Warren County, Kentucky Marriage Records (MSS 230) Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University, [email protected]
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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts 10-3-2008 Warren County, Kentucky Marriage Records (MSS 230) Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Warren County, Kentucky Marriage Records (MSS 230)" (2008). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 584. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/584 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Kentucky Library & Museum Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Descriptive Inventory MSS 230 WARREN County, Kentucky – Marriage Bonds 30 boxes. 331 folders. 1797-1984. 7,186 items. Originals, photocopies. 2008.1.49 COLLECTION NOTE This collection consists of marriage records for Warren County, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection runs from 1797 to 1909, and includes some records for African Americans. The collection consists of three parts: Boxes 1-25: marriage records dating from 1797-1939. These were rescued from destruction in the late 1950s and consequently do not represent all of the marriage records ever produced in Warren County during that period. Box 26: photocopies of marriage records from 1983-1984, which were added to the collection in 2009; and Boxes 27-30: additional marriage records dating from 1798-1912, which belonged to a collector and were incorporated into this collection in 2011. The records usually consist of one or more (but not necessarily all) of the following documents: a marriage bond or marriage license, the consent of a parent or guardian, and a certificate of marriage. In lieu of a certificate of marriage, earlier marriages may be recorded by a minister’s return. Since one minister’s return was often prepared for several marriages at a time, these have been collected in Box 17 and are cross-referenced with existing bonds elsewhere in the collection. Box 17 also contains a copy of Warren County Kentucky Marriages 1797-1851, by Helen Thomas, Mary Rabold and Elizabeth Price. Many, but not all, of the original marriage bonds and consents that were used to compile that book are now in this collection. Some of the marriage records that are now missing in paper form may have been preserved on microfilm housed in the Kentucky Library & Museum. Following the shelf list below are lists of each folder’s contents. Within each box, the folders are arranged chronologically by year, and the contents of each folder therein are arranged alphabetically by groom’s surname. If you do not know the exact year of marriage, use the “find” function of your word processing software to search for a name. It is recommended that you limit your search term to a surname only, and search all possible variant spellings for either the groom’s surname or the bride’s family name. MSS 230 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University 2 SHELF LIST BOX 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds 1797-1800 129 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1797 18 items p. 24 Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1798 21 items p. 25 Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1799 44 items p. 26-27 Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1800 46 items p. 28-29 BOX 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds 1801-1805 229 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage bonds, 1801 28 items p. 30 B-Mc Folder 2 Warren County Marriage bonds, 1801 20 items p. 31 Mc-W Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1802 19 items p. 32 A-L Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1802 18 items p. 33 M-W Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1803 23 items p. 34 A-M Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1803 16 items p. 35 M-W Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1804 20 items p. 36 A-J Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1804 29 items p.37 K-W Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1805 28 items p. 38 B-H Folder 10 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1805 28 items p. 39 H-W MSS 230 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University 3 BOX 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1806-1809 265 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1806 37 items p. 40 A-L Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1806 32 items p. 41 M-W Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1807 31 items p. 42 B-M Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1807 26 items p. 43 M-W Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1808 42 items p. 44 A-M Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1808 24 items p. 45 M-W Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1809 44 items p. 46-47 A-L Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1809 29 items p. 48 L-W BOX 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1810-1813 290 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1810 35 items p. 49 B-J Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1810 40 items p. 50 J-Y Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1811 51 items p. 51-52 A-L Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1811 42 items p. 53 M-Y Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1812 22 items p.54 A-F Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1812 25 items p. 55 G-M MSS 230 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University 4 Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1812 24 items p. 56 M-Y Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1813 25 items p. 57 A-F Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1813 26 items p. 58 G-M BOX 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1813-1816 218 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1813 31 items p. 59 M-W Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1814 29 items p. 60 A-G Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1814 23 items p. 61 G-L Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1814 29 items p. 62 L-Y Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1815 23 items p. 63 A-G Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1815 22 items p. 64 G-M Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1815 18 items p. 65 M-W Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1816 22 items p. 66 A-L Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1816 21 items p. 67 M-W BOX 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1817-1819 246 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1817 23 items p. 68 A-F MSS 230 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University 5 Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1817 26 items p. 69 G-L Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1817 21 items p. 70 L-S Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1817 17 items p. 71 S-Y Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1818 23 items p. 72 A-G Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1818 27 items p. 73 G-M Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1818 29 items p. 74 M-Y Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1819 23 items p. 75 A-G Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1819 22 items p. 76 G-L Folder 10 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1819 24 items p. 77 M-S Folder 11 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1819 11 items p. 78 S-W BOX 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1820-1824 305 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1820 22 items p. 79 A-H Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1820 26 items p. 80 H-R Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1820 25 items p. 81 R-Y Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1821 23 items p. 82 B-H MSS 230 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University 6 Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1821 24 items p. 83 H-P Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1821 20 items p. 84 P-Y Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1822 27 items p. 85 B-H Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1822 24 items p. 86 H-S Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1822 9 items p. 87 S-Y Folder 10 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1823 22 items p. 88 A-G Folders 11 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1823 23 items p. 89 G-M Folders 12 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1823 32 items p. 90 M-Y Folder 13 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1824 28 items p. 91 A-H BOX 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1824-1828 304 items Folder 1 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1824 26 items p. 92 H-M Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1824 31 items p. 93 M-Y Folder 3 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1825 25 items p. 94 A-H Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1825 25 items p. 95 H-P Folder 5 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1825 27 items p. 96 P-Y MSS 230 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University 7 Folder 6 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1826 22 items p. 97 B-K Folder 7 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1826 28 items p. 98 L-Y Folder 8 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1827 26 items p. 99 A-H Folder 9 Warren County Marriage Bonds, 1827 26 items p.