Justice of the Peace Docket (No. 2)

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Samuel Vanatta, Francis Drake, M. E. Ealy, et al, "Justice of the Peace Docket," docket entries 1840s-1860s, loose papers through 1920s, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; held by Greene County Clerk of Court's Office, Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 2016. Item no. GCCH-AN003-0002-0000, Greene County Courthouse Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).

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Provenance:

Donated to the Greene County Clerk of Courts Office, Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. No record of donor maintained. It appears that the docket book was passed down from one JP to the next, thus covering a large span of years and including entries from more than one person. Francis Drake is identified as having performed a set of marriages beginning 5 July 1863, but the twenty years of entries prior to that are uncredited in the docket itself. A letter included in the loose papers, was written by M. E. Ealy, who was one of the later JPs to have possession of the book. In the letter, Ealy states that the docket had once belonged to Samuel Vanatta. He credits Vanatta with an 1862 nuptial. Vanatta is likely responsible for others of the early entries as well. Other clues in the docket suggest John T. Poland may have also been a previous owner.

Due to the fact that Pennsylvania did not officially record marriages until 1885 at the Courthouse, the records in this docket are an invaluable record for family history.

In addition to marriages, this JP docket includes criminal matters. Please review these with the understanding that genealogical research requires an open mind. Ancestors were human too. Each should be remembered and treated respectfully, but also with an unbiased examination of the facts. These records have the potential to provide useful clues and details regarding family alignments, everyday life, biographical profiles, and more.

Record specifications:

Justice of the Peace dockets are not typically maintained by the Clerk of Courts Office. This book is in the custody of the office due to donation by the JP or his heirs. As a result, the Clerk of Courts may not issue certified copies of any of these records. In an effort to make the rare material in these dockets available, they are being scanned and transcribed on volunteer time for sharing via the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project.

Record Images and Transcript:

This entire docket book has been scanned cover to cover, including loose papers found inside. As volunteer time permits, these records will also be transcribed and indexed.

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Commonwealth Docket Marriage Register

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No. 1. June the 11th 1843 George Hallam to Eliza J. Arnold Va. 1.00

2. [June 11th 1843] John Foxe Aged 92 yrs. to Mary Donnelly Aged 61 Va. 1.00

3. July 31st [1843] Campbell Lafever to Elenor Ferguson Va. 1.00

4. Oct. the first [1843] Elijah Hummell to Leah [Gauf] Va. 1.00

5. [Oct.] 26 [1843] William Calvert to Elizabeth Reed Va. 1.00

6. February 7th 1844 James Maldrew to Elizabeth Marshall Va. 1.00

7. [February] 15 [1844] Humphrey Strickland to Rachel Hendrickson Va. 1.00

8. March 16 [1844] David Shackles to Rachel Davis Pa. .50

9. June 13 [1844] Jesse Phillips to Miss Whetzell Va. 1.00

10. Aug. 8 [1844] Monroe Ackman to Abigail Johnson Va. 1.00

11. Sept. [first?] [1844] Conrad Bowers to Elizabeth Kerr Va. 1.00

12. [Dec?] 12 [1844] Lewis Reynolds to Mary Jane Findley Va. 1.00

13. [Dec?] 26 [1844] William Reynolds to Harriett Loggston Va. 1.00

14. Febry. 6 1845 Alfred Gaines to Rebecca Rush Va. 1.00

15. March 15 [1845] James C. Saunders to Nancy A. Hickman Va. 1.00

16. [March] 27 [1845] Andrew Durbin to Martha Bane Pa 1.00

17. May 18th [1845] Joseph Smith to Sarah Yeater Va. 1.00

19. Sept. 10 [1845] John Gray to Cenia Earnest Pa. 1.00

20. [Sept.] 18 [1845] Thomas Lewis to Elizabeth Burris Va. 1.00

21. Dec. 25 [1845] Amos Davis to Emiline Wright Pa. 1.00

22. Jan. 26 1846 G. Beall to Mary Turner [Md?] [Counterfeit?]

23. Feb. 26 [1846] Saul Cumpston to Delilah Allum Pa. 1.00

24. March 11 [1846] Isaac Deeds to Jane Bryan Pa. 1.25

25. [March] 31 [1846] Samuel Rayle to Mariah Beam Pa. [unreadable]

26. May 25 [1846] Joseph Hicks to ____ [Kettle?] Va. 1.00

27. July 16 [1846] Morris Johnson to Elizabeth Pratt Va. 1.00

28. Nov. 1 [1846] Edward Grandon to Elizabeth Woods Pa. 1.00

29. Nov. 8 [1846] William Matthews to Susan Sampson Va. 1.00

30. Nov. 23 [1846] Alexander Johnson to Elizabeth Stine 1.00

31. Jan. 24 1847 Josephus Gorby to Catherine Knapp 1.00

32. March 21 [1847] Lindsay T. Gray to Lettitia Glenn 3.00

33. April 8 [1847]Morrison Chambers to Mary I. Briggs 1.00

34. [April] 25 [1847] Alfred Wilkinson to Nancy A. Workman 1.00

35. May 6 [1847] John Berry to Susan Sickles 1.00

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36. June 23 1847 Moses Glen to Margaret McNay 1.00

37. July 15 [1847] William Sickles to Miss Rebecca Paul 1.00

38. August 23 [1847] George Bowers to Ann Lowry 1.50

39. Sept. 26 [1847] James Williamson to Mary Jane Messer 1.00

40. Dec. 9th [1847] Brice Bissett to Bythena Barnhart 1.00

41. Jan. 30 1848 John Hart to Sarah Henry 1.00

42. May 14th [1848] John Parker to Catherine Burley 1.00

43. June 25 [1848] Joseph Billetter to Lucinda Greathouse 1.00

44. July 13 [1848] John Lemon to Sarah Ann Mackey 1.00

45. August 3 [1848] Samuel Williams to Elizabeth Blake 1.00

46. [August] 3 [1848] Westley L. W. Smith to Mary Hart 1.00

47. Sept. 3 [1848] Azariah Evans to Mary Griffith 1.00

48. Oct. 19 [1848] Samuel H. Ruple to Jane Parkinson 1.00

49. Feb. 22 1849 George Richey to Amanda Nelson 1.00

50. March 29 [1849] George W. Blakemore to Martha Ann Clouston 1.50

51. May 31 [1849] Hiram Crawford to Sophia McPheely 1.00

52. July 17 [1849] Peter Chess to Elizabeth Davis 1.00

53. August 12 [1849] James Carothers to Rebecca Hull 1.00

54. [August] 19 [1849] William Dean to Lucy McFarland 1.00

55. [August] 30th [1849] Alexander A. Bonnett to Matilda Rogers 1.00

56. Sept. 4th [1849] Smith Argo to Mary Slayton 1.00

57. [Sept.] 16th [1849] James Parsons to Julian Chess 1.00

58. [Sept.] 30th [1849] Charles Anshutz to Lucinda Nichols 1.00

59. Oct. 19 [1849] John Archer to Mary Ann Devore 1.25

60. Nov. 8th [1849] John D. Parriott to Sarah T. Price 2.00

61. Jan. 2 1850 Ebenezer Hartley to Hannah Gilbert 1.00

62. [Jan.] 20th [1850] Jacob Butt to Lavina Beaver of Tuscarawas Ohio 2.00

63. [Jan.] 31 [1850] Levi Merritt to Elizabeth Chagnock 2.00

64. April 11th [1850] Zedekiah Messiker to Eliza Ann Kettle 1.00

65. May 16 [1850] William Hamilton to Elizabeth Wheatley 2.00

66. June 20th [1850] Francis I L Newburn to Priscilla Parsons 1.00

67. [June] 24th [1850] Levi Griffith to Mary Griffith 1.00

68. August 11 [1850] William Dye to Lavina Cissell 1.00

69. [August] 13 [1850] Joseph Anderson to Lydia Anshutz 1.00

70. [August] 25 [1850] Abraham Johnson to Barbara Marpool 1.00

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71. Sept 12, 1850 John [Hubbs] to Emeline Gatwood Va 1.00

72. [Sept] 12, [1850] Thomas Stewart to Mary Briggs Va 1.00

73. [Sept] 30th, [1850] William Wetzell to Margaret Francis Va 1.00

74. Oct. 1st [1850] Alexander Campbell to Delilah J. Campbell Va 1.00

75. [Oct] 19th [1850] Giffin Morrison to Mary Barnhart Va 2.00

76. Nov 3 [1850] Benjamin F. Spriggs to Rachel Riggs Va 1.00

77. [Nov] 12 [1850] Davis Thistlewaite to Adeline Headley Va 2.00

78. Dec 18th [1850] Richard Woods to Mary Ann Durbin Va 1.00

79. [Dec] 24th [1850] Alexander Homes to Sarah Marshall Va 1.00

80. [Dec] 25 [1850] Hillborough Scott to Jane Null Va 1.00

81. Jan 2 1851 John C Bloomfield to Mariah Hart Va 1.00

82. [Jan] 30th [1851] William Archer to Mary [Kelch] Va 1.00

83. Feb 27 [1851] William Lydick to Emily Harris Ca 1.00

84 [Feb] 27 [1851] William Anderson to Nancy Masters Va 1.00

85. [Feb] 7 [1851] [a forget] Absalom [Cox] to Cyntha [J] Parriott Va 1.00

86. March 6th [1851] David Riggle to [Millison] [J] Manning Va 1.00

87. April 4th [1851] Thomas Morgan to Margarett [J] Jones Va 1.00

88. [April] 25th [1851] Thomas H. Durbin to Keziah Pettit Va 1.00

89. May 17 [1851] William Supler to Ann Gary Va 1.00

90. [May] 22 [1851] Thomas Campbell to Amy McDonald Va 1.00

91. July 17th [1851] George Woodruff to Elizabeth Nuss Va 1.50

92. [July] 29 [1851] Charles Anthony to Sarah Ann Wright Va 1.00

93. August 3 [1851] Patterson Yoho to Sarah J Yoho Va 1.00

94. [August] 5 [1851] Salathiel C Hunt to Mary Knapp Va 1.00

95. [August] 28 [1851] Asa Marple to Jane Sampson Va 1.00

96. Sept 10 [1851] Isaac Simmons to Melissa Shepherd Va 1.00

97. Oct 15 [1851] Alexander Leonhardt to Mary Argo Va 1.00

98. [Oct] 23 [1851] William Price to Mary Campbell Va 1.00

99. [Oct] 26 [1851] Eli Darr to Ann [Howard] Va 1.00

100. Dec 4 [1851] Andrew Murdy to Christina [Mcosh] Va 1.00

101. [Dec] 10 [1851] Richard [Cifien] to Mary C Loy Va 1.00

102. [Dec] [14] [1851] William Parker to Pheobe Doty Va 2.00

103. [Dec] [14] [1851] James Wait to Sarah Ann Mills Va 1.00

104. [Mar] 25 [1852] [Pardon] Majors to Nancy Conner Va 1.00

105. April 1st 1852 Levi Grindell to Catharine Whipkey Va 1.00

106. May 16th [1852] John Evans to Susannah Woods Va 1.00

107. [May] 23 [1852] Henry Beabout to Nancy [King] Va [1.37]

108. June 5 [1852]Edward Reed to Harriett Custard Va 1.00

109. [June] 7 [1852] Andrew Gill to Anne Burch Va 2.00

110. July [16][1852] Barnabas Monroe to Caroline Lilley Va 1.00

111. [July] [20] [1852] Frank B. Easton to Rebecca Marple Va. 1.00

112. August 10 [1852] Amos Greathouse to Mary Luellen Va 1.00

113. [August] 10 [1852] Enoch Greathouse to Elizabeth Luellen Va 1.00

114. [August] 18 [1852] David Jones to Elizabeth Grooms Va 2.00

115. [August] 22 [1852] James Timely to Eliza[beth] Betsall Va 1.00

116. [August] 22 [1852] John Peer to Virginia Betsall Va 1.00

117. Sept 2 [1852] Joseph Fry to Eliza Amos Va 1.00

118. [ Sept 2] [1852] Daniel Fry to Mary Ann Marshall Va 1.00

119. [Sept] 30 [1852] Hugh Mcoy to Amelia Anderson Va 9.00

120. Nov 11 [1852] Samuel Caldwell to Catharine [Ruffle] Va ........

121. Dec 5 [1852] William Ransom to Rebecca Hogan Va 1.00

122. [Dec] 12 [1852] James Hercules to Elizabeth Shafer Va 2.00

123. [Dec] 12 [1852] Morgan Bell to Catharine Shimble Va 1.00

124. [Dec] 21 [1852] Isaac Allum to Lucinda Parsons Va 1.00

125. [Dec] 22 [1852] Samuel Fisher to Prudence Parsons Va 1.00

126. [Dec] 30 [1852] Alexander Homes to Mary Davis Va 1.00

127. Feb 3 1853 Lewis Manning to Elizabeth Stewart Va 1.00

128. [Feb] 8 [1853] John Long to Mary J. Simms Va 2.00

129. [Feb] 20 [1853] AJ Gillogly to Eliza Grim Va 2.00

130. March 9 [1853] Thomas Morris to Elizabeth Glenn Va 3.00

131. [March] 10 [1853] Samuel Williams to Susan Headley Va 2.00

132. April 3 [1853] Andrew Knapp to Sarah Rush Va 1.50

133. forget the date Andrew Clark to Mary Ann Emerick Va 1.00

134. May 8 [1853] Samuel Shook to Sarah Ann Downey Va 1.00

135. [blank] 16 [blank] Jackson Reynolds to Elizabeth Quick Va ........

136. 21 July William Sayres to Elizabeth Pierce Va 2.00

137. 18 August Jacob Richey to Elizabeth Sickles Va 1.00

138. 1 Sept John Wayman to Ann Rebecca Wilson Va 2.00

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No[number] 138 September the 2 1853 [?] Carried over

No[number] 139 William H [Barks?] to Miss Caroline Harris $2.00

No[number] 140 (8) [Dr?] Charles Fuller to Miss M L [Colwell?] 1.00

No[number] 141 Oct-25 [Mr?] Owen [J?] Aston to Magdalene Whipkey 1.00

No[number] 142 Nov-2 [Mr?] Israel Colwell to Sarah Chambers 1.00

No[number] 143 " [Nov] 3d Mr John Hewitt to Miss [Vermilion?] Fuller 1.00

No[number] 144 Dec 26 Thomas Logston to Miss Jane Smith 1.00

January the [3?] 1854

No[number]145 Mr George Bowers to Miss Elizabeth [Jefferson?] 4.00

No[number] 146 Feb 23 Henry King to Miss Elizabeth White 1.00

No[number] 147April 9th Charles Chambers to Miss Margaret Barnhart 2.00

No[number] 148 April 9th Phinehas Moore to Mrs Rachel Vanata 1.00

No[number] 149 [April] 20th Hiram Welsh to Minerva Erlywine 1.00

No[number] 150 June 22 Enock Marple to Mary Jane Williamson 1.50

No[number] 151 August 3 Henry Whipkey to Susannah [Cossell?] 1.00

No[number] 152 George Wise to Minerva White

No[number] 153 [Aug] 31st Franklin Hopkins to Nancy L Cunningham 1.00

No[number] 154 Sept 7th Mr Joseph [Mcosh?] to Miss Harriett Miller 1.00

No[number] 155 [17th?] Marshall Hullam to Miss [Adaline?] Coffman 1.00

No[number] 156 [unreadable] Joseph Snyder to Miss Eliza Miller 2.00

No[number] 157 [unreadable] Temple Bryan to Miss [Laura Dunn?]

No[number] 158 [Nov?] James Sowers to Miss [?] Wilson 1.50

No[number] 159 [? 12?] Henry Riggle to Elizabeth Evans 1.00

No[number] 160 [?] 25th 1855 Wm Graham to Miss Hester [Mcrackin?] 1.00

No[number] 161 May 4th William Stollar to Susannah Martin 2.00

No[number] 162 June [4th?] James Graham to Lavina Mcrackin 1.50

No[number] 163 June 17th George Crow to Susan Hopkins 1.00

No[number] 164 June 17th Phillip [Kessler?] to Elizabeth Courtright 2.50

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Nov 22 1856 Nicholas Pearson to Ellen Mitchel 1.00

No. 206) 26 William [Marriner?] to Evitine[?] [Marcus?] 1.00

No. 207) 27 Martin Crow to Eviline Davis 2.75

No. 208) Dec 10 Josiah [Hipsley?] to Rebecca Fitzgerald 2.50

No. 209) January 16 1857 Josiah Wright to Mary Jane [Pearson?] .50

No. 210) February 8th P. S. Austin to Mariah Stull 5.00

No. 211) March 15 Richard Hobbs to Ellen [Furnter?] 3.00

No. 212) April 2 James Terrell to Margarett J Howell 2.00

No. 213) [Do] 8th John Laughlin to Elizabeth Archer 3.50

No. 214) [Do] 13 Ralph Headley to Margarett Anthony 2.00

No. 215) May [21] Francis H Hull to Margarett Jane Chriswell 2.00

No. 216 June 2 Isaac Iams to Mary Elizabeth Gardner 2.00

No. 217 [4?] Andrew Jackson Howard to Mary Laughlin 2.00

No. 218 16 Samuel [McArdel?] to Margaret Terrell 2.00

No. 219 July 8th David Anthony to Sarah Malissa Howard 2.00

No. 220 August 30th [blank] Tolbert to [blank]Lytle 2.00

No. 221 Sept 12 Jacob Hendershot to Elizabeth Loafman 1.00

No. 222 Oct [?] Wellington Shafer to Nancy Courtright 1.00

No. 223 [Oct 4?] James Gatwood to Margaret J Logsdon 2.00

No. 224 [Oct?] 18 Ezekiel Moore to Mrs. Susan Dolan 2.00

No. 225 [Nov] 4 John Crabson to Mary Thomas 2.00

No. 226 [Nov] 15 Stephen Barnhart to Hannah Harris 1.00

No. 227 [Nov] 29 Morton Whetzel to Margaret Huggins 2.00

No. 228 [Nov] 29 Alexander [G?] Woodburn [to] Mary J Wilson 2.50

No. 229 Dec 10 Wm Homes to Margaret [McGary?] 2.00

No. 230 [Dec] 12 David [Daniel?] Dunstan to Mary Stewart .75

No. 231 [Dec] 19 John Cunningham to Catherine [Coal?] 2.00

No. 232 [Dec] 24 James M Bane to Martha [McCosh] 3.00

No. 233 Jan [4?] 1858 Edward Cox to Sarah Low 2.00

No. 234 [M?] William Berry to Elizabeth Biggs 2.50

No. 235 July [16?] [Wm?] Hiram Walton to Elizabeth Stewart 3.00

No. 236 [July?] Wm J Courtright to Catharine [?] [1.00?]

No. 237 [July] 20 Enos Gilbert to Sarah Jane Durbin 2.00

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Cont. 1858

No. 238 Feb 24 John Williams to Rebecca Johnson $1.50

No. 239 March [4?] William S Howard to Sarah J [McCosh?] 2.00

No. 240 [March} 25 Isaac Johnston to Sarah Waite 1.00

241 June 20 Franklin Harris to Lucinda Harris 2.00

242 [June} 24 Franklin Jacobs to Catharine Nelson 2.00

243 July[8?] Jobe Bowen to Miss Elizabeth A Wilson 2.50

244 [July 8?] Andrew J Davis to Mary Homes 1.00

245 [July] 11 Ludwick Miller to Sarah Stewart 1.00

246 [July] 15 Joshua Williams to Jannah Bane 1.50

247 August the [8?] Edward [Kunes?] to Martha Hawkins 2.00

248 [August] 6 Isaac Bell to Elizabeth Younkin 1.50

249 [August] 23 Jesse Gamble to Elizabeth Alexander 2.00

250 Sept [8?] Joseph[Tumbleson?] to Margaret Porter 2.00

251 9 [Sept] Thomas Sickles to Elisabeth Myers 1.00

252 Oct. John T. Jefferson to Eliza J. Day 2.00

253 [Oct] 24 Joseph Harris to Clarinda M Cummins 2.00

254 [Oct 24] David R. Graham to Eliza Nuss 1.50

255 [Oct] 28 Joseph Nuss to Elizabeth [Gurey?] 1.00

256 Nov 4 Isaac Blake to Susan Davis 2.00

257 [Nov] 9 James Sanderson to Mary J Mitchell 3.00

258 [Nov] 11 Michael Elder to Harriett Doman 1.00

259 [Nov] 23 Henry Sherick to Pleasant Lewis 3.00

260 Dec 23 Jackson Chambers to Susannah Courtright 1.00

261 [Dec] 28 John Riley to Anne Mariah Fitzgerald 2.50

262 Jan 6 1859 [G?] [M?] [Gable?] to Alvina [Kerr?]

263 [Jan] 20 Ingram Barnett to Sophia Baldwin 2.00

264 Feb 3d Samuel Crow to Matilda Hall 1.00

265 March 31 Edward Dowler to Martha J Courtright 1.00

266 April 23 Isaac Cross to Rebecca Fonner 2.00

267 May 26 Robert Smith to Elizabeth Milliken 1.00

268 June 9 Joseph Criswell to Nancy Marsh 2.00

[269] [June] 9 G W Glendening to Mary [Beaty?] 2.00

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