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Typewritten indexes for Volumes 1-7, however, were not microfilmed.  Free African American marriages are found throughout the volumes from 1797-1830.  Original bonds, now found in Volumes 1-7 but previously found in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office, were microfilmed by the Virginia State Library's Photographic Division and are found on Microfilm Reel 89a.\n","Index to Marriage Bonds and Consents, 1781-1831, is a separate index.  As indicated, it contains marriage bonds and consents found in all nineteen volumes as well as bonds and consents from 1831 not included in these volumes.  The index is arranged only by the alphabetical letter of the groom's surname and then the bride's surname, A-Y.  In order to find a specific page number in the volumes, the typed index found in the front of all volumes must be utilized by finding the groom's surname.  The index lists the date of the marriage bond and any remarks--such as the status or parents of the bride or groom and the race of the couple.  The volume was not microfilmed.\n","This volume contains a marriage bond and consent for Patrick Henry's daughter Elizabeth on page 34.\n","In addition to this volume, Microfilm reel 105 also contains all typewritten indexes (12) for volumes, 1800-1830, A-Y\n","Use microfilm copies, Henrico County (Va.) Reels 95-105.\n","State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia\n","Henrico County (Va.) Circuit Court.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["1108210-1108212, 1108214-1108217, 1108219-1008221, 1108223-1108231, 1108233/ Henrico County (Va.) Reels 95-105\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Henrico County (Va.) Marriage Bonds, Consents and Index, Vols. 1-7 and A-Y, \n1781-1831 (bulk 1781-1830)"],"collection_title_tesim":["Henrico County (Va.) 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When the volumes were restored, typewritten indexes were created for each volume and reflect the order of arrangement of the original documents in the volumes.  Typewritten indexes for Volumes 1-7, however, were not microfilmed.  Free African American marriages are found throughout the volumes from 1797-1830.  Original bonds, now found in Volumes 1-7 but previously found in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office, were microfilmed by the Virginia State Library's Photographic Division and are found on Microfilm Reel 89a.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndex to Marriage Bonds and Consents, 1781-1831, is a separate index.  As indicated, it contains marriage bonds and consents found in all nineteen volumes as well as bonds and consents from 1831 not included in these volumes.  The index is arranged only by the alphabetical letter of the groom's surname and then the bride's surname, A-Y.  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