At 06:57 PM 09-07-99 -0500, J. E. Leonard wrote: >Rutherford Co., TN - Records of Marriages 1804 - 1881. <snip> >Frank Hunt Solmn. 9/14/1872 >Sallie Randolph col by John Woods > >Edmond Hunt Solmn. 4/13/1872 >Nannie Osborn col by Levi Martin > >Aaron Hunt Solmn. 12/4/1871 >Martha Johnson col by Lewis Trimble > <snip> >Richard Hunt Solmn. 6/17/1880 >Bella Davis col > >I don't know what the "col" stands for that appears after some of the couples. I am assuming that "J.P." is Justice of the Peace, and "M.G." might mean a minister. Hope this might help someone else as it helped me some. > >Jackie > Hi! "col" probably stands for "colored". But I could be wrong -- I notice that there were none listed as Negro, Black, Mulatto or . . . . Thanks for all your hard work too!! Kay McGee ~~~~~ Searching for Surnames: McGee, Hunt, Hobbs, Hope, Helms, Chaney, Stegall, Smith (3), Walden, & Others. Focus mostly in the Southern states, some Nothern Quakers. At: http://home.earthlink.net/~kmcgee03/