Marriage Licenses of Tyrrell County, North Carolina
1895 & 1896


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Decr. 24 1895
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
H. D. Bateman having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of S. J. Bateman of Tyrrell County, aged 30 years, color white the son of Jesse Bateman Sr. and Nancy Bateman the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County And Indianna Patrick of Tyrrell County aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Frankling Patrick and Mary Patrick the father Dead, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County.
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.
Dack O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, J. H. M. Giles, a Minister, Methodist Episcopal Church, South united in Matrimony S. J. Bateman and Indianna Patrick the parties licensed above, on the 25th day of December, 18 95, at G. W. Batemans in South Fork Township, in said County, according to law.
J. H. M. Giles
Witnesses present at Marriage:
J. B. Spruill of Tyrrell Co N.C.
G. W. Bateman of Tyrrell Co N.C.
D. S. Mann of Tyrrell Co N.C.
   


NOTE: The above license was transcribed from a hand written license into the standard license format issued during this period.


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Decr 24th 1895
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
C. M. Sawyer having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Himself of Tyrrell County, aged 28 years, color white the son of R. W. Sawyer and Sallie Ann Sawyer the father now Living, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell County And Julia E. Walker of Tyrrell County aged 24 years, color white, daughter of Edmund Walker and Hester Walker the father Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County 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.
Dack O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, M. D. L. Newberry, a Justice of Peace united in Matrimony C. M. Sawyer and Julia E. Walker the parties licensed above, on the 25th day of December, 18 95, at Scuppernong in Scuppernong Township, in said County, according to law.
M. D. L. Newberry J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
John H. Thomas of Scuppernong Township
F. F. Kemp of Scuppernong Township
W. C. Kemp of Scuppernong Township
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY December 28 1895
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
C. M. Hassell having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Alonza Overton of Perquimans County, aged 30 years, color white the son of (not known) and (blank) the father now (blank), the mother (blank), resident of (blank) And Maud Davenport of Tyrrell County aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Jas. (?) D. Davenport and Sarah M. Davenport 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.
D. O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, J. C. Meekins, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Alonza Overton and Maud Davenport the parties licensed above, on the 1st day of January, 18 96, at Levi J. Davenport in Scuppernong Township, in said County, according to law.
J. C. Meekins J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
L. W. Pennington of (blank)
Louis Davenport of (blank)
Caddie Jones of (blank)
   


NOTE: The above license was transcribed from a hand written license into the standard license format issued during this period.


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Decr. 31st 1895
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
Charlie Roughton having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of himself of Tyrrell County, aged 19 years, color white the son of D. W. Roughton and Mary F. Roughton the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County And Eliza Cahoon of Tyrrell County aged 19 years, color white, daughter of J. W. Cahoon and Henrietta Cahoon the father Living, the mother Dead, resident of Tyrrell County.
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.
D. O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, (blank), a (blank) united in Matrimony (blank) and (blank) the parties licensed above, on the (blank) day of (blank), 18 (blank), at (blank) in (blank) Township, in said County, according to law.
C. W. Hussey J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
W. B. Cooper of Gum Neck
J. A. Liverman of Gum Neck
F. N. Hussey of Gum Neck
   


NOTE: The above license was transcribed from a hand written license into the standard license format issued during this period.


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY January 4th 1896
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
N. F. West having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of W. S. Bodwell of Tyrrell County, aged 22 years, color white the son of Swanner Bodwell and Priscilla Bodwell the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County And Virginia Caroline Simmons of Tyrrell County aged 22 years, color white, daughter of Wm. Simmons and Philena Simmons the father Dead, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County.
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.
Dack O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, W. S. Davenport, a Justice of Peace united in Matrimony W. S. Bodwell and Virginia C. Simmons the parties licensed above, on the 5th day of Jan, 18 96, at the residence of Mrs. Sol West in Columbia Township, in said County, according to law.
W. S. Davenport J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
J. W. Tarkington of Tyrell
Joseph Bodwell of Tyrell
McKage Phelps of Tyrell
   


NOTE: The above license was transcribed from a hand written license into the standard license format issued during this period.


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Jany 6th 1896
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
S. E. Leigh having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of M. S. Leary of Norfolk, Va, aged 21 years, color white the son of Saml. Leary and Elizabeth Leary the father now Dead, the mother Living, resident of Camden County N.C. And Susan T. Ashbee of Tyrrell County N.C. aged 28 years, color white, daughter of C. S. Ashbee and Mary E. Ashbee the father Dead, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County.
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.
D. O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, L. P. Combs, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony M. S. Leary and Susan T. Ashbee the parties licensed above, on the 8 day of Jan, 18 96, at Fort Landing N.C. in Alligator Township, in said County, according to law.
L. P. Combs J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
J. B. Leigh of Fort Landing N.C.
W. E. Shallington of Gudjer N.C.
S. E. Leigh of Fort Landing N.C.
   


NOTE: The above license was transcribed from a hand written license into the standard license format issued during this period.


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY January 6th 1896
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
J. P. (?) Alexander having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Alonza Melson of Tyrrell County, aged 21 years, color white the son of W. G. Melson and Mary Ann Melson the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County And Mary J. Pledger of Tyrrell County N.C. aged 24 years, color white, daughter of Jno. A. Pledger and Nancy Pledger the father Living, the mother Living, resident of 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.
D. O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, L. P. Combs, a Justice of the Peace united in Matrimony Alonzo Melson and Mary J. Pledger the parties licensed above, on the 8 day of Jan, 18 96, at Fort Landing N.C. in Alligator Township, in said County, according to law.
L. P. Combs J.P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
J. B. Leigh of Fort Landing N.C.
E. R. Spruill of Fort Landing N.C.
S. M. Combs of Fort Landing N.C.
   


NOTE: The above license was transcribed from a hand written license into the standard license format issued during this period.


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Tyrrell COUNTY Jany 13th 1896
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
W. N. Simmons having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of F. F. Kemp of Tyrrell, aged 25 years, color white the son of Wash Kemp and Martha Ann the father now Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell Co And W. Mabel Barnes of Tyrrell Co aged 21 years, color white, daughter of W. T. Barnes and Malisia Barnes the father Living, the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell County.
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.
D. O. Newberry
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,
Tyrrell County.
I, J. B. Walker, a Justice of Peace united in Matrimony F. F. Kemp and W. Mabel Barnes the parties licensed above, on the 14 day of January, 18 96, at W. T. Barnes in Scuppernong Township, in said County, according to law.
J. B. Walker J. P.
Witnesses present at Marriage:
E. R. Davenport of Bay N.C.
C. W. Simmons (by mark) of Bay N.C.
J. R. Tarkenton (by mark) of Bay N.C.
   


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