DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - VITALS - Marriage, Hezekiah Lambert to Jane Brown Bond & License, 28 Apr 1834 ----¤¤¤---- Know all Men, That we, Hezekiah Lambert and Williamson B. Bandy of the County of Davidson and state of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound unto the Governor of the said state, for the time being, in the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid to his Excellency, his successors in office, or assigns; to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, and each and every one of us and them, both jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seals, the 28th day of April 1834. The condition of the above obligation is such, That whereas Hezekiah Lambert hath prayed and obtained a license to marry Jane Brown. Now if the said be an actual resident in the county aforesaid, and there shall not hereafter appear any lawful cause why the said Hezekiah Lambert and Jane Brown 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. Hezekiah L. Lambert {seal} Williamson B. Bandy {seal} STATE OF TENNESSEE, DAVIDSON COUNTY – ss. To any regular Minister of the Gospel, having the care of souls, or any Justice of the Peace: These are to authorize you, or either of you, to solemnize the Rites of Matrimony between Hezekiah Lambert and Jane Brown of your County, agreeably to the direction of an Act of Assembly in such case made and provided: Provided always, that the said Jane Brown be an actual resident in this County, -- otherwise, these shall be null and void, and shall not be accounted any license or authority to you, or either of you, for the purpose aforesaid, more than though the same had never been prayed or granted, &c. Given at the Clerk’s Office of said County Court, this 28th day of April, 1834. Test., Henry Ewing, Clerk of Davidson County Court. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Lambert Starjak naela@earthlink.net ___________________________________________________________________