Lawrence County Historical Quarterly
 
Officiating Ministers of the Gospel,
Justices OF The Peace Witnesses and parents
In Marriage Record Book "A," 1821-1837,
Lawrence County, Arkansas

ALCORN, Isham F. - JP- Davidson Township
ARCHER, George - - JP
ARLEDGE, W, G. - - JP
AUSTIN, Stephen, and Greenup Hall witnessed marriage ot John C. Calven to Luiza Hadlay
BAKER, Beverley R, - JP- Union Township
BEWLEY, Nelson R, - - Minister of the Gospel
BLACK, William - - JP
BLAIR, Jesse M - - (No title given He performed marriage of Alfred L, Sloan to Jane Thompson on 27 October 1829, and William McMillan to Jane Sloan on 28 October 1829. Records do not indicate whether Blair was a JP or a Minister of the Gospel. I believe he was a Minister,)
BOOTH, John F, - - JP-  Union Township
BOYD, Andrew - - preacher of the Gospel, ME Ch,
BOYD, James - - JP
BOYD, James - - (Tunker?) Preacher
BROOKFIELD, Isaac - - Minister of the Gospel, ME Ch,
BRYANT, William C.  - - Preacher of the Gospel
BUSTER, Charles - - JP
CLARK, Benjamin - - preacher of the Gospel
CLARK, Darkes, and Joseph Weeks witnessed marriage of James Rolen to Mary Weeks
CLARK, John witnessed marriage of Samuel McKinley to Sarah Sanders, and Pleasant Cochran to Alferna Clark
CLARK, John, and Anderson Cochran witnessed marriage of Thomas Stanford to Lamariles Harris
COCHRAN, Anderson - - (same as mentioned above)
COCHRAN, John L - - JP-  Current River Township
COOPER, Archibald H, - - preacher of the Gospel, ME Ch.
CROWI,EY, Samuel, and Felix Thompson witnessed marriage of Henry Winkaler to Susan Seats
CROWLEY, Wiley, and Preston Harris witnessed marriage of Samuel Crowley to Sarah Hudgins
DEVAULT, William - - Minister of the Gospel
DREW, Thomas S. - - JP (later was Governor of Arkansas, 1844-48)
HALL, Greenup - - (see above with Stephen Austin)
HALL, Richmond - - JP
HAMMOND, John B, - - JP
HARDIN, Jonathan - - JP-  Spring River Township (later was Judge of Lawrence County, In 1858, moved to Kaufman County, Texas)
HARRIS, Nicholas - - JP
HATCHER, Charles - - JP - Spring River Township
HILLHOUSE, Polly, mother of Atlantic, mentioned in marriage record of William B, Marshall to Atlantic Davis, widow of Nathan Davis, dec'd
JAMES, Jesse - - Licensed Preacher
JANES, Benjamin - - JP (surname often written as "Jones, " in the county records)
JARRETT, William - - JP-  Columbia Township
JONSON, Andrew - - JP - Cash Township
KAVANAUGH, Jno - - Local Preacher, ME Ch,
KELLETT, William - - Minister of the Gospel, Bapt, Ch,
LAMB, George, and Isaac Lamb witnessed marriage of Daniel Lawson to Rachel Macke (Mocke?)
LAMB, Isaac - - (see above with George Lamb)
LAW, Thomas T - - Preacher of the Gospel
LEACH, Frederick B, - - Minister of the Gospel, ME Ch,
LEE Burwell - - Presiding Elder, ME Ch,
LOONEY, William - - JP, Davidson Township
LOWE, David W, - - JP, Spring River Township (moved to Independence County in 1838, and Judge there several terms)
LOYD, James C, - JP
LUTTRELL, James - - JP-  Current River Township
McCARROLL, Thomas - - JP
McDONALD, Edward - - JP
MASSENGILL, Hiram, witnessed marriage of Samson Martin to Elizabeth Lowder
MILLIGAN, John - - Minister, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (For the roll of the 1825 Strawberry Congregation organized by John Milligan, the oldest congregation of this denomination in the huge area originally encompassed by "Old" Lawrence County, see page 18 McLeod, 1936 Memorial History of Lawrence County, " by Walter E. McLeod Russellville Printing Co" Russellville, Arkansas. Known as Milligan's Camp Ground, this place of worship is about 4 miles west of the Village of Strawberry and has been in Sharp County since 1868, the year Sharp was created out ot some of the western part of Lawrence, On this 1825 roll are names of some families that lived many, many miles from the place ot worship. The Last Wil1 and Testament of John Milligan was signed on 30 August 1866 and proved on 6 April 1867 in Lawrence County, where it was recorded on page 189 of Will Book "D," Final settlement of his estate was in the Court of Sharp County,)

ORR, David - - (No title given, but probably the known Minister of the Gospel, David Orr)
PEYTON, Craven - - JP - Davidson Township
PITMAN, Peyton R. - JP -  Current River Township
RANEY, James - - JP -  Strawberry Township
RICE, William L - - JP -  Davidson Township
ROBERTSON, Charles - - JP
RODNEY, Thomas S., father of the bride in marriage of Reuben Douty to Polly Rodney
SAMUEL, Alen - - (He performed the 1 January 1835 marriage of Andrew Darter to Prudee Wayland, but record does not indicate whether he was a JP or a Minister of the Gospel,)
SANFORD, Henry· - - JP-  Spring River Township
SLAVENS, H. - - JP-  Current River Towvnship
SI.OAN, Alfred L., - - JP
SLOAN, James - - JP
SLOAN, Robert - - Mïnister of the Gospcl
SNOODY, Ruphus and John Stuart witnessed marriage of James Slatts(or Statts)to Sarah Snoddy
SPIKES, Joseph --JP
STUART, John - - (see above with Ruphus Snoddy)
THOMPSON, Felix --(see above with Samel Crowley)
TOWNSEND, John B., --JP
WEEKS, Joseph - -(see above with Darkes Clark)
WEST, Abner B. - -JP
WILEY, Burwell J. - - JP -  Columbia Township
WINNINGHAM,, Aherard - - Preacher of the Gospel
WRIGHT, Thomas - - Presiding Elder, ME CH.

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