Hello All, I am new to the Butler mailing list, mainly because I thought my ancestors were in Colerain Twp. Hamilton Co. Oh in the early to mid 1800's. I am looking at my Laboyteaux line, who arrived in 1801 after receiving land in the Northwest Territory related to their Rev. War service. I just found a book at my library that listed marriages in Ohio to 1820, and it lists an uncle of mine, Peter Labertaux who married Phebe Davis 26 Nov 1817 in Butler Co. I am looking for the marriage record for my ggg grandparents, John LaBoyteaux ( La Boyteaux, LaBoiteaux Labertaux etc) who married Elizabeth Montfort (Monford Montford) 6 Aug 1815. I have never found their marriage record in the Restored Court House records of Hamilton Co. So I need advice of where to look in Butler County to see if they were married there. Would there be church records? How do I find out what churces existed in 1815? They belonged to a Dutch Reformed Church in New Jersey before heading to Ohio. Was Butler Co. part of what is now Colerain Twp, in 1815? The info given for Peter and Phebe's marriage record was 00A 096. What I am really after is the parents of John Laboyteaux, my ggg grandfather, this is one of my brick walls. Thanks for any guidance. Beth Zaring Wellston, Ohio

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:30:11 -0400, "Elizabeth Zaring" <bethzaring@hotmail.com> wrote: >How do I find out what churces existed in 1815? Try "A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio" at... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html. >Was Butler Co. part of what is now Colerain Twp, in 1815? Butler Co. was formed out of a much larger Hamilton Co. in 1803. I'm not sure there even was a "Colerain Twp." in 1803. Was there? *** Where was John in 1820? *** Some of my wife's RUNYONs married into the LABOYTEAUX family. I have a John RUNYON m. Jemima LABOYTEAUX. They are buried at the LABOYTEAUX Cemetery in North College Hill. -- Dennis M. Kowallek kowallek@iglou.com ******************