Tennessee
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content: Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869
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content: Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 / Series 1: Office of the Commissioner
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1875, Subseries 1.11
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content: Archival materials
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content: Unbound marriage certificates arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the bridegroom cover the period 1863–66. The certificates can contain the same kinds of information found in the marriage certificates for Louisiana and Mississippi. The records provide the names and ages of the bride and bridegroom, their color and place of residence, and the color of the couple's mother and father. Also recorded are the number of years the bridegroom and bride lived with another man or woman and how they where separated. The number of children, the number of children by previous connection, and names of witnesses and minister or official who performed the marriage is documented as well. Some Tennessee marriage certificates also include the names and ages of children and their dates of birth.