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From: Chuck Owen <>
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] Marriage Bonds
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:48:52 -0600


Not much changed by 1912 -- about the same wording.

wrote:
>
> Unless you are tired of hearing about this--my marriage bone for my
> grandfather says--State of Tennessee-Dickson CountyKnow all men that we
> Adophus Hearn and C. Badge of said County and State of Tennessee areheld ,
> and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee, in the sum of TWELVE HUNDRED
> AND FIFTY Dollar, to whichpayment, well and truly to be made , we bind our
> heirs, excutors, and administrators, each and every one of them, both jointly
> and severally, by these present.
>
> The Conditions of the Above Obligation si such, that whereas Adolphus Hearn
> hath prayed and obtained a license to marry Josie Brown. Now if there shall
> not hereafter appear any lawful cause why the said Adolphus Hearn and
> JosieBrown should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony as Husband and
> Wife, then this obligation to be void and of no effect otherwise to remain in
> full force and virtue.
> Witness our hands and seals, thje l0 Day of December 1893.
>
> Signed by oth men.
>
> Below is a form authorizing the marriage
>
> Below that a note from a minister stating that he had performed the marriage
> on 2l December 1893.
>
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Chuck Owen
Laredo, TX

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Northside Church of Christ

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