Hi everyone, I was out of town over the weekend and I don't think this reply made it to everyone. If you did get this, sorry for the repeat. I will check on the address, Nancy. Vicki Original Message Follows: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy T R I C E" <nt@vci.net> To: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:56 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: marriage bonds > Hi Sue... Joel Trice lived in Hopkins Co. If you think you might have > a relationship to him you might want to check the Hopkins Co website > for info on him. Be sure to check Mattie's Obituary scrapbook for > info on the Trice family. > > Best, > nt > > My Registry Number: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000001 > > Help fight spam . . . get yours today: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/index.html > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue [mailto:suelefan@mchsi.com] > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:37 PM > To: KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: marriage bonds > > > When my great-grandmother, Josie Hancock Virgin, > married the 2nd time to W. H. Williams, she gave herself permission to > wed > since she was over 2lyears of age. There was also a Bond and Joel > Trice > signed as Surety. > Sue in Ky. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brenda Joyce Jerome" <bjj@evansville.net> > To: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 7:39 PM > Subject: Re: marriage bonds > > > > The legal age to marry in 1817 was 21. The bond should be signed > > by the prospective bridegroom and his bondsman (or surety). Perhaps > > the bondsman was his father, but that does not mean that the > > bridegroom was under age 21. Usually there is a consent note signed > > by a parent or guardian if the person was under age or there will be > a > > written notation on the bond that the parent or guardian was present > and > > gave > > consent. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Brenda Joyce Jerome, CGRS > > Western Kentucky Journal and Book List > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Jrcinsd2@aol.com> > > To: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 7:33 PM > > Subject: marriage bonds > > > > > > > I have a marriage bond dating Oct. 1817. The father of the groom > is > > listed > > > in the body of the document along with the groom where they pledge > the > > 50#s > > > bond money. And the father signs at the bottom as well as the > groom. > > > > > > Does this indicate that the groom was underage? Was "age" then 21 > years > > like > > > it is now? > > > > > > thanks, Janice > > > > > > > > > ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > > > Reunion- Menser Descendants > > > June 22 2002 at Dawson Springs Comm. Center > > > Contact Kenneth or David at 270-797-5518 or 270-669-4249 > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > > Visit KYGenWeb Caldwell County Genealogy > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Boards now allow you to pick the classification and expand > all the messages on the page at one time. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >