This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eakin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/289.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kevin, Unfortunately, all marriage records for Bedford County dated before 1861 were destroyed in the Court House fire of 1863. However, there were a few "loose papers" found and some are dated before 1861. Here is the list: 07 Mar 1853 - David C. Carlton and Matilda J. Haynes 23 Aug 1853 - Geo. W. Collier and Elizabeth J. Pennington 20 Sep 1853 - John H. Pope and Sarah C. Ward 10 Jul 1856 - Newton F. Neil and Emily McCrory 04 Jun 1857 - Jno. T. Harris and Catherine B. Wallace 24 Oct 1857 - Samuel N. Warner and Sarah Jane Putnam 14 Dec 1857 - Thos. J. Brown and Harret J. Shaddy 23 Dec 1857 - Jno. Bell and Margaret Mosley 29 Dec 1857 - L. A. Dalton and Miss P. A. Henderson 27 Jan 1858 - James F. Richards and Sarah A. Springer 28 Jan 1858 - Gabriel Hutson and Mary E. Wilson 25 Mar 1858 - James A. Thomas and Eliza Byrom 06 Jun 1858 - J. P. Casteel and Elizabeth Burton 18 Nov 1858 - George C. Huffman and Eliza J. Phillips 22 Nov 1858 - Thomas F. Simmons and Sallie H. Anderson 02 Dec 1858 - W. A. Trice and Francis A. Word (Fannie H.?) 06 Dec 1858 - James T. Smitherman and Mary Jane Wright 16 Jul 1859 - A. J. Merritt and Letetia E. Dickerson 29 Dec 1859 - J. J. Mount and Levina Ann Horton 01 Jun 1860 - Thos. J. Darnell and Nancy E. Stallings 30 May 1864 - Pleasant Purdis and Mary M. Smith 05 Sep 1867 - R. L. Gaither and M. J. Thompson There are a lot of EAKIN records in Bedford County but a quick seach did not find your Ephriam Minor Eakin. You may want to consider joining the TNBEDFOR list to see if someone can help you more with your search. Kind regards, Kathryn