Orange County Indexed
Drake marriages
5 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.
John Simpson and Elizabeth Drake
Marriage bond, 21 June 1808
- Bond dated
- 21 June 1808
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 197, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60009, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Roc–Ta”.
- The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 382 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
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Samuel Pittard and Rebecca Drake
Marriage bond, 14 April 1817
- Bond dated
- 14 April 1817
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book N-R, page 646, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60008, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Pa–Rob”.
- The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 337 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
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Hynes Drake and Nancy Crawford
Marriage bond, 13 November 1817
- Bond dated
- 13 November 1817
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 320, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60004, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Con–Gw”.
- The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 130 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).
Samuel Satterfield and Joanna Drake
Marriage bond, 6 August 1820
- Bond dated
- 6 August 1820
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 8, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60009, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Roc–Ta”.
- The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 373 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).
George W Drake and Agnes Rhodes
Marriage bond, 29 September 1865
- Bond dated
- 29 September 1865
- Married
- 4 October 1865
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book D-F, pages 317-319, at the Register of Deeds
- Other readings
- Ingmire reads the date as 11 October 1865
- 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 130 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).
- In all the records
- Every Drake record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
- Search beyond these records
- Drake 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 Drake there)
- Drake in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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