This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4165.2.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Carol, Usually one was the bondsman and one performed the marriage cerimony or was a witness to the couple. You can obtain a copy of the bond from the T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Collection. I think they charge $5.00. It is a lot easier to understand who was who when you look at the bond and marriage certificate. Their e-mail is dmiller@ggcpl.org; phone 423-638-9866.