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

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 >

Lainee, I don't know if this will be helpful, or not - but my ancestor was James Craig who married Susan Hopgood on September 11, 1845 in Cherokee County. Your Ann Craig was married to Elisha Wittamore on March 6, 1849. Their marriage was in the Cherokee County marriage book B. Unfortunately, parents are not recorded in the early marriage records. The only other Craig in Cherokee County during that time frame was a William Craig who was of an age to be the brother of James. I wonder if the three are siblings? My James Craig listed his place of birth on one census as NC on another as SC. The marriage record is the first I have of him. He spent his life in the Sallacoa Valley area where Cherokee, Pickens and Bartow Counties merge. He moved a bit and was in the Cherokee and Bartow Census. For the 1860 census, he and Susan are listed in one part of Cherokee county and due to an error possibly with the filming, his children are on another page in another part of the county. Errors did happen, so maybe Anne was just overlooked in the 1850 census. Carole On Oct 11, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Lainee Denton-Jones wrote: > 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