STATE OF TENNESSEE
SUMNER COUNTY

TO ANY REGULAR MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, HAVING THE CARE OF SOULS;
OR TO ANY JUSTICE OF THE PREACHER FOR SAID COUNTY GREETING:

BY virtue of the full power and authority in me vested, I do hereby authorize and empower you, or any of you, to celebrate and perform the Rites of Matrimony between, William C. Barnes and Nancy Curry and join them together as husband and wife; he having given security according to law. Given under my hand at office, this Seventh day of July A.D. 1829 and 54th year of American Independence.
Signed: A. H. Douglas Clerk
of County Court


KNOW ALL MEN, That we William C. Barns Alfred M. Beard
of the county of Sumner and State of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound unto the GOVERNOR of the said State, for the time being, or his successors in office, in the penal sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to be void on condition that ther be no lawful objection why William C. Barns and Nancy Curry may not be joined together as husband and wife, in the holy estate of Matrimony. Witness our hands and seals this 7th day of July A.D. 1829

William C. (Not clear)(seal)
Alfred M. Beard (seal)