My three times great-grandparents, Greenlee Bean Selman and
Amanda Deborah Oldham were married on 23 Jun 1851 in Cherokee County, Texas.
Actually, Greenlee Selman married another Selman, Mrs.
Deborah A Selman. Here is a copy of the license for the marriage:[1]
“To any Judge Justice of the Peace or Regularly Ordained Minister of the Gospel, you are hereby authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony between Mr. Green Lee R Selman and Mrs. Deborah Amanda Selman and due return make to within Sixty days after solemnization at my office in the town of Rusk. Given under my hand and seal of ?? In the Town of Rusk this 23rd September AD 1851.
W.P. Brittain Clerk Co Court, by his Deputy O.G. Woods.”
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| 1851 Marriage License for Green Lee Selman & Mrs. Deborah A. Selman, Cherokee Co, Texas |
Now there is no return recorded in the marriage book. When
did they marry? Probably not in the same office on that day. Had the minister
forgotten to return the marriage? Or had Greenlee and Amanda married in a
different county and it was recorded there?
Amanda Deborah Oldham had previously been married to James
Selman. They married 25 November 1841 in Carroll County, Mississippi. James
died 10 November 1850 and they had two children:
- George Washington Selman, b. 22 September 1842
- Emma Olivia Selman, b. 6 May 1844
James was the son of Thomas Selman and Polly Goodwin and a first
cousin to Greenlee Selman, who was the son of Benjamin F. Selman and Sarah
Bean. Thomas and Benjamin were brothers.
Greenlee and Amanda had three children:
- Mary Caroline Selman, b. 28 Jun 1852
- Robert Louis Selman, b. 4 Apr 1855
- Sarah Helena “Sallie” Selman, b. 27 Sep 1858, my second great-grandmother, who married Peter Hayden Hutson.
[1] Cherokee
County, Texas, Marriage Record, Vol. A, p. 210, licence for Green Lee Selman to
Mrs. Deborah A. Selman, digital image, FamilySearch.org
(https://familysearch.org : accessed 23
June 2017); citing FHL film 988075.
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