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Subject: [TXCASS-L] Miller Co Unclaimed license
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:39:08 EST

There are over 2000 unclaimed marriage license in Miller Co., and we now have
the index listed, originally published by the Texarkana USA Genealogical
Society... http://www.rootsweb.com/~txkusa/GenSoc.html

* Of Unclaimed Marriage Records in Miller Co. Arkansas.

Indexed by Groom and Bride:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txkusa/unclaimed/MillerCoMarriages.html

The Society is trying to find the families of these brides and grooms.
If you see a relative listed please contact:
<A HREF="mailto:Hstryhntr2">Hstryhntr2</A>@aol.com or

THE MARRYING TREES:

People who lived on the Arkansas/Texas State Line,
Cass County, Texas from small towns in the Bloomburg area:

After the railroad came, the groom-to-be could ride the train to
Texarkana, walk over to the Miller County, Courthouse, Arkansas
and purchase the marriage license, then walk back to the train.

Then the couple would get the preacher and their witnesses and go
to what was called the ** Marrying Trees across the Arkansas line
and have the knot tied.

If the Groom-to-be had gone to Linden the only way to get there
would have been by horse-back or horse and buggy, going across
red, muddy, narrow roads.

The coming of the automobile ended this custom.

My Grandparents married in Miller County, but Grandmothers family lived
in Cass, or right on the state line.

Thanks,
Vicki R.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~armiller/

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