My WATERS, THORNTON, BOAZ relitives were married in: Charles Co. MD Pittsylvania Co. VA Caswell Co. NC. They came to Calloway Co. KY about 1846. My early McKEEL's were married in Beaufort Co. NC & Perry Co. TN. They came to Calloway Co. KY about 1877 So my ancesters were not there as early as Donna's were. But I looked in vain for the marriage of my Grandpa McKeel & Grandma Waters marriage. They were married in 1895. They were married at the popular wedding place that was called "The Old Chestnut Tree". I do not know how long before this date, that this was a popular wedding place. I saw one write up on it, in a history periodical. It said the place was East of Hazel in Calloway Co. KY. But, my Grandma's Bible stated they were married in TN. It was in the Henry Co. TN records, that I found their marriage. It took some digging since the marriage was incorrectly listed as W.H. McKeel the groom and the bride Eula Walters instead of Waters. Always check Henry Co. TN and also beware of misspellings. >Hi, everyone, looking at these early marriages reminds me of a question >regarding folks who ened up in Calloway but for whom there is no marriage >record. Are there any ideas about the main areas from which people >migrated to Calloway before the 1830's? My set of ancestors were in the >area from at least 1827 on but their first child was born in Missouri >before that time. My supposition is that this might relate to river >travel in the area since the general direction of migration was east to >west not west to east in most cases. Anyone have any ideas about where I >should begin to search for marriage records on these early Calloway >residents? I looked at all the Calloway records that were available at the >Pogue Library in Murray to no avail. Donna