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Orange County Indexed

Wallis marriages

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

Doctrin Wallis and Nancy King

Marriage bond, 28 December 1817

Bond dated
28 December 1817
In the books
Orange Marriage Book W-Z, page 60, at the Register of Deeds

James Cheek and Deborah Wallis

Marriage bond, 28 November 1822

Bond dated
28 November 1822
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, page 474, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper
Hillsborough Recorder, 4 December 1822, page 3: married by Rev. John Campbell (probably this marriage: the notice reads the names as James Cheek and Debora [illegible])

Alexander Howell and Mary Jane Wallis

Marriage bond, 1 October 1860

Bond dated
1 October 1860
Married
4 October 1860
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, page 1163, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60005, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Ha–How–I” (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 210 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).

Martin G Hood and Jane Wallis

Marriage bond, 14 March 1861

Bond dated
14 March 1861
Married
17 March 1861
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, page 1013, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the date as 17 March 1861
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60005, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Ha–How–I” (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 203 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).

Henry Wallis and Martha Brooks

Marriage bond, 6 May 1861

Bond dated
6 May 1861
Married
7 May 1861
In the books
Orange Marriage Book W-Z, page 61, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the date as 7 May 1861
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60010, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Te–Wa” (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 439 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).

Benjamin Moore and Margaret Wallis

Marriage license, 28 May 1874

License dated
28 May 1874
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 2, page 365, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Licenses (16 mm), 1866–1875”.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
In all the records
Every Wallis record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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