WAKE COUNTY – from June 1786 to June 1787 (Included in an account of marriage licenses issued in Wake County, as reported to the State Comptroller by Henry Lane, Clerk of the County Court of Wake County, as filed in Treasurers and Comptrollers Papers, County Settlements, Box 87, at the N.C. State Archives – Grooms only) (CRH)
- James LANE
- Nathan NALL
- Wm. SENTER
- Nathan VERSER
- Britain SEXTON
- David SMITH
- James HUCOBE
- Thomas PENDERGRAS
- John WEATHERS
- Wm. GRIMES
- David HORTON
- Wm. PREWITT
- Tillow SHIP
- John EAZEL
- Wm. LEE
- Wright HILLIARD
- James RAGAN
- Benjamin STARK
- Arthur LOWERY
- Theophilus HILL
- Wm. CLIFTON
- John RYCRAFT
- George POOL
- Jehu ORR
- John HARRISON
- Henry BURNHAM
“to Be Settled for the 31st Decr. 1788” (Included in an account of marriage licenses issued in Wake County, from an attested copy by Henry LANE, Clerk of County Court of Wake, as filed in Treasurers and Comptrollers Papers, county Settlements, Box 87, at the N.C. State Archives – Grooms only) (CRH)
- Britain UTLEY
- John FOSTER
- John STRICKLAND
- Elijah HERNDON
- Hugh KENNEDY
- Abram BELOIN
- John SCARBOROUGH
- Zach. EDWARDS
- Elijah BRASFIELD
- David WALLACE
- Moses HOWELL
- Eanus SMITH
- John BRUMFIELD
- Joseph FRANKS
- Ralph BANKS
- Nathan ELLIS
- Isaac COPLAND
“from the First Day of January, 1789 to the First Day of January, 1790 ..” (Included in an account of marriage licenses in Wake County, as reported to the State Comptroller, as filed in Treasurers and Comptrollers Papers, County Settlements, box 87, at the N.C. State Archives – Grooms only) (CRH)
- Davis MATTHEWS
- Joshua SUGG
- George BRASFIELD
- George STEWART
- Jacob COCK
- Shadrack COLE
- Nathan SMITH
- Thomas RYCRAFT
- Book GUARNER
- Brittain NYATT
- Hartwell EZELL
- William HILL
- Benjamin HOBSON
- Nathan JOHNSTON
- Joseph BELK
- James FORREST
- John COOPER
- Joseph DELK
- Richmond LEVINS
- John GOODWIN
- Henry MORINC
- William REEVES
- Benjamin WRIGHT
- Samuel THOMPSON
- Thomas PAGE
- Drury Baker
- Thomas HUDSON
- Robert WALL
- Thomas HARRISS
- Lewis JONES
“30 Licences at 10 Shillings each is L 15 - -“. This may give some assurance that the occurrence of the same name at #18 is a different person. Names are numbered on the original list, though on many original lists, there are no numbers. Those lists not numbered on the original are numbered on the transcription to show sequence and avoid accidental omissions. The fee (called a “fine”) was levied by the State on each marriage license issued, and the Clerk of the Count Court in each County had to account with the State Comptroller for these State revenues. Unfortunately, this practice was carried on for only a few years. (CRH)
(Source: The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Pub. August 1981. Transcribed by Sara Augerson)
