Orange County Indexed
Bowens marriages
6 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.
Silas Cardin and Elizabeth Bowens
Marriage bond, 4 January 1856
- Bond dated
- 4 January 1856
- Married
- 4 January 1856
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book C, page 119, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com” (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 67 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).
William Clark and Eliza Bowens
Marriage bond, 17 March 1860
- Bond dated
- 17 March 1860
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book C, page 639, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com” (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 90 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).
Alfred Rhew and Josephine Bowens
Marriage license, 8 September 1872
- License dated
- 8 September 1872
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book 2, page 99, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Licenses (16 mm), 1866–1875”.
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
- Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
Henry Weaver and Bettie A Bowens
Marriage license, 3 December 1876
- License dated
- 3 December 1876
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book 3, page 173, at the Register of Deeds
- Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
Pinkney A Hinton and Selena Bowens
Marriage license, 13 July 1879
- License dated
- 13 July 1879
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book 4, page 84, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 62002, “Marriage Licenses, 1879–1891”.
- Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
R L Bowens and Early J Murdock
Marriage license, 13 January 1895
- License dated
- 13 January 1895
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book 7, page 210, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 62003, “Marriage Licenses, 1892–1903”.
- Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
- In all the records
- Every Bowens record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
- Search beyond these records
- Bowens in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Bowens there)
- Bowens in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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