The State of Tennessee Gibson County
To any Regular Minister of the Gospel Having the care
Souls, or any Justice of the Peace for Said County---Greeting:

These are to authorize you to solemnize the rites of Matrimo-
ny between ....Wm Cook....and...Martha...
E Carnes.....of your County, agreeably to an act of Assem-
bly in such case made and provided.  Provided, always, that the
said ...M .... Carnes..... be an actual resident of this County, 
otherwise these shall be null and void, and shall not be accounted
any license or authority to you, or either of you, for the purposes afore-
said, more than though the same had never een prayed or granted.
Given under my hand at the Clerk's Office in said county, this
...25........day or ....March......1863.....
                         E. W. Raines  Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE, )  I solemized the rite of Matrimony between the above named parties on the 25
...Gibson County   (   day of ..March...1862     ...W S  Anderson...