From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jun 29 08:12:58 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5TECwjb002230; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:12:58 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5TECuMe026082 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:12:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5TBa5FI014412 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:36:05 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5TBa56M014411 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:36:05 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5T9VZFI014113 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:31:35 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5TC8GUI025242 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:08:16 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Patscga@aol.com Thu Jun 29 06:08:16 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5TC8Gjb025231 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:08:16 -0600 Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com (imo-m27.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.8]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5TC8BtI020973 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:08:12 -0600 Received: from Patscga@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id k.46e.2faf1cc (32915); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:08:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Patscga@aol.com Message-ID: <46e.2faf1cc.31d51ca0@aol.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:08:00 EDT Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] marriage bonds To: lkrealty@bellsouth.net, ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5312 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com In a message dated 6/28/2006 6:34:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lkrealty@bellsouth.net writes: THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, ARE HELD FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE STATE IN THE SUM OF TWELVE HUNDRED & FIFTY DOLLARS, I found this with a google search. Code of Tennessee Title 4, Chapter 1, Article I [Shannon 4192] "Licensee to give bond. The clerk may issue such license to anyone applying for the same, unless he know that one of the parties is incapable of marriage, first taking bond to the state, with sufficient surety, in the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, conditioned that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the marriage for which the license is desired; for which penalty any person aggrieved by the marriage may sue. (1778, ch 7, sec. 3.) [Annotation follows] Statute for protection of the woman. This statute is for the protection of the woman where the man has a living undivorced wife, and she is the party aggrieved and entitled to sue on the bond, and not her father. The statute comtemplates such obstructions as would make the marriage void _ab initio_. 10 Hum., 57." You will notice that the provision had changed in some details, but the bond amount remained twelve hundred and fifty dollars throughout this time period.