The state of Alabama }
Lowndes County}
To any ordained minister of the Gospel Judge of the Circuit or County Court or Justice of the Peace for said County - know you are hereby authorized to celebrate the Rites of matrimony between Thomas C. Hartwell and Miss Margaret C Irvin and this should be your sufficient authority for so doing. Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of Nov. A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty and of American Independence the 65th year. John [Varner?] Register.
The within executed in the 5th day of Nov. 1840 by James Kelly Minister of the Gospel.
