Orange County Indexed

Ragains marriages

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

John Ragains and Caty Pickle

Marriage bond, 9 August 1805

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60008, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Pa–Rob”.
The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 343 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, 21 June 1809

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 290 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, 29 April 1811

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60008, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Pa–Rob”.
The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 343 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 Ragains record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more

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Ragains 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 Ragains there)
Ragains in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)