Kit Carson Knowles to Mary Elizabeth Bailey, Marriage Record
The STATE OF TEXAS
Marriage License
County of Jones
To any Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish Rabbi, Judge of the District or County Court, or any Justice of the Peace in the State of Texas:
GREETING:
YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE THE RITES OF MATRIMONY
Between Mr. K. C. Knowles
And Miaa [sic] Bessie Bailey
And make due return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County within Sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this License.
Witness my official signature and seal of office at office in Anson, Texas, this the 1 day of Sept. A.D. 1921
M. H. Francis Clerk County Court
Jones County, Texas
By [blank] Deputy.
I L. E. Wratten hereby certify that on the 4 day of September A.D. 1921 I United in Marriage Mr. K. C. Knowles and Miss Bessie Bailey the parties above named.
Witness my hand this 5 day of Sep., A.D., 1921.
L. E. Wratten
Pastor M. E. Church South, Flynn Charge Texas
Returned and filed for record the 10 day of Sep. 1921 and recorded the 10 day of Sep 1921, in Book 6 Page 131 Marriage Records of Jones County. By [blank] Deputy. M. H. Francis, County Clerk.
The State of Texas
County of Jones
I, H. O. Rowland, Jr., County Clerk in and for Jones County, Texas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Marriage License together with its return thereon of Mr. K. C. Knowles and Miss Bessie Bailey as the same appears of record in my office in Vol. 6, Page 131, Marriage Records of Jones County, Texas.
To Certify Which, witness my hand and seal of office, at office in Anson, Texas, this 10 day of August A.D., 1951.
H. O. Rowland, Jr., County Clerk
Jones County, Texas
By Hazel Dudley [signature], Deputy.
Source:
Marriage Records of Jones County, Texas, v. 6, p. 131
Transcription by John C. Hepner, 1998