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
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> 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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