WHO DID THE MARRYING IN COLLIN COUNTY,
TEXAS?
CIRCUIT RIDERS, MINISTERS, JUSTICES OF
THE PEACE AND JUDGES
BOOK 1: 1846-1858
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ADAMSON, LARKIN Methodist Episcopal Church South |
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BAKER, ELI Minister of the Gospel |
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BERRY, HENRY J. |
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BEWLEY, ANTHONY (?) |
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BIGGS, JOAB H. Minister of the Gospel (11 Nov 1812-22 Sept 1891 Cottage Hill Cemetery; Methodist) |
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BOUNDS, B. R. Justice of the Peace |
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BRISCOE, JOHN R. O. D. Minister of the Gospel |
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BULHER (BUTLER?),
W. W. Justice of the Peace |
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BURRINS, B. R. Justice of the Peace |
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BUTLER, H. (?) W. Justice of the Peace |
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CALLAHAN, H. E. Gospel Minister (in 1850 was age 35, b. in Georgia; occupation listed as sadler) |
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CARR, J. H. Minister of the Gospel |
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CARTWRIGHT,
ASHBERRY Preacher of the Gospel (Dr. Asbury Cartwright; early pastor of McKinney Christian Church) |
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CHANDLER, ALFRED Justice of the Peace |
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CHAPMAN, W. D. |
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COLLINS, JOHN H. Justice of the Peace (in 1850 was age 43, b. Kentucky; occupation listed as farmer; d. abt 1854, b. Wear Cemetery, west of McKinney) |
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COTTON, T. W. OM (Ordained Minister?) |
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CRUTCHFIELD, JOSEPH Justice of the Peace (in 1860 was age 27, b. Alabama) |
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CULWELL, JOHN Ordained Minister of the Gospel Methodist Episcopal Church South |
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CUMMING, H. W. Ordained Minister Methodist Episcopal Church (Harvey Wesley Cumming?; Methodist Circuit Rider from Delta Co., TX?) |
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D’SPAIN (DESPAIN?),
B. L. Minister of the Gospel |
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DAVIS, JOHN M. Justice of the Peace (John Wesley Davis?) |
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DEATHRIDGE, JOHN E. Minister of the Gospel |
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DEBY, JOHN Justice of the Peace |
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DICKSON, A. R. Ordained Minister of the Gospel Methodist Episcopal Church South |
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DEWEESE (DUCEES,
DEWEES, DEVEES), WILLIAM G. Justice of the Peace (in 1850 Wm. G. Deweese was 32 years old, b. IN) |
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DUNN, TOLA Clerk, Collin County Circuit Court (Tola Dangerfield Dunn? KY>AR>TX; Gold Rush, d. Alexanderia, LA on way back to TX; m. Elizabeth McGarrah, daughter of early pioneer McGarrahs) |
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ENGLISH, JAMES |
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FAUCETT, F. G. |
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FISHER, Witsol (?)
S. Predestinarian Baptist Church Ordained Minister of the Gospel (Witsal L. Fisher, son of Peter and Elizabeth T. Scott Fisher; b. 1819, d. 1887 Cooke Co., TX) |
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FITZHUGH, GABRIEL Minister of the Gospel, Baptist Church (Appears to be a son of John and Sarah Fitzhugh; Gabriel was 27 yrs. old in 1860, b. in MO) |
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FOREMAN, WILLIAM Justice of the Peace (William Forman of Plano area?) |
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FOX, C. M. Justice of the Peace (Charles T. Fox?) |
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FRANCIS, JOHN |
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FREEMAN, JOHN A. Ordained Minister |
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FREEMAN, WILLIAM |
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GARRISON,THOMAS F. Minister of Methodist Protestant Church |
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GENTRY, MARTIN M. |
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GLEN, SOLOMON |
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GRAVES, MILES Justice of the Peace (In 1860 was 38 yrs. old, b. in SC, farmer; of Copeland in southeast Collin Co.?) |
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HALL, BENJAMIN F. (early pastor of McKinney Christian Church) |
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HARRAN, JAMES Methodist Episcopal Church |
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HARRISON, J. J. Justice of the Peace |
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HART, CALEB Justice of the Peace (active in Presbyterian Church) |
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HENLEY, B. H. |
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HENRY, BUFORD Ordained Minister (early leader in McKinney Methodist Church) |
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HERRON, WILLIAM H. Justice of the Peace 3rd Precinct |
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HODGES, JOHN Justice of the Peace |
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HORN, JEREMIAH Ordained Minister of the Gospel Methodist Episcopal Church (In 1850 was 56 yrs. old, b. TN; instrumental in establishing Sway Back Methodist Church near Walnut Grove) |
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IRVINE, T. P. Minister of the Gospel |
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JAMISON, H. Chief Justice of Collin Co., TX (Harrison Jamison, elected in 1852; after 1866 chief justice became county judge) |
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JENKINS, SAMUEL L. Ordained Minister |
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JOHNSON, ALFRED Justice of the Peace |
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JONES, MOSES Ordained Minister of the Gospel (Moses Malcom Jones b. 1813 IL, d. 1860, b. Jones-Yeary Cemetery, Farmersville in northeast Collin Co.; Primitive Baptist) |
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JONES, ROBERT F. Ordained Minister of the Gospel |
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KENDAY, S. G. Justice of the Peace |
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KENNEDY, THOMAS G. Justice of the Peace |
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KEY, GEORGE T. Minister of the Gospel |
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LEE, M. M. Justice of the Peace |
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MALONE, THOMAS Minister of the Gospel |
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MARSHALL, STEPHEN |
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MARTIN, L. M. Justice of the Peace (Leonidas M. Martin of McKinney; proprietor of tavern; son of Charles W. Martin; early leader in McKinney Methodist Church) |
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MATHEWS, M.
WALTER/WALER M.N. Y. (?) and E. C. C. |
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McCOMB, THOMAS B. Ordained Minister (early pastor at Wilson Creek Baptist Church; past at Weston Baptist Church for 28 years) |
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McKINNEY, GEORGE Y. Justice of the Peace (George Younger McKinney of McKinney area; g. 1818, d. 1878; son of Daniel Younger McKinney) |
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McKINNEY, WILLIAM
C. M. N. T. (Christian Church) |
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McKINNEY, YOUNGER
S. Ordained Minister of the Gospel (Younger Scott McKinney; ordained Methodist minister; farmer, surveyor; b. 1819, d. 1917, buried Van Alstyne, Grayson Co.; son of Collin McKinney) |
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McREY, JAMES M. Chief Justice of Collin Co. (after 1866 chief justice became county judge) |
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McREYNOLDS, J. M. Chief Justice (James Monroe McReynolds; b. 1820, d. 1864; m. Eliza A. Pace; chief justice 1849-1851; after 1866 chief justice became county judge) |
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MYRES, J. D. (a D. M. Meyers was an early Baptist minister) |
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NICHOLS, JOSIAH Justice of the Peace (of Melissa, north of McKinney) |
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NOBLE, J. S. Ordained Minister of Methodist Episcopal Church South (John S. Noble, instrumental in establishing Sway Back Methodist Church near Walnut Grove in west central Collin Co.) |
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NOBLET, S. T. Justice of the Peace |
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PEGNES, GEORGE H. Chief Justice of Collin Co. (elected in 1856; after 1866 chief justice became county judge) |
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PHILLIPS, JONATHAN Minister of the Gospel (instrumental in establishing Wilson Creek Baptist Church) |
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POLLY, N. H. O. |
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PORTMAN, J. C. Minister of the Gospel-Baptist Church (early pastor at Wilson Creek Baptist Church) |
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PRUITT, WALTER Ordained Minister of the Gospel (“Pruetts” were early settlers at Blue Ridge) |
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RANDOLPH, ROBERT Minister of the Gospel) |
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ROBERTS, ZACHARIAH Chief Justice of Collin Co. (first chief justice of Collin Co.; elected 1846; after 1866 chief justice became county judge) |
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SALMONS, JOHN M. Justice of the Peace |
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SAVAGE, HIRAM B. P. (Baptist Preacher?) (b. abt 1806 d. abt 1879 Grayson Co., TX; m. Mary Ann William) |
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SEABOURNE, JOHN Justice of the Peace |
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SHERWOOD, JEREMIAH Minister of the Gospel (Was in Kaufman Co. by 1847; d. in Rockwall Co.; m. Sarah Elrod in Washington Co., IN in 1823) |
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SMITH, JAMES Minister of the Gospel |
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SMITH, URIAH Minister of the Gospel |
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SMITH, W. Minister of the Gospel |
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STALLCUP, THOMAS Justice of the Peace (lived east of Celina in Cottage Hill area; Methodist; b. Nobel Cemetery) |
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STEWART, JOE (JOEL) F. Justice of the Peace (Joseph P. Stewart?; McKinney grocer and its first postmaster who later moved to Cottage Hill area east of Celina in 1858) |
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STRAUGHAN, JORDON O. Justice of the Peace (came to Texas with the Wilmeth family) |
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TACKETT, PLEASANT Minister of the Gospel |
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TAYLOR, B. W. Reverend |
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TAYLOR, TALETOW J. Minister of the Christian Church |
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TUCKER, ROBERT R. Methodist Minister |
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VANCE, CHARLES K. Justice of the Peace |
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VANCE, JOHN U. Minister of the Gospel |
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WATSON, BENJAMIN Minister of the Gospel |
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WEAR, WILLIAM B. Gospel Minister (arrived in Collin Co. in 1852; involved with Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in west Collin Co.) |
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WILHITE, M. M. M. M. (maybe Mathew/Matthew Wilhite-see below) |
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WILHITE, MATHEW Minister of the Gospel (May be Mathew Herbert Mathias Wilhite, b. 1799 TN, d. 1857 Van Zendt Co., TX-circuit rider?; may be related to Wilhite sisters: Elizabeth, who m. Jeremiah Wilson (who moved to Van Zandt Co in the 1850s and settled in Denton Co. after 1865; Mary, who m. Jeremiah’s brother, William L. Wilson; Malinda, who m. Larkin Adamson and their brothers, William and McKenzie Wilhite who d. in Collin Co. around 1850.) |
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WILLIAMS, W. A. Minister of the Gospel |
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WILMETH Francis C. Gospel Minister Justice of the Peace (Francis/Frank Crawford Wilmeth; 50 was 44 yrs. old, b. in North Carolina; early pastor of the McKinney Christian Church) |
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WILMETH, J. B. Preacher of the Gospel (Joseph Bryce/Brice Wilmeth; early pastor of the McKinney Christian Church) |
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WILSON, PLEASANT Chief Justice of Collin Co. (elected in 1848; after 1866 chief justice became county judge) |
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WITT, ELI Minister of the Gospel (early Baptist minister; came to Texas in 1844 from Tennessee via Illinois; settled on Rowlett Creek) |
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WOOD, J. P. Minister of the Gospel |
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WRIGHT, REUBEN Justice of the Peace (settled in Snow Hill, moved to Farmersville, both in northeast Collin Co.; from Missouri; farmer, blacksmith, stockman; elected justice of the peace in 1854) |