John W. Virt to Margaret J. Payton, Marriage Record

John Vert

To

Maggie Payton

Be it Remembered, That on this 4th day of June, A.D.1881, the following Marriage License was issued, to-wit:

State of Indiana, Morgan County, SS.

TO ANY PERSON EMPOWERED BY LAW TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES, GREETING:

You are hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife, John Vert and Maggie Payton, and of this, together with your Certificate of Marriage, make due return, within three months, according to the Laws of the State of Indiana.

Witness, H. C. Hodges, Clerk of our said Morgan Circuit Court, and the Seal thereof, affixed at the Clerk's Office in Martinsville, Indiana, this 4th day of June 1881.

H. C. Hodges [signature]

Clerk of the Morgan Circuit Court

Be it further Remembered, That on this 10th day of June, A.D. 1881, the following Certificate was filed in my office, to-wit:

State of Indiana, Morgan County, SS.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on the 5th day of June A.D. 1881, I duly joined in Marriage, John Vert and Maggie Payton, by authority of Law and a License from the Clerk of the Morgan Circuit Court.

Given under my hand, this [blank] day of [blank] 187[blank].

J. H. Henry

Source: Marriage Records of Morgan County, Indiana, Book C-2, p.260

Note: 19 August 1998, Letter from Emma R. Webster, Morgan County Microfilm Office:

"The divorce record could not be located in the files."