I've been transcribing a Revolutionary War pension application this week, and I thought I would post a copy of the colonial certificate of marriage included in the file.
They did things just a little different back in those days!
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Oh, I just love this stuff.
Genealogy is a passion of mine! I luck onto some neat records like this once in a while.
" Let it not be said that we did nothing." -- Ron Paul
"Truth is treason in the empire of lies." -- Ron Paul
Lydia died without the pension being approved. She didn't have a copy of her marriage license, and she lived in the back woods of Kentucky. Apparently, she finally obtained a copy, but it was too late. She was 99 years old when she found it, and she died shortly thereafter.
In those days, the government did not keep these records. It was the responsibility of the individual. Yet, proof was still required.
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Yeah, this is the oldest marriage certificate I've come across in the family. I was pretty excited.Originally Posted by dsentell
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Yes..it was a church issue...and there was no tax. Most kept records in the family bibles. Tones
Yep.
I don't know--I just found these records--but I would guess that she shipped the family Bible off with her oldest son. He died in Indiana 15 years before she submitted the certificate. She may have had a tough time finding the family Bible!
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
And it should go back to being a church or private issue. The only business The Almighty State has in marriage is to address fraud or to enforce contracts.
If God himself got off his throne, descended from the heavens, trumpetted at my door, and announced that I was wasting my time trying to get Ron Paul into the Whitehouse, I would thank him for his concern and ask him to leave me to my business. I've wasted lots of time on far less noble causes. ~RockEnds
I'm having fun with the research in North Carolina. I had ancestors in two counties there (make it three now) during the Revolution, but they only stayed for a generation, then they were off to Kentucky and Indiana. When you get back that far, there are so many ancestors that it's really hard to keep up with all the different lines.
Anyway, I came across this piece from Mecklenburg County, and I thought it was worth posting. I was not aware this was done, but it's a wonderful piece of local American History.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nc...eclaration.htm
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
MAY 20, 1775
Resolved: That whosoever directly or indirectly abets or in any way way form or manner, covutenances the invasion of our rights, as attempted by the Parliment of Great Britain, is an enemy to his country, to America, and the rights of man.
Resolved: That we, the citizens of Mecklenburg county, do hereby disolve the political bonds which have connected us with the mother country, and absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British crown, abjuring all political connection with a nation that has wantonly trampled on our rights and liberties and inhumanly shed the innocent blood of Americans at Lexington.
Resolved: That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, that we are and of right to be, a sovereign and self-governing people under the power of God and the general Congress; to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual cooperation, our lives, our fortunes, and our most sacred honor.
Resolved: That we do hereby ordain and adopt as rules of conduct, all and each of our former laws, and the crown of Great Britain cannot be considered hereafter as holding any rights, privileges, or immunities amongst us.
Resolved: That all the officers, both civil and military in this county, be entitled to exercise the same powers and authorities as heretofore; that every member of this delegation shall henceforth be a civil officer, and exercise the powers of a justice of the peace, issue process, hear and determine controversies according the law, preserve peace, union and harmony in the county, and use every exertion to spread the love of liberty and of country, until a more general and better organized system of government be established.
Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by express to the President of the Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, to be laid before that body.
Abraham Alexander, Chairman
John McNitt Alexander, Secretary
Ephraim Brevard
Charles Alexander
Hezekiah J. Balch
Zaccheus Wilson
John Phifer
Waightstill Avery
James Harris
Benjamin Patton
William Kennon
Matthew McClure
John Foard
Neill Morrison
Richard Barry
Robert Irwin
Henry Downs
John Flennikin
Ezra Alexander
David Reese
William Graham
John Davidson
John Qureary
Richard Harris
Hezekiah Alexander
Thomas Polk
Adam Alexander
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
and that's why "May 20, 1775" is on the NC flag.. but there's some disagreement about whether it actually happened.
And there used to be big celebrations on May 20 in Charlotte. There's a group that's trying to keep that alive.
NC doesn't need ThomTillis as the Republican nominee for US Senate.
That's cool. I'll have to study up on this. I've never heard of it before. It really is a heck of a statement--if it happened.
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
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