Creath Marriages

My trip to the Midwest Genealogical Library this past week led me to several Creath marriage records.

Ripley county Indiana
Early Marriage records 1818-1839

compiled by Alice Ridlen
2160 Mann Drive
Beech Grove, Indiana
Copyright Colleen Alice Ridlen 1980

page 7
Creath, Margaret - William Phelp - February 16, 1837 - 2-104
Creth, Ann - John B Roberts - Dec 25, 1834 - 2-22
Creth, Cinthy - Reuben Hodges - Oct 30, 1825 -1-51
Creth, Polly - William Grimes - August 19, 1823 - 1-28
Creth, Rebecca - Joseph Shannon - September 5, 1822 1-23
Creth william - Levisa Martin - March 15, 1827 1-74

Since the Midwest Genealogical Library is a FamilySearch affiliate, I used the information from the book to locate and download five of the original marriage records.

Ripley County, Indiana

Marriage Records, 1818-1922

Joseph Shannon - Rebecca Creth

Record of Marriages v. 1, July 1818-Nov 1834

Family Search Film 1311944 DGS 7730338

Vol. 1 page 23

On the 3rd September 1822 Joseph Shannon 

made application and obtained a marriage

licenses to be joined in the holy estate of mat

rimony to Rebecca Creth

Joined together in the holy estate of mat

rimony Joseph Shannon and Rebecca Creth

on the 5th day of September 1822 in the

County of Ripley & State of Indiana

J Parsons

William Creth - Louisa Martin

Ripley County, Indiana

Marriage Records, 1818-1922

Record of marriages v. 1, Jul. 1818-Nov. 1834

FamilySearch Film #1311944 DGS 7730338

Vol. 1 page 74

March 15th 1827

To the clerk of the county of Ripley

State of Indiana I Joseph Shannon a

minister of the Gospel did solemnize

William Creth & Louisa Martin

Joseph Shannon

William Grimes - Polly Creth

Ripley County Indiana

Marriage Records, 1818-1922

Record of marriages v. 1, Jul. 1818-Nov. 1834

FamilySearch Film #1311944 DGS 7730338

Vol. 1 page 28

On the 11st August 182[3] William Grimes made

application & obtained a marriage li=

=cence to be joined in the holy estate of

matrimony to Polly Creth

Soleminized the rights of matrimony between Will=

=iam Grimes and Polly Creth on the 19th August

1823 by me. Samuel Hodges J.P.

Reuben Hodges - Cinthy Creth

Ripley County, Indiana

Marriage records, 1818-1922

Record of marriages v.1, Jul. 1818-Nov. 1834

FamilySearch Film 1311944 DGS 7730338

Vol. 1 page 51

On the 30th October 1825

Reuben Hodges made applica

tion and obtained a marriage

license to be joined in the holy

estate of matrimony to Cinthy Creth

State of Indiana

Ripley County

October [30]thh 1825

I Joseph Shannon an ord

=ained preacher of the gospel did solemnize

the rights of matrimony between Reuben

Hodges and Cinthy Creths given under my

hand 

Joseph Shannon

John B. Roberts - Ann Croth

Ripley County, Indiana

Marriage records, 1818-1922

Record of marriages v.2, Oct. 1834-Oct 1839

FamilySearch film #1311944 DGS 7730338

vol. 2 page 22

Be it Remembered that on the 26th day of

December A.D. 1834. Mishach Hyatt A. Minister

of the Gospel filed here in the clerks office

of the Ripley Circuit Court A certificate

of Marriage, in the words & figures foll

owing to wit

State of Indiana

Ripley County 

I do certify that

I joined together in the holy esate

of matrimony on the 25 day of December

1834 John B. Roberts and Ann Croth

Given under my hand this 26th

day of December 1834.

M. Hyatt | L. Deacon

Unfortunately, after downloading the five records, I was locked out of the sixth record. Thus, this sixth record is on my 'To Do' list for an upcoming visit to an affiliate libary.