Amanuensis Monday~Hales Rice and Elizabeth Rivers Marriage Document

 

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is the Marriage of Hales Rice to Elizabeth Rivers on 14 December 1844 in Chattooga County, Georgia.¹
 

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Georgia Chattooga County To any Minister of the Gospel Judge of Superior Court Justice of Inferior Court or Justice of the peace you are hereby authorized to join Hales Rice and Elizabeth Rivers in lawful bonds of Matrimony agreeable to the constitution and laws of this State given under my hand and Seal this 14^th day of December 1844
W. P. Hinton Clk
I certify the foregoing was duly Executed before me this 15th day of December 1844
W. P. Hinton Clk }    Edwin Dyer M. G.

Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Rivers was born about 1819 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{2 3} Her death date is unknown. She and her husband Hales were still living in 1880 when the census was enumerated.

Elizabeth Jane "Betty" was  the daughter of Dempsey Rivers (13 Dec 1797-13 Apr. 1870) and Nancy McDuffie (1798-1855). She was the second born of 10 children with 6 sisters and 3 brothers.

Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Rivers and Hales R. Rice were married on 15 Dec 1844 in Chattooga County, Georgia.

Hales R. Rice was born about 1820 in SC. They are enumerated in the 1850-1880 Census for Chattooga County, Georgia. ^{4 5 6 7}

Hales R. Rice and Elizabeth Jane Rivers had the following children:
i. Francis H. Rice was born about 1846 in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. ⁸
ii. James A. Rice was born about 1847 in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. ⁹
iii. Arminta Jane Rice was born about Feb 1850 in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. ^{10 11 12}
iv. Sarah J. Rice was born about 1862 in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. ^{13 14}
v. Anna Hales Rice was born about 1864 in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. ^{15 16} She was also known as Mary H. Rice.
2 vi. Arretta Emma Rice, born Feb 1868, Chattooga County, Georgia, United States; married John W. Hicks, abt 1890, Chattooga Co., GA.
vii. Ardelia A. Rice was born in Feb 1868 in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. ^{17 18}

This Rivers Family is related to the Rivers Families of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.









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1. The Georgia Archives Morrow, Georgia., "Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed, Copied 12 January 2013), Marriage - Hales Rice & Elizabeth Rivers; The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.; 15 December 1844.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, Page 361A(stamped), Line 22, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Hales RICE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 2 May 2012); citing NARA publication Roll: M432_64.
3. 1870 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, District 1028, Chattooga County, Georgia;, Page: 159A(stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 18, Family 18, Household of Hail RICE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2012); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_142.
4. 1850 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, Page 361A(stamped), Line 22, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Hales RICE.
5. 1860 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Chattooga Valley, Chattooga County, Georgia, Page: 556(stamped); Line 11, Dwelling 202, Family 202, Household of Hales RICE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2012); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_116.
6. 1870 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, District 1028, Chattooga County, Georgia;, Page: 159A(stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 18, Family 18, Household of Hail RICE.
7. 1880 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Coldwater, Chattooga County, Georgia, ED 017, Page: 59A (stamped) Line 41, Dwelling 123, Family 139, Household of Hales Rice.
8. 1850 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, Page 361A(stamped), Line 22, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Hales RICE.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. 1860 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Chattooga Valley, Chattooga County, Georgia, Page: 556(stamped); Line 11, Dwelling 202, Family 202, Household of Hales RICE.
12. 1870 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, District 1028, Chattooga County, Georgia;, Page: 159A(stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 18, Family 18, Household of Hail RICE.
13. Ibid.
14. 1880 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Coldwater, Chattooga County, Georgia, ED 017, Page: 59A (stamped) Line 41, Dwelling 123, Family 139, Household of Hales Rice.
15. 1870 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, District 1028, Chattooga County, Georgia;, Page: 159A(stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 18, Family 18, Household of Hail RICE.
16. 1880 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Coldwater, Chattooga County, Georgia, ED 017, Page: 59A (stamped) Line 41, Dwelling 123, Family 139, Household of Hales Rice.
17. 1870 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, District 1028, Chattooga County, Georgia;, Page: 159A(stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 18, Family 18, Household of Hail RICE.
18. 1880 U. S. Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, population schedule, Coldwater, Chattooga County, Georgia, ED 017, Page: 59A (stamped) Line 41, Dwelling 123, Family 139, Household of Hales Rice.