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Amelia County (Va.) Freedmen's Marriage License Book, 1865-1869. Local government records collection, Amelia County Court
Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Amelia County.
This item was microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Photographic Services Department.
Conserved by Etherington Conservation Services, 2013.
Amelia County (Va.) Freedmen's Marriage License Book, 1865-1869, records the date, name of bride and groom, whether the bride
is of lawful age, and the name of who gives consent to marry if the bride is not of lawful age. Sometimes the family relationship
of the person giving the consent is noted. The first entry is from August 1865 and the last from November 1869. There is no
index.
The Freedmen's Marriage License Book is in the same volume as the Amelia County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1855-1865.