Lost Marriages you may need in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Compiled and submitted by Claude B. Slaton, Baker, La. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** As most genealogists know, the late Mr. Nicholas R. Murray and his wife Dorothy of Hammond, La., published lists of marriages from numerous Southern states during the 1970s and '80s under the company name "Hunting For Bears". All of us have turned at one time or another to his publications, if we have done any serious genealogy at all. During my research trips to the courthouse in Clinton, La., I discovered that there were some marriages that Mr. Murray's transcribers apparently did not have access to. A marriage book surfaced in the courthouse after the transcribers had visited that parish (so the employees said) and so some were not published in his East Feliciana Parish, La., Marriage Records (1834-1870; which, I believe, is a typo, since the parish was founded in 1824, and has had no serious record loss to the present day). When I discovered this, I compared Mr. Murray's publication to the indexes in the courthouse, and compiled the following list of marriages that perhaps other researchers can use. This situation is a good example of the fact that, no matter how well-respected a publication is (and Mr. Murray's are among the most respected), there is no substitute for a personal visit to the original repository of primary sources. It also illustrates that no publication should be assumed to be absolutely complete. Interested researchers can write to the courthouse in Clinton and request copies of the marriage bond and return (if extant). Format is, Groom, Bride, Date William F. Achord to Rachel Neil, 14 May 1846 James Aills to Matilda Carr, 24 April 1827 William Aills to Sarah S. Hall, 10 July 1828 Robert Allison to Rebecca Morgan, 10 January 1827 Stephen Ambrose to Priscilla A. Bradford, 25 December 1834 Thomas W. B. Ambrose to Jane Reames, 24 February 1834 Robert Arlington to Mary Flynn, 19 August 1858 Wallace Badger to Mary Carter, 8 April 1840 Albert Bailey to Ann Louise Lyons, 29 June 1843 William Balsimer to Brunetty Bradford, 4 September 1832 Plector Barcy to Mary C. Hall, 1 October 1829 David Barfield to Narcissa Massh, 10 January 1839 G. R. Barfield to Elcy H. Rogers, 2 February 1841 Blanding Barnett to Lurang Brown, 5 December 1833 James Barnett to Jerusha Brown, 20 December 1838 James Barnett to Mrs. Margaret Phelps, 31 January 1843 George Batchelor to Ann Eliza Read, 6 January 1841 Thomas A. G. Batchelor to Martha L. Chandler, 13 June 1844 J. A. Beckham to Lucy S. Smith, 15 November 1838 J. P. Behrnes to Mary Ann Richardson, 20 May 1852 Bartholomew Bennett to Caroline Flynn, 23 October 1833 John Benton to Elmire Brown, 11 April 1839 Josiah Benton to Caroline Seals, 8 January 1827 Josiah Benton to Mrs. Adelina A. Somers, 17 December 1842 Robert Benton to Louisia A. Scott, 30 November 1829 Robert Benton to Elnora R. Seals, 7 June 1832 William H. Benton to Frances J. Brown, 12 February 1840 Hugh N. Blake to Elizabeth Bills, 15 May 1833 Jonas Boatner to Mary Mason, 30 December 1869 Thadeus Boatner to Amy Matthews, 14 January 1866 Charles Bohannon to Harriet Pigot, 4 January 1831 Charles Bohannon to Mary Brown, 6 January 1835 Sherwood B. Bonner to Melissa Johnson, 19 October 1828 William Booker to Elizabeth McMurray, 1 February 1830 William Boone to Catherine D. Chandler, 10 June 1841 George I. Borland to Martha I. Westbury, 25 December 1838 William M. Bozorth to Mary Adams, 31 December 1841 Malachia Bradford to Emeline Atkins, 18 October 1834 David Brady to Rebecca Barrow, 5 September 1839 Robert L. Brashier to Harriet Barfield, 30 June 1839 Nathaniel Brian to Susanah Jones, 20 July 1825 John Brooks to Lucretia Morris, 21 March 1868 Rufus Brooks to Mary Elizabeth Lee, 23 April 1845 William C. Brooks to Abigail R. Roberts, 29 August 1843 John S. Broomhall to Elizabeth Higginbotham, 28 December 1826 Benjamin M. G. Brown to Charlotte Cobb, 12 October 1826 Isaac Brown to Charity Miller, 22 November 1827 Newton Brown to Edith Brown, 1 December 1872 Theodore Z. Brown to Joice F. Wicker, 6 May 1846 Lewis H. Bryant to Emily Jane Dickson, 4 March 1845 Henry Burd to Hannah Marsh, 11 July 1839 Wilson Burley to Jane Garrison, 22 January 1867 Jonathan Butler to Catherine Ritchardson, 22 August 1825 William Butler to Harriet Dearmond, 7 March 1833 John H. Caldwell to Mrs. Rachel Harrell, 10 November 1839 Nicholas Callihan to Pauline (Catherine) Boatner, 22 August 1844 Robert B. Cammack to -------- Greenliese, 15 January 1842 William Carlin to Louisa Carther, 22 November 1847 R. C. Carman to Elvira M. Spencer, 6 January 1846 Thomas D. Carney to Emma M. Powell, 17 July 1867 John Carter to Martha A. Chapman, 4 October 1838 William A. Carter to Alcy Rogers, 17 September 1840 Samuel Castles to Rhoda Castles, 5 December 1868 Thomas Cavin to Sarah C. Neyland, 12 December 1842 Frank Chapman to Betsy Davis, 29 December 1869 Jesse B. Chapman to Genoa E. King, 7 October 1845 John R. Chapman to Martha E. Hanna, 16 March 1841 Peyton C. Chapman to Lucinda West, 6 August 1840 Peyton C. Chapman to Samantha Jane Nettles, 3 October 1844 Samuel Chapman to Laura M. Hooper, 4 September 1872 W. W. Chapman to Saluda C. Boatner, 8 May 1845 Richard T. Christmas to Elizabeth M. Weston, 11 August 1839 Richard Clampitt to Emeline Jeter, 21 March 1847 Thomas W. Clark to Martha Nix, 2 March 1840 Benjamin F. Clifford to Larella J. Gwin, 1 October 1845 Howell Cobb to Rhoda M. McDonald, 18 January 1842 Robert Cochran to Sarah Scott, 27 October 1841 Joseph Coffman to Isabella Mulkey, 24 July 1860 Aleck Collins to Mary Carter, 5 May 1870 Isaac Collins to Milly Green, 11 January 1872 Milton M. Collins to Emily A. Poole, 6 November 1832 William D. Collins to Eliza Ann Pool, 6 July 1834 Andrew Comstick to Missey Perkins, 16 January 18?? Edwin G. Cook to Olive M. Curtiss, 22 December 1856 McKinney L. Cook to Jannet S. Stanley, 15 March 1832 Peter Corbell to Mrs. Elizabeth Marborough, 9 January 1829 Timothy H. Corcoran to Margaret Newport, 27 September 1832 J. S. Courtney to Eliza M. Dearmond, 2 January 1845 Oliver Courtney to Emily A. Sellers, 15 July 1845 Ralph E. Courtney to Ann Bradford, 26 January 1841 John D. Coy to Ann Townsend, 7 April 1843 William Crabtree to Penelope Spears, 29 August 1839 Henry Crimes to Henritta Chandler, 30 March 1872 Wiley Cropper to Augusta Ann Bell, 25 June 1840 Kimball A. Cross to Fredonia R. Perry, 5 May 1860 Richard Cross to Mrs. Polly Allyn, 23 November 1841 Samuel D. Culbreath to Josephine M. Vick, 18 February 1841 Alexander F. Currie to Eliza J. Norwood, 10 February 1852 Jacob Dauzensin to Mary Heirtzler, 1 August 1840 Daniel O. Donaghue to Mary Jones, 28 July 1835 William H. Dougharty to Julia Ann Williams, 15 September 1842 Alexander S. Doughty to Eliza Reeve, ? March 1866 Gibson Dunn to Sallie Benton, 23 December 1872 Douglas Embree to Mattie D. Wall, 20 May 1872 John N. Green to Eliza Ann Taylor, 24 June 1844 John R. Groom to Susan M. West, 13 June 1843 Nelson Halman to Celeste Davis, 20 December 1867 Robert Hampton to Janisly Williams, 28 March 1868 Jarred W. Hendrin to Sarah Bradford, 30 April 1833 Hazel Lisenbee to Sarah Tucker, 5 January 1832 George McMatthews to Margaret Roach, 31 May 1854 Landry Matthews to Mullie Turnipseed, 1 December 1869 Charles Pipes to Sarah Ann Norwood, 4 August 1866 Manton Rogers to Mittie Kelly, 17 November 1866 James A. Scott to Catherine F. Holmes, 31 January 1833 John N. Vining to Elizabeth Jackson, 1 January 1833 Robert W. Walker to Salina S. Phillips, 29 March 1827 Henry Webb to Jane Hays, 12 November 1827