Bertie County NcArchives Marriages.....Ruffin, Willie Julia - Hill, John 1851 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn McCarthy lcmcmw5761@aol.com January 17, 2010, 6:53 am N.C. State Archives Notation: Transcription of photocopy of original marriage documents for William Julia Ruffin and John Hill, located at North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Hill to Ruffin 23rd Oct. 1851 State of North Carolina Bertie County To any authorized Minister of the Gospel of the State of North Carolina or acting Justice of the Peace of the County of Bertie You are hereby authorized to Solemnize the Act of Matrimony between John Hill and William J Ruffin - a resident of Said County and make return of Said Marriage to the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Bertie County within three months from the date hereof Given under my hand & Seal at the Court house in Windsor the 21st day of Oct - 1851 E A Rhodes Clk ___________________________________________________ State of North Carolina Bertie County Know all men by these presents, That we John Hill and William Hill are held and firmly bound unto the State of North Carolina, in the sum of One thousand dollars; but to be void on condition there is no legal cause to obstruct a marriage between John Hill and William J Ruffin for whom a license now issues. In testimony of which, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 21st day of October A. D. 1851 Seal Wm. Hill Seal ___________________________________________________ This is to certify that I united the within parties in the bonds of matrimony on thursday the 23rd day of October 1851. Jos. Blount Cheshire Rector of Calvary Church Tarboro N.C. Additional Comments: Willie Julia Ruffin was daughter of John Ruffin File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/vitals/marriages/ruffin1297gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb