Orange County Indexed
Shearer marriages
4 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.
Jacob Shearer and Caty Smith
Marriage bond, 12 February 1782
- Bond dated
- 12 February 1782
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 146, 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 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).
Fredrick Shearer Jr and Peggy Clap
Marriage bond, 24 January 1811
- Bond dated
- 24 January 1811
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 144, at the Register of Deeds
- Related records
- Will of Barney (x) Clap (a parent’s will naming her and her husband)
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60009, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Roc–Ta”.
- 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).
John Rivers and Hannah Shearer
Marriage bond, 7 September 1816
- Bond dated
- 7 September 1816
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book N-R, page 1196, at the Register of Deeds
- 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 362 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).
Andrew Shearer and Love Holstead
Marriage bond, [no date]
- Bond dated
- [no date]
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 143, at the Register of Deeds
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60009, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Roc–Ta”.
- In all the records
- Every Shearer record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
- Search beyond these records
- Shearer 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 Shearer there)
- Shearer in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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