Orange County Indexed
Shy marriages
4 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.
Jesse Shy and Martha Cantern
Marriage bond, 15 October 1785
- Bond dated
- 15 October 1785
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 181, 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 382 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).
Samuel Shy and Sarah Cantrel
Marriage bond, 5 December 1789
- Bond dated
- 5 December 1789
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 183, 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 382 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).
Robert Shy and Sarah Stalcup
Marriage bond, 14 January 1797
- Bond dated
- 14 January 1797
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 182, at the Register of Deeds
- Other readings
- Ingmire, Holcomb and USGenWeb read the date as 11 January 1797
- 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 382 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).
Eli Shy and Elizabeth McClary
Marriage bond, 15 December 1804
- Bond dated
- 15 December 1804
- In the books
- Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 180, 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 382 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 Shy record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
- Search beyond these records
- Shy 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 Shy there)
- Shy in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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