The oldest surviving records for Davidson County, Tennessee consist of marriage registers for the period January 1789-December 1837, and January 1838-December 1847. Those records were abstracted for this publication, which consists of about 7,000 marriages, arranged alphabetically by the surname of the groom. The rest of the entry is the name of the bride, the issue date of the bond or license, sometimes the marriage date, and the name of the officiating minister or J.P.