HOOD COUNTY MARRIAGES
1875 to 1900
BY
Geraldine Elkins Cook
Talmadge Hawthorne
R. R. Massegee
PUBLISHED BY
HOOD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 1623, Granbury, TX. 76048
Copyright, 1983
Hood County Genealogical Society
I INTRODUCTION
Hood County, Texas, was created from Johnson County In 1865,
and named in honor of General J. B, Hood of the Confederate
Army .
Commissioners appointed to organize the county were Claiborne,
Arrington, C. C. Alexander and William Manley. All records,
including those of their work, were destroyed when the court
house burned in 1875.
These records were copied from the original marriage books.
The handwriting is difficult to read, and many names are
spelled incorrectly. We advise the reader to check all
possible spellings for a given name. (i.e. King or Ring)
The format for the book is in three parts. The first part
indexes the Grooms, includes the Bride and reference data
with a numerical reference for the official performing the
ceremony, found in the Appendix. The Brides are indexed and
follow the Appendix as the third and final part of the book.
The above book was scanned into ASCII text files that are presented
in this home page. Please be advised to keep a careful lookout for
misspellings initiated by the scanning process. If you are suspicious
of a surname spelling or a date it would be wise to request a copy of
the original source document. The official performing the ceremony
is listed as "Minister" although he may be a civil official. When the
Minister ID number is listed as (NR) it indicates that a license was
issued but there is no record of marriage being performed.