What some may be overlooking is that, on the frontier, it was not uncommon for a couple to have an informal wedding before family and friends and then formalize it when a circuit rider came through. The circuit rider then filed the formal wedding at the next courthouse that he came to, which may have been in another county altogether. This explains some of the variants in marriage dates and places. Jim Crownover- CA When Searching we now know that the Marriage Record could be in an ajoining County, YA,LL May Have, BUT I had never thought ABT That. CUZ A T < atpowelljr@aol.com>