The source of the certificate below is North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741 - 2011. A transcript follows the certificate.

 

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Office Register of Deeds April 1 1878 Guilford County "To any Minister of any Religious Denomination, or any Justice of the Peace of said County: 1 Julius H. Sharp having applied to me for a License for the Marriage of 2 himself of 3 Guilford aged 4 20 years color 5 White, the son of 6 Henry A and 7 Ellen the father now 8 dead the mother 9 dead resident of 10 Guilford And 11 Mary E. Donnell of 12 Guilford aged 13 20 years, color 14 White daughter of 15 J. C. Donnell and 16 Sarah P. the father 17 dead the mother 18 living resident of 19 Guilford And the written consent of X X the X said X X to the proposed marriage having been filed with me. And there being no legal impediment to such marriage known to me, you are hereby authorized, at any time within one year from the date hereof, the celebrate the proposed marriage in any place within the said County. You are required within two months after you shall have celebrated such marriage to return this License to me, at my office, with your signature, subscribed to the certificate under this License, and with the blanks therein filed according to the facts, under penalty of forfeiting two hundred dollars to the use of any person who shall sue for the same. Will. U. Steiner REGISTER OF DEEDS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Guilford County. I 1 J. R. Ball a 2 Minister M.P. Church united in matrimony 3 Julius H. Sharp and 4 Mary E Donnell the parties licensed above, on the 4th day of April 1878 at Wm P. Smiths in Summer Township, in said County, according to law. Witnesses present at marriage: J. R. Ball W. A. Sharp Wm. P. Smith J. C. Sharp [Note: W. A. Sharp and J. C. Sharp who witnessed the wedding are Julius' brothers. Also, note Mary E. could not have been 20 when she got married since she was born in 1854. She would have been 24.]

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