| State of
North Carolina |
Office of Register of
Deeds |
| Tyrrell COUNTY |
March 31 18 91 |
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| To any Ordained
Minister of any Religious denomination or any Justice of the
Peace of said County.
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M. A. Phelps having applied to
me for a LICENSE for the marriage of Charles Sawyer of Tyrrell
Co., aged 30 years, color White the son of Josiah
Sawyer and Sally Davenport the father now Dead,
the mother Living, resident of Tyrrell Co And Elizabeth
Davenport of Tyrrell Co aged 15 years, color White,
daughter of Wm Davenport and Mary Davenport the
father Dead, the mother Dead, resident of (blank).
And the written consent of M. A. Phelps the Uncle
of the said Eliz. Davenport 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.
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| D. O. Newberry
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| Register of Deeds
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| M. A. Phelps, 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.
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| M. A. (x - his mark) Phelps
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| Witness: D. O. Newberry
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| State of North Carolina,
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| Tyrrell County.
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| I, W. S. Davenport, a Justice of the
Peace united in Matrimony Charles Sawyer and Elizabeth
Davenport the parties licensed above, on the 15th day
of March, 18 91, at Maeage(?) Phelps house
in Columbia Township, in said County, according to law.
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| W. S. Davenport
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| Witnesses present at Marriage:
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| R. L. Hassell of Tyrrell
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| Wm Tarkington of Tyrrell
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| Cloud(?) Leatchfield of Tyrrell
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Marriage
License from Tyrrell County, North Carolina Genealogy
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