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Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers: 1819-1893, page 185

WALKER COUNTY Eldridge Eldridge Mallard 54 Thorn Hill J. W. WALKER 76 Jasper J. D. BEAUCHAMP 56 WASHINGTON COUNTY Arrarat JOSEPH McCARTY 135 Barryton WILLIAM CHAPMAN 150 Huberta JOHN EVANS, JR. 151 Isney JOHN EVERETT, SR. 161 Mount Sterling S. E. CATTORLIN 119 New Wakefield MOSES WICKWISE 171 Pleasant Valley ROBERT F. HAZARD 160 St. Stephens JAMES MAGOFFIN 151 Tuscahoma S. S. SCOGGINS 125 Warrior Bridge JOSEPH A. HUBER 141 Washington Court House PETER MYER 154 Note: Tuscaloosa was then Capital of the State. Distributing Offices: Huntsville and Florence Number of Offices: 398 Distance calculated from Tuscaloosa (seat of government) by the nearer mail route. Note: Many of these towns are no longer in existence and some others have changed the name. For instance, in Madison Co. Loweville is now called Maysville. Benton County (now Calhoun) was created in 1832 by the Creek Cession/ Reward offered for the arrest of JAMES HENDERSON, JR. who murdered GEORGE BOGGAN of Clarke County. 19 May 1841. HENDERSON is described as being about 22 years old. July 27, 1842 Died on the 25th instant at the residence of DANIEL CRIBBS, MRS. PAULINA ANN WYNNE, consort of WILLIAMSON WYNNE of Greene County. $200 reward for the arrests of CRAWFORD A BROWN and JAMES C. RAYMOND, who broke jail in this county on Monday last. August 3, 1842 Married in this vicinity last evening by REV. DR. MANLY, MR. WILLIAM C. WALKER, Printer of this county to MISS MARTHA B. WILLIAMS of this county. Note: Many of the marriage bonds for Tuscaloosa County were evidently lost or not recorded, as the above marriage and many more are not to be found recorded in the Marriages books now. At the same time and place by REV. DR. MANLY, MR. BENJAMIN F. MORRISON, formerly of Baltimore, to MISS ELENOR ROSS, late of Staunton, Virginia, but now of this city. See our Vol. 8 p. 52 for marriage record. In Greene County, on Monday evening last, by REV. W. A. SCOTT, THOMAS MAXWELL, Esq. formerly of Cockermouth, England (now of this city) to MISS SUSAN C(HARLOTTE) FARLEY, formerly of Massachusetts. Died in the city of New York, on the 16th ult. of consumption, MAJ. GOVENEUR V. BARTINE aged 36 years, late of this city. Died in Sumter County on the 11th instant, MR. HENRY W. SHACKELFORD, Esq. Died in Sumter County, on the 22d of July, MR. THOMAS JOHNSTON, formerly of Georgia, aged about forty years. Died in Wahalak, Mississippi, MR. JESSEE WRIGHT, of billious fever, aged about thirty years, leaving a wife and two children. August 10. 1842 Married in this city on Thursday morning last by REV. MR. HAMILTON, MR. LEONARD B. NEAL to MISS HARRIET SAUNDERS, youngest daughter of HON. MARMADUKE WILLIAMS, all of this city. Death of WILSON COBB, of Fayette. Died in Fayette County on Saturday the 31st ult. WILSON COBB, late member of the House of Representatives from said county. He was killed instantly by a falling limb. He was a native of South Carolina. A wife and children mourn his loss. Etc. 185 - (3485)