I doubt that there was any marriage bond. A marriage bond is when someone posts a bond to be sure that the bride (or groom) does not back out of the marriage. Typically used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. I don't recall them being used in Texas, at least not regularly. Marriage licenses for Red River County date from 1845. An excellent book that should be use is "Marriage Laws in the Unites States, 1887-1906" by S.N.D. North You can obtain this book from Desmond Walls Allen **** of Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway AR 72033 **** Desmond will be one of the speakers at the upcoming Angelina College Genealogy Conference - still time to register - http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <NANAREB@aol.com> To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Marriage bond question In a message dated 6/25/07 9:25:22 PM Central Standard Time, TChris56@aol.com writes: Does the courthouse in Clarksville have marriage bonds for around 1899? What is a marriage bond? .··-.¸.-··. (`'·.¸(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)¸.·'´) .··-.¸.-··. `·. .·´ «..* Edith *..» `·. .·` (¸.·'´(¸.·'´ `'·.¸)`'·.¸) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message