JEFFERSON COUNTY, TN - VITALS - Marriage Bond, James Travis to Mary Cornett ==================================================================== 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: Debbie Blakley blakley3@earthlink.net ==================================================================== Bond James TRAVIS Marriage License (Possibly J.?) Mary CORNETT 8th August 1857 STATE OF TENNESSEE, JEFFERSON COUNTY. Know all Men by these Presents, That we, James TRAVIS and John DOUGLASS are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee, 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 solemized in the County of JEFFERSON between James TRAVIS and Mary CORNET. Witness our hands and seals, this 8th day of August,A.D., 1857 Test; Jas. M. Nicholson, Clk. Signed; James TRAVIS [ Seal ] Signed; John DOUGLAS (his mark-X) [ Seal ] By John TRAVIS License STATE OF TENNESSEE, JEFFERSON COUNTY. To any regular Minister of the Gospel having the care of souls, or any Judge or Justice of the Peace~Greeting: James M. Nicholson, Clerk of the County for the COUNTY of JEFFERSON aforesaid, by virtue of the powers in me vested by law, do license you, or either of you, to celebrate the Rights of Matrimony, between James TRAVIS and Mary CORNETT by uniting them together as HUSBAND and WIFE. Given at Office in Dandridge the 8th day of August 1857, and of American Independence the 82nd. Signed; James M. Nicholson, Clerk 1857........This day the above couple were joined together as Husband and Wife by me. Signed, O.R. Watkins, JP