Floyd County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 27th February 1866
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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...
Floyd County (Va.). Circuit Court.
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Floyd County was formed from Montgomery County in 1831, and part of Franklin County was added in 1873. The county was named for John Floyd, governor of Virginia from 1830-1834. Prior to 1853, when the Commonwealth began recording vital statistics, Virginia marriages were recorded at the county or city level. Beginning in 1661, in order to be married by license, the groom was required to go before the county clerk and give bond with security that there was no lawful reaso...
