Good morning!  My sister was here last week and I dropped everything to spend each moment with her – I’m sure you understand.  We search and love to find information on our ancestors, but the living are far more dear to us, and we have to take advantage of every opportunity.

Carter County Marriage Register, Pages 144-145

• #572 – April 29, 1862, George Washington Adkins to Nancy L. Marshall.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify, that on the 1st day of May 1862, the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between G. W. Adkins and Nancy L. Marshall in the County of Carter.  Signed, David Maggard, B.M.
• #573 – October 17, 1860, Linsey Jordan to Sarah Sastain, Executing Bond.  No return.
• #574 – May 11, 1863, Jackson Gray to Catharine Shelton.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify, that on the 17^th day of May 1863, the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between Jackson Gray and Catharine Shelton, in the county of Carter in the presence of Alfred Carter and July Harris.  Signed, C. W. Carter.
• #575 – September 8, 1862, Thomas L. Ash to Josephine C. Carver.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify, that on the 9^th day of September 1862, the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between Thomas L. Ash and Josephine C. Carver in the county of Carter in the presence of Andrew Ash, R. Gillam, John Riggs, Jr. and David Riggs.  Signed, John Riggs, Sr.
• #576 – October 20, 1861, John S. Jacobs to Susannah Morris.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify, that on the 20^th day of October 1861, the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between John S. Jacobs and Susannah Morris, at Boone Fraley’s in the county of Carter in the presence of Henry D. Rucker, Wyle Prichard and others.  Signed, James Killgore, J.P.C.C.
• #577 – September 23, 1862, Daniel Pridemore to Fannie E. Noble.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify, that on the 24^th day of September 1862 the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between Daniel Pridemore and Fannie E. Noble in the county of Carter in the presence of Theodore Philips and Marshall Breniger.  Signed, J. Tyree, J.P.C.C.
• #578 – November 21, 1860, John P. Webb to Abriller Mead.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify, that on the 22 day of November 1860, the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between John P. Webb and Abriller Mead at church in the county of Carter in the presence of Joseph Jordan and J. C. Williams.  Signed, H. H. Williams, M.B.C.
• #579 – August 18, 1862, Anderson Mercer and Elizabeth Harper.  Executing Bond.  This is to certify that on the 20^th day of August 1862, the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between Anderson Mercer and Elizabeth Harper in the county of Carter in the presence of James Clay and wife, John Armstrong.  Signed.  A. Rucker, J.P.C.C.