This CD contains marriage records ranging in date from the 1750s to 1868.
Based on eleven volumes compiled by Brent Holcomb and published by the
Genealogical Publishing Company, it contains abstracts of all the marriage bonds
issued in the various counties until 1868, when bonds as a prerequisite for
marriage were discontinued; it also includes records based on a register of
marriage bonds maintained from 1851 by the clerks of the county courts. Entries
include the names of the brides and grooms and names of ministers, witnesses,
and bondsmen. Altogether, 175,000 individuals are named. The marriage
collections previously published in book form and imaged for this new CD are:
Bute & Warren Counties, 1764-1868
Chatham County, 1772-1868
Granville County, 1753-1868
Johnston County, 1762-1868
Mecklenburg County, 1783-1868
Orange County, 1779-1868
Rowan County, 1753-1868
Rutherford County, 1779-1868
Surry County, 1779-1868
Wake County, 1770-1868
Wilkes County, 1778-1868