Marriage License between Samuel Gravely and Delia Martin

14_0383_001 Gravely marriage cert.JPG

Dublin Core

Title

Marriage License between Samuel Gravely and Delia Martin

Subject

African Americans, marriage, family

Description

About six weeks after Virginia's General Assembly passed legislation authorizing county clerks to issue marriage licenses to African Americans, Samuel Gravely and Delia Martin married in Henry County.

Source

Gravely Family Papers, 1753-1988. Accession 34126, Personal Papers Collection, Library of Virginia.

Date

April 8, 1866

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Relation

Finding aid to Gravely Papers: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00103.xml

Format

JPG

Type

Printed form and manuscript

Identifier

14_0383_001 Gravely marriage cert

Coverage

Henry County, Virginia