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When I was in high school and college (1956-1864) in Eastern NC many couples traveled down I-95 to Dillon, SC, but I doubt that this was the only place they could go in SC for such marriages. joe

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On Tue, 8/14/18, Lyle Browning <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Virginia vs North Carolina marriage requirements
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 10:35 AM
 
 In the 1950’s and 1960’s, VA
 couples from my area east of Richmond would travel to, I
 think, Spartanburg, SC to get married as they were below the
 VA statutory legal age. Definitely in SC. 
 
 On a slightly different note,
 I found that as long as one of the marrying parties believed
 it was a legal marriage, it was deemed legal by VA.
 Evidently that was a serious enough problem for it to be
 addressed statewide.
 
 Lyle
 Browning
 
 > On Aug 14,
 2018, at 10:02 AM, Barbara Vines Little <[log in to unmask]>
 wrote:
 > 
 > Laws
 regarding marriages did not remain static. There were
 various changes involving the degree of relationship
 (including a man marrying a deceased wife's sister)
 allowed in a lawful marriage, but essentially until at least
 1853 Virginia law required either banns (until 1848) or a
 license obtained in the jurisdiction (county or city) of the
 residence of the bride and permission for any person (male
 or female) under twenty-one of the parent or guardian. In
 1831 (p. 27) a mother's consent became acceptable if
 there was no father or guardian. Beginning in 1811 (p.34)
 ministers from other states were authorized to marry in
 Virginia.
 > 
 > Page
 numbers reference
 > 
 >
 /Virginia General Assembly Session Laws, 1808-1853/.The
 /Session Laws/ are available on microfilm in the Library’s
 West Reading Room.
 > 
 > See also
 > 
 > http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/bibguides.htm
 > 
 > 
 > Early Virginia Marriage Records <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Research_Note_26.pdf>
 (pdf)
 > 
 > 
 > Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA,
 FVGS
 > PO Box 1273
 >
 Orange, VA 22960
 > 
 >
 540-832-3473
 > [log in to unmask]
 > 
 > CG, Certified
 Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for
 Certification of Genealogists, used
 >
 under license by board-certified genealogists after periodic
 evaluation; the board name is
 >
 registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.
 > 
 > On 8/14/2018 8:37
 AM, Keith Kirkland wrote:
 >> Hello
 -
 >> 
 >> I'm
 having an ongoing discussion with another genealogical forum
 concerning
 >> Virginia vs North
 Carolina marriages. We have a question that I'm
 hoping
 >> someone here may be able to
 answer.
 >> 
 >>
 I, like many others in the forum, have noticed that many of
 my ancestors
 >> traveled from the
 Southside area of Virginia across the state line to
 >> Northern North Carolina counties to
 get married -  with the majority of
 >> those marriages occurring in Warren
 County, North Carolina.
 >> 
 >> The question I have is: why? Why did
 so many people from Brunswick,
 >>
 Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, and Greensville counties in Virginia
 choose to
 >> marry in Warren County,
 North Carolina?
 >> 
 >> I was wondering if anyone familiar
 with 19th century Virginia law could
 >> explicitly state the requirements
 necessary for citizens of Virginia to
 >> marry and do the same for North
 Carolina?
 >> 
 >>
 Thank you
 > 
 > 
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