John Thomas Stancil & Delaney Catherine Sasser Marriage

Marriage bond for John Thomas Stancil and Delaney Catherine Sasser, 1860. — **Marriage Bond**
Stancil Family Reunion Archive

John Thomas "Tom" Stancil and Delaney C. Sasser applied for their marriage license on July 4, 1860, in Johnston County, NC. They were married by Ray Phillips, Justice of the Peace, on July 15, 1860. The bond was signed by Thomas D. Snead, Clerk.

Tom and Delaney Catherine Sasser, daughter of Henry Sasser and Martha Patsy Bagley, had gone to school together at Woodard School. They had been seeing each other for some time, and no one was surprised when they married on Sunday, July 15, 1860. Tom and Delaney moved in with her mother and stepfather, Oliver Rains.

John Thomas Stancil's cabin, built in the 1830s. — John Thomas' cabin, built in the 1830s by Henry Sasser. All of Tom and Delaney's children were born here. Three children of George Ira Stancil were also born in the cabin: Lola Myrtle, Hilda Maie, and George Ira Jr.
Renn Stancil Hinton / Courtesy Stancil Family Reunion Archive

— Renn Stancil Hinton, daughter of George Ralph Stancil