Paul D. Hangsleben wrote: > > I originally posted the "on the bridge at Harpers Ferry" marriage query. > Since that time, I've found the couples' marriage record. It wasn't in > Jefferson Co., (W)VA as I suspected. I found it "finally" in Frederick Co., > MD. This was Apr. 1858. Can hardly believe that you could legally do this > even then. The actual license was taken out in Fred. Co., MD but there is > no record of the marriage return. Evidently, there are "no" marriage returns > for that era. The clerk just assumed that the couple actually married. > > The moral is to look everywhere! It's always in the last place you look -Right! > > Karen Nelson Hangsleben Hello Karen, The marriage was probably recorded in Frederick Co. MD because the Potomac River is claimed by Maryland. Maryland owns the land/river to the Virginia shore. Mary Law Miller