Orange County Indexed

Parten marriages

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

John Ward and Mandra Parten

Marriage bond, 20 April 1850

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 440 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).

Marriage bond, 13 June 1860

Bond dated: 13 June 1860
Married: 13 June 1860
In the books: Orange Marriage Book N-R, pages 65-66, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper: Hillsborough Recorder, 20 June 1860, page 3: married by Rev. Thomas G.[?] Haye[?]; in this place (our reading of the notice)

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 310 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 Parten record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more

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