Marriage Bond
of
James Raby and Peggy Williamson
September
22, 1832
Knox
County Tennessee
transcription below
Know all men by these Presents, that We,
James Raby & Thomas Cox
Are held and firmly bound to WILLIAM CARROLL, 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 that there is no lawful
cause to prevent a
Marriage from being solemnized in the county of Knox
between
James Raby and Peggy Williamson.
Witness our bands and seals, this 22nd day of Sept
Anno Domini, 1832
James Raby
Thomas B Cox
State of Tennessee, Knox County
To any regular Minister of the Gospel having the care of souls or any
Jus-
tice of the Peace for said county;
GREETING.
I, Charles M'Clung Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions for the county of Knox aforesaid, by virtue of the power in
me
vested by law, DO LICENSE YOU, or EITHER of YOU, to celebrate the Rites
of Matrimony between James Raby and
Peggy Williamson by uniting them together as
HUSBAND and WIFE, and then return make of this
License as the Law requires.
Given at Office, in Knoxville the 22th
day of September
Anno Domini, 1832 and of American Independence the Fifty
Sixth
Chas M C'Lung