This work contains a list of about 3,500 marriage bonds showing the names of approximately 10,000 brides, grooms, parents, and sureties and the exact date of each bond.

Richard Nottingham (d.1692) immigrated from England to Northampton County, Virginia in 1645. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, West Virginia, New England, Maryland and elsewhere.

"Lois Blanche Scurlock was born in Mt. Pleasant, Texas on 20 Nov 1900 to Claude Leslie Scurlock and his wife Lois Blanche Rose. Lois married Christopher C. Corley on 11 Jan 1921 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas and died on 17 Jan 1970 at Clarksdale, Mississippi. Her Scurlock antecedants have been traced to immigrant Michael Scurlock [ca. 1645-1699] who lived in the Northern Neck of Virginia in the latter part of the 17th century. According to family tradition, Michael was from Wales, though he has not yet been found in records of that country"--Page [3].