William S. Higgins and Elizabeth Payton

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:  29 March 1855

Place of Marriage:  Alexander Peyton’s

Full names of Party’s Married: William S. Higgins and Elizabeth Peyton

Age of husband:  20 years

Age of wife:  20 years and 11 months

Condition of husband: Single

Condition of wife:  Single

Place of husband’s birth: Larance [sic] County Ohio

Place of wife’s birth: Cable [sic] County VA

Names of husband’s parents: John Higgins Sarah Higgins

Names of wife’s parents: Charles Peyton and Judia Peyton

Occupation of husband:  teeming or ox driving, jest [?] as you are [?] pleased [?] to call [?]

Given under my hand as a Minister of the Gospel Legally Authorized to Solemnize Marriage, this 31st day of March A.D. 1855

Benjamin L. Perry

Marriage of William S. Higgins and Elizabeth Payton 1855 Cabell County, WV

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