Collection: Wilkes County - Probate Court - Marriage Records

Scope and Contents

This series contains original unbound marriage records of the Probate Court of Wilkes County. The records consist of: (1) consent from parent or guardian forms (2) applications (3) licenses (4) certifications of marriage (5) marriage bonds (6) waivers of parent's or guardian's consent and (7) requests for licenses to be issued. Ordinarily, the information on the licenses includes: (1) name of groom (2) name of bride (3) date license was issued (4) date of marriage (5) name of Ordinary and (6) name of person performing ceremony.

Dates

Created: 1792-1925

Creator

Wilkes County (Ga.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

3 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The records have been cleaned, flattened, separated by race and placed in folders. They are arranged alphabetically by the groom's surname. The records have been microfilmed and are available in the Microfilm Library of the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The inventory below gives locations of the film and originals as well as a full name listing of both bride and groom for the white marriages and African American marriages.