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Start Over Collection Wise County (Va.) Register and General Index to Marriages 1, 1856-1908 Creator Wise County (Va.) Circuit Court

Wise County (Va.) Register and General Index to Marriages 1, 1856-1908

Wise County (Va.) Circuit Court

Wise County (Va.) Register of Marriages 1, 1856-1908, records the date and place of marriage, the full names of both parties, the age and condition of both parties before marriage, their places of birth, their race (noted from 1892-1908), their places of residence, the names of their parents, the occupation of the husband, the name of the minister performing the ceremony and any additional remarks (such as the ministers' denomination, the race of the parties married or the process by which the individuals were married.) A consecutive numbering system was used for each entry in a given year. References to African American marriages began in 1869 and continued until 1908. In 1895, permission to grant a marriage between an adult and a minor was recorded in Order Book 16, page 488.

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