Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley E. Pippenger announce publication of two
volumes of marriage records for King and Queen County, Virginia.
Researchers may be aware that the public records for King and Queen County
were in most part destroyed by fires in April 1828 and 1864. The earliest
marriage record at the courthouse is from 1858, only a few are from the war
years, and the general run there begins in 1866. In contrast, the Auditor
of Public Accounts copy at the Library of Virginia is more complete and
begins with one marriage for 1853 and continues from 1854. The compilers
collected data from six main sources: (1) a modern typewritten index to
marriages, (2) bound Certificates to Obtain a Marriage License that begin in
September 1867; (3) a bound register of marriages that begins in 1872 (in
the Circuit Court Clerk's office); (4) loose register pages from the Auditor
of Public Accounts (at the Library of Virginia); (5) loose marriage licenses
that begin in 1858; and (6) records from local area churches. The compilers
have consulted numerous other sources to insert in brackets information
missing in the original marriage record. For example, maiden names or names
of parents that are blank in one marriage and may be present in another, or
complete names may be inscribed on a cemetery tombstone. These types of
additions are inserted in brackets in these publications. Also included in
each volume is a list of abbreviations, list of ministers and their
denominations and church associations (if known), and a transcription of
applicable laws affecting marriages or the keeping of marriage records.
Titles: King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of
Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses, Volume 1:
1853-1874 and Volume 2: 1875-1886. Volume 1, 383 pages, includes 1,019
marriages, and Volume 2, 361 pages, includes 922 marriages. $45 each
postpaid. Libraries may send a purchase order by mail or email.
Wesley E. Pippenger
Little Egypt
P.O. Box 309
515 Faulconer Circle
Tappahannock, VA 22560
(804) 443-3482 home
(202) 550-6788 cell
http://www.wesleypippenger.org
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