Orange County Indexed

Shewell marriages

1 marriage in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.

John Cheek and Margaret E Shewell

Marriage bond, 20 December 1865

Bond dated: 20 December 1865
Married: 21 December 1865
In the books: Orange Marriage Book C, pages 486-488, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper: Hillsborough Recorder, 24 January 1866, page 3: married by Rev. F. M. Jordan; in this county; bride: daughter of Thomas D. Oldham, Esq. (our reading of the notice)

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com” (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 83 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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