Marriages of Union County, 1829-1870
Our thanks to Coyal Gorman for this contribution to our files.The first 12 pages were in JPG format but Angie Dusty answered the call for help and are now in a copiable format.
Every effort has been made for accuracy in transcription. The marriage records were found in "The Genie" published quarterly by the Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association, Inc. in Shreveport, Louisiana. "The Genie" can be found at the Shreve Memorial Library Genealogy Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
All Marriage Books will be A, B and C with the page number after the letter. Many of the early marriage records are recorded in the Circuit Clerk's Office in Deed Books. Abbreviations are:
| Baptist Church | BC | Methodist Episcopal Ch. South | MECS |
| Christian Church | CC | Methodist Church | MC |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church | CPC | Methodist Church of American Love | MCAL |
| Deed Books | DB | Missionary Baptist Church | MBC |
| Episcopal Protestant Church | EPC | Presbyterian Church | PC |
| Judge of County Court | JCC | Primitive Baptist Church | PBC |
| Justice of the Peace | JP | Protestant Methodist Church | PMC |
TRANSCRIPTIONS
AARON - ALFREDALLEN - BOLLS
BOMAN - HYSON
IMPSON - PURTLE
QUARLES - YOUNG
Copied June 18, 1907 at DeWitt, Arkansas County from very old book with backs gone and pages loose in very poor condition with little or no title or number on book, and containing marriages, deeds, wills, etc..
BAGLAY, Robert to Anice ALLEN on April 27, 1812 by Benjamin FOOY. Wit: Joshua FLETCHER (P. 260)
DUNN, William to Elizabeth HAMPTON on May 14, 1811 by John McCCLAIN, JP. (P. 199)
FINDLEY, William to Polly GRAY on July 1, 1811 by Francois VANGINE. Wit: James SCULL and Robert (his X mark) ALGOVE. (P. 195)
LOVE, Henry to Elizabeth MUZILL on Jan. 30, 1812 by Benjamin FOOY, JP. (B-253)
MEEZELL, John to Sarah GRACE on August 14, 1809 by Benjamin FOOY, JP. Wit: William PORTER. (P. 253)
These five marriages are included because FINDLEY, GRAY, DUNN, HAMPTON, GRACE, LOVE and ALLEN are names common to Union County and these couples could have been living in that part of Arkansas that was later Union County.