Marriage Record

By cavis , 19 August 2026
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Marriage of James Robert Lewis and Thelma Marie Lyall

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Marriage Licenses, Greenbriar County, West Virginia 
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1476)

https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcresults.aspx?GroomsLastName=*&GroomsFirstName=James&BridesLastName=*&BridesFirstName=Thelma&County=Greenbrier&Year=1946&PlusMinus=5&Search=Like&NumRec=25

 

[no marriage book number is available]
 

p. 99

Marriage License 
Application

WHITE 
 

To the Clerk of the County Court of Greenbrier County, West Virginia:

Pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 6, Article 1, Chapter 48, Official Code of W. Va. as amended by Chapter 124 of the Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia, Regular Session 1937, the undersigned hereby makes application for a marriage license, he being one of the parties of the contemplated marriage, and makes the following statements in support thereof:

The Full Names of the Parties to be Married are

James Robert Lewis and Thelma Marie Lyall

His parents, Father: Calvin Lewis; Mother: Elizabeth Lewis Her parents, Father: Everette Lyall; Mother: Myrtle Lyall

His age is 26 years. Single. Her age is 16 years. Single.

He was born July 15, 1922. She was born Nov. 4, 1932.

He was born at Friars Hill in Greenbrier County, State of W. Va. She was born at Friars Hill in Greenbrier County, State of W. Va.

His place of residence is Friars Hill in Greenbrier County, State of W. Va. Her place of residence is Friars Hill in Greenbrier County, State of W. Va.

Are contracting parties related? No. If so give degree of relationship: . 
 

Has either of contracting parties been previously married? No. Has either party been divorced? No. When? Where?

Dated this the 9 day of June, 1949.

James Robert Lewis
Thelma Marie Lyall
    Applicant or Applicants.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, County of Greenbrier, To-wit:

Upon being duly sworn, the applicant(s), whose name(s) are signed to the foregoing application, say that the facts as therein contained are true to the best of their knowledge and belief.

Given under my hand this the 9th day of June 1949.

Paul C. Hogsett Clerk

My commission expires:

Filed in the Clerk's office June 9, 1949, at 10 o'clock A. M.

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Consent For Issuing

His Parents Consent, Father: ,                        Mother: 
Her Parents Consent, Father: Everett Lyall,    Mother: Myrtle Lyall
His Guardian Consent: ,                                  Her Guardian Consent:

Issuance of license directed by:     , Judge of Circuit Court,    , County, West Virginia, dated   . Order Book No.  Page .

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License

West Virginia, County of Greenbrier, to-wit:
 

To Any Person Licensed to Celebrate Marriages:

You are hereby authorized to join together IN THE HOLY STATE OF MATRIMONY, according to the rites and ceremonies of your church or religious denomination, and the laws of the STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

James Robert Lewis and Thelma Marie Lyall

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, as Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greenbrier, this 13th day of June 1949.

By:   T. C. Watts,  Deputy.            Paul C. Hogsett   Clerk County Court, Greenbrier County.

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Minister's Return or Endorsement

I, J. E. Smith, a Minister of the Gospel, do certify that on the 13 day of June, 1949, at Rupert, W. Va.,

I united in marriage the above named and described parties under authority of the foregoing license.

A Copy Teste: Paul C. Hogsett, Clerk. J. E. Smith, Minister.

By cavis , 10 September 2022
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Josiah Stafford marries Sarah Ivey - 1781

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Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy V. 1 (North Carolina)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1206)

William Wade Hinshaw
Pub.: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1936

"Containing every item of genealogical value found in all Records and Minutes Of The Thirty-Three Oldest Monthly Meetings which belong, or ever belonged, to the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends"

 

Pasquotank Monthly Meeting
(later Symons Creek Monthly Meeting)
Pasquotank County, North Carolina

p. 143

3/21/1781    Sarah Ivey received by request
5/16/1781    Sarah Ivy reported married to Josiah Stafford

p. 166
9/4/1755      Samuel Stafford requested membership (not granted)
1/20/1779    Josiah Stafford, of Little River, received by request
5/17/1780    Samuel, of Little River, received by request
5/16/1781    Josiah Stafford reported married to Sarah Ivy
10/31/1781    Samuel Stafford, son of Samuel, Pasquotank Co., married Abigail Cosand, at Perquimans Meeting House, at the head of Little River
3/20/1782    Abigail Stafford granted a few lines by wav of certificate
4/17/1782    Samuel Stafford granted certificate to Perquimans Meeting House (removed)
4/21/1784    Isaiah Stafford disowned for attending horse racing
5/18/1785    Mary (Stafford) received on certificate
11/15/1788    Isaiah Stafford disowned
3/17/1792    Thomas, Sarah, John & Elisabeth minor children of Samuel Stafford, granted certificate to Center Meeting House
3/17/1792    Abigail Stafford requested certificate to Center Meeting House
2/18/1804    Elisabeth Stafford requested certificate to Piney Woods Meeting House (removed)
3/19/1808    Miriam Stafford disowned
3/16/1816    Miriam Stafford of Narrows, received in membership
8/19/1820    Miriam Stafford named elder
4/19/1828    Miriam Stafford chosen overseer
10/18/1828    Ruth Stafford, of the Narrows, received in membership