MADISON PARISH MARRIAGE RECORDS
1866-1900
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Most of the data contained herein was
gathered from records in the Clerk of Court's office at the Madison Parish
courthouse in Tallulah during the months of June through September 1997. This
data was obtained by viewing the actual Marriage Bond and License records
themselves. No previously made indexes were used. The information is contained
in two large books. The first is all hand-written and contains data from 1866
to early 1869. The second is not all hand-written, but is made up of Marriage
Bond and License forms - two of each per page - which were later filled in by
hand. The second book is the larger of the two, and contains data from late
1869 to middle 1880 with the last 50 or so pages being blank. There were no
official Madison Parish marriage records before1866. In March 2006 the
records were updated to include marriages between 1866 (earliest available) and
1900.
Every effort has been made to
preserve accuracy, especially in the spelling of names. However, in many
instances the handwriting was very difficult to decipher, and it was fairly
common to see the same name spelled two or three different ways on the license
and bond forms. Anyone having the correct spellings is encouraged to send them
to the email address above.
The lists are arranged alphabetically
by last name with the initials of the presiding official in the last column.
These initials are indexed to the Officiant's name and title. The name of the
church is given where it is available
It will be noted that the annotations
(FMC) and (FWC) have been added to some of the early names. These annotations
signify Free Man of Color and Free Woman of Color, respectively, and do not
appear after mid-1868. It will also be noted that some marriages were entered
into the records twice, and, in some instances, with different dates or
different spellings. These duplications were included for the sake of
completeness, since they may be meaningful to someone.
Note: The marriages shown in
blue are pre-1866 and were found in old Mississippi (mainly Vicksburg)
newspapers. They were submitted by Pauline Mobley of West Carroll Parish in
June 2002, and do not appear in Madison Parish records. The marriages shown in green are
pre-1866 and were found in 1841-1844 issues of the Richmond Compiler.
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Sevier (dicksevier@comcast.net)