Freedmen’s Marriages, Hempstead County,
Arkansas
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas, Bureau
of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872, Record Group
105, microfilm publication M1901, roll 23. Washington D.C.: National
Archives and Records Service.
Transcribed by: Robyn Smith
on September 9, 2008.
Transcriber’s Note: Please order the original if you think your
ancestor is here; some names were hard to make out and these represent
my best guess at the spellings.
Arranged by Groom
Groom
|
Age
|
Bride
|
Age
|
Marriage Date
|
Bradley,
Nero
|
21
|
Witherspoon,
Nancy
|
17
|
10 Jan 1867
|
Cheatham,
Moses
|
20
|
Mercer,
Rosetta
|
18
|
23 Dec. 1866
|
Cobb,
Monroe
|
21
|
Higgins,
Ann
|
18
|
9 Dec 1865
|
Edmonson,Stephen
|
37
|
Dickson,
Martha
|
25
|
24 Nov 1866
|
Essex,
Westly
|
38
|
Cheatham,
Nancy
|
25
|
30 Dec 1866
|
Gambol,
Ezekiel
|
58
|
Reed,
Harriet
|
30
|
6 Dec 1865
|
Gilmor,
Benjamin
|
21
|
Gilmor,
Comfort
|
30
|
7 Feb 1867
|
Gilmor,
Creed
|
50
|
Gilmor,
Mary
|
40
|
10 Feb 1866
|
\Gilmor,
Roach
|
22
|
Crenshaw,Rose
|
20
|
13 Oct 1866
|
Hawkins,
John
|
47
|
Hawkins,
Mildred Jane
|
25
|
30 Dec 1866
|
James,
Tinky
|
27
|
Willis,
Ava Ann
|
25
|
17 Oct 1865
|
Jones,
Alex
|
32
|
Johnson,
Melvinia
|
21
|
22 July 1867
|
Jones,
Andrew
|
27
|
Jones,
Emily
|
27
|
7 Oct 1867
|
Jones,
Crawford
|
19
|
Jones,
Jane
|
17
|
7 Oct 1866
|
Lawrence,
Mason
|
26
|
Mason,
Jemima
|
27
|
2 Jan 1867
|
Mathis,
John
|
30
|
Murphy,
Elizabeth
|
22
|
10 June 1866
|
| McMurray,
Ruston |
28 |
Carrington,
Mary |
26
|
No date
|
Mitchell,
Samuel
|
21
|
Hudson,
Harriet
|
19
|
7 Oct 1866
|
Moore,
Scott
|
43
|
Moore,
Sylvia
|
35
|
22 Nov 1866
|
Nelson,
James
|
22
|
Black,Anna
|
18
|
27 Dec 1865 |
Nelson,
Randle
|
27
|
Butler,
Muriel
|
27
|
14 Nov 1866
|
Nelson,
Samuel
|
21
|
Witherspoon,
Harriett
|
16
|
22 Nov 1866
|
Shaw,
Samuel
|
65
|
Connelly,
Louisa
|
40
|
17 Jan 1867
|
Stamps,
Lindsey
|
31
|
Hill,
Amy
|
28
|
1 Dec 1866
|
Thomas,
John
|
30
|
Dickson,
Isabella
|
16
|
12 Jan 1866
|
Watson,
Nelson
|
45
|
Jones,
Louisa
|
35
|
8 Jan 1867
|
Arranged by Bride
Bride
|
Age
|
Groom
|
Age
|
Marriage Date
|
Black,Anna
|
18
|
Nelson, James
|
22
|
27 Dec 1865
|
Baker,
Muriel
|
27
|
Nelson, Randle
|
27
|
14 Nov 1866
|
Carrington,
Mary
|
26
|
McMurray, Ruston
|
28
|
No date
|
Cheatham,
Nancy
|
25
|
Essex,Westly
|
38
|
30 Dec 1866
|
Connelly,
Louisa
|
4
|
Shaw, Samuel
|
65
|
17 Jan 1867
|
Crenshaw,
Rose
|
2
|
Gilmor, Roach
|
22
|
13 Oct 1866
|
Dickson,
Isabella
|
16
|
Thomas, John
|
30
|
12 Jan 1866
|
Dickson,
Martha
|
25
|
Edmonson, Stephen
|
37
|
24 Nov 1866
|
Gilmor,Comfort
|
30
|
Gilmor, Benjamin
|
21
|
7 Feb 1867
|
Gilmor,
Mary
|
40
|
Gilmor, Creed
|
50
|
10 Feb 1866
|
Hawkins,
Mildred Jane
|
25
|
Hawkins, John
|
47
|
30 Dec 1866
|
Higgins,
Ann
|
18
|
Cobb, Monroe
|
21
|
9 Dec 1865
|
Hill,
Amy
|
28
|
Stamps, Lindsey
|
31
|
1 Dec 1866
|
Hudson,
Hariet
|
19
|
Mitchell, Samuel
|
25
|
7 Oct 1866
|
Johnson,
Melvinia
|
21
|
Jones, Alex
|
32
|
22 July 1867
|
Jones,
Emily
|
27
|
Jones, Andrew
|
27
|
7 Oct 1866
|
Jones,
Jane
|
17
|
Jones, Crawford
|
19
|
7 Oct 1866
|
Jones,
Louisa
|
35
|
Watson, Nelson
|
45
|
8 Jan 1867
|
Mason,
Jemima
|
27
|
Lawrence, Mason
|
26
|
2 Jan 1867
|
Mercer,
Rosetta
|
18
|
Cheatham, Moses
|
20
|
23 Dec 1866
|
Moore,
Sylvia
|
35
|
Moore, Scott
|
43
|
22 Nov 1866
|
Murpy,
Elizabeth
|
22
|
Mathis, John
|
30
|
10 June 1866
|
Reed,
Harriet
|
30
|
Gambol, Ezekiel
|
58
|
6 Dec 1865
|
Willis,
Ava Ann
|
25
|
James, Tinky
|
27
|
17 Oct 1865
|
Witherspoon,
Harriett
|
16
|
Nelson, Samuel
|
21
|
22 Nov 1866
|
Witherspoon,
Nancy
|
17
|
Bradley, Nero
|
21
|
10 Jan 1867
|