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Orange County Indexed

Barns marriages

2 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.

John B Houston and Harriet N Barns

Marriage bond, 21 September 1840

Bond dated
21 September 1840
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, page 1144, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the bride as Harriot N and Barns

James Porterfield and Moreny C Barns

Marriage bond, 23 November 1852

Bond dated
23 November 1852
In the books
Orange Marriage Book N-R, page 691, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60008, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Pa–Rob” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 339 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
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Every Barns record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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