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Surry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made In Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866

Surry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made in Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866, is a register of freedmen's marriages. It is also commonly called both the Surry County (Va.) Freedman's Marriage Register and the Surry County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It includes the names of parties married, time of marriage, age of parties, place of marriage, place of residence, place of birth, names of parents of parties married, condition (whether single or previously married), occupation of husband, and names of children by another wife which the husband acknowledges as his and who are thereby legitimate. There is an index on p. 6 that indicates on which page of the register that letter of the alphabet begins.

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Surry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made In Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866

Surry County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Surry County (Va.) Record of Marriages Made in Obedience to Circular No. 11, 1866, is a register of freedmen's marriages. It is also commonly called both the Surry County (Va.) Freedman's Marriage Register and the Surry County (Va.) Cohabitation Register. It includes the names of parties married, time of marriage, age of parties, place of marriage, place of residence, place of birth, names of parents of parties married, condition (whether single or previously married), occupation of husband, and names of children by another wife which the husband acknowledges as his and who are thereby legitimate. There is an index on p. 6 that indicates on which page of the register that letter of the alphabet begins.

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