Allen Davis and Rachel Nash

Digital copy made from Original Document in the Clerk of Courts, Cabell County, WV Courthouse and was donated to
‘The Lawrence Register’

Transcribed by Martha J. Martin, but the writing is sometimes hard to determine, please double check original document below:


To the Clerk of the County of Cable [sic] Court in the State of Virginia

I hereby Certify that the following is a correct statement of a marriage Solemnized by me in the county aforesaid:

Date of Marriage:  20 Sept. 1855

Place of Marriage:  Matthew Collins, Cabell County Virginia

Full names of Party’s Married: Allen W. C. Davis and Rachal Nash

Age of husband:  26 years

Age of wife:  21 years

Condition of husband: Single

Condition of wife:  Single

Place of husband’s birth: Cabell County Virginia

Place of wife’s birth: Lawrence County Ohio

Names of husband’s parents: William Davis and Elizabeth Davis

Names of wife’s parents: James Nash Francis Nash

Occupation of husband:  Farmer

Given under my hand as a (legally Authorized to Solemnize Marriages) this 21st September A.D. 1855

William McComas

Marriage Allen Davis and Rachel Nash  Cabell County, WV 1855

Marriage Allen Davis and Rachel Nash  Cabell County, WV 1855

Affidavit Madison Collins 1855 for A. M. Davis and Rachel Davis Marriage
Cabell County towit
this day Mr. Madison Collins personally appeared before the court me the undersigned deputy Clerk of Cabell county doit[?] and made oath that Rachel Nash is twenty-one years of age and Francis Nash the mother after afore named Rachel Nash is perfectly willing for her said daughter to marry Mr. Allen McDavis[?], to whom I am now about to issue License Given under my hand this 18 of Sept. 1855. (signed) Mr.[?] Mauson [sic] Collins
Sworn to before me this 18th Sept. 1855
Mos Thornburg Dp. Ck.
John Samuels Ck.

Affidavit Madison Collins 1855 for A. M. Davis and Rachel Davis Marriage

Affidavit Madison Collins 1855 for A. M. Davis and Rachel Davis Marriage Cabell County, WV

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