JEFFERSON COUNTY, TN - VITALS - Marriage – Lea Ballinger to Julian Brazelton ============================================================================= 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Ballinger Buchanan docbaird@wf.net ============================================================================= Lea Ballinger to } Bond James C. Jones - filed 28 Dec 1842 - $1250.00 Know all men by These presents that we Lea Ballenger and John Neal all of Jefferson County in the State of Tennessee are held and firmly bound unto James C. Jones esquire Governor Of the State of Tennessee and his Successors in Office in the Sum of Twelve hundred and Fifty dollars to be void on condition there be no lawful cause to prevent a marriage from being solemnized in the County of Jefferson between Lea Ballenger and Julian Brazelton. Witness our hands & seals the 28th December A. D. 1842. Lea Ballinger (seal) John (his X mark) Neal (seal) Attest Joseph I. Hamilton Clerk ===================================================================== Lea Ballinger To } License Julian Brazelton In 28th Dec 1842 State of Tennessee } Jefferson County } ss To any regular minister of the Gospel or Justice of the Peace of said County. Greeting: I, Joseph Hamilton Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson & State aforesaid do by these presents authorize you or either of you to join together as husband & wife Lea Ballenger to Julian Brazelton according to the Ceremony of your Church. Given at office in Dandridge the 28 December A. D. 1842. Joseph Hamilton Clerk of Jefferson County December 28th 1842. This day the above named couple was Joined together by me as Husband & Wife. John Daily Justice of the peace for Jefferson County ===================================================================== (Included with Lea Ballinger’s Civil War documents) State of Tennessee } Jefferson County. } ss I, D. C. Hill, Deputy Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, Do hereby certify that Lea Ballinger and Julian Brazelton were joined in Marriage by John Daily a Justice of Peace on the 28 day of Dec. A. D. 1842 as appears from the Marriage Record now in my office. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at office in Dandridge, this 7 day Of July A. D. 1890. D. C. Hill Deputy Clerk