PATRICK COUNTY, VA - VITALS - Marriage, Joseph Sharp to Salley Shelton, 1813 ----¤¤¤---- Patrick County, Va., Marriage Book, pp. 262, 610 Groom: Joseph SHARP Bride: Salley SHELTON Surety: Nathl. SHELTON Minister: Peter FRANS Date of Bond: 28 July 1813 Date of Marriage Return: 29 July 1813 BOND Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Sharp & Nathl. Shelton are held and firmly bound unto his Excelencey James N. Barbour Governor of the Comwealth of Virginia, and his successors in office, in the Just & full sum of one hundred & fifty dollars to which Payment well & Truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs, etc. firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this 28th day of July 1813 & in the 38th year of the Comwealth, the Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the sd. Joseph Sharp hath this day obtained from the clerk of the county of Patrick a license for his Intermarrying with Salley Shelton of the Said County of Patrick. Now if there should be no lawfull cause to obstruct or why the sd. mariage for which said License is granted should or ought not to take place, then this obligation to be void. Acknowedged before Joseph Sharp (Seal) me Abr. Staples DC Nathl. Shelton (Seal) MARRIAGE RETURN Joseph Sharp intermarried with Sally Shelton on the 29th day of July 1813. Peter Frans (Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from photocopies provided by the Patrick County Circuit Court, Stuart, Va.) ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Smith ___________________________________________________________________