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Farthing marriages

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

Jesse Lumley and Sally Farthing

Marriage bond, 20 December 1814

Bond dated
20 December 1814
In the books
Orange Marriage Book I-L, page 983, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire and Holcomb read the groom as Jesse Lemley

Reuben Farthing and Anne Holloway

Marriage bond, 12 December 1816

Bond dated
12 December 1816
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 637, at the Register of Deeds

Hargis Farthing and Elizabeth Lewis

Marriage bond, 20 October 1837

Bond dated
20 October 1837
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 635, at the Register of Deeds

Thomas Farthing and Ermin B Burton

Marriage bond, 9 January 1841

Bond dated
9 January 1841
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 638, at the Register of Deeds

William Farthing and Nancy Caroline Gooch

Marriage bond, 30 January 1846

Bond dated
30 January 1846
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 639, at the Register of Deeds

Abner J Farthing and Elizabeth Lewis

Marriage bond, 13 September 1847

Bond dated
13 September 1847
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 634, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire and Holcomb read the bride as Martha M. Cheek

John Farthing and Louiser Cheek

Marriage bond, 7 July 1849

Bond dated
7 July 1849
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 636, at the Register of Deeds

Joseph Turner and Louisa A Farthing

Marriage bond, 20 January 1859

Bond dated
20 January 1859
Married
20 January 1859
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, pages 1232-1233, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the bride as Louisa A and Farthing
In the newspaper
Hillsborough Recorder, 26 January 1859, page 3: married by Rev. John Mitchell; At the residence of the bride's father (our reading of the notice)
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60010, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Te–Wa” (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 428 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).

John J Holloway and Nancy W Farthing

Marriage bond, 30 December 1862

Bond dated
30 December 1862
Married
1 January 1863
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, pages 931-932, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the date as 1 January 1863
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60005, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Ha–How–I” (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 199 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).

Fendal R Mangum and Martha Farthing

Marriage bond, 11 August 1868

Bond dated
11 August 1868
Married
13 August 1868
In the books
Orange Marriage Book M, pages 321-322, 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 278 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).

Presley J Mangum and Sally A Farthing

Marriage license, 24 December 1874

License dated
24 December 1874
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 2, page 356, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Licenses (16 mm), 1866–1875”.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

Thomas S Christian and Nannie Farthing

Marriage license, 21 October 1875

License dated
21 October 1875
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 2, page 509, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Licenses (16 mm), 1866–1875”.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

Rufus B Blalock and Mary A Farthing

Marriage license, 20 January 1878

License dated
20 January 1878
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 3, page 371, at the Register of Deeds
In all the records
Every Farthing record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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