Transcription of Religious Societies, Part 2, Pages 51-75

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1. State of Ohio } Clerk Office
2. Wayne County SS } Elyria Dec 13 1836
3. { Seal } }
4. } License is hereby gran
5. ted to the Rev Richard Waite Minister
6. of the Gospel of the Baptist Denomina
7. tion to solemnize marriages in this
8. State as long as he shall continue such
9. regular minister In pursuance
10. of the Statute in such case made
11. and provided and of an order of court
12. of common Pleas of said county
13. At Nov Term whereof AD 1836
14. In testimony whereof I, E H Leo
15. Leonard Clerk of said hereto set my
16. hand and seal of said court
17. E H Leonard Clk
18. State of Ohio Tuscarawas County
19. Court of Common Pleas October
20. Twelve AD 1833 The Rev D Alexander
21. Biddle makes application for a license to
22. solemnize marriages And the court be
23. ing Satisfied that he is a regular ordain
24. ed preacher of the gospel among the United
25. Brethren in Christ It is therefor ordered
26. that a license issue to the said Al
27. exander Biddle to solemnize mar
28. riages within the State of Ohio so long
29. as he remains in good standing in
30. said society In testimony whereof
31. I hereunto set my hand and affix
32. the seal of said court at New
33. Philad this 26 Oct 1833
34. James W English Clk

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1. State of Ohio }
2. Lorain CoY SS } Clerk Office
3. Elyria Jany. 25 1837
4. License is hereby granted to the
5. Rev Ebenezer Payne a regularly or
6. dained Minister of the gospel of the
7. denomination usually called Protes
8. tant Methodist to Solemnize Mar
9. riages in this State so long as he
10. shall continue such regular Minister
11. in pursuance of an order of the
12. Court of Common Pleas of said
13. County at the November Term
14. thereof AD 1836 and of the Statute
15. in such cases made and provided
16. In testimony whereof I, E H Leonard
17. Clerk of said Court hereto subscribe
18. my name and affix the seal of said
19. Court the day & year aforesaid
20. E H Leonard Clk
21. Recorded 25th
22. May 1838 JSloane

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1. State of Ohio }
2. Tuscarawas County SS } October Term AD 1836
3. on motion and it
4. appearing to the satisfaction of the
5. Courts that Wesley C Clark is a
6. regular ordained Minister of the
7. Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal
8. Church. It is ordered that a license
9. be granted to him authorizing him
10. to solemnize marriages within
11. the State of Ohio so long as he
12. shall continue such regular
13. Minister. These are therefore
14. to authorize and empower
15. you the said Westley C Clark
16. to Solemnize Marriages in said
17. State agreeably to the Statute in
18. such case made and provided
19. so long as you shall remain
20. such regular Minister in such
21. Church
22. In Testimony whereof I hereunto
23. set my name and affix
24. the seal of said Court at
25. New Philadelphia this seventh
26. day of November Anno Domini
27. one thousand eight hundred
28. and thirty six
29. James W English
30. Recorded June Clerk
31. 14th 1838
32. Saml L Lorah

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1. The State of Ohio Stark County SS }
2. I John Myers
3. Clerk of the court of common Pleas within and
4. for said County of Stark do hereby certify
5. that at the November Term of said Court begun
6. and held at the court house in Canton on the
7. third day of November eighteen hundred &
8. thirty four the Court having been satisfied
9. that George Slusser is a regular ordained
10. Minister of the Reformed Church it was then
11. and there ordered by the said Court that the
12. said George Slusser should receive a
13. license authorizing him to solemnize
14. marriages within the State of Ohio so long as
15. continue such regular Minister which he
16. is hereby granted to him accordingly
17. In Testimony whereoff I hereto subscribe
18. my name and affix the seal of said court
19. of Common Pleas at Canton the third day of
20. November AD 1834. Jno Myers ClK
21. Recorded June 22nd 1838
22. Saml. L Lorah Clk ___
25. State of Ohio }
26. Trumbull County SS }
27. In Court of Common Pleas
28. April Term AD 1835
29. In pursuance of the order of said Court
30. permission is hereby given to John Struble a
31. regular minister of the Gospel called "The
32. United Brethren of Christ to solemnize
33. Marriages within the State of Ohio so long
34. as he remains such minister and resides
35. within said State
36. In Testimony whereoff I
37. have here unto set my hand and the Seal
38. of said Court at Warren this 20th day of
39. August in the year of our Lord one thousand
40. eight hundred & thirty five ~
41. Geo. Parsons Clerk
42. By Geo. Parsons Jr. deputy

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1. The State of Ohio. Fairfield County SS
2. To all whom this presents shall
3. come greeting
4. Know ye that at a court of Common
5. Pleas began and held at Lancaster in the
6. County aforesaid on the 16th day of March
7. AD 1836. It being made to appear to the
8. satisfaction of the court that Absalom
9. B. Shaeffer was a regularly ordained
10. Minister of the Gospel in the Evangelical
11. Association. It was therefore ordered
12. that License to Solemnize Marriages
13. within the State of Ohio, be granted to
14. the said Absalom B Shaeffer so long
15. as he shall continue in regular standing
16. as a Minister in said Church.
17. These are therefore to license
18. and permit the said Absalom B. Shaeffer
19. to Solemnize Marriages by virtue of
20. the pursuances aforesaid.
21. Given under my
22. hand and official Seal at Lancaster
23. aforesaid this 216th day of March AD
24. 1836 & of the of Ohio the 35th
25. M.Z. Kreider Clerk
26. Recorded June 27th
27. AD 1838
28. S. L. Lorah Clk Pro Tem
29. The State of Ohio Stark County SS
30. To the Reverend
31. Michael McAleen of Canton in said County
32. Greeting ~ By virtue of an order of the
33. Court of Common Pleas within & for the said
34. County of Stark made on the 9th day of Decr.
35. AD. 1837 you are hereby licensed to solemnn
36. ize marriages within the State of Ohio so long
37. as you continue a regular minister of the
38. Roman Catholic Church. In Testimony where off
39. I hereunto Subscribe my name & affix the seal
40. of said Court at Canton in said County
41. of Stark the 11th day of December AD 1837
42. Thos Goodman Dpy Clk

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1. The State of Licking County SS
2. Court Com. Pleas Oct. Term 1835
3. Rev Samuel B. Swain
4. having this day
5. produced in Court satisfactory credentials
6. of his being a regular ordained minister
7. of the Baptist Church. It is therefore
8. ordered by the Court that the said
9. Samuel B. Swain be and he is hereby
10. authorized to Solemnize marriages
11. within this State according to the rites of
12. said Church so long as he shall continue
13. such regular ordained minister of the
14. Gospel according to the Statute in such case
15. made and provided".
16. I do hereby certify the
17. foregoing to be correctly copied from the
18. minutes of said court. I testimony
19. whereoff I have hereunto set my
20. hand and affixed the seal of
21. { Seal } said court at Newark this 5th
22. day of November AD. 1836
23. A.H. Caffee Clk
24. The State of Ohio Holmes County SS
25. To all to whom these Presents come Greeting
26. Know ye that at the Term of the court of
27. Common Pleas begun and held at the Court House
28. in Millersburg within and for said County of Hol
29. mes on monday the first day of May AD. 1837.
30. Present as Judges the Honl Ezra Dean President
31. of the 11th Judicial Circuit in Ohio and the Honl.
32. Seth Hunt Thomas Ligget and Samuel Culbertson
33. his Associates in and for the County of Holmes
34. aforesaid. On motion and it appearing to
35. satisfaction of the Court that George Gordon
36. was a regular ordained minister of the Gospel
37. of the Denomination usually called Presbyterian &
38. it was ordered that a License be granted to
39. him authorizing him to solemnize marriages
40. within this State so long as he should continue
41. a regular Minister in said Church. Therefore
42. he the said George Gordon is hereby authorized
43. and Licensed to Solemnize marriages between those
44. applying to him for that purpose within said
45. State of Ohio and who by the Laws of said
46. State may be legally joined in marriage

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1. so long as he shall remain a regular minister
2. in said Church
3. In Testimony of the above I herto
4. Sign my name and affix the Seal
5. { Seal } of said Court at Millersburg
6. the 12th day of May AD. 1837
7. R.K. Enos Clerk
9. State of Ohio } Be it remembered that at
10. Wood County } a session of the Judges of the
11. { Seal } } Court of Common Pleas of said
12. County. Continued and held at
13. the Court house in the Town of Perrysburg on
14. the twenty seventh day of April in the year
15. of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
16. and thirty three. on application the Court
17. being satisfied upon examination of the
18. Credentials of Elnathan C Gavitt that he
19. is a regular ordained minister of the Meth=
20. =odist Episcopal Church officiating in this
21. County. Whereupon it is ordered that the Clerk
22. of said Court grant a licence to the said
23. Elnathan C Gavit to Solemnize Marriages in
24. Conformity with the provisions of the Statute
25. Now therefore be it known that licence
26. is hereby granted in conformity to the above
27. order, under such regulations as are pre=
28. =scribed by law. In testimony whereof I
29. have hereunto set my hand and affixed
30. the seal of said Court at the Court house
31. in Perrysburg aforesaid }
32. the day and year first above written } Jno. WEBB Clerk Pro Tem
33. W.C. Plens
35. The State of Ohio, Columbiana County SS.
36. Court of Common Pleas
37. Be it remembered that at the November
38. Term A.D. 1835 of said Court. The Revd
39. Jno. R Williams having produced
40. credentials of his being a regular ordained
41. Minister of the Baptist Church and
42. has charge of a congregation in siad
43. County. He is therefore authorized to
44. Solemnize marriages in said State
45. so long as he continues a minister

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1. of said church.
2. Witness my signature and the seal
3. { Seal } of said court at my office in
4. New Lisbon in said Court the
5. 24th Dec. 1835. Charles L Coffin Clk
6. By J ____ Coffin depty
7. recorded Nov 22 1838 Saml L Lorah clk
10. State of Ohio } Pursuant to an order of
11. Logan County SS } the court of Common Pleas
12. in an for said county. at
13. a term of said Court commencing on the
14. 2d day of Nov. A.D. 1835. License is hereby
15. granted to the Reverend James Wheeler a
16. Minister of he Gospel of the Methodist order
17. to solemnize marriages within the state
18. aforesaid, in pursuance of the Statute
19. in such case made and provided.
20. { Seal } Om testimony whereof I here=
21. =unto set my hand and
22. affix the seal of said Court at
23. Elyria the seventh day of November
24. A.D. 1835. E. H. Leonard clerk
26. Recorded Dec 7th 1838 Saml L Lorah clerk
28. State of Ohio Jefferson County SS
29. { Seal } At a Court of Common Pleas
30. begun and held at Steubenville
31. within and for said County of Jefferson on
32. Monday the sixteenth day of November AD 1829
33. George Lucey having appeared in open Court
34. and having proved to the satisfaction of the
35. Court that he was a regularly ordained
36. Minister of the Gospel in the Christian
37. Church and that he now officiates as such
38. within said Count it is ordered that he be
39. Licensed to Solemnize marriages within this
40. State so long as he shall continue a regular
41. ordained Minister in said Church
42. In Testimony that the foregoing proceedings
43. was had in said Court as above set forth
44. I Humphrey H. Leavitt Clerk Protem of said
45. Court at Steubenville this 21st day of November
46. AD. 1829
47. H. H. Leavitt Clk

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