A digital copy was made from the Original Copy from the Cabell County, WV Courthouse and was donated to The Lawrence Register.
Transcribed by Martha J. Martin, but the writing is sometimes hard to determine. Please double-check the original document below:
Certificate of Marriage Recorded in Book No 1, page 2, Cabell County, [W]VA Courthouse I Hereby Certify That the following is a correct statement of a Marriage solemnized by me in the county of Cable [sic] state of Virginia
Date of Marriage: 28 Dec. 1854
Place of Marriage: Cabelle [sic] county
Full Names of Parties Married: William Burks & Catherine Simmons
Age of Husband: 21
Age of Wife: 23
Conditions of Husband: Single
Conditions of Wife: Single
Place of Husband’s Birth: Kentucky county not recollected
Place of Wife’s Birth: Lawicne [sic] County Ohio
Names of Husband’s Parents: Elizabeth Burks
Names of Wife’s Parents: John & Leula[?] Simmons
Given under my hand as a Farmer Edmund McGim[?] (legally authorized to solemnize Marriages) this 21 day of Dec. A.D. 1854
This certificate must be returned to the Clerk’s Office, by the person performing the marriage ceremony within two months after the marriage.
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