I found the following marriage bonds between Pierce men & Nance women. I'm including all of them, though I didn't find specific William J., and this Jas. W. would not have been born in 1851, but maybe these will be of use to your search. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Groom: James W. Pierce Bride: Eliza Jane Nance Bond Date: 05 Apr 1856 Bond #: 000113779 County: Randolph Record #: 01 214 Bondsman: George W. Cross Groom: Eli Pierce Bride: Anna Nance Bond Date: 11 Feb 1836 Bond #: 000113785 County: Randolph Record #: 01 214 Bondsman: Louis Pierce Groom: Calvin Pierce Bride: Louisa Nance Bond Date: 12 Aug 1845 Bond #: 000113789 County: Randolph Record #: 01 214 Bondsman: Robert M Walker Groom: Isray Pierce Bride: Lucinda Nance Bond Date: 15 Feb 1841 Bond #: 000113778 County: Randolph Record #: 01 214 Bondsman: Sion Hill Groom: Willis Pierce Bride: Martha Nance Bond Date: 20 Feb 1849 Bond #: 000113784 County: Randolph Record #: 01 214 Bondsman: Jesse W. Cody ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Pierce" <marthapierce@classicnet.net> >I was wondering if someone would do a marriage record lookup for me. I > have a lot of information on Eli E. Pierce, born abt. 1815. I have the > census records for Eli Pierce and Anna Nance and their families who were > living in Randolph Co., NC from about 1850 to 1880. Eli had seven sons > during that time. He had a son William J. Pierce, born abt. 1851. In > 1870 William J. Pierce was in Eli's household and in 1880 he was not. So > I think William J. got married between 1870 and 1880. I have a list of > Randolph Co. marriages before 1867 but nothing between 1868 and 1885. My > request is to see if someone had the marriage records and find out who > William J. Pierce married and the date. I can't find him on a census for > 1880 if anyone has any records I would appreciate it. Thanks, Martha > Hicks Pierce e-mail: > marthapierce@classicnet.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >