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Sowell marriages

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

Joseph Morgan and Malinda Sowell

Marriage bond, 3 September 1866

Bond dated
3 September 1866
Married
4 September 1866
In the books
Orange Marriage Book M, pages 778-779, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the date as 4 September 1866
  • Holcomb and USGenWeb read the date as 3 August 1866
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60007, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Mc–Mu–O” (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 300 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).

Horrace Day and Bettie Sowell

Marriage license, 18 January 1877

License dated
18 January 1877
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 3, page 234, at the Register of Deeds
In all the records
Every Sowell record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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