Marriage Licenses of Tyrrell County, North Carolina
1887 & 1889


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY June 12th 1887
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
John Dunstan having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of George W. Bateman Jr. of Tyrrell Co N.C., aged 23 years, color white the son of Jesse Bateman and Nancy Bateman the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell Co N.C. And Martha Ann Tarkinton of Tyrrell Co N.C. aged 28 years, color white, daughter of John Turner and Affa Turner 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
   

John Dunstan, 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 Dunstan
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrel County.
I, D. S. Mann, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony G. W. Bateman and Martha Ann Turner the parties licensed above, on the 12 day of June, 18 87, at John Dunstan in South Fork Township, in said County, according to law.
D. S. Mann J.P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
Wm. B. Gray of Pasquotank
M. S. Tarkinton of Tyrrel
W. Hoodley of Washington
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY August 23d 1887
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
J. T. Sample having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of himself of Tyrrell Co, aged 34 years, color white the son of Soloman Sample and Arrine Sample the father now Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank) And Mody Richardson of Tyrrell Co aged 20 years, color white, daughter of Robert Richardson and Caroline Richardson 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
   

J. T. Sample, 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. T. Sample
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrell County.
I, F. C. Patrick, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony J. T. Sample and Mand (?) Richardson the parties licensed above, on the 24th day of August, 18 87, at Armstead Armstrong's in Gum Neck Township, in said County, according to law.
F. C. Patrick J.P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
D. F. Armstrong of Gum Neck
J. W. Weatherly of Gum Neck
W. W. Kemp of Gum Neck
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY August 30th 1887
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
Abner A. Combs having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of John White of Tyrrell Co, aged 23 years, color white the son of Franklin White and Phebe White the father now Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank) And Victorine Jones of Tyrrell Co aged 20 years, color white, daughter of Timothy S. Jones and Man Dia (?) Jones the father Living, the mother Living, resident of Gum Neck Tyrrell Co.
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
   

A. A. Combs, 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.
A. A. Combs
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrell County.
I, F. C. Patrick, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony John White and Victorine Jones the parties licensed above, on the 31st day of August, 18 87, at Timothy S. Jones in Gum Neck Township, in said County, according to law.
F. C. Patrick J.P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
B. F. Swindell of Gum Neck
J. A. Langley of (blank)
J. R. Spence of (blank)
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY August 31st 1887
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
Benja. F. Williams having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of James Roughton of Tyrrell Co, aged 76 years, color white the son of don't know and don't know the father now Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank) And Frances Holmes of Tyrrell Co aged 37 years, color white, daughter of don't know and don't know 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
   

Benja. F. Williams, 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.
Benja. F. Williams (by mark)
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrell County.
I, J. B. Leigh, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony James Roughton and Frances Holmes the parties licensed above, on the 31 day of August, 18 87, at Alligator in Alligator Township, in said County, according to law.
J. B. Leigh J.P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
L. P. Combs of Alligator
A. B. Combs of Alligator
W. H. Hayman of Alligator
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Oct. 17 1887
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
Asa Meekins by letter having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of himself of Tyrrell Co, aged 60 years, color white the son of (blank) and (blank) the father now Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank) And Chisteen Sawyer of Tyrrell Co aged 30 years, color white, daughter of Wm. Liverman and Gennettia Jones 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
   

(blank), 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.
(blank)
Witness: (blank)

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrel County.
I, G. L. Liverman, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Asa Meekins and Chisteen Sawyer the parties licensed above, on the 20 day of October, 18 87, at Mrs. Melissa Simmons in Gum Neck Township, in said County, according to law.
G. L. Liverman
Witnesses present at Marriage:
B. A. Cahoon of Tyrrell County
M. E. Liverman of Tyrrell County
Darkes Cahoon of Tyrrell County
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Nov. 25th 1889
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
Elsberry Sexton having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Henry L. Sexton of Tyrrell County, aged 18 years, color white the son of Elsberry Sexton and Mary Ann Sexton the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County And Mariah E. Armstrong of Tyrrell County aged 17 years, color white, daughter of Wm. Armstrong and Mary E. Armstrong the father Dead, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County N.C..
And the written consent of Mary E. Armstrong the mother of the said Mariah E. Armstrong 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
   

Elsberry Sexton, 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.
Elsberry Sexton
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrell County.
I, J. W. Davenport, a Justice of Peace of Tyrrell Co united in Matrimony H. L. Sexton and Mariah E. Armstrong the parties licensed above, on the 27th (?) day of November, 18 89, at Mrs. E. Parishers in Columbia Township, in said County, according to law.
W. J. Davenport J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
E. Sexton of Tyrell
J. E. Parisher of Tyrell
R. H. Sexton of Tyrell
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Nov. 30th 1889
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
H. W. Swain having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Joseph J. Swain of Tyrrell County N.C., aged 26 years, color white the son of James Swain and Mary Swain the father now Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank) And Polly Roughton of Tyrrell Co. N.C. aged 23 years, color white, daughter of Edward Roughton and Phebe Roughton the father Living, the mother Living, 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
   

H. W. Swain, 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.
H. W. Swain
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrell County.
I, Ed. Hopkins Jr., a Justice of Peace united in Matrimony Joseph J. Swain and Polly Roughton the parties licensed above, on the Forth day of December, 18 89, at Edward Roughton's in Columbia Township, in said County, according to law.
Ed. Hopkins Jr.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
H. W. Swain of Columbia NC
Cottie Swain of Columbia NC
Malichie Swain of Columbia NC
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Decr. 2d 1889
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
S. S. Brickhouse having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Isiah Brickhouse of Tyrrell Co N.C., aged 18 years, color white the son of J. L. Brickhouse and Susan Ann Brickhouse the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell Co And Molly Sawyer of Tyrrell Co aged 22 years, color white, daughter of don't know and Julia Powers the father (blank), the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell Co N.C..
And the written consent of J. L. Brickhouse the father of the said Isaiah Brickhouse 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
   

S. S. Brickhouse, 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.
S. S. Brickhouse
Witness: W. H. H. Cooper R.D.

State of North Carolina,
Tyrrell County.
I, W. J. Cahoon, a Justice of Peace of Tyrrell Co united in Matrimony Isaih Brickhous and Molly Sawyer the parties licensed above, on the 4 day of December, 18 89, at Kilkenny Tyrrell Co in Gumneck Township, in said County, according to law.
W. J. Cahoon J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
H. C. Armstrong of Gumneck
C. H. Cahoon of Gumneck
A. Jones of Gumneck
   


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