ELAMS From Film 15 E162 to F246, Film 18A E163-F200 and other Sources courtesy of the Miss. State Archives
 

Note: This listing came from index cards sent in from the counties to the state. Some counties probably did not send any at all and some probably did not send all. The WPA in the 1930's and 40's put the cards in Soundex order by the Groom's name (Sorry no Brides) just like the Census index cards and them put them to microfilm. It may have seemed like makework at the time, but is now a priceless tool for the Mississippi genealogist. It comes in two parts. The "White" marriages and the "Primarily Black" marriages. The "White Marriages are about 99.9% white,

but the "Primarily Black" marriages are about 50-60 % white. It was not always possible to determine which was which, so I didn't try. I just put them all down. Remember also that the spellings come from the interpretation of the County Clerk's office of the entry in the marriage book. Often the cards were themselves faded and/or the clerks had awful handwriting. If I was not 90% sure, I wrote down the Book and page number, if they were legible. Some would say, why not all of them? The answer is, "It was too much work." The books were generally organized by a time period such as 1876-1884, so the marriage date will get you zeroed in on the correct book most of the time. The original books are mostly still in the County Clerks' Offices in their respective counties. Unfortunately, some of the cards had no county, or it was illegible. These are listed as "NCL", No County Listed or "CUR", County UnReadable. Some marriages did not get sent to the state at all and I found them elsewhere in the archives and added them to the list. These would be the Who married Whom books, the Hunting for Bears marriage books, etc...
 

The dates given often were the license date. Sometimes the license was issued, but the marriage never took place, the paper for the officiating officer was never returned, or the marriage book was simply not updated when it did come in. I just used the date on the index card. Use this as an index for further reference rather than as a "SOURCE". Good Hunting.
 

The grooms' last name is Elam unless otherwise noted.
 

Thomas E. Van Ness

tevanness@juno.com
 

Mrg or Groom          Bride                       Lic. date      Source Bk Pg

Allen                         Elizabeth Wyatt     7/26/1852         Desoto

Allen                         Ella Crum             11/14/1922        Alcorn

Allen                         Love Crum             3/23/1911        Alcorn

Allen                         Mattie Russell         3/17/1914        Alcorn

B. J.                          Pagie Hester             2/26/1899       Holmes

Arthur                      Effie Coleman          7/26/1905        Marshall

Charles                    Martha Brown            7/25/1890        Bolivar

E. C.                        Julia Harris                7/15/1909        Lee

Elmo F.                    May Henry Dillworth 12/12/1916       Alcorn

Fate(Boy)                 Bettie Mills                 8/26/1918         Alcorn

F. H.                         Margaret Willis           5/19/1901        Alcorn

Feelin                        Louisa Streater           3/21/1879        Carroll

Frank                        Minnie Prince             6/22/1909        Prentiss

G. M.                        Melinda Coleman     12/13/1899        Alcorn

George R. Elem         R. E. Martindale       5/6/1860            Lafayette

Henry Earnest           Mattie Ruth Mosely 10/26/1919         Clarke

J. S.                          Lelia McCormick        2/5/1916          Carroll

J. D.                         Laura Hearn            11/29/1919           Newton

J. E.                         Carol Prine               11/13/1923           Alcorn

J. H.                        Eldora Acres                6/24/1881           DeSoto

J. H.                        Martha Brown            12/20/1891           Lauderdale

J. H.                        Tillie Tindell                 1/18/1899           Carroll

J. P.                         Mattie Elam                 9/22/1921           Prentiss

James                      Martha A. Burroughs    4/6/1873            DeSoto

James W. S.             Mary L. Spinks             7/1/1911            Lowndes

James W.                 Virginia Hutchins         8/24/1854          Adams

Jesse                         Holie Crum                 5/17/1919          Alcorn

John                         Ida Mills                     9/16/1913           Alcorn

John Elem                Mary E. Stewart          6/22/1905           Harrison

John Ealem              Dul Seams                 11/29/1891           Jackson

K. W.                       Marian Manning         7/13/1921           Hinds

L. L.                         M. A. Berryman          2/5/1887            Alcorn

Lafayette                 Annie L. Hilburn         10/3/1906           Alcorn

P.                             Catharine Neely          7/26/1831           Jefferson

Robert                     Carine Rawlings          6/29/1918            Adams

S. L., Jr.                  Anna Cochran              6/7/1902             Scott

T. H. Elem                Kate Elem                    1/7/1906             Lincoln

Victor                      Mable Woodham         10/5/1922             Newton

Thomas A.               Maria L. Wood             4/28/1835          Jefferson

W. B.                       Ella Elam                     12/18/1915          Lauderdale

W. B.                       Ella Easterling               7/26/1903          Clarke

W. C.                       Sarah E. Henard            2/21/1866          Desoto

W. L.                       Bettie Burrage               11/28/1907         Lauderdale

W. S.                        Valie Cobb                   12/11/1866         Desoto

W. M.                      Georgia R. McMullian    7/16/1922         Warren

William M.              Edna Merrill                     8/8/1917         Jasper

William                   Caroline Pearce                7/1/1851         DeSoto

William R.               Elizabeth Cunningham     1/7/1846         DeSoto
 

MISSISSIPPI SOUNDEX TO MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1926
ELAMS From Film 15 E162 to F246, Film 18A E163-F200 courtesy of the Miss. State Archives

From the Primarily Black Film 18A E163-F200, see note at the beginning
 

Aaron                     Alsie McComb              12/20/1902         Sunflower

Ad                          Henrietta Willson            1/13/1887         Yazoo

Anderson Elem       Elmira Cole                   12/23/1900         Panola

Anderson Elem       Viola Harris                   3/31/1919          Panola

Aron                       Mary Benjamin             1/31/1892           Leflore

Arthur                     Bettie Adams               12/18/1907          Yazoo

Arthur Elem            O. D. Mans                    2/10/1915          Sunflower

Buck                        Ida Carroll                    2/10/1895          Tate

Buck                        Liddy Colbert                2/10/1887         Tate

Buck                       Mollie Halett                 12/26/1873         Tate

Buck                       Sarah Holland                12/20/1870        DeSoto

Butler                     Jennie Jones                     3/18/1898        Holmes

C. B.                      A. Patterson                     12/8/1889         Tate

C. M.                     Willie J. Johnson             8/12/1880         Tate

Carl Richard         Allie Kirkwood                 1/12/1911         Holmes

Carl                       Dora Riley O'Neal             6/2/1923         Holmes

Charles                  Emily Harris                    1/21/1884         Hinds

Charley                 Josephine Walker              6/3/1916          Tate

Charley                 Mary Anderson                4/15/1899         Yazoo

Charley                 Virginia Curtis                 12/2/1923         Sunflower

Charlie                 Annie McAfee                   7/11/1915         Sunflower

Charlie                 Daisy McGee                   12/28/1920         Tate

E. W. Elom           Carrie Hathcock             12/23/1908         Monroe

E. W.                    S. E. Hathcock                 1/10/1895          Monroe

Eli                        Manerva Hunter               11/9/1916         Adams

G. R.                    Rosa Lockland               10/15/1876          Tate

H. L.                    Dela Hurst                     10/10/1917          Neshoba

Henry                   Letis Vaughn                     3/9/1921         Monroe

Henry                   Lydia Burnell                  2/28/1898          Yazoo

Henry, Jr.             Melissa Hooker               1/16/1914          Holmes

Henry                   Mittie Pembleton           11/16/1898          Holmes

Hezekiah              Alice Ford                       9/13/1919           Yazoo

Howard                Ressie Richard                1/25/1874            Tate

Isadore                 Ola Thurmond                 3/6/1912            Holmes

J. D. Elom            Maudie Nelson                 5/5/1912            Smith

J. O. Elam            Sallie Thompson             8/18/1880            Tate

James E.               Harriet Elkinson?            3/3/1880?           Yazoo   A 518

James C.              Mandel L. Owens             10/3/1920           Monroe

Jasper Mary         Jane Willis                         5/5/1861            Tippah

Joe Elum              Kissie Brooks                   11/3/1917           Sunflower

Jno                      Carrie Brown                   12/20/1904           Holmes

John                     Mary Heard                       1/1/1885            Yazoo

John                     Theodora Elam                   2/5/1913           Holmes

John                     Nora Arener                    12/24/1896           Holmes

John                     Sallie Garrett                     6/2/1884             Tate

Johnnie                 Jesse Wade                     12/21/1921            Holmes

Lewis                     Sarah Harris                     1/17/1896           Panola

Mack                     Susan Rush                         5/9/1878           Tate

Osborne                 Susie Minion                      1/7/1909           Yazoo

Phill                       Ida Simmons                    10/1/1910           Yazoo

R. A.                     Etna Turner                      1/21/1892           Tippah

Robert                   Alice Williams                 12/20/1876          Tate

Robert                  Almeter Archer                 12/25/1912          Holmes

Robert                  Ella Young                         1/28/1919          Holmes

Robert Ealem       Leola Goff                        12/28/1916         Washington

Robert                 Maggie Hoskins                 12/14/1919         Holmes

S. N.                    Anna Ledbetter                   12/9/1879          Yazoo

Sam                     Susie Williams                     2/28/1925          Sunflower

Spencer Elum      Tennesee Anderson              12/7/1883          Panola

Thomas              Agnes Haskins                       1/3/1872           Issaquena

W. A.                  Lizzie Whisanton?              6/25/1917           Yazoo   E 371

W. F.                  Emma Moody                      7/13/1881           Leflore

William E.          Claudine Dunn                     4/18/1910          Washington

William N.          Margaret J. Medford            12/2/1852         Tippah

Winfred              Flossie Jefferson                 11/30/1924          Holmes