Ministers of Russell County, 1848-1899

Here is a list of every Minister who performed a marriage in Russell County between 1848 and 1899, along with the years they were active. The list is still a bit messy, but you should be able to figure it out. I've also added a few ministers whose names appear in the Court Order Books.

Adams, James M. 1870

Adams, L. O. 1896

Addington, E. L. 1895

Addington, William 1869

Alderson, T. C. 1881, 1882, 1883

Alderson, Thomas C. 1879, 1880

Alexander, F. 1886, 1887, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Alexander, Frank 1885, 1886, 1887, 1896, 1899

Anderson, Isaac S. 1895

Bailey, Houston 1879, 1880

Balis, H. 1879

Ball, John 1889, 1893

Ball, John T. 1891

Ball, S. A. 1893

Ball, S. B. 1895

Banner, George C. 1878

Barnett, E. H. 1870

Barnett, E. W. 1890

Barnett, William 1889

Barnett, William G. 1890, 1891, 1893, 1898

Barnett, W. T. 1891

Barr, George R. 1863

Baylor, J. A. 1899

Bays, H. M. 1874

Bays, H. W. 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1884

Bays, W. W.  (Court Order Book, November 7, 1865, "a certificate is therefore granted him to celebrate the rites of matrimony"),  1871, 1874

Bellamy, W. C. 1881

Bird, J. M. 1877

Bishop, B. W. 1890

Bishop, B. W. D. 1890

Bishop, B. W. S. 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892

Bishop, William P. 1853, 1854

Blizzard, James G. 1871, 1876

Blizzard, J. G. 1874

Boring, John 1886, 1887

Bowen, H. S. 1870

Boyd, J. N. 1877, 1893

Boyd, John L. 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Boyd, J. R. 1880

Boyd, L. 1891

Boyd, R. H. P. 1876

Breedlove, Ames 1886

Breedlove, Fallorey M. 1896

Breedlove, James 1891, 1892

Breedlove, James M. 1884, 1888, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899

Breedlove, Madison 1884, 1885, 1886

Brown, John M. 1879

Buchanan, James J. 1889

Buck, C. S. 1898

Buck, D. M. 1859

Buckles, W. H. 1877

Buckles, William N. 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Burdine, H. E. 1887, 1888, 1892

Burdine, M. E. 1873

Burdine, N. E. 1870, 1871, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1889, 1895

Burdine, R. 1874, 1889

Burdine, Robert 1870, 1876, 1877

Burdine, S. 1888

Burk, Winton W. 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883

Burnine, H. W. 1876

Bussy, H. T. 1868

Bymes, Daniel 1856

Campbell, Abraham 1856, 1857

Campbell, F. J. 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899

Campbell, James 1866

Campbell, James C. 1862, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1897, 1898, 1899

Campbell, John C. 1898

Campbell, T. J. 1895

Carden, W. C. 1897

Carrell, James P. 1850, 1853, 1854

Carrison, J. C. 1882

Carter, Charles W. 1852, 1853

Casey, N. B. 1872

Casson, James C. 1877

Catcher, F. A. 1893

Cecil, C. C. 1893

Chrismond, J. W. 1870

Clendenen, M. L. 1877, 1878

Cole, Jonas 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875

Collier, Elias 1892, 1899

Collins, John H. (Court Order Book, August 6, 1867, "...license to celebrate the rites of matrimony") 1867, 1868

Collins, P. A. 1867

Combow, A. F. 1879

Cousins, William 1891

Cox, A. F. 1855

Cox, John 1861

Crabtree, W. G. 1894

Crabtree, William J. 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Crabtree, W. J. 1897

Crawley, F. D. 1871

Crider, G. H. 1892

Crismon, I. M. 1853

Crismon, John M. 1855, 1859, 1870

Cross, E. S. 1897

Cross, Robert 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Crumley, A. J. 1877

Crumley, F. D. 1869

Crumley, H. 1892

Crumley, Harmon R. 1870

Crumley, M. J. 1878

Davenport, D. 1873

Davenport, David 1878, 1879, 1896, 1897, 1898

Davenport, M. N. 1892

Dean, William 1873

Dickenson, A. 1868

Dickenson, Anderson (Court Order Book, July 2, 1867, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"), 1868

Dickenson, J. A. 1867

Dickenson, James Anderson 1868

Dickenson, Robert 1869

Ditton, T. P. 1899

Dixon, John W. 1862

Donaldson, J. M. 1875

Donaldson, John M. 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881

Dotson, M. S. 1892

Dotson, N. S. 1892

Drake, Isaiah 1853, 1854

Drake, J. 1855, 1856

Draper, George B. 1898

Draper, J. 1858

Draper, Jonathan 1860

Duty, J. A. 1899

Duty, John H. 1880, 1884, 1885, 1890, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899

Dye, James 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Easterly, Christian 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1853, 1854, 1857, 1858, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878

Edwards, J. S. 1850, 1858, 1868

Edwards, Lewis (Court Order Book, January 8, 1856, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"), 1856, 1857, 1858

Elliott, William V. 1889

Elliott, W. V. 1896

Evans, Meredith 1860, 1866, 1867, 1873

Evans, Merideth 1875, 1878

Farley, A. 1866

Farley, F. A. 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873

Feppens, Henry 1870

Ferguson, A. J. 1868

Ferguson, Anthony M. (Court Order Book, October 3, 1865, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"), 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1879, 1884, 1886, 1887

Ferrell, Elijah (Court Order Book, June 6, 1855, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"), 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1890

Ferrell, R. 1875

Fleenor, James 1854

Fogleman, J. E. 1894, 1895, 1896

Fogleman, William J. 1884, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891

Fogleman, W. T. 1888

Folgleman, J. E. 1895

Ford, John 1869

Fraley, Isaac 1897, 1898, 1899

Frazier, A. J. 1866, 1867, 1868, 1871

Frazier, A. M. 1882

Frazier, George A. 1870, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1882

Frazier, J. T. 1879, 1880, 1881

Frazier, W. H. 1892, 1893

Fullen, Henderson 1888, 1889

Fuller, Henderson 1890, 1891

Gaines, H. A. 1894

Gaines, W. A. 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897

Gardner, C. 1874

Gibson, Robert M. 1894

Gibson, Samuel 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862

Gibson, W. 1872

Gibson, Wesley 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886

Gibson, William 1872

Gilbert, Thomas 1867, 1869, 1870

Giles, J. F. 1899

Giles, John F. 1898, 1899

Gilmer, William 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878

Gilmore, William 1854, 1855, 1857, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1875, 1876, 1877

Glenn, F. 1892

Glenn, T. F. 1892

Grace, John E. 1881

Gray, A. B. 1870

Gray, N. B. 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893

Greene, D. E. 1898, 1899

Griffeth, G. W. 1867

Griffith, C. W. (Court Order Book, March 1, 1865, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"), 1865, 1866, 1867

Griffith, William D. 1899

Grimsby, Thomas 1888, 1889, 1890

Grimsley, Adam 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887

Grimsley, H. J. 1893

Grimsley, J. M. 1883

Grimsley, Thomas 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1899

Grimsley, Thomas J. 1883

Grizzle, William 1877

Grizzle, William H. 1868, 1869, 1870, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893

Hale, William G. 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856

Hall, S. H. 1894, 1895

Hardwick, W. G. 1899

Hardy, J. H. 1897

Hargis, T. J. 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899

Harms, John (Court Order Book, November 3, 1857, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony")

Harris, F. M. 1883

Harris, H. F. 1877

Harris, M. F. 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886

Harris, M. T. 1877

Hartsock, George L. 1886

Hartsock, G. L. 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893

Hartsock, J. 1864

Hartsock, James 1855, 1862

Hartsock, J. L. 1885

Haskew, J. 1872

Haskew, James 1877

Haskew, Joseph 1858, 1859, 1876

Henderson, William H. 1893, 1894, 1895

Hess, James 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899

Hess, Jas 1889, 1890, 1894

Hess, Joshua 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Hess, W. 1867, 1869, 1874

Hess, William  (Court Order Book, October 3, 1865, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"),  1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Hess, William H. 1891

Hess, Williams 1868

Hicks, Elijah 1868

Hicks, W. C. 1898

Hicks, W. W. 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885

Hill, James W. 1854

Hillman, John 1866

Hillman, J. W. 1895

Hillman, William M. 1879

Hillman, Worley 1899

Hill, William 1868

Hoback, Levi 1895, 1897

Hobeck, Levi 1893

Hoge, J. H. 1853

Holbrook, H. A. 1873

Holbrook, Robert A. 1858, 1866, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1899

Holbrook, R. W. 1873

Holbrook, R. W. A. 1873

Holt, J. W. 1876

Holt, S. H. 1893

Horn, James B. 1868, 1869, 1873, 1876, 1877

Horton, Daniel 1875

Horton, Thomas 1857, 1858

Hoss, E. E. 1883

Houchens, C. D. 1891

Houchins, C. D. 1892

House, George W. 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Howington, W. G. 1885

Hriekins, C. D. 1892

Hubbard, J. 1893, 1898

Hubbard, J. B. 1893, 1895

Hubbard, John W. 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899

Hubbard, Joseph R. 1898

Hubbard, J. R. 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900

Huff, John 1852

Huff, M. V. 1869

Huff, William 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1859

Hunt, Simeon (Court Order Book, January 6, 1857, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony")

Hunter, A. B. 1893, 1899

Ingle, A. H. 1891, 1896

Ingle, Willis 1857

Ingram, M. C. 1881

Ingram, M. L. 1868, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885

Isaacs, Elbert S. 1886, 1889

Isaacs, E. S. 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

James, J. W. 1891

Jessee, David 1851, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1861, 1865, 1866, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1884, 1856, 1863, 1854, 1855, 1862, 1863

Jessee, D. H. 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891

Jessee, H. D. 1891

Jessee, H. H. 1889

Jessee, J. H. 1886

Jessee, L. H. 1882, 1886, 1887, 1892, 1893

Johnson, A. M. 1893

Johnson, D. C. 1898, 1899

Johnson, G. H. 1898

Johnson, J. 1899

Johnson, James A. 1879

Johnson, James H. 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Johnson, J. B. 1896

Johnson, Joseph 1882

Johnson, Joseph H. 1882

Johnson, J. W. 1897

Johnson, L. H. 1892

Johnson, P. H. 1899

Jones, J. A. 1875

Jones, J. B. 1874, 1875, 1876

Jones, John A. 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878

Jordan, G. A. 1899

Jordan, T. H. 1898

Jordan, W. F. 1877

Judd, Increase S. (Court Order Book, March 8, 1859, "...authorized to perform the rites of matrimony."), 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866

Kaher, E. F. 1889

Kelley, Charles M. 1899

Kelley, Charles W. 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Kelley, C. W. 1898

Kenady, J. G. 1888

Kendrick, James B. 1872

Kendrick, Joseph B. 1872, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Kendrick, William P. 1867, 1868

Kennedy, F. L. 1881

Kennedy, J. C. 1878

Kennedy, J. H. 1878

Kennedy, John G. 1879, 1882, 1887, 1888

Kernan, Edward D. (Court Order Book, December 6, 1865, "...authorized... to perform the rites of matrimony."), 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873

Kilgore, G. W. 1893, 1894, 1898

King, A. A. 1897, 1899

Kiser, A. 1858, 1866, 1870, 1887

Kiser, A. B. 1873

Kiser, Andrew 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1870, 1885, 1886

Kiser, Andrew A. 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Kiser, E. 1864, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1873, 1874

Kiser, Elihu 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897

Kiser, Eliu 1887

Kiser, H. H. 1888

Kiser, James 1891

Kiser, Jas 1893

Kiser, Jo 1896

Kiser, Joseph 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897

Kitzmiller, David (Court Order Book, January 3, 1860, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony."), 1860

Kust, G. 1891

Kust, G. W. 1891

Leece, R. N. 1873

Leece, R. W. 1873

Lee, R. 1872, 1873

Lee, R. M. 1873

Lee, R. W. 1873, 1873

Lemmon, Samuel H. 1867

Leonard, E. A. 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874

Leonard, Joseph 1885

Leslie, R. L. 1898

Likhons, N. B. 1873

Linkons, W. P. 1874

Linkous, William P. 1868

Lipps, Morgan T. 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856

Lipps, M. T. 1855, 1879

Little, Alexander  (Court Order Book, December 6, 1859, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony..."), 1860, 1861, 1862, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1882, 1888

Little, Alexandr 1891

Little, L. H. 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892

Lockhart, J. 1885

Lockhart, Patton J. 1861, 1862, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1887, 1896, 1897

Lockhart, R. J. 1876

Lunsford, Alexander 1863

Lunsford, A. M. 1866

Lunsford, A. W. 1864, 1865

Madison, George A. 1886

Maiden, E. A. 1886

Maiden, G. A. 1882, 1883, 1885

Maiden, George A. 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886

Maness, Alexander 1855

Mann, Simeon F. 1879

Marsh, M. F. 1882, 1883

Martin, Isaac P. 1899

Martin, J. P. 1898, 1899

Martin, M. B 1898

Martin, M. B. 1899

Mason, Hoyett B. 1880

Masten, J. W. 1883

Matthew, Js 1897

Matthews, J. 1897

Matthews, J. S. 1897

Mays, A. 1898

Mays, Harvey 1897, 1898, 1899

Mays, J. L. 1898

McChain, James 1859

Mccracken, David 1894

Mccraken, D. 1893

McGraw, Thomas 1883

Mcreynolds, William 1898

McTeer, John M. 1855

Metcalf, S. P. 1882

Milgrim, George W. 1884

Miller, C. K. 1864

Miller, James W. (Court Order Book, May 3, 1859, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony...")

Milton, J. G. 1893, 1894

Milton, W. G. 1884, 1886, 1893, 1894, 1895

Milton, William G. 1883, 1885, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1896

Milton, W. J. 1884

Milton, W. S. 1891

Moore, E. W. 1872

Moore, William H. 1879, 1880

Murray, John 1889

Musick, E. F. 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891

Neal, H. C. 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890

Neal, J. S. W. 1884

Neal, W. W. 1861

Neel, J. S. W. 1885

Neel, J. W. S. 1885

Newton, S. M. 1886

Noffsinger, M. V. 1865, 1866

Odell, J. W. 1895, 1897, 1899

Olivier, E. 1895

Painter, C. E. 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899

Parker, W. F. 1856

Parson, H. J. 1887

Patterson, J. 1881

Patterson, James 1882

Patterson, Wesley 1884

Patterson, W. S. 1893

Patton, M. S. 1886

Patton, Wesley S. 1884, 1886, 1890

Patton, W. F. 1895

Patton, W. S. 1884, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Pelly, T. H. 1894

Penley, James A. 1872

Pernell, P. A. 1898, 1899

Pernell, P. H. 1898, 1899

Peters, G. S. 1893

Peters, W. G. 1895

Peters, W. J. 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895

Petrs, W. J. 1893

Phelps, John 1872, 1889, 1890

Philips, John 1869

Phillips, Suell 1854

Pinley, J. M. 1883

Pippin, J. N. 1889

Pippin, Robert P. 1880

Pippins, E. M. 1895

Ponder, R. P. 1894

Porter, George S. 1892, 1893, 1894

Porter, G. S. 1895, 1896, 1897

Porter, J. 1895

Porter, James 1885

Porter, James T. 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1888

Porter, J. T. 1883, 1887, 1888

Porter, M. F. 1891, 1892, 1896

Porters, James T. 1888

Poston, Green 1872

Presley, George W. 1894

Price, D. V. 1883, 1884

Pryor, T. 1887

Quisenberry, W. 1891

Quisenberry, W. G. 1889, 1891

Quisenbury, W.L 1892

Rader, J. W. 1898, 1899

Rakes, George W. 1884

Rasnake, James M. 1897, 1898, 1899

Rasnake, J. M. 1899

Rasnake, Jonah 1895

Rasnake, Jonas 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Rasnick, J. B. 1881

Redwine, B. B. 1887

Redwine, Rolling R. (Court Order Book, October 2, 1860, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony..."), 1860, 1862, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871

Richardson, Daniel 1869

Richardson, David 1869

Richardson, F. 1868, 1869

Richardson, Fountain 1868

Riley, Charles W. 1896

Risen, R. A. 1887

Roberson, William 1854, 1855

Robertson, L. H. 1899

Robeson, William 1856

Robinson, L. H. 1896, 1897, 1898

Robinson, William 1851, 1855, 1856

Robnett, Press 1864

Rogers, James 1873, 1875, 1877

Romans, J. M. 1894

Routh, Asa 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1885

Salyer, Abram 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890

Salyer, Alexander 1881

Salyer, Bram 1886

Salyers, Flanders M. 1896

Salyer, T. T. 1888

Sample, William 1869, 1870, 1871

Self, W. 1884

Self, Wilson V. 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Settle, L. H. 1889

Shannon, Augustus F. (Court Order Book, December 6th, 1853, "...authorised to celebrate the rites of marriage"), 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860

Shephard, E. A. 1898

Shugart, E. 1898

Shugart, E. A. 1896, 1897

Shuler, J. W. W. 1896, 1897, 1898

Silvan, W. 1875

Skeen, Jasper 1894, 1899

Skeens, Jessee 1899

Slade, W. H. 1899

Slade, W. W. 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Smith, David R. 1868

Smith, D. S. 1892

Smith, F. M. 1896

Smith, Gilbert 1869, 1870, 1871, 1883

Smith, Henry 1890

Smith, James W. 1869

Smith, James Z. 1862

Smith, J. C. 1894

Smith, J. J. C. 1896

Spence, Walter 1892

Spitsen, J. D. 1896

Spitser, J. D. 1899

Stallard, A. J. 1891

Stallard, Hazelton 1883

Stallard, John W. (Court Order Book, August 7, 1855, "...authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony"), 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1882, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891

Starling, J. N. 1877

Starling, John 1878

Steele, R. 1885

Steele, R. R. 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1883, 1884

Steel, Reuben 1868

Stinson, J. 1895

Stinson, J. D. 1895

Stinson, J. L. 1886

Stinson, John G. 1876

Stinson, John T. 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899

Stinson, Ohn T. 1886

Stinson, R. 1890, 1891

Stinson, Robert 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892

Stinson, T. J. 1881, 1882

Stover, Jno T. 1887

Stover, John T. 1888

Stover, J. T. 1888

Straley, J. Q. 1891

Surfan, F. D. 1892

Sutherland, William B. 1886, 1892, 1894, 1898

Taylor, L. M. 1876

Terry, O. L. 1884, 1898

Terry, O. T. 1898

Thomas, J. P. 1871

Thomas, Thaddeus P. (Court Order Book, November 2, 1858, "...authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony"), 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872

Thomas, T. R. 1860, 1873

Thompson, Asa 1884, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1898

Thompson, John 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883

Thompson, Sa 1886

Todd, J. N. 1890

Todd, J. U. 1898

Torbert, J. H. 1871

Torbett, J. H. 1868, 1869, 1870

Torbett, T. M. 1868

Trigg, John 1878

Tucker, S. L. 1896

Vance, Alexander 1851, 1852

Vaught, S. R. 1899

Vicars, J. G. 1879

Vicars, John G. 1878, 1879

Vuaght, S. B. 1899

Walker, G. W. 1895

Walker, J. K. 1893, 1894

Walker, J. R. 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895

Walker, R. M. 1893

Wallis, John 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1875

Washington, George 1893

Weatherly, Samuel S. 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891

Wexler, E. C. 1858

White, Benjamin F. 1861, 1862, 1871

Whited, Charles C. 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1892

Whited, William 1868

Wiggins, C. E. 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877

Williams, R. 1899

Williams, Shadrack 1850, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1882

Wilson, A. H. 1898

Wilson, Albert H. 1899

Wingo, Solomon 1875

Wing, Solomon 1875, 1875

Witt, Ely 1889

Wolfe, James 1894

Wolfe, Jas H. 1894

Wolfe, Jas K. 1893, 1894

Wolf, James K. 1893

Wolf, Jas K. 1892, 1893, 1894

Woods, John 1891

Wool, John E. 1895, 1898

Wyat, J. M. 1898, 1898

Wyatt, J. M. 1898

Young, David 1854

Sallie K. Lynch to John W. Martin, 1864

Aug 30, 64

Cedar Spring Washington Cty, Va

Mr. Martin,

Dr Sir

I received [y]our letter in due time & was glad to hear you was all well & doing the best you can, as we all have a hard way of living those war times those person that get to stay at home ought not to complain as they know nothing about hard times I suppose, you did not think of Dorcas Ann, how she was or what she was doind, tell your mother to try to advise her & what to do as she is young & unexperienced in domestic business. I have nothing much to write that will interest you. I suppose you are not married yet I think you had beter come over here & see some of our girls as we have some that could take you home & servent to wait on you, but I know you dont care for the servants but I would not let that be any objection. Mr Lynch is at home on Furlow now. As we are trying to make our living in an upright & honest way, it keeps us moving. Our wheat crop was nearly a failure & we have to by our seed wheat. & have you none to let us have for seed if its only 3 or 4 bushels it will help some as there was nearly a failure in this neighborhood so we cant get any over here.

Mr. Ledbetter told us that Mr Birk has a good crop of wheat & I want you to see him immediately & let us know if we cant get some see wheat from him. If its only 10 or 12 bushels it will be better than none. If we can get a few from one & few from an other we can get our seed we will pay you the silver & gold if you will be reasonable. I have a few dollars I will have to spend for wheat. You will please let me know immediately as Mr Ledbetter wants our waggon to go to Russell to take some things to Dorcas Ann, & if we can get the wheat we can bring it back in the waggon. we are verry busy plowing for wheat & if we fail to get seed it will be a great disappointment to us. You will please ascertain from Mr Birk what he will take in hard mony & your self if you have it to spare & write immediately & let us know what we can depend on. Tell Mr Birk he will do us a great favor to let us have some seed wheat & you the same if you have it to spare.

& I want you to do all you can to get it for us, as Mr Ledbetter will want the answer. Mr Ledbetter says he has such good wheat & seems to be almost certain we can get some from him.

You must come over & look at some of our girls any how I have been wanting to go over to Russell but it seems like I cant leave home to go that far. I want you to send me a peace of tree sugar to eat as I havent go a bit of tree sugar since I left Russell. We all join in love to you & family write soon your Friend.

Sallie K. Lynch

You will please write immediately & let us know on what terms we can get your wheat or if we can get it at all.

S. K. L.
you will excuse bad spelling & writing.

Announcing russellcountyhistory.org

I'd like to take this opportunity to announce the launch of a new website devoted to Russell County history. It's russellcountyhistory.org.

russellcountyhistory.org joins my Russell County in the Civil War website (russellvets.org) and this blog as the main outlets for my historical research.

russellcountyhistory.org will cover three main areas of research:

In the News - the In the News section currently has over 350 newspaper clippings from various southwest Virginia newspapers which relate to Russell County from 1854-1941.

I am in the process of transcribing all of the mentions, although some are quite long. Approximately 60 articles have been transcribed, the rest have basic subject indexes created. I will also be adding several hundred more clippings over the next several months. Of interest in these papers are several articles related to the Howard Little murder case, a complete roster of the Glade Spring Rifles in the Civil War, a roster of a previously unknown Confederate unit, Captain Thomas' Nitre Unit, Colonel James Preston's Battalion, and numerous other topics.

The Campbell Archive - the second section of the new site presents several hundred historical documents from the Campbell, Martin, and Steele families of Russell County. These documents have been passed down from family to family and are now in my possession. Wills, land deeds, agreements, letters, and more are represented in the collection, covering the years from 1832 to 1936.

The section is currently composed of paper documents only. I will eventually add the photographic collection as well.

Slaves and Free Blacks - the third and most important section of the new site covers the lives of African-Americans in Russell County in the 19th century. Researching African-Americans in the Civil War time period is incredibly difficult. Most slaves mentioned in historic records are only given their first names and the names of their owners. Occasionally it's possible to match up the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules of the census to other records and roughly match up a slave to an owner, location, or document. This section contains five sub-sections:

• Slaves and Free Blacks mentioned in Law Order Books, 1853-1864
• Slaves and Free Blacks mentioned in Wills, 1850-1865
• Slaves and Free Blacks mentioned in Death Records, 1853-1866
• Slaves and Free Blacks mentioned in Birth Records, 1853-1862
• Slaves and Free Blacks mentioned in 1860 Mortality Schedule

Each section contains a transcript of the entire mention of the slave or free black in the respective records. Combined the above offer a detailed look at the lives of African-Americans in Russell County in the 19th century. I will continue to add records to this section. I have the Law Order Books from 1864-1867 ready for transcription, and additional wills are also on order. 

The new site is not complete. I have hundred of additional articles to add, more Campbell documents, and additional research on African-Americans in Russell County. Please bear with me as I try to juggle my Civil War research (always endless!), the weekly blog posts on this site, and the new site.

As always, I am interested in additional material for these sites, especially photographs of Civil War soldiers. Although there are hundreds of pictures out there of Russell County soldiers, I do not have permission to simply grab them from another persons' website (and I don't like it when people use mine without permission.) So if you have a photo or document, please get in touch with me!

If you like this site and appreciate the work I've done over the last 20 years, please support me. If you are willing to help with transcribing newspaper articles, please get in touch with me as well. It's easy!

The Unusual Death of Samuel Elbert Combs

Samuel E. Combs was born ca. 1836 in Russell County, the son of Thompson and Jane (Francis) Combs. Sometime around 1860 he married Sarah Catherine Gent. On July 13th, 1861 he enlisted in Company G of the 37th Virginia Infantry. At some point he was promoted to 3rd Sergeant, only to be reduced back to private on April 17th, 1862.

In August of 1862 the 37th was serving under Colonel Alexander G. Taliferro in the 3rd Brigade, Stonewall Jackson's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. On August 9th 8,000 Union soldiers attacked nearly 17,000 Confederate soldiers in what became known as the Battle of Cedar Mountain.

James H. Wood, at the time the Captain of Company D of the 37th, records the death of Samuel E. Combs as follows:

"Of the killed and wounded of the regiment I am unable to recall the number, names or companies, except in one instance, and that was impressed upon my mind because of the nature of the wound and of the unlooked for result, viz: Young Combs of Company "C" was to appearances vigorous and strong, of fine physical appearance. It was his first battle. A minnie ball passed just under the skin in the calf of the leg for the space of one or two inches and out. There was but little blood, no artery had been touched and no reason could be assigned for serious results; nevertheless, he was greatly excited and died in a few minutes."

The Abingdon Virginian recorded his death:

"It becomes our painful duty as a church to record the death of our beloved brother, Mr. SAMUEL COMBS, son of Thompson and Virginia Combs, who fell mortally wounded in the memorable battle of Ceder Run, Aug. 9th, 1862, and in a few minutes expired, in the 27th year of his age."

Combs' death left his pregnant wife alone. Their son Elbert Combs was born December 8th, 1862.