Treasure Chest Thursday~John W. Honeycutt and Betsy Love Marriage Bond, 1840.

John Wiley Honeycutt, son of Mark Honeycutt and Charity Dry married Betsy Love on 22 December 1840 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  

Groom: John Wilie Honeycutt

Bride: Betsy Love

Marriage Bond Date: 22 December 1840

Place: Cabarrus County, NC

Bondsman or Witness: Mark Honeycutt

John Wiley Honeycutt was born 16 January 1823 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He was the first born child of my 3rd Great Grandparents, Marcus I. ‘Mark’ Huneycutt and Charity Dry. 

John Wiley and Betsy had five children; 3 sons and 2 daughters. Both John Wiley and Betsy died sometime between 1870 and 1880. No tombstones or record of death have been found as of today's date.
 
John Wiley Honeycutt is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle.


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1. Frank K. Bostian B. W. Cruse, Dutch Buffalo Creek Meeting House: 1745-1806 (Salisbury, North Carolina: Rowan Business Forms, 1974), page 56; digital images, Bethel Bear Creek United Church of Christ, (https://archive.org/details/dutchbuffalocree00bost : viewed, copied 10 February 2016.
2. Ibid.
3. North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 3, pages 358-359, John Wiley  Demsey Huneycutt Junr.  To Demsey Huneycutt Senr.; Register of Deeds, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.
4. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 39A(stamped); Line 3, Dwelling 544, Family 547, Household of Wiley HONEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 8 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 645.
5. 1870 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, New Salem, Union County, North Carolina, Page: 624A(stamped); Line 29, Dwelling 247, Family 246, Household of John HONEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 8 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1161.
6. John Wiley Honeycut - Besty Love, (22 December 1840), North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868: Bond #: 000008474; Ancestry, Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina.