"Transcriptions in this book include: race, date and place of death, names of parents, place of birth, occupation, and marital status. Slave deaths were also provided by some of the owners. Births for the years 1855 and 1856, from two of the county districts, were also recorded on the Death Register in error. Transcriptions of those births are included in this book."--Page 4 of cover.

"This book contains marriage records ... for the period 1836-1886. Information for the 1836-1861 period was obtained from bonds, certificates, consents, licenses, and other individual documents. The county maintained a marriage register beginning in 1865. Information on this register included the individual's age, status, names of parents, place of birth and residence, date and place of marriage, date of license, and husband's occupation, as well...