The Reverend Lemuel Bogart was a Methodist minister in the Jones Cove, Fairgarden, and Harrisburg areas in the mid-nineteenth century. He kept a record of the marriages he officiated, which has proven invaluable given the 1856 Sevier County Courthouse fire. The following is a transcription of the marriages which he officiated, arranged in alphabetical order by the groom’s last name.

GroomBrideDate of Marriage
Allen, AbsolumKear, AbigailAugust 26, 1852
Allen, JohnLow, SalinaMarch, 13, 1845
Allen, Wm.Thomas, Lucy A.January 29, 1845
Baker, John C.Layman, MargaretJuly 22, 1851
Baker, N.M.Walker, D.C.April 11, 1847
Benson, SpencePatterson, NancyOctober 20, 1853
Bird, Geo. L.Frances, MargaretSeptember 21, 1848
Bird, JacobLayman, LencyFebruary 17, 1853
Bird, Samuel R.Lawson, HannahSeptember 24, 1848
Breeden, (?)eylThomas, NancyApril 22, 1853
Breeden, BriantHurst, EmilyJanuary 29, 1852
Brimer, Geo. M.Patterson, HannahOctober 21, 1850
Brown, AndrewHenry, HarrietSeptember 17, 1850
Clinton, Wm.Williams, SarahJuly 17, 1849
Conatser, DanielHurst, NancyApril 24, 1842
Connatsor, AndrewBohannan, MargaretMarch 22, 1852
Derrek, A.M.Frances, MaryJuly 25, 1854
Dockery, RufusBird, MaryJanuary 4, 1844
Duggan, J.M.Keeler, NancyMay 24, 1846
Duggan, P.L.Houk, MalindaJanuary 15, 1852
Eatherton, JamesMcDerek, MaryMarch 4, 1847
Eatherton, Wm.Clinton, ElizabethApril 23, 1845
Fannin, JohnKeeler, MalindaJanuary 8, 1852
Feazle, MichelFrain, M.A.August 28, 1851
Felker, Wm.Jenkins, HannahNovember 1, 1856
Fox, BransonWalker NancySeptember 26, 1850
Fox, CarterShrader, MargaretJanuary 30, 1851
Fox, JohnBird, ClarisaFebruary 11, 1847
Fox, MarkBird, BarbaryOctober 12, 1848
Fox, NelsonShrader, BarbaryDecember 2, 1851
Fox, WestMcClure, ElizaFebruary 11, 1848
Fox, Wm.Houk, RebeccaFebruary 9, 1854
Frazier, O.Y.Duggan, E.L.December 17, 1850
Hartley, MadisonStephens, SarahApril 11, 1854
Hill, L.D.Webb, RebeccaMay 16, 1847
Houk, HenryFrancis(?), ElizabethDecember 21, 1843
Howard, JohnHenderson, LeahMay 24, 1849
Howard, MadisonThomas, CatherineJanuary 25, 1844
Hurst, PleasantHurst, PollyApril 25, 1847
Inman, DanielWalker, MaryJuly 5, 1855
Ivy, JohnBird, MalindaApril 15, 1849
Jenkins, Wm.Eatherton, NancyJanuary 19, 1845
Keeler, AdamBaker, MaryJanuary 29, 1843
Keeler, GeorgeMcClure, ElizaNovember 6, 1842
Keeler, JosephHurst, NancyNovember 16, 1843
Keeler, MarkWalker, RebeccaApril 24, 1851
Layfolette, Wm.Newman, RhondaOctober 7, 1852
Layman, AsaFerguson, JaneApril 20, 1843
Layman, Geo.Bird, SarahFebruary 21, 1856
Lethco, JohnFox, NancyOctober 13, 1850
Loveday, EdHouk, ManervaOctober 4, 1855
Loveday, TennesseeHoward, Sarah A.November 30, 1851
Low, Wm.Fhanin, BarbaryNovember 11, 1849
Martin, CarrolShrader, SallyJanuary 12, 1847
Martin, HoratioHurst, NancyMarch 6, 1845
McMahan, WellingtonHammer, CatherineFebruary 16, 1843
McMahan, DavidMitchel, SarahAugust 4, 1853
Moon, William M.Patterson, MalindaOctober 5, 1852
More, J.A.Fox MalindaOctober 30, 1850
Newman, HenryLayfolette, PeggyMay 28, 1847
Newman, JamesThurman, MaryJune 9, 1844
Nunn, ThomasTurner, ElizabethNovember 21, 1848
Parrott, HenryLoveday VoebellJune 23, 1844
Patterson, Wm.Ferguson, MargaretAugust 8, 1853
Pruet, HenryByram, MalindaDecember 14, 1845
Renow, LewisWelch, JaneMay 24, 1852
Sharp, ElishaHoward, WinnieJuly 24, 1851
Sharp, Wm.Carr, MaryJanuary 18, 1849
Shrader, G.C.Fox, MargaretAugust 14, 1851
Shrader, WashingtonFerguson, MaryFebruary 12, 1846
Smith, J.C.Fox, HesterJanuary 8, 1844
Smith, R.C.Fox, ElizabethNovember 16, 1845
Smith Wm.Burdine, AnnJanuary 6, 1845
Snapp, ElbertAndrews, RebeccaJanuary 12, 1852
Snapp, JohnMcMahan, Rebecca A.January 11, 1852
Snapp, Wm.Lea, JaneSeptember 23, 1846
Sutton, JohnFox, NancyNovember 18, 1850
Temple, JamesShrader, RebeccaAugust 26, 1847
Thomas, A.M.Howard, BarbaryJanuary 11, 1849
Thomas, CarrolDuggan, MaryFebruary 16, 1843
Thurman, Wm.Walker, MarthaOctober 25, 1846
Webb, G.W.Conatser, MarthaNovember 26, 1851
West, EdwardMock, MaryMarch 17, 1846
West, R.J.Moon, AgnisFebruary 10, 1846
Winwood, EliasCox, EllenJuly 22, 1856
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