The State of Texas - County fo Van Zandt To all who shall see these present. Greetings Know ye that any person legally auhorized to celebrate the rites of marimony is here licensed to join in marriage as Husband and wife T W Seagrave and Elizabeth Bottoms and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority. (looks like JRV) Testiony whence of I F M Hobbs, clerk of th District Court of Van Zandt County hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of my office this 24th day of Aug A D 1870 F M Hobbs Clerk By J P Hobbs Dept Clk. Texas to wit Van Zandt County This is to certify that I join in marriage as Husband and wife T W Seagrave and Ealizabeth Bottoms on the 24 day of August AD 1870. S. W. Montgomery, Minister Recorded Nov 9 AD 1870. (NOTE: This S W Montgomery was Samuel Wilson Montgomery who was a physician in Van Zandt County. On 25 May 1870 he married Lucinda Bottoms McElroy, ninth child of Zachariah Bottoms) Recorded Nov (looks like a nine with a 1 scratched over it) A D 1870 The State of Texas To all who shall see these. These Presents. Greetings. Know ye that any person legally authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony is hereby licensed to join in Marriage as Husband and wife G W Wilson and Ann Attwood and for so doing thou shall be his sufficient authority. In testimony whereof I T M Hobb, Clerk of the District Court of Van Zandt, County hereunto subscribed my name and affix the Seal of my office this 24th day of August A D 1870. (NOTE: This Ann Attwood is Ann Bottoms, dtr of Zachariah Bottoms, who married Isaac Atwood on March 5, 1857 in Cherokee County.