Helen Francie McMillan-Memphis TN Shelby Co
Helen was my GG aunt.I found her marriage records online through the Shelby Co library.She married WW Jackson.The record, dated 12-07-1882and all of the other records on the page say:
" That we (then it gives the groom and a witness name) of the county of Shelby and the State of Tennessee are held and firmly bound to the State of Tennessee in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executor and administrators, and each and every one of us, jointly and severally, by their presents."
All of the records on the page have the same language and amount of $1250.Does anyone know what that amount of money was for?Seems pretty steep for the price of a marriage license in 1882.