A number of WEST folks who lived in Duplin County went to New Hanover County to be married. Regarding those marriages I have a three part question: 1. Among those folks were Isaac W. WEST and Joshua WEST. These two men married in New Hanover and returned to Duplin to live and raise families. 2. Does anyone have any thoughts as to reasons these folks go to New Hanover County to be married? 3. Louise C. WEST and Jerusha WEST were also married during this same time frame 1844-1857 in New Hanover County, and I have been unable to tie them to a WEST family in either Duplin or New Hanover. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has information on either/both of these two females. 4. What was the method used to get to Wilmington (boat, horse back and/or buggy?) 1844-1857 and what route would they have taken from Duplin (possibly Magnolia area) to Wilmington? (Not being from, or living in, NC, I don't know which local roads on today's maps were in place during the 1840's/50's .) Any help/clues appreciated. Thanks.

I'm probably not one who should be talking because my parents were married in a county neither ever lived in and at least 70 miles from anyplace either ever lived in, apparently, solely because a taxi driver knew a place that they could get married in on a Sunday while dad was in basic training during WWII... but... isn't it sort of a "rule of thumb" that if bride & groom are from different counties they are probably married in the bride's county...? Richard White Tallahassee, Florida fredandfran wrote: >2. Does anyone have any thoughts as to reasons these folks go to New Hanover >County to be married? > >