Balaam Lewallen and Ida Miller

State of Tennessee, Scott County.
To any Regular Minister of the Gospel having the care of Souls, or any Judge or Justice of the Peace for said County -- Greeting:
I, H Reed, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Scott, aforesaid, by the power in me vested by law, do LICENSE YOU OR EITHER OF YOU, to celebrate the RITES OF MATRIMONY between Balaam E. Lewallen and Ida Miller Given at office in Huntsville, the 14 day of Sept 1898 and of American Independence the ________
H. Reed, Clerk

I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above named parties on the 15 day of Sept. 1898
C.R. Lewallen J.P.

State of Tennessee, Scott County,
Know all Men by these Presents, that we, B.E. Lewallen and W. C. Russell are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee, in the sum of TWELVE HUNDRED and FIFTY DOLLARS, to be void on condition that there be no lawful cause to prevent a Marriage from being solemnized in the County of Scott between B.E. Lewallen and Ida Miller
WITNESS, our hands and seals, the 14 day of Sept 1898
B.E. Lewallen; W.C. Russell

blogger's note: there is a note in the margin which reads, "Settled as to Foster to day Sept 16/98"