Transcription of Religious Societies, Part 2, Pages 1-25
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- {Samuel Lorah}
- At a Court of Common Pleas
- begun and held at the Court house
- in the town of Finley within and
- for the county of Hancock and
- State of Ohio on this second day
- of November in the year of our
- Lord one thousand eight hundred
- and fourty seven Present the Hon.
- P G Goode President Judge
- Wm Rollen John Ewing and Mordecai
- Hammond Esq. Associate Judge of
- said Court.
- In the Record of the proceeding
- of said court among other things
- the following order to wit
- License to marry
- on motion to the
- Court and is appearing
- to the satisfaction of the
- Court that William H Suly
- is a regular ordained minister
- of the Gospel of the denomination
- usually called Methodist Episcopal
- Church. It is ordered that a
- License be granted to him to
- solemnize marriages within
- this state solong as he shall
- continue such Regular minister
- The State of Ohio } I William L Hen-
- Hancock County } Henderson|derson Clerk of
- the Court of the Court of Common
- Pleas of the County aforesaid certify
- that the foregoing order is truly copied
- from the minutes as recorded on the
- of the Journal of said Court of the
- term thereof in testimony whereof
- I have hereunto set my hand &
- seal of said Court ______
- ___ the year of our Lord one
- thousand eight hundred and
- fourty seven Wm L Henderson
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- State of Ohio } SS
- Richland County } I Ellzey Hedges Clerk of the
- Court of Common Pleas in and
- for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that at a
- Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at Mansfield
- in and for the County of Richland aforesaid on the 1st
- day of January A.D. 1821, before the Honorable William
- Wilson President of our said Court and Robert Bentley,
- William Patterson and Isaac Osbun Esquire Associate
- Judges of said Court
- True Petty came into Court and made
- application for a license to solemnize marriages,
- And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
- that the said True Petty is a regular ordained
- Minister of the Gospel of the Methodist Church
- It is therefore Ordered by the Court that the said
- True Petty be licensed to solemnize marriages in the
- County of Richland, agreeably to the laws of this State
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- {Seal} set my hand & affix the seal of said Court
- at Mansfield this 12th day of January 1821
- (Signed) Ellsey Hedges Clk
- Recorded this 2nd day of Novem 1822, Wm Larwill|LARWILL CLK
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- The State of Ohio, Knox County SS
- At a Court of Common Pleas holden in and for
- the County of Knox aforesaid on the twenty seventh day
- of December in the year of our Lord 1816 _ before the Honorable
- William Wilson Esquire President of our said Court, Jacob
- Young, Abraham Darling & John Trimble Esquire Associate
- Judges It having appeared to the full satisfaction of
- said Court that Shadrac Ruark is in regular standing
- in the Methodist Episcopal Church and by the rules of
- said Church duly authorised to celebrate marriages
- These are therefore to authorise and fully empower him
- the said Shadrack Ruark to unite in the solemn bands
- of Matrimony any persons to him legally applying and
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- and agreeable to the Statute faithfully observing the
- restrictions in such cases made and provided, so long
- as he shall continue a regular Minister of said Church
- {Seal} In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- set my hand and seal of my Office at Mount Vernon
- the 30th day of December 1816
- Attest James Smith Clk K.C ples
- Recorded the above this 26th day of November 1822. Wm Larwill|LARWILL CLK
- State of Ohio, Coshocton County SS Court of
- Common Pleas October Term 1821
- Be it remembered that on the 29th day of
- October A.D. 1821. William Pardy produced in Court
- here his credentials showing that he is a regular ordained
- Minister of the Baptist Church, and the Court being
- satisfied thereof do order that he receive a license
- authorising him to solemnize marriages according to law,
- Therefore these are to authorise and empower the
- Rev'd William Pardy aforesaid to solemnize marriages
- so long as he shall continue a regular Minister of the
- Gospel in the Baptist Church between any persons
- legally applying to him for that purpose within this
- State Given under my hand and the seal of said Court
- at Coshocton County the 29th day of October A.D. 1821.
- A. Johnston Clk
- Recorded the above this 21 March 1823. Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
- State of Ohio } SS
- Tuscarawas County } To all to whom it may concern
- {Seal} Be it remembered that on the fifteenth
- day of April A.D. 1823 Rev'd William Rider
- a resident of said County produced to the Court of Common
- Pleas then sitting at New Philadelphia within and for said
- County credentials of his being a regular Ordained Minister
- of the Gospel of the German Presbyterian, Whereupon
- the Court do give and grant unto him the said William
- Rider full power and authority to solemnize Marriages
- agreeably to law, so long as he shall continue a regular
- Minister in said society between all persons legally
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- applying to him within this State - 3.
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- set my hand and affixed the seal of said
- Court at New Philadelphia the 13th day of May
- A.D. 1823 -
- Geo. M. Canfield Clerk
- Recorded the above this 25th July AD 1823 -
- Wm Larwill|LARWILL CLK
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- { Seal of } The State of Ohio, Knox County SS
- { Court of Common } At a Court of Common pleas for said
- {pleas Knox County } County held at Mount Vernon the 14th day
- { Ohio } of August 1823, present the Honorable Alexander
- Harper Esquire President, Joseph Brown & Stephen Chapmen|Chapman
- Esquires Associate Judges. On motion it is ordered that licence
- issue to Jacob Fry to celebrate marriages in and within
- the State of Ohio agreeably to law. Therefore be it known
- that by the authority of the Court aforesaid and the powers
- vested in us by law, the said Jacob Fry is hereby fully
- authorised and empowered to solemnize the marriages of all
- such persons as may legally apply to him for the same so
- long as he continues a regular member of Minister
- of the Evangelical Church in North America -
- In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal
- of my Office at Mount Vernon aforesaid the 6th day
- of September A.D. 1823 -
- Attest, James Smith Clk
- Recorded the above the 22nd October 1823 - Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
- State of Ohio SS
- Richland County At a Court of Common pleas
- { Seal } in and for said County held at
- Mansfield on the 12th day of August 1819
- it was ordered by the Court that James Haney be licenced
- and authorized to solemnize marriage in Richland County
- I Winn Winship Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
- do certify the above order to be true. Witness my hand
- and seal this 12th day of August 1819.
- Winn Winship Clk
- Recorded the above this 31st Dec 1823 Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
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- 4. Marriage Licence to Rev'd James Johnson
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- State of Ohio } SS These are to authorise and
- Tuscarawas County } licence the Rev'd James Johnson
- to solemnize Marriage within the
- State of Ohio, agreeably to the law in such cases made
- and provided so long as he remains in Communion with
- the United Brethren to which denomination of Christians
- he is now attached to - In testimony whereof
- I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
- of my Office at New Philadelphia the fourteenth
- day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand
- eight hundred and twenty two -
- (Signed) Geo W. Canfield Clerk
- Recorded the above this 29th Dec. AD 1824. Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
- State of Ohio } SS
- Harrison County } Be it remembered that at a Court of Common
- pleas as begun and held at Cadiz in said County on the fifth day
- of July A.D. 1819 and adjourned from day to day until the 10th
- of the same month before the Honorable Benjamin Tappan President
- and James Roberts, Samuel Boyd and Alexander Henderson
- Esquires Associate Judges of said Court - July 7th AD 1819.
- The Rev'd John Crom, preacher of the gospel among the united
- brethren in Christ this day made application to the Court for
- a licence to solemnize marriages in the State of Ohio -
- Whereupon the Court being satisfied of the ordination of the
- said John Crom by a certificate by him produced and shown to
- the Court from the yearly Conference of said United Brethren in
- Tuscarawas County and State of Ohio on the first day of June A.D.
- 1819. And further being satisfied from testimony given that the said
- John Crom is a resident of Harrison County Ohio and that the said
- John Crom has the charge of a Society in said County, do thereupon
- grant to the said John Crom a licence to Solemnize Marriages accor=
- dingly so long as he the said John Crom shall remain a regular
- Minister of said Society -
- State of Ohio } SS I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of
- Harrison County } Common pleas in and for said County of
- { Seal } Harrison do hereby certify that the above is a
- ( of Com pleas }
- (Harrison Co.} true copy or transcript from the Journals of said
- Court - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
- and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz this 7th day of
- July AD. 1819. - (Signed) William Tingley Clerk
- Rec'd & recorded the above this 30th Dec. 1824. Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
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- Marriage Licence to Henry Hosler 5.
- The State of Ohio }
- Knox County } Whereas at a Court of Common Pleas
- { Seal of } holden within and for the County aforesaid
- { Knox Co. } at Mount Vernon the 18th day of October
- { Com pleas } in the year of our Lord A.D. 1820. Henry
- Hosler having produced in Court evidence
- of his being a regular Minister of the Evangelical Church
- And it is ordered by the Court that licence be granted and
- issue to him the said Henry Hosler, empowering him to
- Solemnize Marriage between any persons legally applying
- for the same. Therefore be it known that we Jacob Young
- Joseph Brown & Stephen Chapman associate Judges of the
- Court aforesaid do hereby by the power vested in us by
- law, empower and authorize you the said Henry Hosler
- to, solemnize the marriage of such persons legally applying
- to you for the same as long as you Continue a Regular
- Member of the Church aforesaid. In testimony whereof
- we have caused the Seal of our said Court to be
- hereunto affixed at Mount Vernon aforesaid and on
- the day and year aforesaid -
- Attest, James Smith Clk K.C. pls
- Rec'd & recorded the above the 17th Feby 1825. Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk W. Co.
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- Licence to Solemnize Marriages to Abner Goff
- State of Ohio } SS
- Licking County } Court of Common pleas October 7th 1817. -
- Upon the application of Abner Goff and
- he having produced satisfactory evidence to the Court of his
- being duly authorised by the Reverend Robert R. Roberts Bishop
- of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America, as a Deacon of said
- Church to administer the ordinance of Baptism, Marriage etc.
- Therefore ordered that the said Abner Goff be and he hereby is licenced
- to solemnize Marriages agreeable to the act of assembly in such case
- made and provided - Witness the Honorable Willm Wilson President
- { Seal of Com } Judge of said Court at the Court house
- { pleas Licking Co } October 7th 1817 -
- { Ohio }
- (Signed) A.H. Coffee Clk
- Rec'd & Recorded the above this 21st February AD. 1825 -
- Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
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- 6. Licence to James Murray to Solemnize Marriages
- State of Ohio } SS
- Preble County } To all whom these presents shall
- Come Greeting: Be it known that by
- the Court of Common pleas of the County of Preble
- aforesaid licence and permission is hereby given unto
- the Reverend James Murray a resident of the
- said County of Preble aforesaid, and a regular
- Ordained Minister of the gospel of the Methodist Episcopal
- Church to Solemnize Marriages in the State of Ohio
- so long as he continues to be a regular Minister in
- said Church, according to the form of the Statute
- in such case made and provided -
- { Seal } Witness the Honorable Joseph H. Crane
- Esq. President of said Court at Eaton
- the eighth day of June A.D. 1824 -
- (Signed) Jas. C. Hawkins Clk
- Recorded the above this 25 March A.D. 1825 Wm Larwill|LARWILL CLK
- The State of Ohio Perry County SS-
- To all whom there presents may come Greeting:
- Whereas at a Court of Common please holden in and for
- said County on the 15th day of September 1823. The Rev'd.
- Thomas Martin of said County having produced satisfactory
- evidence of his being Ordained a Priest of the Roman Catholic
- Church. It was ordered by the Court that the said Thomas
- Martin receive a licence to Solemnize Marriages in the
- State aforesaid. Therefore know ye that the Rev'd. Thomas
- Martin aforesaid hath permission and by these presents is
- fully authorised to Solemnize Marriages so long as he
- shall continue a regular Minister in said Church between
- any persons legally applying to him within this State-
- In testimony where of I have hereto set my
- { Seal } hand and affixed the Seal of said Court
- at Sommerset this 18th day of September
- A.D. 1823. - John Beckwith Clerk
- Recorded the above this 16th day of November 1825.
- Wm Larwill|LARWILL CLK
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- State of Ohio } SS Clerks Office 7.
- Huron County } Norwalk Nov 3rd 1824
- { Seal of } I David Gibbs Clerk of the
- { Huron Co Ohio } Court of Com. Pl. in & for said
- County do certify that James McIntire Junior was
- duly licenced to Solemnize Marriages by our __
- Court of Com Pleas at their Term of Octr A.D.
- 1823 . as _______ of record –
- D. Gibbs Clerk
- Recorded the above 5 Dec 1825. Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
- The State of Ohio }
- Licking County } SS Court of Common pleas October Term
- 1824 – John Crawford having
- produced to the Court satisfactory credentials of his
- being a regular ordained Minister of the Gospel of the
- Methodist Episcopal Church. It is ordered by the Court
- that the said John Crawford be authorized to solemnize
- Marriages within this State agreeably to the Statute
- in such case made and provided so long as he
- shall continue a regular minister in said Church
- A true copy from the minutes
- { Seal } In testimony whereof I hereto
- set my hand and seal of said
- County this 5th day of October A.D. 1824 –
- A.H. Coffee Clerk
- Recorded 21 Jany 1826. – Wm Larwill|LARWILL Clk
- The State of Ohio } At a Court of Common Pleas began
- Wayne County SS } and held at Medina within
- and for said County of Medina and State of Ohio
- on Monday the 6th day of march A D 1826 then
- and there being present Judges of said Court to
- wit George Tod Noah N Brunson and John Fruse
- then and there came into Court James C Taylor and
- produced Satisfactory evidence of his being a regular
- ordained Minister of the Methodist Episcopal church
- the court ordered that Licence be granted to the said
- Taylor to Solemnize marriages in conformity to the
- Statute in such cases made and provided –
- Therefore by virtue of the above order the said
- James Taylor is hereby authorized to solemnize
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- marriage contracts in the said State agreeably
- to the act regulating Marriages – In testimony
- whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and
- affixed the seal of the Court of Common pleas of
- said County this 8th day of March 1826 –
- (signed) Timothy Hudson Clk
- Recorded this 2nd day of May 1826 Thomas Cox Clk __
- The State of Ohio } Know ye that we Alexander
- Knox County SS } Harper, President Judge
- and Jacob Young Joseph Brown and Stephen
- Chapman associate Judges of the Court
- aforesaid do by these presents at the March
- term of 1826 in said County authorize John
- H Dehoff to celebrate marriages within
- this State provided that he continues his
- present standing as Elder and minister in
- the Evangelical German Church (the said
- John H Dehoff having produced satisfactory
- evidence of his being a regular elder and
- Minister of said church) and that licens issue
- accordingly. These are therefore to authorize
- you the said John Dehoff to celebrate mar-
- riages in this State so long as you continue
- your standing as an Elder and Minister in
- said church And agreeably to the Law in
- such case made and provided In testimony
- whereof I here unto set my hand and affix
- the seal of my office at Mt. Vernon the
- 27th day of April 1826 – Attest –
- (signed) James Smith Clk
- Recorded the 8th day of May A.D. 1826
- Thomas Cox Clk __
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- State of Ohio } At a court of Common pleas
- Columbiana County } holden within and for said County
- on the fourteenth day of August
- Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
- twenty six the Rev’d James Hoskinson produced
- satisfactory evidence that he is a regularly ordained
- Minister of the Gospel of the denomination of Christians Stated
- the Christian Church and made application for licence
- to solemnize Marriage, whereupon it was ordered by the
- Court that he receive Licence for that purpose where
- -fore the said James Hoskinson is hereby Licenced
- to solemnize Marriage between any persons legally applying
- to him, for and during the period he shall continue
- such Minister within the State of Ohio. In testimony
- whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the
- Seal of said County at New Lisbon this 28th day of
- August A.D. 1826 (signed) Horace Potter Clerk
- Recorded this 7th day of June 1827. Thomas Cose Clk
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- At a Court of Common pleas begun and held at
- the Court house in the Town of Canton within and
- for the County of Stark in the State of Ohio on Tues
- day the eighth of August in the year of our Lord
- One thousand eight hundred and twenty six were
- present Jeremiah H Hallock Esquire President
- Judge James Clark Thomas Hartford & George
- Stidger Esquires his associates Timothy Reed Esq Sheriff
- John Myres Clerk. In the record of proceedings
- of said Court among others were the following to
- wit. John Jacob Fast of this County of Stark
- having produced to the Court here satisfactory evidence
- of his being a regular ordained minister of the
- German Evangelical Lutheran Church It is ordered
- by the Court here that the said John Jacob Fast
- receive a licence to solemnize marriages within this
- state so long as he shall continue to be a regular ordained
- minister of said church. In testimony of which
- I have hereunto signed my name and
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- and affix the seal of said Court
- { Seal } at Canton the 8th day of August AD
- 1826. (Signed) Jno Myres Clk
- Common Pleas Stark Co Ohio
- Recorded this 19th day of February 1828. T. Cox Ck
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- The State of Ohio } I Horace Perry Clerk of the
- Cuyahoga County } Court of Common pleas in
- and for the said county having
- inspected the records of said Court I find therein
- a record made on the 7th day of November in
- the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
- and ten in the words and figures following to
- wit. On motion made by Timothy Doan Esq.
- the Court ordered that the Rev'd Thomas Barr
- be licenced to perform the Ceremony of marriage
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- { Seal } set my hand and affixed the seal
- of said Court at Cleveland this 7th
- day of April A D 1825 -
- Horace Perry Clk
- Recorded the 15th day of April A D 1828
- Thomas Cox Clk
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- The State of Ohio SS } Court of Common pleas of
- Columbiana County } June Term A D 1825
- at the aforesaid Term of said
- { Seal } came Isaiah Paxon of said
- County and made application
- for licence to solemnize marriages & at the same
- time produced satisfactory credentials of his
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- being a regularly ordained Minister of the Gospel
- of the denomination of Christians stiled the Chris
- tian Church. Whereupon it was ordered by the
- Court that the Clerk issue a Licence to the said
- Isaiah Paxon accordingly. Now therefore be
- it known that the said Isaiah Paxon is licenced
- and authorised to solemnize mariages agreeable to
- the laws of the State of Ohio in such cases made
- and provided. In testimony of whereof I have
- here unto set my name and affixed the seal of
- said Court at New Lisbon in said County this
- 1st July AD 1825 - (signed) Horace Potter Clk
- Recorded the 16th June 1828 Thomas Cox clk
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- The State of Ohio } I hereby certify that
- Wayne County SS } the Rev'd Rufus Freeman
- an Elder in the Baptist Communion
- { Seal } had licence allowed him by
- the Court of Common Pleas for
- said County at the term aforesaid commencing
- March 9th A D 1822 Which licence allowed
- him the said Rufus Freeman to Solemnize
- Marriages agreeable to the statute laws in the
- State of Ohio in such case made provided.
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
- hand and affixed my Official Seal at Jef
- ferson in said County this 4th day of Novem
- ber A.D. 1822 -
- (signed) TR Hawley Clerk P T
- Recorded August 2nd 1828 T Cox Clk
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- State of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas
- Huron County } October Term AD 1827
- Upon the application of Henry
- O Sheldon & it appearing to the
- satisfaction of the Court that he is
- a regular Ordained Minister of the Gospel of the
- Methodist Episcopal Church Licence is granted
- to the said Henry O Sheldon to solemnize
- mariges - The foregoing is a true copy taken
- from the minutes of the Court. In testimony where
- of I hereunto set my name and official seal
- at Norwalk this 9th day of November A.D. 1827
- (Signed) D Gibbs Clerk Huron Court
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- Recorded November 30th AD 1828 T Cox clk
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- State of Ohio } Whereas at a Court of
- Wayne County } Common Pleas held in at
- Lancaster in and for said
- County on the 17th day of
- October AD 1827 John C Havins produced
- in Court satisfactory evidence of his ordination
- as a Deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church
- It is ordered by the court that the said John
- C Havins be licenced to solemnize marriages
- between persons legally applying to him for that
- purpose in the State aforesaid during his con
- tinuance as a minister in the Church aforesaid
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
- and seal of said court at Lancaster in said
- county 17th day of Oct'r aforesaid
- (signed) Hugh Boyle clk
- Recorded December 11th 1828 T. Cox clk
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- Stark County } I John Myres Clerk of the Court
- Ohio SS } of Common Pleas of Stark aforesaid
- do hereby certify that it appears of record
- in said Court that at a Court begun
- and held at Canton on tuesday the first
- day of June eighteen hundred and twenty four John
- W Harman having produced satisfactory proof to the
- Court of his being a regular ordained preacher of the
- Gospel is licenced to solemnize marriages within this
- State. In testimony whereof I hereto sign my
- name & affix the seal of said Court at Canton the
- 18th day of November 1828
- (signed) Jno Myres
- Record December 17th AD. 1828. Thomas Cox clerk
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- The State of Ohio } SS To all whom it may concern
- Tuscarawas County } Greeting: -
- Know Ye: that agreeable to an
- order of the Honourable the Court of Common Pleas
- of the County of Tuscarawas made at their April
- Term in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
- hundred and twenty six License is hereby given
- to William S. __tt a regularly ordained Dea=
- con of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
- America " to Solemnize Marriages pursuant to the
- Statute Laws of the State of Ohio in such case
- made and provided, so long as he shall remain
- in good standing in said Society
- { Seal of } In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- { Common Pleas } set my hand and affixed the seal
- { Court of Tuscarawas } of said Court at New Philadelphia
- this 2nd day of July in the year of
- our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty
- seven - (signed) Chas. S. Frailey Clk P T.
- Recorded June 1st 1829 -
- Thos. Cox clk
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- The State of Ohio } Sct
- Hamilton County } Be it known that Licence
- and permission are hereby granted
- unto the Rev John Martin Henry
- { Seal } of the Catholic Denomination to
- solemnize Marriges within this State
- between any persons legally applying
- to him so long as he shall continue to be
- a regular Minister of the Society or Con
- gregation to which he now belongs in
- pursuance of the Statute of this State in
- such case made and provided and
- the grant of the Court of Common Pleas
- of said County this day made and
- entered of record. In testimony
- whereof I have hereunto set my hand
- and affixed the seal of said Court
- at Cincinnatti this sixteenth day of
- February AD One thousand eight
- hundred and twenty nine
- Danl Gano Clk
- Record 2nd Nov'r 1829 T Cox Clk
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- State of Ohio } Be it remembered that
- Medina County SS } at a term of the Court of
- Common pleas begun
- and held at the court house
- in Medina County within and for the County
- of Medina on Monday the 28th day of Septem
- ber AD 1829. then and there came Ansel
- Brainard and produced to the said court
- credentials of his being a regular decan of the
- Methodist Episcopal Church and made application
- to the said Court for a licence to solemnize
- Marriages in said state which said appli
- cation is granted by the court
- Now therefore know ye that the said
- Ansel Brainard is hereby licenced
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- to Solemnize marriages within said State in
- conformity with the Statute in such case made
- and provided. In testimony whereof
- I hereunto set my name and affix the seal
- of the said Court at Medina this 29th
- day of September AD 1829 -
- Timothy Hudson Clk
- Recorded 7th February 1830
- T Cox Clk
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- The State of Ohio } Be it remembered
- Muskingdom County SS } that at a court of
- Common Please held
- at Zanesville in and for the County of
- Muskingom County aforesaid on the second day
- of Dec in the year of our lord 1829
- the Rev Wm Cox haveing exhibited to the
- said court satisfactory evidence of his
- being a regular ordained minister of
- the Presbyterian Church was thereupon
- licensed to solemnize in the State of
- Ohio so long as he the said William
- Cox continued as such Minister in pur-
- suance of the provisions of the statue in
- such case made and provided,
- { seal } in testimony where of I John Wilson
- clerk of the said court of common
- Please hereunto set my hand and affix
- the seal of the same Court at Zanes-
- ville the day and year herein afforesaid
- Jno Wilson Clerk
- Recorded 8th December }
- A.D. 1829 } Thomas Cox Clk
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- State of Ohio } To all to whom these pres
- Butler County SS } ents shall come Greeting
- Be it known that by
- the court of common Please of the
- County of Butler aforesaid License and
- permission hereby given unto the Rev.d Russel
- Bigelow a residend of the county affore
- said and a regular ordained Minister of
- the Gospel of the Methodist Church
- to solemnize Marriages throghout the
- State of Ohio so long as he shall continue
- to be a regular Minister of the said church
- according to the form of the statute en
- titled an act regulating mariages
- { seal } Witness the honorable Joshua
- Collett Esq President of our said
- Court of common please at Hamilton the
- fifth day of September 1818. J Richey Clk
- Rec'd 2nd March AD 1830 Thomas Cox clk
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- The State of Ohio Pickaway County SS
- I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of
- Common Pleas for said County do hereby
- certify that Jacob Thorp was authorized
- by an order of said Court at September term
- last to Solemnize Marriages, so long as he shall
- continue a regular minister of the Baptist
- Society between any persons legally applying
- applying to him within the state aforesaid
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- { seal } set my hand and affixed the seal
- of said Court this 27th day of Sept. 1817
- and in the 15th year of this State
- (signed) A Huston Clerk
- Recorded 22nd Nov. 1830
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- The State of Ohio } Tuesday the 17th instant
- Hocking County SS } Jacob Dixon produced his
- license signed by Enoch George
- one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
- Church America constituting him a Deacon
- of said church and the Court of Common
- Pleas of said County being satisfied that
- he is a regular ordained minister of the
- Gospel and has Congregations in a circuit
- order that license issue
- Therefore these are to license the said Jacob
- Dixon to Solemnize marriages in the
- State agreeably to law and the rules and
- regulations of said Church so long as
- he remains a regular minister in the same
- In testimony whereof I Jacob W.
- { Seal } Coffinberry Clerk of the Court of
- Common Pleas for said County Do hereby
- certify that foregoing to be correct coppy
- of the order of Court and proceeds of the
- same at said term December 28th 1825
- Jacob Coffinberry Clk
- My fee 50 Cts
- Rec'd & Recorded 6th of December AD 1830
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- Pleas held at the Court House in Hillsborough
- for the County of Highland in the State of Ohio
- before the Honourable Joshua Coltett president
- Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Seventh
- Judicial Circuit in said and John Boyd
- George W Barnes and Joseph Sweninger Esq.
- his associates for said County on the 29th day
- of October AD 1824 - This day the Rev'd
- John James produced in Court proof to the
- satisfaction of the Court that he is a regular
- Ordained and licensed Minister of the Gospel
- of the Methodist Episcopal Church -
- Therefore ordered that the said Rev'd John
- James be licensed to Solemnize marriages
- within this state so long as he remains a
- regular and licensed minister of said
- Church - I Samuel Bell Clerk of
- said Court certify the foregoing
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- to be truly coppied from the Records
- of said Court In testimony whereof I
- hereunto set my hand and affix the seal
- of said Court this 9th Day of November
- { Seal } AD 1824 Samuel Bell Clk
- H.C.O
- Rec'd & Recorded 15th Dec AD 1830
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- State of Ohio } In the Common Pleas
- Huron County } SS October Term AD 1829
- { Seal } Ebenezer Lane President Judge
- Timothy Baker
- Ezra Sprague } Associate Judges
- Roger _ Southgate
- Upon application and it appearing to the Court
- that James Johnston is a minister of the refor-
- med methodist Church in regular standing
- residing in this County The said James
- Johnston is authorized to Solemnize marriages
- agreeably to the statute in such cases made
- and provided so long as he continues a
- minister in said Connection
- Per Order of Court
- Attest D Gibbs clerk
- Rec'd & Recorded Dec 22nd AD 1830
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- The State of Ohio }
- Holmes County } SS
- Be it remembered that of
- a Court of Common Pleas begun and holden
- at the Court house in the town of Millersburg
- within and for said County on Monday the
- thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord
- one thousand eight hundred and thirty
- one Present is Judges the Hon Alexander
- Harper President Judge Peter Casey William
- Hutchison and George Lake Esqrs associates
- on motion Jacob Bule produced to the
- Court here credentials of his being as ordain-
- ed preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ among
- the United Brethren in Christ and this Court
- being satisfied of the fact do order that he
- receives a licence authorizing him to solemn
- ize marriages within this state so long as he
- shall continue a regular minister of such
- society or Church
- Know ye that in pursuance of this
- aforesaid __ __ the said Jacob Bule is
- duly licenced to solemnize marriages with
- in this state conformably to the statutes
- laws thereof that now are or hereafter
- may be in force so long as he shall ---
- remain a regular a regular minister in
- said Church
- { Seal } In testimony whereof I James S
- Irvine clerk of said Court
- have hereunto put my hand and the
- seal of said Court at Millersburg the
- 1st day of June AD 1831
- James S Irvine Clerk
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- State of Ohio } Be it remembered that a term
- Medina County SS } of the Court of Common Pleas
- { Seal } began and held at the Court house in the Town
- of Medina within and for the County of Medina
- on Monday the seventh day of November 1831 by &
- before the Hon Reuben Wood president of the third
- Judicial Circuit of the Courts of Common Pleas in
- said state and the Hon Frederick Brown
- and Reuben Smith associate Judges of the said
- county holding said court. Then and there came
- the Rev. Varnum Noyes and made application
- for a license to solemnize marriages in said
- State. And the said Noyes having produced
- credentials of his being a regular ordained
- Minister of the Gospel he is hereby licensed
- to solemnize marriages in said State in
- conformity with the statute in such case made
- and provided
- In testimony whereof I hereunto
- sign my name and affix the seal of said
- court at Medina this 7th day of November
- A.D. 1831
- Timothy Hudsons Clerk
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- State of Ohio Coshocton County SS
- Court of Common Pleas November Term 1828
- On the application of the Rev'd. George W
- Warner for license to solemnize marriages within this state. It
- appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the said ap-
- plicant is a regular ordained minister of the Gospel in
- the Presbyterian Church. Do order and Direct the he
- receive from said Court a License authorizing him to
- Solemnize Marriages within this state so long as he
- continues a minister of the Gospel in the Presbyterian
- Church to which he is attached.
- Therefore these are to license, authorize and Empower the
- said George W Warner to solemnize Marriages within
- the said State of Ohio according to the laws thereof, so
- long as he shall continue a regular Minister of the Gospel
- in the Presbyterian Church to which he belongs
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed
- the seal of the court aforesaid at Coshocton this 24th day of November 1825
- Recorded Sept. 1832 A. Johnston Clerk
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- At a Court of Common Pleas continued and
- held at the court House in the Town of Canton
- within and for the county of Stark in the state
- of Ohio on Wednesday the ninth day of August
- in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight
- and twenty six were
- Jeremiah H Hallock Esquire President
- Judge James Clark Thomas Harford & George
- Stidger Esquire his associates - Timothy Reed
- Sheriff John Myers Clerk
- In the record of proceedings of said Court
- among others were the following to wit
- "The Rev. James B Morrow of this county of
- Stark having produced to the court here satis
- factory evidence of his being a regular ordain-
- ed minister of the Presbyterian Church; It is or-
- dered by the Court here that the said James B
- Morrow receive a License to solemnize
- marriages within State so long as he shall
- remain to be a regular ordained minister
- of said church.
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto sign
- my name and affix the seal of said court
- at Canton the ninth day of August A.D.
- 1826 John Myers Clerk
- C.P.S.C. Ohio
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- State of Ohio } Be it remembered that at
- Richland County SS } a Court of Common Pleas
- began and held at Mansfield in and for said
- county and state on the 11th day of October AD 1830
- before the Honorable Ebenezer Lane president Judge
- of said court. William Patterson Isaac Osborn
- and William Riddle associate Judges of said
- court. It appearing to the satisfaction of said court
- that the Rev'd. William Hughs is a regular ordained
- Minister of the Gospel of the Presbyterian Church &
- and resident of the said county of Richland, it
- was therefore ordered by the court that a license
- issue to the said William Hughs authorizing him
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- to solemnize Marriages within this state so
- long as he continues a Minister of said Church
- Therefore these are to License the said William
- Hughs to solemnize the marriage contract be
- tween any persons legally applying to him for
- that purpose within this state agreeable to the
- laws thereof
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
- my hand and affixed the seal of said
- court at Mansfield this 1st day of November
- A.D. 1830 Ellzey Hedges
- (recorded Nov 8th 1832 ) Clerk
- State of Ohio }
- Fairfield County SS } At a court of Common
- { LS } Pleas holden at Lancaster
- in and for the county aforesaid on the 9th day of
- December AD 1816 William Swayze having pro
- duced in court satisfactory evidence of his having
- been duly ordained a minister in the Methodist
- Episcopal Church - It is ordered by the Court
- that the said William Swayze be licensed
- to solemnize marriage between persons legally
- applying to him according to the statute law
- in such cases made and provided
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
- my hand and seal of said court at Lancaster
- on the day aforesaid
- Hugh Boyle Clerk
- (Recorded the 27th day Dec. 1832 at 10 O'clock)
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- State of Ohio }
- Trumbull County SS } Court of Common Pleas
- May Term 1831.
- { Seal } Pursuant to the order of
- said Court License is here
- by granted to the Rev William Hayden a
- regular ordained minister of the gospel of the con
- gregation disciples to solemnize marriages agreea
- bly to the laws of said State so long as he con
- tinues such regular minister -
- In testimony whereof the Seal of said
- Court is hereunto affixed. Witness the Honorable
- Reuben Wood President of our said Court
- at Warren this twenty eighth day of June
- Anno Domini 1831. George Parsons Clerk
- By Lyman Potter Dep
- State of Ohio Crawford County SS
- At a court of common Pleas held at
- Bucyrus in and for the county of Crawford
- Ohio at the October Term of AD 1829
- Thomas Thompson a regularly ordained
- minister of the Gospel of the Methodist
- Episcopal Church produced to the court
- his credentials as such, and the Court
- being satisfied thereof do order that the
- said Thompson receive a License under
- the seal of this Court authorizing him
- to solemnize marriages in this state so
- long as he shall continue a regular
- minister of said church
- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- set my hand and the seal of said court
- at Bucyrus this 15th day Oct AD 1829
- Z. Rouse Clerk
- C.C.O.
- (Recorded February 26th 1833)
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- At a court of Common Pleas continued and
- held at the Court House in the Town of Canton
- within and for the county of Stark in the state
- of Ohio on Wednesday the nineth day of August
- 1826. The Rev'd. Henry E Mettzheimer of Stark
- County having produced satisfactory evidence
- to the court here that he is a regular or-
- dained Minister of the German Evangelical
- Lutherean Church. It is ordered by the court
- here that the said Henry E. Mettzheimer
- receive a license to solemnize marriages
- within the state of Ohio so long as he
- shall remain a regular ordained minister
- of said Church
- In testimony whereof I hereunto
- { Seal } sign my name and affix the seal
- of said court at Canton the 9th day
- of August AD. 1826 and of the Independence
- the 51st. John Myers Clerk
- Com. Pleas Stark Co. Ohio
- The state of Ohio Richland County SS
- Be it remembered that at a Court of
- Common Pleas begun and held at Mansfield in and for
- the County and State aforesaid on the 11th day of October
- AD 1830 before the Hon Ebenozer Lane President Judge
- of said Court William Patterson Isaac Osburn and
- William Riddle Associate Judges of said Court it
- was ordered that John Adam Mohler an ordained
- minister of the Lutherian Church be license to So-
- lemnize Marriages within the State of Ohio as long
- as he continues a regular Minister of said Church
- Therefore the said John Adam Mohler is hereby
- authorized to solemnize the Marriage contract
- between any persons lawfully applying to him
- for that purpose within this state so long as he
- continues a regular minister of said Church
- { Seal } In testimony whereof I have hereunto
- set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
- at Mansfield this 13th day of October AD 1830
- Ebzey Hedges
- Clerk
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- State of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas
- Muskingum County SS } April Term 1829
- be it remembered that on
- the 13th day of April in the year of our
- Lord eighteen hundred and twenty nine,
- the Rev'd. William B. Christie having exhibi-
- ted to the court satisfactory evidence of his
- being a regularly ordained minister of the
- Methodist Episcopal Church, he is therefore
- authorized to solemnize Marriages in the
- State of Ohio so long as he continues as
- such in pursuance of the provisions of
- the statute in such case made & provided.
- In testimony where of I here unto set my
- { Seal } hand and affix the seal of
- said court at Zanesville this
- 13th day of April A.D. 1829
- John Wilson Jun Clerk
- State of Ohio }
- Richland County SS } I Elzey Hedges Clerk of the
- Court of Common Pleas
- for said county of Richland, hereby certify
- that the above is a true copy of the
- Rev'd. William B. Christie|Christie's License to Solemnize
- Marriages within this state which was en-
- tered of Record in my office on the 29th
- day of November AD 1832.
- In testimony whereof I have here-
- { Seal } unto set my hand and affix
- the seal of said court at Mansfield
- this second day of August AD. 1833
- Elzey Hedges Clerk
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