Freedmen's Bureau Register of Marriages

in the Arkadelphia Arkansas District

During the month of September 1865

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John Barter and Rachel Gee both of Pike County, Arkansas                     
Date: September 10, 1865                                                     
                                                                             
Man's Age: 80 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: dark; lived      
with another woman 2 years, separated from her by sale.                      
                                                                             
Woman's Age: 52 years old; color: dark; father: mulatto; mother: black;      
lived with another man 3 years; separated from him by sale. They unitedly    
had 6 children; the man by previous connection had 3; the woman by previous  
connection had 3.                                                            
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Isaac Brewer and Mary Brewer both of Pike County, Arkansas                   
Date: September 13, 1865                                                     
                                                                             
Man's Age: 65 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: black.           
                                                                             
Woman's Age: 50 years old; color: yellow; father: mulatto; mother: light.    
They unitedly had 11 children; the man by previous connection had 0; the     
woman by previous connection had 0.                                          
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John Conway and Anna Evans both of Pike County, Arkansas                     
Date: September 11, 1865                                                     
                                                                             
Man's Age: 38 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: dark; lived      
with another woman 1 year; separated from her by sale.                       
                                                                             
Woman's Age: 25 years old; color: copper; father: dark; mother: dark. They   
unitedly had 2 children; the man by previous connection had 0; the woman     
by previous connection had 0.                                                
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Jerry Jackson and Susan Davis both of Pike County, Arkansas                  
Date: September 12, 1865                                                     
                                                                             
Man's Age: 25 years old; color: black; father: black; mother: black.         
Woman's Age: 16 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: dark. They     
unitedly had 0 children; the man by previous connection had 0; the woman     
by previous connection had 0.                                                
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Burrell Mobley and Fanny Buck both of Pike County, Arkansas                  
Date: September 3, 1865                                                      
                                                                             
Man's Age: 45 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: dark; lived      
with another woman (blank) years, separated from her by sale.                
                                                                             
Woman's Age: 26 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: dark. They     
unitedly had 0 children; the man by previous connection had 0; the woman     
by previous connection had 4.                                                
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John Sanders and Mary Mobley, both of Pike County, Arkansas                  
Date: September 3, 1865                                                      
                                                                             
Man's Age: 42 years old; color: white; father: white; mother: white.         
Woman's Age: 30 years old; color: dark; father: dark; mother: dark. They     
unitedly had 0 children; the man by previous connection had 0; the woman     
by previous connection had 7.                                                
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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands; Miscellaneous Records of   
Various States; Freedmen's Marriage Certificates 1861-1869; Roll 1. Extracts 
from Arkansas.                                                               
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David Kelley 1999