Linda, Thanks so very much for your quick response! I will attempt to reach the county clerk...I was just hoping someone maybe lived in the area could find out if there was indeed one, before I troubled the county clerk. :) Thanks again, Lainee At 02:43 PM 10/11/2006, you wrote: >Lainee, > >If they married in Cherokee County in 1849, the record would have remained >in Cherokee even after the formation from Cherokee of later counties. Have >you requested a copy from the court clerk there? > >Some of Georgia's early license forms requested the name of one or both >parents, but not all. Someone else on the list will probably be able to >tell you if the one used in 1849 did, but I can't recall. > >Linda in Marietta > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lainee Denton-Jones" <lainee@earthlink.net> >To: <GACherok@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:54 PM >Subject: [GACHEROK] Craige and Whittemore > > > > In 1849 my 3rd greatgrandparents were married...Annie Craige and > > Elisha T. Whittemore. I have been trying to find someone that lives > > in the area to see if they can find a marriage bond. I have from > > the LDS site: > > > > ELISHA WHITTAMORE > > Male > > Event(s): > > Birth: > > Christening: > > Death: > > Burial: > > Marriages: > > Spouse: ANN CRAIGE > > Marriage: 06 MAR 1849, Cherokee, Georgia > > > > Messages: > > Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The > > source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date. > > > > > > I want the bond to see if it gives Annie's father's name. She > > doesn't appear in the 1850 census anywhere....certainly not in her > > husband's home. The only ones there are Elisha and his three > > children from previous marriage: > > > > 1850 Cherokee County, GA Census > > > > E.T. Whitmore 32 M Farmer 300 South Carolina > > James N. 6 M GA > > Nancy A. 4 F GA > > Lafayette 2 M GA > > > > I further understand that the area of Cherokee County that they were > > married in could have been the part of the county that later became > > Pickens (formed 1853 from Cherokee and Gilmer)because in the 1860 > > Elisha and Annie are living in the Sharp Mountain District of Pickens > > County and not sure but I guess the bond could be there: > > > > 1860 Sharp Mountain District, Pickens County, Georgia Census > > > > Elisha Whitemore 45 M Farmer 300 150 SC > > Ann 40 F NC > > James 16 M GA > > Lafayette 14 M GA > > Martha 12 F GA > > Julia A. 4 F GA > > Sarah 2 F GA > > Permelinda 65 F NC > > > > And then in 1870 they are living in the Yellow Creek area of Dawson >County: > > > > 1870 Dawsonville Post Office, Yellow Creek, Dawson County, Georgia Census > > > > Elisha Whittemore 51 M W Farmer 100 100 GA > > Anna 46 F W Keeping House NC > > Julia Ann 14 F W At home GA > > Sarah 13 F W At home GA > > William 8 M W GA > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any and all information on the Craiges, > > > > Lainee Denton-Jones > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GACHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GACHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006