Hancock-Breckinridge County KyArchives Marriages.....Daugherty, Mrs. Martha - Curry, John December 24 1854 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gail Bisbey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002530 January 28, 2005, 9:49 pm Marriage Certificate-Hancock Co., Kentucky Certificate No.: Book 1-B KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we John Curry & Eli Dunn are held & firmly bound unto THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, in the just & full sum of One Hundred Dollars, for which payment, well & truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs &c. jointly & severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, & dated this 24th day of December 1854. THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if there should be no legal couse to obstruct a marriage, shortly to be solomnized, between the above bound John Curry & Mrs. Martha Daugherty then the above obligations to be void, else to be & remain in full force & virtue in law. Attest: W. P. Baker, D. C. (signed) John Curry Eli (his mark) Dunn Kentucky Hancock County Sct. To any Minister of the Gospel or any officer duly authorized to celebrate the rites of Matrimony. You are hereby bound and authorized to join together in the Honorable State of Matrimony Mr. John Curry and Mistress Martha Daugherty both of full age. Witness James E. Stone Clerk of the County Court of said County this 24th day of December 1854. (signed) Jas. E. Stone Clk HCC By W P Baker, D.C. I certify that by virtue of the above License, I joined together in the Honorable State of Matrimony Mr. John Curry and Mistress Martha Daugherty on this 24 day of December 1854. (signed) M. Carter Witnesses Present: John Dunn Ely Dunn John Bell Additional Comments: Martha Daugherty was the daughter of John & Mary "Polly" Dunn. She was Eli Dunn's sister. Her first husband was Jesse Daugherty. The witnesses were: John Dunn, her father; Eli Dunn, her brother, and John Bell, the eldest son of her sister, Nancy Dunn Bell & husband, William Bell. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/hancock/vitals/marriages/gmr67daughert.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/