Original Marriage Licensee for Chesterfield County from 1911 through 1951 are now on file at www.familysearch.org
Chesterfield County, South Carolina original marriage licenses, 1911-1951
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The marriage licensee are unindexed in folders by year of marriage. There are a total of 541 folders for the years 1911-1951.
The following marriage licensee for Theodore Lucas Melton and Lily Jane Boatwright is typical of the documents you will find on line.
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Sadly, the marriage licensees do not name the parents of the intended. In some cases, as in the case of Lily Jane Boatwright, her father gave his consent and wrote it on the bottom of the licensee with a witness.
“I consent that my daughter marry the within named young man. She is 15 years of age.”
Witness: Isaac + his mark Boatwright
J. D. Purvis
This is a great addition to FamilySearch; so get into this database and have some fun.
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