Early Marriages in Bath County, Kentucky: Bonds 1811-1850 and Returns 1811-1852

by Paul McClure

This volume brings together, for the first time, the two types of records which exist for early marriages in Bath County, Kentucky: marriage bonds from 1811 to 1850 and marriage returns from 1811 to 1852. Marriage bonds, in early Kentucky, were roughly equivalent to the modern-day marriage license. They constituted a legally binding contract of marriage, with at least two parties (usually the groom and a male relative of the bride) agreeing to pay...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556139527
• ISBN13: 9781556139529
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.9"