The Rev. Thomas Cleland became pastor of New Providence Presbyterian Church in 1813.  Many of the names in the list are probably parishioners – McAfee, Armstrong, Cardwell, Forsythe, Cozine and others.  He also preached at Cane Run Church and the Old Mud Meeting House, which was the Dutch Reformed Church.  Rev. Clelland was also a teacher and conducted a classical school for young men in his home, teaching Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Homilectics.  He continued as minister of New Providence until his death, at age 80, in 1858.

List of Marriages for 1830 viz.

Shelton Ransdal and Elizabeth Cozine – January 14^th

William Chambers and Elizabeth Nourse – January 27^th

William McMurtry and Sarah Maria VanAnglen – February 11^th

Rice McAfee and Ann Maria Armstrong – February 24^th

John C. Cozine and Martha Light – February 25^th

Jacob Crow and Mary Crawford – March 1^st

William Woods and Jane D. Cardwell – March 11^th

James Woods and Priscilla Armstrong – March 25^th

Buchner Miller and Comfort D. Worthington – April 13^th

Thomas Reed and Elizabeth Parish – April 20^th

Stephen Jones and Mary Ann Barkley – April 29^th

John Kirkpatrick and Ann Smythey – Mary 14^th

Aaron James and Mahala Starnes – June 23^rd

Jesse Hale and Mary Stagg – July 22^nd

Joseph Chamberlain and Cynthia B. Roberts – August 5^th

John Kemper and Frances A. Doggett – August 11^th

John Cardwell and Margaret Ransdal – September 2^nd

Harvey T. Ray and Eliza A. W. Cozine – September 21^st

Charles M. Cunningham and Hannah Magoffin – September 21^st

William H. Adair and Elizabeth Cromwell – September 28^th

Willis Burford and Julia Forsythe – October 21^st

Joseph McAfee and Priscilla Ann Armstrong – October 26^th

Andrew Forsythe and Narcissa W. McAfee – October 29^th

Harvey Cunningham and Rebekah Cardwell – December 2^nd

Samuel Kennedy and Susan Jordan – December 16^th

Greenbury D. Murphy and Susan Boyce – December 16^th

To the Clerk of Mercer County

I do certify that the above contains an accurate list of all the marriages with the dates annexed that I have celebrated within the last year, agreeable to authority from your office.

                                                       Thomas Cleland

January 1^st 1831