1811 - 1825 Marriages of Union County, KY

DateGROOM BRIDE
12 Sep 1811 Wm Albright Annie Sibley
16 Sep 1811 James Anderson Ann Frazier
17 Oct 1811 William McKenney Nancy Quigley
24 Oct 1811 Isaiah Potts Polly Blue
30 Oct 1811 James W Bennett Elizabeth Lash
20 Nov 1811 Baker Martin Lucy Frazier
All these marriages (above) were solemnized by Joseph Hoy, Esq
13 Dec 1811 Thos Brown Peggy Floyd,
(by William Gray)
1 Jan 1812James Tucker Sally Lamasters,
(by B.E. Dye)
8 Jan 1812David McClure Massy Waller
12 June 1812Aaron Waller Elizabeth Rives
4 Aug 1812Thomas P Fletcher Marion B Davis
11 Aug 1812George Hedges Susan Hood
3 Sep 1812Peyton Mitchell Betsey Briggs
16 Nov 1812John Vaughn Rebecca Dye
These (above) were all married by Wm Gray in 1812
11 Sep 1813Robert Cypert Elbinny Hooper
15 Aug 1813James Garrison Kitty Anderson,
(by Hugh McElroy)
18 Dec 1814Andrew Slack Lydia Waller
(note says probably 1813)
(day not given) Jno Bouran Peggy Floyd
1 Feb 1814Isaac Clark Fanny McClure
20 Jan 1814Samuel Casey Eleanor M Finnie
15 Feb 1814Nathaniel I Floyd Ann Hewitt
9 Jun 1814Lewis Pate Ann Brehmer
William Gray officiated at the above marriages
E Givens, a justice of Hopkins County, got hold of two Union County couples and married them (below)
24 Oct 1813Ezekial Frazier Sicely Gutry
27 Feb 1813David Wech Betsy Pullam
These marriages (below) were not recorded until August 1814. Hugh McElroy, Esq, seems to have been a marryer of some note, but he often did not return notice of marriages for several years He returned a batch of these notices sometime in the latter part of 1815 as follows;
23 Feb 1813Samuel Hooper Susannah Slocumb
22 Nov 1813David Proctor Jane Matthews
13 Oct 1814Thomas M Dyson Peggy Green
11 Jan 1815Isaac Higgins Christina Berethel
1 June 1815Henry Green Nancy Williams
1 June 1815John Grimes Lucy Davis
11 Jul 1815Jas Lynn Agnes Ramsey
25 Jul 1815Moses Blazer Prudence Webb
1 Aug 1815John Slocumb Ebony Cypert
27 Aug 1815 John B Clemens Susan Culver
20 Oct 1815Thomas Benthel Polly Forrester
Thomas Ezell, Minister of the Gospel, married the next two couples
17 Jan 1815I.W.Y. Pierson Purity Pennington
26 Jan 1815Martin B Griffith Nancy Greer
Claiborne Duval, married the next two couples, "agreeable to the rites of our church"
15 Aug 1815Peter Wilkerson Rebecca Sibley
23 Jul 1815Samuel Skinner Abagail Canada
Hugh McElroy, Esq, married the following couples;
10 Feb 1816Phillip I Hailman Nancy Johnson
15 Feb 1816William Dyer Anna Harris
25 Feb 1816Stephen Williams Lucy Wallace
1 Jun 1816Solomon Stone Jane Gray
31 Aug 1816Harrison Wilson Nancy Waggener
31 Aug 1816Daniel V Belman Ann Clemon Dyson
12 Sep 1816Samuel Pool Nancy White
20 Dec 1816James M Jones Artemesia T Wilson
20 Dec 1816David Mayberry Elizabeth Williams
2 Jan 1817Thomas James Judith Finnie
15 Jan 1817Jas Miller Polly Herod
28 Jan 1817Joseph Vaughn Priscilla Hendrix
19 Feb 1817Asa Turner Nancy Pool
22 Mar 1817Hugh Knox Lydia Johnson
10 Jul 1817William Anderson Nancy Hammack
11 Jul 1817Benjamin Pullam Sally Blackwell
23 Jul 1817Joel Blackwell Polly Davis
28 Jan 1817Benjamin Dye Annie Hendrix
3 Aug 1817George Turner Sallie Smith
11 Sep 1817Thos Pullam Priscilla Skinner
15 Sep 1817Jesse Marks Jane Dillon
2 Oct 1817Samuel Drennan Cele Given
3 Oct 1817>Peter W Floyd Emily Pool
22 Nov 1817Richard Dodge Sarah Wallace
12 Dec 1817Thomas McMurry Margara Waller
All of the above marriages were solemnized by Hugh McElroy, who seems to have possessed a "corner" on the marrying market. Other marriages in 1817, were;
6 Dec 1817Nathan M Harris Nancy Davis,
(by JH Doris)
" " " John Dale Nancy Hale,
(by Thomas Evans)
The following four marriages, also by Hugh McElroy
27 Jan 1818Henry C Floyd Ann Thredkeld
1 Feb 1818Thomas H Bisset Elizabeth Floyd
4 Sep 1818Ira Moone Phebe Farmer
28 Oct 1818Thomas Stroud Sally Williams
9 Nov 1818John Girtin Ann Barrow,
(by Robert Abell)
Claiborne Duval married the following couples in 1818
MarchEdward Davis Ruth Dillon
AprilJames Holloway Ann Morin
AugustJno Hopgood Urah Dillon
SeptemberFrancis C Berry Polly Pennington
NovemberJohn Porter Nancy Turly
AugustLucius C Duval Tabitha A Russell
MayPeter Casey Jr Eliza Finnie
DecemberThomas Hicklin Betsy Lanier
Caliborne Duval, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, made the following marriages in 1819
JanuaryIra Barbee Elizabeth Lay
FebruaryJohn Pennell Attaway Wilson
MayJoseph Crawford Polly Floyd
?? Harry Willim Mary Spergen
7 Nov 1819Hiram Greathouse Lydia Greathouse
John Barnett married them but made no return until 10 Feb 1821
13 Sep 1820Uriah Blue Maria Robertson
(above) by Aaron Shelby, "agreeably to the rites of the church to which I belong"
During this year (1820), the following, Mr Duval married the following persons. The exact dates are not given. The minister seems to have carried the dates in his head until he happened to be in Morganfield, and then he turned all the names in at once
 SC Davis Sarah Parrack
 Carter Hammet Catherine Pickens
 Brent McClendon Elizabeth Farmer
 Samuel W Carr Polly Hensley
 William L Sutton Mary B Catlett
 Robert D Hughes Charlotte Floyd
 Daniel Milton Jane Parrack
 George M Delaney Sally Bishop
 Hiram Givens Margeret Davis
 Willis F Delaney Tabitha Hewitt
 Burdett C Ray Eleanor Davis
 Francis W Rowlett Eliza Pool
 Wyley S Agune Matilda Armstrong
 Matthew Bruce Nancy Ray
 Josiah Solomon Mary H Lanier
William C Buck, a Baptist minister, married the following couples
28 Sep 1820John Cardon Elizabeth Young
Dec 1820Fortunatus F Delany Jane Bayles
Aaron Shelby, a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, during 1820, preformed the following marriages;
4 Dec 1820Jno May Mahala Waller
8 Dec 1820John Bradley Elizabeth Stone
In 1821 Rev Claiborne Duval, during this year, married the following couples
 Solomon Blue Mahala Kerney
 John G Wilson Tabitha Sibley
 Aaran Below Sallie Richards
 Isaac Hutchins Nancy Mobley
MayWilliam Kerney Mary Ranamus
In 1821 Rev William C Buck married;
FebJames C Hite Maria F Conn
JanWilliam Houghland Minty Grimes
FebWilliam S Oakley Susan Bayles
JuneWm W Orr Susannah Stone
SepCharles F W Stone Malinda Carr
SepJohn Stone Sally Bishop
SepWilliam Reburn Polly Hullts
SepAdrian Davenport Mary Reburn
SepJoseph Edwards Catherine Waggener
Rev Aaron Shelby married the following couple during 1821
 Jeremiah Snider Elizabeth Randolph
In 1822 Rev WC Buck married the following couples
4 March 1822Johnathan R Cox Miss Rachel Hedges
28 March 1822Hosea A Pearson Eliza Young
Rev WC Buck also turned in these marriages in 1822
October 1821Zacheus Lisles Elizabeth Matthes
October 1821John Hargrove Rebecca Berry
November 1821Lawson E Wilson Lavina Waggener
In December 1824, Charles Coomes, "RCP" made the following returns of these marriages:
3 Jan 1821Joseph LeonardsMatilda Luckett
12 Jan 1821Richard Woodard Clarissa Pratt
9 Jul 1821James Kerrick Rachel McKiernan
26 Dec 1821John Mattingley Charlotte McGill
11 Aug 1822Morris Downes Elizabeth Alvey
15 Oct 1822Arthur Alvey Mary Mattingly
11 May 1823Walter Barren Matilda Bowles
11 May 1823Dennis Onan Clarissa Bowles
Rev William Barnett married the following couple
25 Sep 1822David Lowrey Mary Ann Jones
Samuel Julian, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, performed the following marriages for 1822:
4 Apri 1822Jesse E Keaf Ursula Sanderson
7 Nov 1822James Cowan Kelby Caivier
16 Nov 1822David Potts Margarette C Christian
28 Nov 1822Baxter Hudson Mary Ann Parrock
A.M. Henry married the following
14 Sep 1822Wm Dernall Sarah Pullum
Reuben Owening married the following:
28 Sep 1822Joseph Pullum Patsy Bruce
Rev Claiborne Duval preformed the following marriages:
Aug 1822Daniel McKenney Nancy Waggener
Apr 1822James Vaughn Catherine Morrison
Jun 1822John Hayes Patsy Pratt
Jul 1822Jesse Sprague Jane Wilson
Jun 1822John Mattingly Nancy Lay
Jun 1822Solomon O Boon Emily Pool
Jan 1822Gibson B Taylor Mary Rieves
Dec 1822Wm Curry Frances C Brumbarger
Dec 1822Aaron Waller Nancy Leach
Dec 1822George W Dulany Sally Bishop
Dec 1822Samuel W Carr Polly Hensley
Dec 1822Brent McClendon Elizabeth Farmer
Mar 1823Hezekiah D Edwards Christina Sugg
Apr 1823Wm B Dozier Lavinia G Russell
May 1823John J Randolph Nancy Coleman
Reuben Owening married:
2 Jan 1823James Clark Rebecca McGill
Rev WmC Buck made the following record in the Spring of 1823:
27 Dec 1822Aaron Silver Harriett Ball
11 Feb 1823Robert Hall Fanny Mobley
19 Feb 1823William F Carter Elizabeth Ann Conn
20 Feb 1823John Bowden Love Farquier
2 Mar 1823John Brown Sally McKenny
23 Mar 1823William Hammack Martha Mobley
27 Mar 1823Morgan Hammack Margaret Bishop
Rev Aaron Shelby made the following report in April 1823:
18 July 1821John WR Delany Dolly Davis
18 Oct 1822John Bishop Nancy Delany
24 May 1822Isaac Hollingsworth Elizabeth Morris
30 May 1822James Peters Minfred Callarett
5 Dec 1822Reuben Church Lucretia Church
16 Mar 1823Hezekiah Holder Fanny Davis
26 Dec 1822Harman Bishop Margaret Morris
James McMahan made the following report in Feb 1823:
27 Jun 1822Justinian Mills Sarah Y Higgins
15 Sep 1822John L Dickey Mrs Nancy Huston
Rev Aaron Shelby made the following marriages in 1824:
20 Jan 1824Thomas Dills Hettie Bruce
1 Nov 1824Moses Shelby Paulena Thompson
In January 1824, Rev Henry F Delany reported the following marriages:
4 Dec 1823Lemuel H Sylman Narcissa Dupriest
17 Dec 1823Samuel Lewis Maria Bailess
18 Dec 1823Samuel Givens Sallie Bruce
A.M. Henry Esq married :
28 Dec 1824John Prow Jerusha David
James McMahan married:
5 Feb 1824Henry Berry Nancy Clark
18 Dec 1824William Hosman Mrs Susan Abell
22 Jul 1824Alfred W Powell Parthena Barker
Rev Samuel Julian married:
10 Feb 1824David Cier Elizabeth Cowan
11 March 1824Joseph Sprague Missainea Wallace
15 Feb 1825Thomas Hally Ruth Dixon
4 Feb 1825Moses Dean Martha Davis
Rev James McMahan married:
28 Nov 1825Rev Timothy McManand Mary Young
Rev HF Delany married the following in 1825:
8 Sep 1825Jesse Wheeler Nancy Hedges
15 Sep 1825James Dyer Marcelia Mason
29 Sep 1825Taswell Ball Elizabeth Dyer
28 Aug 1825John Potts Elizabeth Hoy
18 Oct 1825James Rice Sally Guilky
8 Nov 1825Andrew Luttrell Frances Floyd
9 Dec 1825Uria Blue Rachel McKenny
In December 1825, the following were reported by Rev Claiborne Duval:
5 Nov 1823James R Hughes Rachel L Givens
Feb 1824Robert Catlett Mary Dozier
Mar 1824George Henshaw Sarah Pool
Jun 1824William Keech Ann Temperance Edwards
Dec 1824Enoch B Benson Elizabeth Dillon
Dec 1824Charles C.P. Gilchrist Mary B Morrison
Dec 1824John G Finnie Fanny L Casey
Dec 1824William Patton Polly Holeman
Jan 1825Francis R Hill Mary Ann Pool
Feb 1825James W Dowdall Mary Chapman
Mar 1825Peter Jones Matilda C Sibley
Jan 1825Thornton Grinstead Eliza A Sellars
May 1825Milton B McWertelby Parthenia A Pennington
29 Nov 1825Henry Lee Jones Mrs Sally A Hopkins
(widow of James Hopkins)
Charles Phillips married:
6 Jun 1825Hiram McElroy Mary Clements
23 Feb 1825John Hannah Caroline Henshaw
Elisha I Durbin married:
1 Feb 1825Francis Buckman Mary E O'Brian
1 Feb 1825Nevis Cissell Anastasia Blansford
2 Nov 1825Austin Mattingley Mary E Clements
James McMahan married:
3 May 1825Timothy McMahan Mary Young

Transcribed by Mamie Tate, January, 2002.