Surname: Marsh,Windsor, Van Matre, Hodge, Marsh, Cox, Scott, Davis, Stewart, Coon, Vestal,Preston, Wilkins, Peaton, Woods, Bentley, Davis, Lethers, Dale, Suman West,Gibson, Garner, Cromb, Anthony, McCulloch, Hiatt, Balinger, Martin, Crofford,Landry, Brewer FIRST LICENSES AND MARRIAGES.                      The following copy of marriage license is taken from Record No. 1,          Page 1, and is of course the first issued in the county:            “Be it remembered that on the 27th day of November, A. D. 1827, marriage license issued in these words: State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss.—The State of Indiana to any person legally authorized to solemnize marriages in the County of Delaware—Greeting: You are hereby authorized to solemnize marriage between John Marsh and Arey Windsor, of the County of Delaware, who are hereby licensed to be joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony. (L. S.) Witness William Van Matre, Clerk, and the Seal of the Court, this the 27th day of November 1827. “And be it further remembered, that, on the 28th day of November, 1827, solemnization of the above license returned as follows, to wit: I John E. Hodge, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Delaware, do hereby certify that John Marsh, of the County of Delaware, and Arey Windsor, of the same county, were legally joined in marriage by me, on the 28th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1827—John E. Hodge, J. P., D.C.”  The next was issued to Daniel Cox and Phoebe Scott, the former of Randolph County and the latter of Delaware, on the 7th day of February 1828. The marriage was solemnized on the10th of February by John Scott. The following is a list of the marriage licenses issued by the Clerk during the year 1827 and 1828 in their order.  John Marsh to Avey Windsor; Daniel Cox to Phebe Scott, Charles A. Davis to Melinda Stewart, Jacob B. Coon to Juliana Vestal, WilliamP. Preston to Susiana P. Wilkins, Thomas Peaton to Mary Woods, Obadiah Bentley to Rebecca Davis, Henry Lethers to Rhoda Dale, Joseph Van Matre to Tabitha VanMatre, John Suman to Elizabeth Van Matre, Thomas West to Nancy Gibson, James Garner to Mary Cromb, Joseph Anthony to Margaret McCulloch, Joseph Hiatt to Sarah Balinger, John E. Martin to Sarah Crofford, Joseph Landry to Louisa M.Brewer.