Footnotes

1. [1]

   Ordinance, 17 Feb. 1842. In contrast, Illinois statute required a marriage license. (An Act concerning Marriages [14 Feb. 1827], Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois, p. 459, secs. 3, 5.)

   The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois: Containing All the Laws . . . Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at Their First Session, Commencing December 1, 1834, and Ending February 13, 1835; and at Their Second Session, Commencing December 7, 1835, and Ending January 18, 1836; and Those Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at Their Session Commencing December 5, 1836, and Ending March 6, 1837; and at Their Special Session, Commencing July 10, and Ending July 22, 1837. . . . Compiled by Jonathan Young Scammon. Chicago: Stephen F. Gale, 1839.

2. [2]

   Ordinance, 17 Feb. 1842.

3. [3]

   Marriage Certificates for Joseph Aldridge and Mary Earl and Stephen Boyington and Martha Head, between 21 and 22 Feb. 1842.

4. [4]

   JS, Journal, 30 July 1843.

5. [5]

   See Hancock Co., IL, Marriages, 1829–1849, microfilm 229,486, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

6. [6]

   An Act concerning Marriages [14 Feb. 1827], Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois, p. 459, sec. 3. The two exceptions are the 27 July 1843 marriage of Daniel S. Cahoon and Jane Spencer; and the 22 August 1843 marriage of Benjamin Hay and Ruth Jane Clarke. (Hancock Co., IL, Marriages, 1829–1849, pp. 67–68, entry nos. 738, 749, microfilm 229,486, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)

   The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois: Containing All the Laws . . . Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at Their First Session, Commencing December 1, 1834, and Ending February 13, 1835; and at Their Second Session, Commencing December 7, 1835, and Ending January 18, 1836; and Those Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at Their Session Commencing December 5, 1836, and Ending March 6, 1837; and at Their Special Session, Commencing July 10, and Ending July 22, 1837. . . . Compiled by Jonathan Young Scammon. Chicago: Stephen F. Gale, 1839.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

7. [7]

   See “Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1]; “Historian’s Office Catalogue Book March 1858,” [11]; “Contents of the Historian and Recorder’s office—G. S. L. City July 1858,” 7; Historian’s Office Catalog, 1859–1882, [59]; “Historian’s Office Catalogue 1858,” 3; and “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [8], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

   Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

8. [8]

   Nauvoo, IL, Recorder, Marriage Record, 31–64, 66.

   Nauvoo, IL, Recorder. Marriage Record, 1842–1845. CHL.

9. [9]

   The item “Certificates of Marriage” is listed on a March 1858 inventory for records that were transported to Provo during the Utah War. (“Historian’s Office Catalogue March 1858,” [2], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.)

   Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

10. [10]

    See the full bibliographic entry for Nauvoo, IL, Recorder, Marriage Certificates, 1842–1846, in the CHL catalog.