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| Marriage Bond for Marriage of Mead Holt to Mary A. Shannon 1841 |
Know all men by these presents, That we Mead
Holt and Samuel Shannon, Jr. are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of
Kentucky in the penal sum of fifty pounds, current money, to the payment of
which well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth, we bind ourselves,
our heirs, executors and administrators jointly
and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated
this 31st day of May 1841.
The condition of the above obligation is
such, that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended between the above bound
Mead Holt and Miss Mary A. Shannon, daughter of Samuel Shannon.
Now if there be no lawful cause to
obstruct said marriage, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in
full force and virtue in law.
Witness:
James R. Stephens,
Clk Mead Holt
{Seal]
Sam’l
Shannon, Jr. {Seal}
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The consent for Mary reads:
Union County
Samuel Shannon, Jr this day came before me
the undersigned, and Justice of the Peace in and for Union County and made oath
that Mary A. Shannon, daughter of Samuel, who is about to intermarry with Mead
Holt is above the age of twenty one years, and that her place of residence is within
the County of Union.
Witness my hand this 31st day of
May 1841.
A.L. Churchill, JP
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| Peterson Wall, Minister, Marriage 1841-1843
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Minister’s Return of Peterson Wall, Minister of the Gospel
of the Methodist Episcopal Church which was returned April 1843 for the
marriages he had celebrated from 1841 to 1843. Listed are Mead Holt and Mary
Shannon. The marriage was celebrated 1st June 1841.
Records are from Union County Court Clerk and reference from Union
County, Kentucky Marriage Books 1811-1853” compiled by Peyton Heady
