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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Saying What I Did

What statement is being made here and who signed it? From North Carolina in the 1860s.

8 comments:

  1. I certify that on the 26 of February 1860 I did celebrate the Rites of Matrimony Between Rufus hanson & Jerusha W. Wright. S.P. Smith

    This a declaration from a Justice of the Peace or a minister that he married Rufus and Jerusha.

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  2. I certify that on the 26 of Febuary [sic] 1860 I did celebrate the Rites of Matrimony Between Rufus hanson & Zerusha W. Wright [signed] A.P. Smith

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  3. I certify that on the 26 of February 1860 I did celebrate the rites of Matrimony between Rufus Hanson and Jerusha W. Wright.

    /s/ J.P. Smith [Justice of the Peace Smith]

    That's my read of it.

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  4. A.P. Smith married Rufus Transon and Yerusha W. Wright

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  5. Marriage of Rufus Hanson and Zerusha W Wright by S P Smith

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  6. I'm not sure her middle initial is W. It doesn't look like the W in her last name.

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  7. I certify that on the 26 of Febuary [sic] 1860 I did celebrate the Rites of Matrimony Between Rufus hanson & Zerusha W. Wright [signed] A.P. Smith

    Is my take on it.

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  8. I think Zerusha's middle initial is M. It looks totally different than the W in Wright.

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