Marriage of Kellen T. Hopwood to Mollie Monds, Creek Nation IT, 1894 Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** MARRIAGE LICENSE United States of America Indian Territory No. 145 First Judicial District To any Person Authorized by Law to Solemnize Marriage - Greeting: You are hereby commanded to Solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between Mr. K. F. HOPWOOD of OKMULGEE, in the Indian Territory, aged 21 years and Miss MOLLIE MONDS of OKMULGEE, in the Indian Territory, aged 20 years, according to law, and do you officialy sign and return this License to the parties therein named. Witness my hand and official seal at First Judicial, Indian Territory, this 20th day of January A.D. 1894. Joseph M. Phillips Clerk of the U.S. Court By, J. S. Dodson, Deputy * * * * * CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE United States of America Indian Territory First Judicial District I, I. Y. Boyce, a Minister of the Gospel, Do hereby certify, that on the 3rd day of February, A. D. 1894, did duly and according to law as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the Rite and publish the Banns of Matrimony between the parties therein named. Witness my hand this 3rd day of February, A. D. 1894. My credentials are recorded in the office of the Clerk of the United States Court, Indian Territory. First Judicial District. I. Y. Boyce A Minister of the Gospel --- The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996. Her daughter Barbara gave me permission to put her research online. David Morgan