Guilford County NC Marriages, Groom "B" Surnames

Marriage Bonds

Remember: (1) not all marriages required bonds,
and (2) the date of the bond is not necessarily the date of the marriage.
In fact, the existence of a marriage bond does not guarantee that a marriage occurred. Seek other proof.

Groom-to-be	Bride-to-be	Bond Date	Proof of Marriage: Date if Known, and Source	Bondsman/Bondsmen
Larkin L. Baldwin	Hetty Lamb	27 Nov 1815	27 Nov 1815 Raleigh Register newspaper	J(ohn) Slade
Robert Bell	Mary Boyd	17 Jan 1775 back of bond		Hugh Roberson/Robertson
Charles Benbow	Polly Sanders	8 Dec 1811		David McGready
Dr. D. W. C. Benbow	Mary E. Scott	28 Nov 1857		H. W. Cole
James Benbow	Mary Stanley	26 Feb 1846		Cyrus Stanley
Paris S. Benbow	Mary Roxie Harris	3 Jul 1867		[none]
George Brown	Phebey Garner	20 Feb [17]88		Thomas Lomax
John Brown	Nancy Orrell	30 Dec 1843		Jesse Lee
Levi Burton	Elizabeth Hall	9 Mar 1829		John Johnson
William Byford	Tabitha Heath	7 May 1793		John Gilbert

Marriages from 1771 to 1868 From Other Sources

Groom	Bride	Marriage Date and Source	Other
Temple Ballinger	Alee Howell (dau. of John Howell, Esq.)	25 July 1811 near Jamestown, Raleigh Register newspaper
Samuel Bruff	Mrs. Smith, relict of Mr. J. Smith, dec'd.	"a few days ago," from Raleigh Register newspaper dated 7 Aug 1812

Quaker Marriage Information and Examples

Marriage Licenses from 1868 forward

Be careful, as sometimes the mother listed may be the stepmother, if the father remarried.

Groom	Bride	Groom's Parents	Bride's Parents	Marriage Date
McKenzie J. Bodenhamer	Mary E. Orrell	Peter & Mary M. Bodenhamer	L. D?. & Eliza Orrell	12 Feb 1868

When the marriage license indicates the person is "of color," that is noted after the person's name with a "(C)".