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Orange County Indexed

Kistler marriages

1 marriage in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.

Freeman M Shelton and Martha E Kistler

Marriage bond, 21 November 1859

Bond dated
21 November 1859
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 156, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper
Hillsborough Recorder, 30 November 1859, page 3: married by D. C. Johnson, of the N. C. Conference; in Hillsborough, N. C., 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 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 380 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 Kistler record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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