Georgia marriage license between Ezekiel Leonard and Marry Hammond
date: label: Date
content: January 8, 1869
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Written by
content: Albert W. Bethune, American, 1846 - 1872
label: Subject of
content: Ezekiel Leonard
label: Subject of
content: Marry Hammond
notes: label: Description
content: Printed marriage license from Talbot County, Georgia certifying the marriage of Ezekiel Leonard and Mary Hammond. The document is cream colored with printed and handwritten text. The text reads [The State of Georgia, Talbot County. / To any Judge, Justice of the Inferior Court, Justice of the Peace, / or Minister of the Gospel: / YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED / To join Ezekiel Leonard (Col’) and / Mary Hammond (Col’) / IN THE HOLY STATE OF / MATRIMONY, / According to the Constitution and Laws of the State, and for so doing this be your / sufficient / LICENSE. / given under my Official Signature and Seal of Office this 8 day of Jan 1869 / A. W. Bethune Ordinary.] The bottom third of the document only has printed text with the spaces to be handwritten left blank. It reads [State of Georgia_County / I Hereby certify that_and_were duly joined and Matrimony, by me this_day of_18_ / The above will not be received on return unless stamped with a Revenue Stamp of five cents.] An imprinted stamp is on the front at center left. The stamp reads [ORDINARY COURT / TALBOT CO. / GEORGIA.] Handwritten in brown ink on the left side of the document is [Ezekiel Leonard Jr.] handwritten in brown ink on the back the document at top is [1869.]
place: label: Place used
content: Talbot County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.1.10
objectType: label: Type
content: marriage licenses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm)