Chapter XIII: Ecclesiastical Rites and the Rise of

CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES 227-263

I. The Religious Ceremony and Lay Administration
in Virginia 228-239

II. Optional Civil Marriage and the Rise of Obligatory
Religious Celebration in Maryland 239-247

III. The Struggle for Civil Marriage and Free
Religious Celebration in North Carolina 247-259

IV. Episcopal Rites by Law and Free Civil or Religious
Celebration by Custom in South Carolina and
Georgia 260-263