Newton County Mississippi Marriage Records 1872
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Newton County, Mississippi, FROM: Marriage Records 1872-1952 38917 (2nd Ed.)Company MS AVAILABLE Compiled and Edited RESERVED. PublishingCarrollton,By VERSION [email protected] William408; Harold Graham, Ed. Pioneer PRINT Box PO (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL FROM: 38917 CompanyMS AVAILABLE RESERVED. PublishingCarrollton, VERSION [email protected] RIGHTS 408; Copyright © 2013Pioneer by William Harold Graham, Ed. PRINTAll rights reserved. ThisBox book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Authorized copies are available from the author, Dr. Harold Graham, 17222 Highway 503, Decatur, MS 39301.PO (662)237-6010ISBN-10: 1-885480-52-0 COPYRIGHT/ALL Dedication This publication is dedicated to Martha Waltman, who stood at my elbow on many occasions and helped me feed quarters into the photocopy machine, to Myrtis Craft for her polite coercion to finish a project started in 1991, to J. P. and Floy Hurst for explaining the difference between a DOL and DOM, and not the least, to my wife Nancy for tolerating an absentee husband on those many visits to the courthouse. FROM: 38917 Company MS AVAILABLE RESERVED. Publishing Carrollton, VERSION [email protected] 408; Pioneer PRINT Box PO (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL Acknowledgements Many of the names in this publication are enhanced to compensate for their scanty recording in the original marriage documents. The compiler has depended on the resources of a number of other researchers and published records to make possible this enhancement process. Specifically, the author would like to thank the following individuals for their generosity in sharing records with the author: Myrtis Craft Becky Chaney Jesse Max Harris J. P. and Floy Hurst Martha Waltman FROM: Gayle Duett Elvy Hammond John P. Frazier, Jr. Publications that were referenced are listed in the Bibliography. 38917 CompanyMS AVAILABLE RESERVED. PublishingCarrollton, VERSION [email protected] 408; Pioneer PRINT Box PO (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL FROM: 38917 CompanyMS AVAILABLE Introduction ............................................................................... i Part 1 – 1872-1942 ................................................................... 1 RESERVED.Part 2 – 1942-1952 .............................................................. 381 Bibliography ........................................................................ 465 Publishing Carrollton, Table of Contents VERSION [email protected] 408; Pioneer PRINT Box PO (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL FROM: 38917 (This Page Left Blank Intentionally)Company MS AVAILABLE RESERVED. PublishingCarrollton, VERSION [email protected] 408; Pioneer PRINT Box PO (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL Introduction Newton County, Mississippi was organized in 1836, its parent county being Neshoba County. Unfortunately, because of courthouse fires and other disasters, few records exist prior to 1872. Marriage records are extant from 1872 to the present time, except for the years ca. 1907-1911. Marriage Book D, representing this period, was destroyed in a 1911 fire. A master index for the marriage records for 1872-1942 was compiled in the 1940's and is filed in a large volume in the courthouse at Decatur. This master index serves as a major source for the current publication. This index lists only the DOL (date of license) and not the DOM (date of marriage). The author has examined each page of the original books on multiple occasions to ensure the greatest accuracy possible. Care has been taken to check the original marriage certificates in manyFROM: cases to correct errors that appeared in this master index. Eleven stages in proofing were employed. This does not guarantee the listing is error- free, and when in doubt, the researcher should check the original marriage certificate. Three problems were noted in the preparation of the records. The first was the tendency, prior to 1910, of the clerk to record both bride and groom with initials for their first and middle names. Family, Bible and cemetery records have been used in the editing process to give complete names38917 when possible. These are referred to as enhanced records. The second problem was the failure of the clerk in some cases to "roll over" the date from December to January, i. e. 1905 to 1906. The author has noted such cases in the footnote. Thirdly, the clerk did not always complete the required threeCompany sections ofMS the marri age certification process. The author has used two comments to indicate the record was incomplete: AVAILABLE Application Incomplete (AI) RESERVED. In such cases, the clerk completed only the top one-third of the marriage record. This is the section that indicates the parties’ agreement to become married. The second section, in which a license is issued, and the third section, in which the marriage ceremony is validated, was omitted. Therefore, the two parties were never granted a license to marry, although it is known in a vast majority of cases that the marriage did take place. The date given in such caPublishingsed is the Carrollton,DOA (Date of Application). Not ReturnedVERSION (NR) [email protected] RIGHTS The third section requires that408; the official who performed the marriage ceremony validate that the ceremony actually took place. In many cases this section was left blank. This does not mean that the ceremony did notPioneer take place, but that the official who performed the ceremony failed to report the event to the Circuit Clerk for recording. The date given, under these circumstances, is the DOL (Date of License). PRINT Box Variability in spelling also leads to common names being spelled in different ways. Similar surnames also present problems.PO The researcher should be aware of variant spellings. (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL i The following surnames presented the most difficulty in transcription: Adkins/Atkins Archey/Archie Barefoot/Barfoot Barrett/Bassett Beamon/Beemon/Beaman Beatty/Beattie Braddock/Braddox Buffkin/Bufkin Bynam/Byram Capes/Caples Charley/Charlie Cleaveland/Cleveland Clark/Clarke Crouch/Croutch Crim/Crimm Currie/Curry Daniel/Daniels Davison/Davidson Dean/Deen Donegan/DuniganFROM: Eshe/Eshee/Ishee Ferguson//Furgerson Fore/Four Garr/Carr Gibson/Gipson Green/Greene Griffin/Griffis/Griffith Gurtrie/Guthrie Haralson/Harrelson Hataway/Hattaway/Hathaway38917 Headrick/Hedrick Heis/Heise Hagan/Hogan Holladay/Holiday/Holliday Horn/Horne Holyfield/HollyfieldCompany Ivy/Ivey James/JonesMS Johnson/Johnston Joiner/Joyner Kea/Key AVAILABLEKirby/Kerby Kitchen/Kitchens Killam/Killen/Killiam Kimbell/Kimbrell Lyle/Lyles RESERVED. Majures/Majure/Majors Matheney/Matheny McElhaney/McElhenney McGee/McKee Meador/Meadow/Meadors Meyers/Myers Mullican/Mulligan Publishing Nichols/Nickols/Nicholas Oxner/Oxiner Carrollton,Osborn/Osborne/Osburn Parker/ParkesVERSION Park/Parks Penninger/Peniger [email protected]/PhillipsRIGHTS Penson/Pinson Pippen/Peppin Rainer/Rayner 408; Red/Redd Reeves/Reaves Riche/Ritchie/Richee/Richey Roberson/Robertson/RobinsonPioneer Saterfiel/Satterfield Sanders/Saunders Scoggin/ScogginsBox PRINT Shealey/Sheeley/ShealySmiley/Smyley Stephens/Stevens Studavant/Studavin/Studevant/Studivant Summer/Summers Thomas/Thames Vanetton/VanEtton Valentine/Volentine Viverett/ViverettePO Waldrop/Waldrup Ware/Weir Williams/Williamson Worrell/Warrell Yarbrough/Yarborough (662)237-6010 COPYRIGHT/ALL ii Companion volumes for both White and Colored marriages were kept until the 1970’s, at which time records were kept in a single book. Although the volumes indexed are listed as white records, a sprinkling of Colored, Choctaw Indian, and Indian marriage certificates are also recorded in these volumes and are noted in this publication as Col., Indian, or Choctaw. The marriage certificate for William Henry Parks to Adella Dansby, both White, on 11/19/1879 was incorrectly recorded in Colored Book C, and there may be other unknown marriage certificates, which were likewise incorrectly recorded. Approximately 17,000 marriages are herein included. The following marriage books are included in this publication: Book 1 -- Beginning with the date 10/16/1872 and ending with the date 11/10/1880. Carried in the old style, the certificate bears the names of bondsmanFROM: who were often next-of-kin. Book 2 -- Beginning with the date 12/8/1880 and ending with the date 1/16/1889. Book 3 -- Beginning with the date 1/23/1889 and ending with the date 9/18/1895.38917 Book A -- Beginning with the date 10/9/1895 and ending with the date 3/9/1901 Company Book B -- Beginning with the date 3/16/1901 and ending with the date 10/5/1905.MS This book contains mixed records for Whites and Colored. AVAILABLE Book C -- Beginning with the date 7/11/1902 and ending with the date 5/3/1909; however, only one marriage certificate is recorded after 8/l/1907. RESERVED. Book D -- ca. 1907-1911, missing and destroyed by fire. Book E -- Beginning with the datePublishing 2/16/1911 and ending with the date 7/29/1916. One marriage certificate is recorded,Carrollton, out-of-sequence, for 12/10/1908. VERSION Book F -- Beginning with the date 8/5/1916 and [email protected] with theRIGHTS date 5/30/1921. Book G -- Beginning with the date408; 6/l/1921 and ending with the date 1/30/1926. Book H -- BeginningPioneer with the date 1/16/1926 and ending with the date 3/27/1930. Box PRINTBook I -- Beginning with the date 3/29/1930 and ending