HAMBLEN COUNTY, TN - MARRIAGE BOND - Bud Travis to Helen Pratt ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Debbie Blakley blakley@mci2000.com ==================================================================== Contributor's Note: My records indicate that "BUD TRAVIS" b. in TN. -- is the same person as "David Easterly Travis", and son of David Tate TRAVIS, both born in TN. My records also indicate that "HELEN PRATT" b. in TN. --is the same person as MARY HELEN PRATT, daughter of Albert W. PRATT and Tammer Adline (PIERCE) PRATT. STATE OF TENNESSEE, HAMBLEN COUNTY. KNOW ALL MEN, That we, BUD TRAVIS and JAKE JARUAGIN of the County of Hamblen, and the State of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to which payment, well and truely made, we bind our heirs, executors and administrators, and each and every one of us and them, both jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. The Conditions of the above Obligation is such, That whereas, BUD TRAVIS hath prayed and obtained a License to marry--HELEN PRATT: Now, if there shall not hereafter appear any lawful cause why the said BUD TRAVIS and HELEN PRATT 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, the 14th day of June, 1902 Signed, BUD TRAVIS (seal) JAKE JARUAGIN (X-his mark) (seal) (No Documentry Stamp) ********************************************************************** STATE OF TENNESSEE, HAMBLEN COUNTY; Personally appeared before me, D.N. GILBERT Clerk of the County Court of said County, JAKE JARUAGIN , who makes oath in due form that BUD TRAVIS and HELEN PRATT are known to him, and that they are each over sixteen years of age. Signed; JAKE JARUAGIN (X His Mark) Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 14th day of June , 1902 Signed; D.N. GILBERT, County Court Clerk ************************************************************************** STATE OF TENNESSEE. HAMBLEN COUNTY In the upper right hand corner is the hand-written numbers 22A