STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,                                    Office of Register of Deeds
            Halifax County.                                                         Feby 28, 1919 

To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, or any Justice of the Peace of said County:           

            Ovid B. Harries having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Joe Rilen Pope, of R Rapids NC, aged 23 years, color white, the son of Willie and Alvia Pope, the father now living, the mother living, resident of Newsoms and Georgia M. Spain, of Roanoke Rapids, aged 23 years color white, daughter of G. M. and Kittie Spain the father dead, the mother living, resident R Rapids, NC. 

                                                                                       J. Hunter Norman, Register of Deeds

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
            Halifax County.

            I, R. L. Topping, a Christian Minister, united in matrimony Joe Allen Pope and Georgia M. Spain the parties licensed above, on the 5 day of March 1919, at my home, in Roanoke Rapids, in said County, according to law.

                                                                                                R. L. Topping

WITNESSES PRESENT AT MARRIAGE:
Mr. T. J. Topping of Rosemary, NC
Mrs. R. L. Topping of           “            
Sallie Sheffield of                “             

(Part of the William Odell Spain Private Collection held by Janet Orndorff who kindly submitted this marriage license)

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