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MARRIAGE - announcements, bonds, and certificates

The roots of a family

tree begin with the

love of two hearts.

 

~ Anonymous ~

State marriage bonds were recorded as early as 1741.  FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com contain indexes for over 2 million state-wide marriages.  Engagement and marriage announcements (1787-1993) from various newspapers can be found at GenealogyBank.com.

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I am the great-great-great granddaughter of Nathaniel Sims.  This website contains information about his life and details of his descendants.   Nathaniel Sims was born about 1794 in Wake County, North Carolina.  He was a farmer and also Justice of the Peace.  Nathaniel had five children with his first wife, Prudence Killough: James Anderson Sims, Rebecca Sue Sims, Samuel Killough Sims, Prudence N. Sims and Harriate Sims. He had three children by his second wife, Mary A. Morrison: Ann Mozelle Sims, Nathaniel McCamie Sims, and William M. Sims.  Nathaniel Sims passed away on 1 September 1968 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  Some of his descendants continue living in North Carolina today.
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