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Henrico County (Va.) Marriage Bonds and Consents, Vols. 1-7 and A-Y, 1781-1830, record the original bonds of marriage between a bride and groom within the county. These volumes also contain original marriage consents. These volumes and indexes cover only the years 1781-1830. All original bonds and consents were arranged in numerical order (as they appear in the volume) by the alphabetical letter of the groom's surname and placed in the pages of nineteen volumes by means of an adhesive. Because of the adhesive technique used, it is possible to view the back of all these documents. 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.

Henrico County (Va.) Marriage Register No. 2, 1853-1897, is a list of marriages celebrated in the county and recorded by the county clerk. The following information is found: the date and place of marriage, the full names of both parties, the age and condition of parties before marriage, their birth places, their places of residence, the names of their parents, the occupation of the husband, the name of the person performing the marriage ceremony and any remarks associated with the marriage such as the race of the couple or the minister's denomination (beginning in 1859). The entries are numbered consecutively within a given year. The volume indicates an influx of immigrants from Ireland, Italy and Germany into the City of Richmond beginning in 1853 and continuing until the 1890s. Free African and African American marriages, 1854-1897, are noted in the remarks section and later with an abbreviation or (c) next to their names. A marriage certificate, dated 1863, from a local minister is found on page 10. An internal index, A-Z, is unnumbered. This index is arranged alphabetically by the groom's surname according to the page number in the volume. Register No. 2 is also found on Microfilm Reels 89 and 196.

Henrico County (Va.) Ministers' Returns, 1815-1853, records the returns made by individual ministers of marriages performed within the county. This volume was originally titled "Records at Large, 1815-1853." Returns in this volume, prior to 1853, record the names of the parties, the date of the marriage ceremony and the minister's name and denomination. As part of the return process, ministers filed marriage certificates with the county clerk. These signed documents certified that a minister had performed the actual marriage ceremony between the named individuals on a certain date. Returns also took the form of lists.

Henrico County (Va.) Register of Licenses of Marriage, 1850-1862, records all marriage licenses, A-Z, for the mid-19th century obtained from the county clerk by residents of the county. Along with the date of the license, the names of the intended are also included. There are blank pages between each letter of the alphabet for additional listings. One marriage with the last name Isbell is listed with marriages beginning with the letter J (under the index beginning with the letter I.) Marriages between free persons of color are noted with parentheses from 1850-1862.