Transcribed and Contributed By Harold Lloyd 09/15/03
1851
Clerk Of Superior Court’s Affidavit On Missing Granville Marriage
Bonds Transcribed
By Harold A. Lloyd The
following affidavit is a part of the War of 1812 bounty land application
filed by Johnson Loyd’s widow Elizabeth Langford Loyd.
For those who have searched in vain for an early Granville
marriage bond, this affidavit may provide an explanation.
It shows that early
Granville marriage bonds were already missing by 1851 and attempts to
explain why. Because of the
loss of Elizabeth Langford Loyd’s bond, she had to rely on
individuals’ affidavits proving her marriage.
The affidavit is transcribed as written with errors not
corrected. J. H. ?ham
Oxford
NC November 21, 1851 Dear
Sir By your request I have examined the marriage Bonds filed in my office from the year 1790 to the year 1806 for the marriage Bond of Johnson Loyd and Elizabeth Langford and failed to find any such Bond the marriage Bonds from 1780 to 1800 were not all returned to this office as the Clerk himself lived some 12 miles from the Court House and Blank licenses were Kept in different parts of the County by the Justices of the Peace As witness my hand and seal Of office at office in Oxford The 21st November 1851 A Landis Clerk of Granville County Court
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