Marriage Licenses of Washington County, North Carolina
1887


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Washington COUNTY December 29th 18 87
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
W. H. Pettiford having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Paul C. King of Washington Co. N.C., aged 20 years, color Colored the son of James King and Harriet Moore the father now Living, the mother Dead, resident of Hertford Co. N.C. And Anna Jones of Washington Co. N.C. aged 17 years, color Colored, daughter of Wesley Jones and Mary Jones the father Dead, the mother Living, resident of Washington 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. Stubbs
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,
Washington County.
I, B. J. Lynox, a Baptist Minister united in Matrimony Paul C. King and Anna Jones the parties licensed above, on the 29 day of December, 18 87, at the Methodist Church in Plymouth Township, in said County, according to law.
B. J. Lynox
Witnesses present at Marriage:
M??? Lynox of Plymouth N.C.
H. M. Wheelock of Plymouth N.C.
Ida Wheelock of Plymouth N.C.
   


State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds
Washington COUNTY December 29th 18 87
To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or any Justice of the Peace of said County:
Robert Pettiford having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Himself of Washington Co. N.C., aged 27 years, color Colored the son of (blank) and Louisa Smallwood the father now Dead, the mother Living, resident of Washington Co. N.C. And Victoria Bridgett of Washington Co. N.C. aged 18 years, color Colored, daughter of Simon Bridgett and Julia Bridgett the father Dead, the mother Dead, resident of Washington 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. Stubbs
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,
Washington County.
I, J. T. Pettiford, a Minister of the Deciples of Christ united in Matrimony Robert Pettiford and Julya Briggett the parties licensed above, on the Twenty Ninth day of Dec., 18 87, at Plymouth in Plymouth Township, in said County, according to law.
J. T. Pettiford
Witnesses present at Marriage:
Elis Lee of Washington Co.
W. Pettiford of Washington
S. F. Pettiford of Washington Co.
   


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