Dateline: 27 June 1853
Cheraw, South Carolina
Marriage Ceremony in South Carolina.---A case of bigamy was recently tried in Cheraw county, South Carolina, and discharged. In the charge of his honor, Judge Frest, to the jury, he remarked that there was no law in the State of South Carolina prescribing a marriage ceremonial. If Mr. A and Miss B jumped over a broom, the former saying I take this woman to be my wedded wife, and the latter I take this man to be my wedded husband, and go to housekeeping, they are legally married, have entered into a bond of union which cannot be annulled, so long as they both do live.[The Newfoundlander - Jun 27, 1853, page 1, column 1]
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[1] "Marriage Ceremony in South Carolina," The Newfoundlander, St. John's, Newfoundland, 27 June 1853, page 1, column 1, No law in the State of South Carolina prescribing a marriage ceremonial.; digital image, Google News (http://news.google.com/ : viewed 27 February 2014).<http://goo.gl/t4TToI>
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_broom
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