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Section 1: Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in convention assembled, That all marriages between freedmen and freedwomen, whether in a state of slavery or since their emapcipation, heretofore solemnized by any one acting or officiating as a minister, or any one claiming to exercise the right to solemnize the rites of matrimony, whether bond or free, are hereby ratified and made valid, provided the parties are now living togher as man and wife; and in all cases of freedmen and freedwomen who are now living together recognizing each other as man and wife, be it ordained that the same are hereby declared to be man and wife, and bound by the legal obligation of such relationship.<ref name="Alabama State Law">White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,'''''Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.'''''(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxix.</ref> <br>
Section 1: Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in convention assembled, That all marriages between freedmen and freedwomen, whether in a state of slavery or since their emapcipation, heretofore solemnized by any one acting or officiating as a minister, or any one claiming to exercise the right to solemnize the rites of matrimony, whether bond or free, are hereby ratified and made valid, provided the parties are now living togher as man and wife; and in all cases of freedmen and freedwomen who are now living together recognizing each other as man and wife, be it ordained that the same are hereby declared to be man and wife, and bound by the legal obligation of such relationship.<ref name="Alabama State Law">White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,'''''Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.'''''(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxix.</ref> <br>
=== 1866 Alabama State Census  ===
Alabama created a state census in 1866 which can be used as an equivalent to the cohabitation registers. Both "white" and "colored" enumerations are included together in the record itself. The top of each page identifies which enumeration you are reviewing.
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| Autauga
| 1533830 items 11-12
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| Baldwin
| 1533830 items 15-16
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| Barbour
| 1533830 items 17-18
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| Bibb ("white" enumeration)
| 1533830 item 19
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| Bibb (continues "white" enumeration and begins "colored" enumeration)
| 1533831 items 1-2
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| Blount
| 1533831 items 4-5
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| Butler
| 1533831 item 9
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| Calhoun
| 1533831 items 6-8
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| Cherokee
| 1533831 item 10
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| Clarke
| 1533831 item 11
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| Coffee
| 1533831 items 13-14
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| Conecuh ("white" enumeration)
| 1533831 item 15
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| Conecuh (continues "white" enumeration and begins "colored" enumeration)
| 1533832 item 1
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| Coosa
| 1533832 items 2-3
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| Covington
| 1533832 items 4-5
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| Dale
| 1533832
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| DeKalb
| 1533832
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| Franklin
| 1533832
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| Franklin
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| Fayette
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| Fayette
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| Greene
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| Henry
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| Jackson
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| Jefferson
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| Lauderdale
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| Lawrence
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| Limestone
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| Lowndes
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| Macon
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| Marengo
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| Marion
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| Marshall
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| Mobile
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| Mobile
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| Monroe
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| Morgan
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| Montgomery
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| Perry
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| Pickens
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| Pike
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| Pike
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| Randolph
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| Russell
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| St. Clair
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| Shelby
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| Sumter
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| Talladega
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| Tallapoosa
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| Tuscaloosa
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| Walker
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| Washington
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| Wilcox
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| Winston
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== Sources  ==
== Sources  ==

Revision as of 11:58, 29 January 2010

Alabama State Law[edit | edit source]

Section 1: Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in convention assembled, That all marriages between freedmen and freedwomen, whether in a state of slavery or since their emapcipation, heretofore solemnized by any one acting or officiating as a minister, or any one claiming to exercise the right to solemnize the rites of matrimony, whether bond or free, are hereby ratified and made valid, provided the parties are now living togher as man and wife; and in all cases of freedmen and freedwomen who are now living together recognizing each other as man and wife, be it ordained that the same are hereby declared to be man and wife, and bound by the legal obligation of such relationship.[1]

1866 Alabama State Census[edit | edit source]

Alabama created a state census in 1866 which can be used as an equivalent to the cohabitation registers. Both "white" and "colored" enumerations are included together in the record itself. The top of each page identifies which enumeration you are reviewing.

 

County FHL Film
Autauga 1533830 items 11-12
Baldwin 1533830 items 15-16
Barbour 1533830 items 17-18
Bibb ("white" enumeration) 1533830 item 19
Bibb (continues "white" enumeration and begins "colored" enumeration) 1533831 items 1-2
Blount 1533831 items 4-5
Butler 1533831 item 9
Calhoun 1533831 items 6-8
Cherokee 1533831 item 10
Clarke 1533831 item 11
Coffee 1533831 items 13-14
Conecuh ("white" enumeration) 1533831 item 15
Conecuh (continues "white" enumeration and begins "colored" enumeration) 1533832 item 1
Coosa 1533832 items 2-3
Covington 1533832 items 4-5
Dale 1533832
DeKalb 1533832
Franklin 1533832
Franklin
Fayette
Fayette
Greene
Henry
Jackson
Jefferson
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Lowndes
Macon
Marengo
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Mobile
Monroe
Morgan
Montgomery
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Pike
Randolph
Russell
St. Clair
Shelby
Sumter
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Washington
Wilcox
Winston

 

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ White, Barnetta McGhee, Ph.D.,Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in N.C. County by County.(Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.), 1995: xxix.





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