Unfortunately, I have documents with partial citations. One set of those documents is four marriage bonds involving Crawford family members from Kentucky in the 1790s.
- Mary Crawford consent to marry James Sellers given by Rebekah Crawford on 19 Dec 1791 in Lincoln County, Kentucky witnessed by James Crawford and Wm Sellers
- Bond of James Crawford and Nathan Douglas for the marriage of James Crawford to Martha Night on 12 Mar 1793 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Consent for the marriage was given by John Goodpastor and witnessed by James Sellers and Samuel Sellers
- Consent of Rebekah Crawford for Sarah Crawford to marry William Sellers on 2 Feb 1796 in Lincoln County, KY witnessed by James Crawford and James Sellers
- Bond by James Crawford and James Sellers for the marriage of James Crawford and Sally Duggins on 12 Sept 1799 in Garrard County, Kentucky
On the off chance that the bond for James and Martha was missed, I scanned thru the entire roll of loose papers -- and still didn't find it. I was able to find verification that the record existed at one time in the set of records titled, "Extract" in the Marriage Records, 1781-1961 collection for Lincoln County, Kentucky.
I had a similar experience trying to locate the bond for James Crawford and Sally Duggins. I located the following in the Index 1797-1853 (DGS 004260348) set of records in the Marriages, 1797-1954 collection for Garrard County, KY.
Thus, I have two marriage bonds and little evidence of where they came from.
Bond for James Crawford and Martha Night
Bond for James Crawford and Sally Duggins
So, the question of the day: Where did I get copies of these two marriage bonds?
Lesson of the day: Create a solid citation for each and every source!
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