Orange County Indexed

Burgess marriages

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

John Blake and Nancy Burgess

Marriage bond, 23 August 1832

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60002, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, A–Bra”.
The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 40 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).

Marriage bond, 12 March 1834

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com”.
The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 58 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).

Marriage bond, 23 November 1839

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60006, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Ja–Lyons” (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 60007, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Mc–Mu–O” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 280 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 Burgess record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more

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Burgess in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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