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State of Louisiana, Parish of Union, 12th District Court

    Know all men by these Presents, that we E. J. McAdams as principal and 
Wm. R. Davis his security are held and firmly bound unto Robt. C. Wickiff, 
Governor of the State of Louisiana for the time being, and his successors in 
office, in the sum of five hunderd Dollars to the true and faithful payment 
thereof we bind ourselves, our heirs and assigns on this the 14th day of June 
A. D. 1856.

    The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the said E. 
J. McAdams has applied to the Clerk of the said 12th District Court in and 
for said parish, for license to marry Miss India Sophia Goyne.  Now, 
therefore, if it shall appear that no legal cause exist why said lecense 
should not be granted and said marriage consumated, the above obligation to 
be null and void, or else to remain in full force and effect.  Signed and 
acknowledged on the day and date above written.

S. O. Larche, Clerk                                    E. J. McAdams
                                                                Wm. R. Davis

The State of Louisiana, Parish of Union

    To any authorized Minister of the Gospel, or any Justice of the Peace, in 
and for the Parish of Union, Greating:
    You are hereby authorized to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between E. 
J. McAdams and India Sophia Goyne of your Parish, and that you perform said 
act according to the laws and usages of the State of Louisiana, and make 
return hereof to the office of the Clerk, of the 12th District Court, in and 
for said Parish, according to law, 
    Given under my hand and seal of office, on this the 14th day of June A. 
D. 1856.
S. O. Larche, Clerk

State of Louisiana, Parish of Union
    I, J. T.  McAdams do hereby certify, that in pursuance of the above 
license, I did proceed to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony, between E. J. 
McAdams and India Sophia Goyne the parties named in said license, on the date 
hereof, according to the laws and usages of the State of Louisiana.
    In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and caused the said 
parties to sign their names, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, on 
this the 15th day of June A. D. 1856.

W. J. Goyne                                           J. T. McAdams
W. R. Davis                                            E. J. McAdams
                                                             India S. Goyne

A true Record Dec. 3rd 1856                    S. O. Larche, Clerk

NOTE:  E.(thelbert) J. McAdams was born 1831 in Shelby Co., AL.  He was 
wounded during the Battle of Vicksburg during the Civil War and died in a 
hospital  there 1/29/1863.  He is buried at the Vicksburg Civil War Cemetery. 
 India Sophia Goyne was born 1840 in Georgia and was the child of Hiram and 
Susan Goyne.  
    J. T. (James T.) McAdams that performed the ceremony was the father of E. 
J. McAdams.  James T. McAdams was born 1810 in Newberry, SC, the son of  
Thomas S. and Mary Teague McAdams.  James T. McAdams migrated to Shelby Co, 
AL with family where he married Julia Lawler in 1830.  He became an ordained 
Baptist Minister in Shelby Co., AL.  His family migrated to Union Parish, LA 
around 1847.  James T. McAdams was also killed during the Civil War and is 
believed to be buried somewhere near Spearsville, LA.

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