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Preferred Citation

Brunswick County (Va.) Marriage Register, 1854-1861. Local government records collection, Brunswick 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 Brunswick County.

Historical Information

Brunswick County was formed in 1720 from Prince George County. On 1 January 1733, Brunswick County was enlarged by the addition of parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county was named for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, one of the German possessions of King George I.

In 1853, the General Assembly passed a law requiring the systematic statewide recording of vital statistics. The marriage register, still compiled by the county clerk from ministers' returns and other original marriage records, became more standardized and comprehensive.

The original marriage records, from which this volume was compiled, were created by the County Court.

Most loose records prior to 1781 are missing. Pre-1781 volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist.

Scope and Content

Brunswick County (Va.) Marriage Register, 1854-1861, records marriages in the county during the mid-nineteenth century. This original volume contains the following information: date and place of marriage, full names of the parties, age and condition of parties before marriage, birth places of parties, places of residence of parties, names of their parents, occupation of husband, name of person performing marriage ceremony and additional remarks such as date of minister's return. The volume contains one listing of a "free negro" marriage--December 1854 (Line 28.)

Related Material

Additional Brunswick County Marriage Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm"

Brunswick County is one of Virginia's Lost Records Localities. Additional Brunswick County Court Records may be found in the Virginia Lost Records Localities Collection at the Library of Virginia. Search the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Brunswick County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Clergy--Virginia--Brunswick County.
• Free African Americans--Marriage--Virginia--Brunswick County.
• Free African Americans--Virginia--Brunswick County.
• Marriage--Virginia--Brunswick County.

Geographical Names:

• Brunswick County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records--Virginia--Brunswick County.
• Marriage records--Virginia--Brunswick County.
• Marriage registers--Virginia--Brunswick County.

Added Entry - Corporate Name:

• Brunswick County (Va.) County Court.

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