"The world was sad; the garden was a wild;
And man, the hermit, sighed--till woman smiled."
TO ANY ONE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES:
     This is to authorize you to solemnize the RITE OF MATRIMONY between
          L.[eonard] Binkley          and          Neely Williams
of your County, agreeably to an Act of the General Assembly in such cases
made and provided: Provided, that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the
Marriage for which this License is desired; otherwise these shall be null
and void, and shall not be accounted any license or authority for you or
either of you for the purposes aforesaid, more than if the same had never
been prayed or granted.          Given under my hand at the Clerk's Office in
said County this 5 day of May, 1883.
          G. Watkins, Clerk
By___________
STATE OF TENNESSEE, DYER COUNTY

Know all Men by these Presents:
That we, L. Binkley and A. G. Pierce
of County of Dyer and State of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound unto the
State of Tennessee, in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to which
payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators, and each and every one of us, jointly and severally, by
these presents.
          Witness our hands and seals this 5 day of May, 1883
L. Binkley(Seal)
A. G. Pierce (Seal)
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That whereas, the above
bounden L. Binkley has this day prayed and obtained a License to marry Neely
Williams, Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage and for
which license is desired, then this obligation to be void; otherwise, to
remain in full force and virtue in law.
          Attest:          G. Watkins, Clerk
By____________________, D. C.
          STATE OF TENNESSEE, DYER COUNTY.
CERTIFICATE.
          I solemnized the RITE OF MATRIMONY between the within named
parties on the 5 day of May, 1883           O. J. Radford, J.P.
     Returned on the 5 day of May, 1883
By_____________________, D.C. G. Watkins, Clerk

Note: L. Binkley is Leonard Binkley b. 1840 in Davidson (now Cheatham) Co., TN and Neely Williams is Sarah Cornelia Williams.