Many marriages in the territorial era were not recorded, and some were recorded in county courthouses in Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas. Write to the appropriate county for information, marriage records are usually found in office of the clerk of the court. Marriage records in the last century or so usually provide the name of the bride and groom, their ages, the name of the father or both parents of the bride and groom, and very often, occupations. Marriage records also provide the exact place of the marriage, an important part of your family history. The addresses of the bride and groom before their marriage may be provided.
Some marriage records even name the place of birth of both the bride and groom.
If you cannot find the marriage in the county you expected, always check the adjacent counties. For example, Greer County, Oklahoma was claimed by Texas from 1860 to 1896. From 1881 until the county was organized in 1886, the area was attached to Wheeler County, Texas. Mobeetie was the county seat at the time. In 1885 the trip to the courthouse for Mangum residents was 100 miles by wagon, buggy or horseback.