See the Library of Virginia's Research Note 26 for a guide to Virginia
marriage laws that would have been in effect in 1823.

www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Research_Note_26.pdf 


"Where either of the parties is an infant: ... if either of the parties
intending to marry, shall be under the age of twenty-one years, and not
theretofore married, the consent of the father or guardian of every such
infant, shall be personally given before the said clerk, or certified
under the hand and seal of such father or guardian, attested by two
witnesses ..."   [Laws of Virginia, enacted October 1792, in Samuel
Shepherd, The Statutes at Large of Virginia, 1792-1806 (Richmond: 1835,
repr. New York: AMS Press, 1970) 1: 132-133]

Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian,
Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
  for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC),
Prince William Public Library System,
Bull Run Regional Library,
8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA  20110-2892
703-792-4540   www.pwcgov.org/library/relic


-----Original Message-----

Date:    Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:20:06 -0400
From:    Lee Anne Center <[log in to unmask]>

At what age could a girl marry without parental or guardian permission
in
1823 in Washington County VA? 

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