Orange County Indexed
Melton marriages
3 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.
David Underwood and Priscilla Melton
Marriage bond, 27 April 1804
- Bond dated
- 27 April 1804
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 1294, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60010, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Te–Wa”.
- The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 429 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).
Matthias Melton and Betsy Shoecraft
Marriage bond, 12 June 1821
- Bond dated
- 12 June 1821
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book M, page 532, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60007, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Mc–Mu–O”.
- The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 288 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).
Alabama Melton and Mary Ann Catherine Whittaker
Marriage bond, 31 January 1851
- Bond dated
- 31 January 1851
- Married
- 31 January 1851
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book M, pages 598-599, at the Register of Deeds
- 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 288 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 Melton record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
- Search beyond these records
- Melton 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 Melton there)
- Melton in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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