Russell County AlArchives Marriages.....Davis, Sara Jane - Johnston, John Walker February 6 1866
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Marriage License Record #174 Russell Co., AL :06 Feb. 1866
Marriage License Record: (The number 174 handwritten in top left corner of 
page). The State of Alabama, Russell County. To any authorized Miinister of the 
Gospel, Judge of the Circuit or Probate Courts, or Justice of the Peace for 
said County:  You are hereby authorized and empowered to celebrate the Rites of 
Matrimony between John Johnson (*should be JohnsTon) and S.J. Davis, and this 
shall be your sufficient authority for doing so. Given under my hand, this 8th 
day of February A.D. 1866. J.F(?) Waddell, Judge of Probate.  
Handwritten: Russell County Alabama, February 6th,1866 'This is to certify that 
John Johnson has my full consent to marry my daughter, Sara J. Dais, both 
parties of full age'. Signed: Mr. A. Davis.
(*This is Sara Jane Davis' father, Alexander Davis)
I, J.J. Cloud do certify that the above named parties were married by me on the 
8th day of February A.D. 1866, in the County of Russell, in said State. Witness 
my hand, the ____ day of___ A.D. 186__. Signed: J.J. Cloud
The State of Alabama, Russell COunty
Know all Men by these Presents, That we John Johnson and John F. Benton are 
held and firmly bound unto the State of Alabama, in a penal sum of two hundred 
dollars, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind 
ourselves, and each and every of our heirs, executors and administrators, 
jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and 
dated the 8th day of Feby A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
The Condition of the above Obligation is Such, That if there be no lawful cause 
why John Johnson + Sara J. Davis should not be joined together in the holy 
union of Matrimony, then this obligatiion to be void: else to remain in full 
force and virtue. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in theh pResence of: John W. 
Johnson, John F. Benton. J.A. Waddell, Judge of Probate.
NOTE:  The name was JOHNSTON, not JOHNSON, and is given as JOHNSTON on both 
John Walker Johnston's and Sara Jane (Davis) Johnston's pension records, and 
her death certificate as on other family and Bible records.


Additional Comments:
John Walker Johnston and Sara Jane Davis had a number of children, among them 
was Alice Theodosia Johnston, listed as 'Dosia' on many records. Alice 
Theodosia married Eugene George Marion Walton, who signed many documents as 
George Walton, and went by that name. Eugene G.M.Walton was a son of Thomas 
Mariion Walton, who married Margaret Elizabeth JOHNSON. 

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