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On 11 April 1853 the Virginia General Assembly passed an act requiring that any minister or person performing a marriage return that information to the Clerk of the County Court to begin on 1 January 1854. If not, the license to perform marriages that person held would be revoked. The returns were to be signed by the minister and were to include the full name and ages of the groom and the bride, whether they were single or widowed, place of birth and residence of both, occupation of the groom and date and place of the marriage. Sometimes the race of the individuals was also noted. This book contains the marriages listed in Northampton County, Virginia Registers No. 2 and 3 and range in date from 1854 to 1922. The author is donating her proceeds from the book to the Eastern Shore Public Library in Accomac, VA. Every name and place index. Comb-bound. 2008. 305 pp. 8 1/2 x 11. Price:
$ 50.00 By: Phyllis Elmore
Catalog Number: NH019 |
