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Orange County Indexed

Christmas marriages

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

Nathaniel McLemore and Anne Peeler Christmas

Marriage bond, 22 August 1786

Bond dated
22 August 1786
In the books
Orange Marriage Book M, page 228, at the Register of Deeds

Richard Christmas and Anne Butler

Marriage bond, 22 December 1788

Bond dated
22 December 1788
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 576, at the Register of Deeds

James Christmas and Betsey Courtney

Marriage bond, 25 July 1793

Bond dated
25 July 1793
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 575, at the Register of Deeds

William Christmas and Elisabeth Kimbrough

Marriage bond, 23 September 1809

Bond dated
23 September 1809
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 574, at the Register of Deeds

Lewis Welwhite and Fanny Christmas

Marriage bond, 19 December 1813

Bond dated
19 December 1813
In the books
Orange Marriage Book W-Z, page 327, at the Register of Deeds

William Smith and Eliza Christmas

Marriage bond, 19 January 1820

Bond dated
19 January 1820
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 319, at the Register of Deeds

John C B Christmas and Mary Thompson

Marriage bond, 25 April 1829

Bond dated
25 April 1829
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 577, at the Register of Deeds
Also in the Recorder
22 April 1829 (an item Mark Chilton notes for this couple; it may concern a later marriage of one of them)

Henry Robeson and Henrietta Christmas

Marriage bond, 27 July 1832

Bond dated
27 July 1832
In the books
Orange Marriage Book N-R, page 1304, at the Register of Deeds

Hugh Faucett and Nancy Christmas

Marriage bond, 14 December 1836

Bond dated
14 December 1836
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 647, at the Register of Deeds

Thomas Christmas and Martha Lynn

Marriage bond, 2 October 1837

Bond dated
2 October 1837
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 566, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire and Holcomb read the groom as Thomas Christian

John Christmas and Sallie W Hancock

Marriage license, 16 October 1869

License dated
16 October 1869
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 1, page 226, 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).

Matthew H Christmas and Candis Jordan

Marriage license, 15 May 1879

License dated
15 May 1879
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 4, page 33, 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).

M M Fry and Maria Louisa Christmas

Marriage license, 15 July 1884

License dated
15 July 1884
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 5, page 280, 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 Christmas and Mamie E Patterson

Marriage license, 23 December 1885

License dated
23 December 1885
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 5, page 374, 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).
In all the records
Every Christmas record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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