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Orange County Indexed

Roark marriages

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

James Roark and Mary Torrentine

Marriage bond, 22 October 1782

Bond dated
22 October 1782
In the books
Orange Marriage Book N-R, page 1219, at the Register of Deeds

William Roark and Anne McMullen

Marriage bond, 12 September 1800

Bond dated
12 September 1800
In the books
Orange Marriage Book N-R, page 1220, at the Register of Deeds
In the chronology
William Roark marries Ann McMullen eleven days after she names him as her child's father

John W Sharp and Sarah C Roark

Marriage bond, 14 May 1867

Bond dated
14 May 1867
Married
23 May 1867
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, pages 114-115, at the Register of Deeds
  • 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 378 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 Roark record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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