This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yAC.2ACE/939.3 Message Board Post: In the 1760's, Montgomery was still a part of Augusta County. Unfortunately, marriage records in the Augusta courthouse only begin with 1785. Chalkley's Chronicles, which is online at the Augusta County genweb site, lists some marriage bonds that were posted during years prior to 1785, but I checked the index and could not find an Elijah Hilton or Hylton. The bonds recorded in Chalkley's are not a complete listing, however. There are a lot of marriages that took place in that area (present Montgomery on up into Greenbrier) for which there is no record. Perhaps because they were so far from the county seat, they opted to post banns instead. mike