State of Tennessee,
Rutherford County. Greeting:
To any person empowered by law to perform marriage in Tennessee:
You are hereby authorized to join together in marriage Joseph A. Hamilton and Francillia L. Bean, and this shall be your authority for so doing.
Witness my hand and official seal of the Provost-Marshal-General, Department of the Cumberland.
WILLIAM M. WILES,
Major 44th Indiana, and Provost-Marshal-General,
Department of the Cumberland.
State of Tennessee,
Rutherford County.
Be it remembered that, on this 12th day of May, A. D. 1863, personally appeared before me, Major William M. Wiles, Provost-Marshal-General, Department of the Cumberland, one W. T. Mendenhall, Assistant Surgeon of Hospital No. 5, of lawful age, who, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is acquainted with Joseph A. Hamilton and Francillia L. Bean; that said parties are of legal age to marry, without the consent of their parents or guardians, and that he knows of no lawful reason why said parties should not marry.
[Signed] W. T. MENDENHALL.
Subscribed and sworn to this 12th day of May, A. D. 1863.