Orange County Indexed

Stowers marriages

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

Adam Stowers and Polly Hinderson

Marriage bond, 13 May 1823

Bond dated: 13 May 1823
In the books: Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 526, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper: Hillsborough Recorder, 21 May 1823, page 3: married by Rev. Mr. Trice; In the vicinity of Chapel Hill; bride: daughter of John[?] Henderson, esq. (our reading of the notice)

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 397 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
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Marriage bond, 14 September 1830

Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com”.
The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 80 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
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