GUILFORD COUNTY, NC - VITALS - Marriage, Joshua E. Jones to R. Rosella Osborne ----¤¤¤¤---- Copy of Marriage Certificate received from the Guilford County, NC, Register of Deeds State of North Carolina Office of Register of Deeds Guilford County February 6th, 1900 To any Minister of any Religious Denomination, or any Justice of the Peace of said County: Joshua E. Jones, having applied to me for the marriage of himself of Guilford County, age 21 years, color white, the son of James F. Jones and Mary A. Jones, the father now dead , the mother living, resident of Guilford County, NC. And R. Rosella Osborne of Guilford County, age 22 years, color, white, daughter of Daniel W. Osborne and Adella Osborne the father living, the mother, dead, resident of Guilford County, NC. And the writen consent of...........(left blank)....the.........(left bland)................of the said........(left blank)....to the propsed marriage having been filed with me. And there being no legal impediment to such marraige know to me, you are herby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, to celebrate the proposed marriage at any place within the said County. You are required within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage to return this license to me at my office, with your signature subscribed to the certificate under this license, and with the blanks therein filled according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting tow hundre dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same. (signature) A. G. Kirkman Register of Deeds. (there is fine print instructions on who's name goes where, but I cannot read them) Joshua E. Jones, applicant for above Marriage License, being duly sworn says: That the parties above licensed are of lawful age, and that so far as he is informed and believes there is no lawful cause or impediment forbidding said marriage. witness (signature) Joshua E. Jones G. A. Kirkman Applicant. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 6th day of February 1900. (signature) A. G. Kirkman Register of Deeds or J.P. (written under Register of Deeds is, Per S. A. Kirkman Deputy Register of Deeds) I, A. ? Idell a Justice of the Peace, united in matrimony Joshua E. Jones and R. Rosella Osborne, the parties licensed above on the 6th day of February 1900 at Greensboro in Gilmer, N.C Township in said County, according to law. (signature) A. ? Idell, J.P. Witnesses present at marriage: (all signatures) C. F. M. (unreadable, looks like Caniston) of Guilford E. E. Glenn of Guilford J. E. Stock of Guilford Marrige Certificate for: Joshua Enos Jones, son of Joseph/James Benjamin Franklin Jones and Mary Ann Leonard and Rachel Rosella Osborne, daughter of Daniel Willis Osborne and Adella "Della" Stephenson ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Owsley Hitchcock teh1955@tampabay.rr.com ___________________________________________________________________