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Northampton County (Va.) Marriage Registers and Index, 1706-1922

Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Marriage Register, 1706-1853, records marriages in the county from the early eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. This volume, compiled from marriage bonds and licenses, contains the following information: the date of the marriage bond or license, the full name of both parties, the race of the party (designated by FN for Free Negro or col. for colored) the wife's condition before the marriage, the husband's place of residence and the names of the wife's parents. There are notes found at the beginning of the volume from the compiler. X indicates marriages for which there are no bonds only licenses. XX indicates marriages for which there are no bonds or licenses but where listed in book found in clerk's office, "Marriage Records 1791-1854--Northampton County." The volume is arranged into two sections. The listings are based on the alphabetical letter of the husband's surname and then the wife's surname, A-Y. There is no chronological arrangement to the listings and no index to the volume. Free Negro or colored marriages are noted from 1791-1853. This register is also referred to as "A List of Marriage Bonds and Licenses, 1706-1853." This volume is also found on microfilm, Reel 62.

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