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Marriage Bonds from Pittsylvania County, Virginia
The nineteen Sparks marriage bonds on record in Pittsylvania County are listed below in chronological order:
October 4, 1788 - Truelove Sparks bonded Jane Sparks - Martha Sparks, mother of Jane.
August 14, 1792 - John Sparks bonded Cathrine Baggerly - David Baggerly, bondsman.
January 7, 1794 - 17.2.7 Josiah Sparks bonded Susanna Phillips - Thomas Phillips, father of Susanna.
December 22, 1800 - David Gunn bonded Eleanor Sparks - Matthew (his MS mark) Sparks, bondsman
November 28, 1802 - 17.2.1.1 Mathew Sparks bonded Nancy Sutton - William Booth, bondsman.
November 27, 1804 - 17.2.1.2 Edmund Sparks bonded Patsey Wright - Nathan Sparks, bondsman.
1807 - (date of registration) - 17.2.1.3 John Sparks bonded Judah (Judy) Dodson.
1809 - David Baggerly bonded Thaly Sparks - Thomas Sparks, father of Thaly.
January 2, 1811 - William Duncan bonded Jinney Sparks - John Sparks, bondsman.
April 15, 1811 - John Ware bonded 17.2.1.6 Nancy Sparks - Edward Murphy, bondsman.
August 19, 1816 - Addison Sparks bonded Polly Watts - Levi Watts, bondsman.
December 28, 1818 - Mathew Sparks bonded Mary Vaughan - William Vaughan, father of Mary.
November 15, 1819 - John Sparks bonded Abigal Sparks - Signed by Caty Sparks.
January 18, 1820 - Lemuel Norton bonded Slender Sparks, daughter of 17.1 Thomas and Elizabeth Sparks.
November 16, 1829 - Thomas Sparks bonded Mary Ann Booth - Signed by Nancy Booth.
November 5, 1847 -Pinkney A. Sparks bonded Mary Ann Booker - John Booker, bondsman.
August 22, 1848 - William A. Soyars bonded Martha Ann Sparks - Thomas Sparks, father of Martha Ann.
November 24, 1851 - Christopher Johnson bonded Susanna Sparks - Thomas Sparks, bondsman.
December 21, 1854 - James A. Thomas bonded Keziah Jane Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Sparks - Benjamin Thomas, bondsman.
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EARLY SPARKS MARRIAGES IN VIRGINIA
(Note: The following Sparks marriages are taken from a volume entitled Early Virginia Marriages, by William A. Crozier, 1953.)
11.2 James Sparks married Margaret Dawson, December 15, 1785. Fauquier County, Virginia.
James Sparks married Harnar Parker, July 10, 1791. Westmoreland County, Virginia.
William Sparks married Lucy Redman, January 6, 1801. Westmoreband County, Virginia.
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SPARKS MARRIAGES IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The following Sparks marriages are taken from a book entitled The Marriage License Bonds of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1786-1850, by Stratton Nottingham, which was published in Onanock, Virginia, in 1928.
Richard T. Brown married Lucy Spark, March 27, 1806; Alexander Parker, security.
George Coates married Polly Spark, April 26, 1834; William George Walker, security.
James Spark married Hannah Parker, July 10, 1791; Richard Parker, security.
George Sparks married Ann Sanford Hall, May 19, 1825; Charles Teet, security.
William Sparks married Tracy Redman Lucy Redman, January 6, 1801; Charles Muse, security. [Note: above says Lucy Redman.]
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BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MARRIAGES -- 1800-1853
Copied by the Genealogical Society of Utah
(There was one Sparks marriage, as follows:)
William Sparks married Julia Martin, December 26, 1836; Bondsman, James Martin.
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AN EARLY SPARKS MARRIAGE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The following is found on page 125 of Catherine L, Knorr's Marriages of Charlotte County, Virginia, 1764-1815.
October 6, 1788. Marriage bond of Benjamin Weatherford married Nancy Sparks; Surety, John Carrier; they were married on November 12, 1788, by the Rev. Edward Almond.
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AN EARLY SPARKS MARRIAGE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
The Alexandria Gazette, published in Alexandria, Virginia, on August 22, 1835, contains the following item:
"Married, On Thursday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. Robert Emmett Kain, of Washington, married Mrs. Julia Ann Sparks, of this place."
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SPARKS MARRIAGE BONDS IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1772-1850
The following Sparks marriage records appear among the marriage bonds in Shenandoah County, Virginia, according to a volume entitled Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1772-1850, compiled by Bernice Ashby and published in 1967. In the days when bonds as an alternative to marriage banns) were common in many southern states, it can usually be assumed that the marriage took place within a few days following the date of the bond.
Arthur Sparks bonded Bety Kesterson, June 22, 1787. Bondsman: Calin Brahour.
Sally Sparks bonded Adam Bowman, December 15, 1792. Bondsman: John Crookshanks.
Elizabeth Sparks, widow, bonded Thomas Caldwell, December 10, 1804.
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MARRIAGE BONDS OF SCOTT COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Only one Sparks marriage bond has been found among the early records of Scott County, Virginia. In Book 1, page 10, there is a record of:
Ellender Sparks married Peter Mock on June 18, 1818, by William Walls.