The Bedford Co. home page gives a link to Hinshaw's abstracts and shows a minister's return for the marriage of: Granvil Arther and Frances Deacon Mar. 22, 1842....married by John Ayres. No Bond information is shown. The marriage bonds and minister's returns for Bedford and Campbell in Hinshaw's Encyclopedia aren't Quaker records. In other words the existing bonds weren't created by Quakers, but by the County Clerks. When Ministers reported the weddings they had performed, those reports were saved in the file by the County Clerks. Hinshaw found and added minister's returns to his abstracts when he found them. If Quaker couples wanted to get married using the common civil process there wasn't any law preventing them. But they did risk being dismissed from their Monthly Meeting. Hinshaw has hundreds of entries for members being dismissed for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they were re-instated. Bill Hunt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn J. Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 7:46 PM Subject: [VACAMPBE-L] your Dakin marriage > Hi, > > I checked my Virginia marriage CD and a CD I have of Hinshaw's Quaker > records which includes marriages for Campbell and Bedford counties. I > do not believe that the marriages for Lynchburg are on these CDs. I > could only find one reference with David and Nancy in the records. This > was the marriage record of Greenville/Granville Arthur and Frances Dakin > who was the daughter of David and Nancy. David is noted as deceased. > > I found several people who are in the records also spelled as Deacon. > Is your family related to the Quaker family of this name that ends up in > Ohio? There is a Jonathan Deacon married to Sally Crews in Amherst Co. > The bond date is Dec 3, 1787. This Jonathan appears to be the father of > several women named Dakin or variations who marry in Bedford County in > the 1820s and 1830s. > > Sorry I couldn't find your marriage, > > Marilyn Jackson > > > ==== VACAMPBE Mailing List ==== > Find tons of Campbell County info at the Campbell County VAGenWeb Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacampbe/ > > >