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Orange County Indexed

Bennett marriages

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

Phillip Bennett and Nancy Forrester

Marriage bond, 31 October 1806

Bond dated
31 October 1806
In the books
Orange Marriage Book A-B, page 622, at the Register of Deeds

John Linch and Ritta Bennett

Marriage bond, 11 September 1808

Bond dated
11 September 1808
In the books
Orange Marriage Book I-L, page 790, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the date as 11 September 1801

David Bennett and Sarah Coble

Marriage bond, 3 January 1816

Bond dated
3 January 1816
In the books
Orange Marriage Book A-B, page 621, at the Register of Deeds

George Shofner and Elizabeth Bennett

Marriage bond, 23 December 1816

Bond dated
23 December 1816
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 175, at the Register of Deeds

Thomas Breedlove and Nancy Bennett

Marriage bond, 2 October 1826

Bond dated
2 October 1826
In the books
Orange Marriage Book A-B, page 1024, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire and Holcomb read the bride as Hancy Bennet

Irvin A Edwards and Adaline Bennett

Marriage bond, 28 May 1847

Bond dated
28 May 1847
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 468, at the Register of Deeds

Richard F Bennett and Mary E Ryder

Marriage bond, 24 February 1851

Bond dated
24 February 1851
Married
24 February 1851
In the books
Orange Marriage Book A-B, pages 623-624, at the Register of Deeds
Also in the Recorder
26 February 1851 (an item Mark Chilton notes for this couple; it may concern a later marriage of one of them)
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60002, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, A–Bra” (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 35 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).

O P Heath and Mary E Bennett

Marriage bond, 20 December 1856

Bond dated
20 December 1856
Married
21 December 1856
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, page 712, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the date as 21 December 1856
Also in the Recorder
24 December 1856 (an item Mark Chilton notes for this couple; it may concern a later marriage of one of them)
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60005, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Ha–How–I” (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 188 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).

Robert Duke and Eliza A Bennett

Marriage bond, 20 October 1861

Bond dated
20 October 1861
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 346, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Holcomb reads the date as 18 October 1861
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60004, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Con–Gw” (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 131 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).

Jno H Bennett and Kate C Hedgepeth

Marriage license, 7 December 1904

License dated
7 December 1904
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 9, page 116, at the Register of Deeds
In all the records
Every Bennett record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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