Mickey, Sometime you get 'lucky' and find that the couple has a marriage bond - these are usually located in the county court minutes. County court minutes are usually not indexed, so be prepared to do some page by page looking, and still not find the marriage bond. Another source is old newspapers, for the posting of the banns, and perhaps in later times an item about the wedding. The latter might be found in 'community news' type columns. Pat M. Mahan CC Lauderdale Co AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~allauder/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mildred "Mickey" Fournier" <mfournier@atlantic.net> To: <SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 3:38 PM Subject: RE: [SCUNION] Marriage Bonds in Union Co. > Sorry, Sandra, neither the State of South Carolina nor the counties kept > marriage records until about 1910. They considered marriages to be a matter > for the Church. And that would have been fine except almost no Church > records have survived. > > All of us are in the same boat on that one! One possible source of help is > one of Brent Holcomb's books of "Implied Marriages." Other listers, > suggestions? > > Your list mom, > > Mickey > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom & Sandra Stephens [mailto:twssls@flash.net] > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 2:28 PM > To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCUNION] Marriage Bonds in Union Co. > > > Does anyone know how far back records of marriage bonds can be found in > Union Co.? > > I am hoping to get a copy of the marriage bond of Joseph Moorhead and > Lydia Clanton, sometime in 1790 or 1791. > > Thanks, > Sandra > > >