Transcription of Religious Societies, Part 2, Pages 101-125
Page 101
- The State of Ohio } To all whom these presents
- Vanwert County SS } shall come
- { Seal } Whereas at the October Term of
- the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Van
- Wert the Reverend James McNabb produced
- to the Court credentials of his being a regular
- ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal
- church. "It was ordered by the Court" "that a
- License issue to the said James McNabb
- authorizing him to Solemnize Marriages within
- the State of Ohio so long as he continues
- such regular ordained Minister" and he
- is hereby authorized to act accordingly
- In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
- my hand and affixed my official seal
- as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas pf
- said County of Vanwert the 9th day of
- October A.D. 1843
- Robt. Gilliland Clerk
- Recorded May 17 1845
- The State of Ohio } At a term of the Court of
- Portage County SS } Common Pleas for said
- { Seal } County begun and held
- at the Court House in the Town of Ravenna
- on the twenty eighth day of February AD 1843
- the Rev David P Maryott of Franklin in said
- County presented to the Court satisfactory
- credentials of his being a regular ordained
- Minister of the gospel in the Baptist Church
- and moved the Court to grant him a License
- to solemnize Marriages. Whereupon it was
- ordered by the Court that such license
- be issued to the said applicant
- Now therefore know all men by these presents
- that the said David P. Maryott is hereby
- licensed in pursuance of the order aforesaid
- to Solemnize Marriages throughout the State
- of Ohio so long as he shall remain such
- Minister
- In testimony whereof I have herunto
- subscribe my name and affix the seal
- of said Court at Ravenna this second
- day of March Anno Domini one thousand
- Eight hundred & forty three
- Horace Y Beebe Dep Clk
- Recorded June 9 1845
