Marriage Licenses of Tyrrell County, North Carolina
1881 & 1882


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell County Dec 26th 18 81
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County.
Uriah Homes having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Johnathan B. Homes of Tyrrell Co N.C., aged 24 years, color white the son of James Homes and Mary Homes the father now Living, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell Co N.C. And Ellen Dunbar of Tyrrell Co N.C. aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Henry Dunbar and Kizah Dunbar the father Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank).
And the written consent of (blank) the (blank) of the said (blank) to the proposed marriage having been filed with me.
And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said county.
You are required, within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same.
W. H. H. Cooper
Register of Deeds
   

Uriah Homes, being duly sworn, says: That the parties applying for the License are of lawful age, and that so far as he is informed and believes, there is no lawful cause or impediment forbidding said marriage.
Uriah Holmes
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper Regr

State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County.
I, J. B. Combs, a J. P. united in Matrimony Johnathan B. Holmes and Ellen Dunbar the parties licensed above, on the 26th day of Dec, 18 81, at B. F. Pritchett in Alligator Township, in said County, according to law.
J. B. Combs, J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
B. F. Dunbar of Tyrrell
Uriah Holmes of (blank)
E. L. Owens of (blank)
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell County January 16th 18 82
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County.
J. A. Holmes having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Benjn. F. Culupher of Tyrrell Co N.C., aged 35 years, color white the son of Dont Know and Dollie Culupher the father now dont Know, the mother Dead, resident of (blank) And Missouria Owens of Tyrrell Co N.C. aged 16 years, color white, daughter of Ephraim L. Owens and Caroline Owens the father Living, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell Co N.C..
And the written consent of Eph. L. Owens the Father of the said Masuria Owens to the proposed marriage having been filed with me.
And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said county.
You are required, within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same.
W. H. H. Cooper
Register of Deeds
   

J. A. Holmes, being duly sworn, says: That the parties applying for the License are of lawful age, and that so far as he is informed and believes, there is no lawful cause or impediment forbidding said marriage.
J. A. Holmes
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper Regr

State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County.
I, W. E. Shallington, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Benj. F. Culupher and Misuria Owens the parties licensed above, on the 1st day of Feb, 18 82, at the residence of the brides father in Alligator Township, in said County, according to law.
W. E. Shallington, J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
W. P. Reynold of (blank)
J. T. Tweedy of (blank)
W. R. Roughton of (blank)
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell County Jany 18th 18 82
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County.
John T. Sawyer having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Edward Owens of Tyrrell Co N.C., aged 26 years, color white the son of (blank) and (blank) the father now (blank), the mother (blank), resident of (blank) And Allice Craddock of Tyrrell Co N.C. aged 25 years, color white, daughter of John W. Davenport and Olief Davenport the father Dead, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell Co N.C..
And the written consent of (blank) the (blank) of the said (blank) to the proposed marriage having been filed with me.
And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said county.
You are required, within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same.
W. H. H. Cooper
Register of Deeds
   

John T. Sawyer, being duly sworn, says: That the parties applying for the License are of lawful age, and that so far as he is informed and believes, there is no lawful cause or impediment forbidding said marriage.
John T. Sawyer (his mark)
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper Regr

State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County.
I, A. W. Owens, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Edward Owens and Alice Cradock the parties licensed above, on the 19th day of January, 18 82, at my home in Scuppernong Township, in said County, according to law.
A. W. Owens, J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
Mary L. Owens of (blank)
Julia Jarvis of (blank)
Vicktoria Hill of (blank)
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell County Jany 18th 18 82
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County.
Arthur Spruill having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of H. G. Sikes of Tyrrell Co N.C., aged 26 years, color white the son of B. T. Sikes and Matilda Sikes the father now Living, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell Co. N.C. And J. C. Sanderson of Tyrrell Co N.C. aged 22 years, color white, daughter of Jesse Sanderson and Caroline Sanderson the father Dead, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell Co N.C..
And the written consent of (blank) the (blank) of the said (blank) to the proposed marriage having been filed with me.
And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said county.
You are required, within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same.
W. H. H. Cooper
Register of Deeds
   

Arthur Spruill, being duly sworn, says: That the parties applying for the License are of lawful age, and that so far as he is informed and believes, there is no lawful cause or impediment forbidding said marriage.
Arthur Spruill
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper Regr

State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County.
I, M. J. Hunt, a Methodist Minister united in Matrimony H. G. Sikes and J. C. Sanderson the parties licensed above, on the 18th day of January, 18 82, at the house of Eli Spruill in Columbia Township, in said County, according to law.
M. J. Hunt
Witnesses present at Marriage:
Arthur Spruill of (blank)
J. B. Leigh of (blank)
S. L. Owens of (blank)
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell County Feby 11th 18 82
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County.
Soloman West having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of himself of Tyrrell Co., aged 28 years, color white the son of Jos. West and Ann Caroline West the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell Co. And Mary Carolina Phelps of (blank) aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Daniel Phelps and Perry Phelps the father Living, the mother Living, resident of (blank).
And the written consent of (blank) the (blank) of the said (blank) to the proposed marriage having been filed with me.
And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said county.
You are required, within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage, to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same.
W. H. H. Cooper Regr
Register of Deeds
   

Soloman West, being duly sworn, says: That the parties applying for the License are of lawful age, and that so far as he is informed and believes, there is no lawful cause or impediment forbidding said marriage.
Soloman West (his mark)
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper Regr

State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County.
I, S. C. Patrick, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Soloman West and Mary C. Phelps the parties licensed above, on the 19th day of Feb, 18 82, at three o'clock after noon in South Fork Township, in said County, according to law.
S. C. Patrick J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
Geo. L. Woodley of Washing Co
J. H. Batman of Tyrrell Co
H. D. Bateman of Tyrrell Co
   


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