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Orange County Indexed

Cope marriages

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

George Cope and Hannah Boyd

Marriage bond, 25 August 1795

Bond dated
25 August 1795
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 902, at the Register of Deeds

Richard Cope and Sarah Whitsitt

Marriage bond, 17 September 1795

Bond dated
17 September 1795
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 904, at the Register of Deeds

James Cope and Holley Merritt

Marriage bond, 2 February 1809

Bond dated
2 February 1809
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 903, at the Register of Deeds

Paisley Marten and Margaret Cope

Marriage bond, 19 August 1857

Bond dated
19 August 1857
In the books
Orange Marriage Book M, page 410, at the Register of Deeds
  • 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).
  • 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 282 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 Cope record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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