WHITE COUNTY, TN - MARRIAGE - Albert Simmons to Mary Rittenberry
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MARRIAGE BOND

Know all men by these presents, That we ALBERT SIMMONS AND 
JAMES COAKLEY 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, 
ALBERT SIMMONS has prayed for a License to marry MARY RITTENBERRY. 
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 4 day of January 1902

Albert Simmons (seal)
James Coakley (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 ALBERT SIMMONS and MARY RITTENBERRY of your County, 
agreeably to the direction of the Act of Assembly in such case made and p
rovided.
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 4 day of January 1902

________(illegible)  County Court Clerk

I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above named parties on 
the ____ day of ____   (Left blank)