1883 Combined History
Chapter VII - Pioneers and Early Settlers
EDWARDS COUNTY
EARLY MARRIAGES.
The following list includes the marriage licenses granted in the county
after its organization to 1817, as appears upon the license record:
Name. Date of license. By whom married. Date of marriage.
Jeremiah Wood to Jane Phelpatt, January 11th, 1815, William Smith, J. P.,
Jan. 11th, 1815
Jeremiah Hogue to Jane Bathe, Feb. 11lth, 1815, James Shaw, Esq., Feb. 14th,
1815
Samuel Putnam to Relief Chafee, March 15th, 1815, J. Mclntosh, J. C. C.,
Mar. 16th, 1815
Joseph Robertson to Sally Barney, May 17th, 1815, Rev. Jm'h Ballard, May
18th, 1815
Jarvis Fordice to Susan Gard, June 16th, 1815, Rev. Jm'h Ballard, June 29th,
1815
John Barger to Catharine Minor, July 4th, 1815, Rev. Jno. Mclntosh
Philip Plough to Sallie Arnold, July 6th, 1815, Rev. Jno. Mclntosh, July
7th, 1815
Thomas Truelock to Jemima Ramsey, July 8th, 1815, Rev. Jno. Mclntosh, July
9th, 1815
Hayward Putnam to Caroline James, July 11th, 1815
Jeremiah Ballard to Elizabeth Barney, July 31st, 1815, Seth Gard, J. C. C.,
Aug. 2nd, 1815
Jarvis Dale to Francis Chafee, Dec. 2nd, 1815, Seth Gard, J. C. C., Dec.
3rd, 1815
Daniel Keen to Mary Compton, Dec. 13th, 1815, Seth Gard, J. C. C., Dec.
14th, 1815
Joseph Ballard to Patty Putman, Dec. 27th, 1815, Seth Gard, J. C. C., Dec.
28th, 1815
James McDaniel to Martha Wesner, Advertisement, Rev. Dvd. McGahey, Dec.
13th, 1815
George Miller to Elizabeth Shook, Rev. Dvd. McGahey, Dec. 25th, 1815
Green L. Vanwinkle to Nancy Heaton, without license, James Shaw, J. P., Mar.
18th, 1816
John Walder to Nancy Dawson, July 4th, 1816, Robert Baird, J. P., July 4th,
1816
William Woodland to Mary Stepteford, July 18th, 1816, Gerv.Hazleton, J. P.
John Flinn to El eta Payne, Aug. 21st, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P., Aug. 22nd,
1816
Gervase Hazleton to Eliza Osgood, Aug. 22nd, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P., Aug.
22nd, 1816
Samuel Brinbery to Mary Jones, June 16th, 1816, Rev. Dvd. McGahey, June
18th, 1816
John Compton to Jane Barney, Sept. 4th, 1816, Rev. Jm'h Ballard, Sept. 4th,
1816
Alpheus Peckard to Catharine Gray, Sept. 22nd, 1816, Rev. Dvd. McGahey,
Sept. 22nd, 1816
Jeremiah McKinney to Catey Westner, Sept. 29th, 1816, Rev. Dvd. McGahey,
Sept. 29th, 1816
Benjamin Ingerson to Susan Decker, Sept. 30th, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P.,
Sept. 30th, 1816
Charles Dubois to Sally Gollaher, Oct. 3lst, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P., Oct.
31st, 1816
Ephraim Armstrong to Ruth Gard, Nov. 12th, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P., Nov.
14th, 1816
James Baird to Martha Stenare, Dec. 18th, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P.
James Davidson to Elizabeth Young, Dec. 30th, 1816, G. W. Smith, J. P., Dec.
30th, 1816
As early as 1815, it seems that parties who contemplated matrimony could be
required to give a bond to carry out in good faith, said intentions. The
following is a copy of one of the bonds given in 1815: "Know all men by
these presents that I, John Ballard, am held and firmly bound unto Nathaniel
Claypool, clerk of Edwards county and Territory of Illinois, in the just and
full sum of five hundred dollars, by which payment well and truly to be
made, I bind myself, my heirs and assigns for and in the whole, sealed with
my seal, and dated this 31st day of July 1815.
The condition of the obligation is such, that whereas the above bound John
Ballard has this day made application for license to join together in bonds
of matrimony with Miss Betsy Barney. Now if the said John Ballard does well
and truly marry the said Betsy Barney without any fraud, partiality or
illegality attending the said marriage, then this obligation to be void,
otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue in law." Bondsmen,
Jeremiah Ballard and Seth Gard.
Extracted 23 Dec 2017 by Norma Hass from A Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence, and Wabash Counties, Illinois, published in 1883, pages 66-67.
