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Marriage bond abstracts A-W 1741-1868. Family History Library. United States & Canada 2nd Floor Film. 1758993. 4364812. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. Marriage bonds A-W 1749-1856 (the majority of the marriages are for the 1760s) Family History Library.
Nonresident ($20 search fee) Marriage bonds (1741-1868) are statements of intent to marry that were attested by the prospective groom before the clerk of court in the bride's county of residence. Typically, one of more bondsmen signed as security for the forfeiture of a sum should the marriage not occur of prove to be illegal.
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On file in the North Carolina State Archives are 170,000 marriage bonds, covering the years 1741-1868. These records were abstracted by the Works Progress Administration. Most of the bonds contain the following information: groom's name, bride's name, date of bond, bondsmen, witnesses.
An index to marriage bonds for the years 1741-1868. Marriage bonds were statements of intent documenting bonds taken out by the groom, usually from the county in which the bride resided. Index lists bride's and groom's names, date of bond, bondsmen's and witness' names, a code for the county where the bond was taken out and the volume and page ...
from 1741-1868 taken from the 170,000 marriage bonds in the North Carolina State Archives. These bonds were abstracted in the 1930s and have been arranged in two statewide indexes, one by groom’s name and one by bride’s name. These indexes are contained on the microfiche. Marriage bonds were statements of intent for couples who planned to ...
Archives > Archive:Vital Records > North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868. Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives.
About North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004 This database is an index to individuals who were married in various North Carolina counties between 1741 and 2004. The database is a compilation of several indexes obtained from multiple agencies, namely the North Carolina State Archives, North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics ...
