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Orange County Indexed

Hays marriages

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

James Fowler and Jane Hays

Marriage bond, 1 April 1846

Bond dated
1 April 1846
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 833, at the Register of Deeds

Hilmon Taburn and Frances Hays

Marriage bond, 25 May 1854

Bond dated
25 May 1854
Married
26 May 1854
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, pages 707-709, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire and Holcomb read the groom as Hilmon Tabourn
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60009, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Roc–Ta” (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 405 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).

Thomas Hays and Mary Watson

Marriage bond, 20 June 1861

Bond dated
20 June 1861
Married
20 June 1861
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, page 704, at the Register of Deeds
Also in the Recorder
26 June 1861 (an item Mark Chilton notes for this couple; it may concern a later marriage of one of them)
  • 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 188 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).

William Allen and Della Hays

Marriage license, 4 May 1890

License dated
4 May 1890
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 6, page 314, 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 Hays record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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