MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC - Marriages - John Cranford Marriage ************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cathy Cranford pastseeker@nc.rr.com *************************************************************** John Cranford Marriage North Carolina, Montgomery County Office of Register of Deeds, December 30, A.D. 1874 To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, Or any Justice of the Peace for said County: John Cranford having applied to me for a LICENSE for the Marriage of John Cranford of Montgomery County, aged 20 years, color white, the son of Ivy Cranford and Jane Cranford, the father now dead, the mother dead, resident of Montgomery Co., And Julia Ann Tolbert of Montgomery, aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Pinckney Tolbert and Parerly Tolbert, the father living, the mother living, resident of Montgomery. And there being no legal impediment to such Marriage known to me, you are 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 TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS to the use of any person who shall sue for the same. Register of Deeds: P.H. Morris STATE of NORTH CAROLINA, Montgomery County. I, Wyatt N. Thayer, a Baptist Minister united in Matrimony John Cranford and Julia Ann Tolbert, the parties Licensed above, on the 31st day of December 1874 at Noah Grissoms in Ophir Township, in said County, according to law. Witnesses Present At The Marriage: Wyatt N. Thayer, M.B.M. W.G. Davis W.L. Grissom N.W. Cranford