Susanna Smelser
Dec. 23 1813   John Gillham   Elizabeth Gillham

1814

                 
Jan. 1 1814   Thomas Green   Nelly Desha
Jan. 4 1814   Samuel G. Morse   Polly Kirkpatrick
Jan. 20 1814   John Davidson   Margaret Gillham
Jan. 31 1814   John Enox   Marjory Fergason
Feb. 10 1814   William Sharone   Keziah Robinson
Feb. 16 1814   Hardy Wilbanks   Susanna Gillham
April 2 1814   Mills Whitley   Elizabeth Little
April 2 1814   Thomas Finley   Mary Little
May   1814   Timothy Lamberson   Rebekah Furgason
May   1814   John Hawks   ? McFarlin
June 14 1814   William Killey   Rebekah McMahan
Dec. 13 1814   Thomas Carlan   Rebeckah Hewitt
Dec. 23 1814   William Montgomery   Sarah Rattan

1815

 
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Jan. 5 1815   Jubilee Posey   Caty Smith
Feb. 2 1815   Jesse Bell   Susan Meacham
Feb. 2 1815   William Wood   Polly Cox.
Feb. 4 1815   William Fergason   Polly Dogget
Feb. 14 1815   Phillip Peter   Rebeckah Robinson
Feb. 26 1815   James Steel   Rebeckah Bradshaw
March 18 1815   William Rowden   Livinia Prewitt
Oct 17 1815   Thomas Blankenship   Hannah Carter
Nov. 5 1815   John Jones   Mary Wright
Nov. 19 1815   James Beeman   Litha Odle
Nov. 23 1815   Hiram Beck   Nancy Sams
Nov. 23 1815   Hiram Beck   Nancy Sams
Nov. 28 1815   Martin Jones   Margarett Hutton
Dec. 14 1815   Thomas Green   Rody Hegans
Dec. 16 1815   Soloman Revis   Polly Green

1816

                 
Jan. 21 1816   Mathew Cowin   Betsey Hewitt
Feb. 5 1816   Young Wood   Polly Ewin
March 14 1816   Israel Turner   Caty Stice
April 2 1816   Samuel Seybolt   Tamar Pickering
April 8 1816   Evans Smith   Hannah Turner
June 4 1816   Samuel Thomas   Elizabeth Isley
Aug. 5 1816   Samuel Stockton   Loruhuma Patterson.
Dec. 13 1816   Jeptha Lampkins   Jean Kirkpatrick
Dec. 19 1816   John Green   Nancy Means.
Dec.   1816   Samuel Beaman   Polly Smelser.

1817

Feb. 11 1817   Wm. Atkins   Elizabeth Emert.
Feb. 11 1817   David Canady   Mary Cyles.
Feb. 13 1817   William Wyatt   Rachel Kitchens
Feb. 6 1817   David Faukner   Lydia Beaman
Feb. 16 1817   Alexander V. Bonner   Huldah Foster
Feb. 28 1817   William Green   Polly Starkey
Feb. 18 1817   James Hareford   Patience Jones
March 25 1817   Jonas Bradshaw   Betsey Sawyers
Apr 19 1817   James Heryford   Betsey Vincence
Apr 22 1817   Robert Reynolds   Sally Whiteside
May 30 1817   Jacob Deck   Sally Bates
May 31 1817   Wiley Green   Betsey Higins
Jun 10 1817   John Greenwood   Margaret Kirkpatrlck
Jun 21 1817   Thomas Scot   Susan Cooper
Aug. 13 1817   Philip Henson   Elizabeth Greenwood
Aug. 14 1817   John Bates   Nancy Crosby
Aug. 14 1817   Thomas Hamilton   Purifa Kirkpatrick
Aug. 28 1817   Absalom Renshaw   Milly Woodyard
Sep 8 1817   William Haily   Elizabeth Bolt
Nov. 16 1817   Joshua Delaplain   Hannah Davidson(widow)
Dec 3 1818   Martin Jackson   Betsey McDaniel
Dec. 27 1817   John L. Sitton   Sydia Morris(widow)

1818

                 
Jan 15 1818   John Cammel   Levina Packerson
Jan 28 1818   Alexander S. Biram   Polly Wood
March 18 1818   Lorenzo Edwards   Patsey New
March 27 1818   James Gillham   Sarah Lofton
April 18 1818   Thomas Ferguson   Betey Medford
Feb 17 1818   George Faris   Nancy Piper
April 5 1818   Moses Fenley   Sally Scott
May 28 1818   George Allen   Polly Gibbs
May 29 1818   John Crawford   Cassy Holcomb
July 17 1818   William Burton   Barbary Smart
Aug 6 1818   Daniel Holcomb   Vuy(?) Tolly
Aug 22 1818   Jacob Moore   Polly Burns
    1818   Jacob Waggener   Nancy Moore
    1818   Temple Nix   Hannah Taylor
    1818   Aguilla Low   Polly Revis
Sept 21 1818   Aug. Longworthy   Adah Meacham
Oct 10 1818   Moses Seeds   Mary Waddell
Oct