WHITE COUNTY, TN - MARRIAGE - Robert Simmons to Martha Higdon
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MARRIAGE BOND

Know all men by these presents, That we ROBT SIMMONS & C P L GEER 
are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee, in the sum 
of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to which payment well and 
truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, etc., jointly 
and severally, firmly by these presents, The Condition of the 
above Obligation is such, That whereas, ROBERT SIMMONS has 
prayed for a License to marry MARTHA HIGDON. Now, if there 
is no lawful cause to obstruct the Marriage for which the 
license is desired, then this obligation to be void, else to 
remain in full force and effect.

This 14 day of October 1897

Robt Simmons (seal)
C.P.L. Geer (seal)

MARRIAGE LICENSE

State of Tennessee, White County
To any Minister of the Gospel having the care of Souls, or Justice 
of the Peace of said County - Greeting:
You, or either of you, are hereby authorized to solemnize the Rites 
of Matrimony between ROBERT SIMMONS and MARTHA HIGDON of your County, 
agreeably to the direction of the Act of Assembly in such case made 
and provided.
Provided Always, that the Rite of Matrimony be solemnized 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, etc.

Given at the Clerk's office of said county, this 14 day of October 1897

WG Sims County Court Clerk

I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above named parties on 
the 17 day of Oct 1897
signed: ES Breeding JP