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                              MARRIAGE LICENSE
                 
                    Virginia, Dickenson County, to wit:

To any Person Licensed to Celebrate Marriages:

               You are hereby authorized to join together in the
Holy State of Matrimony, according to the rites and ceremonies
of your Church, or religious denomination, and the laws of the 
Commonwealth of Virginia,

                 George W. Potter and Excer Sowards 

Given under my hand, as D Clerk of the County Court of Dickenson this 
7th day of August 1895.

                                             Fleix Senter D Clerk

           
                            CERTIFICATE TO OBTAIN A MARRIAGE LICENSE

        



Time of Marriage                Aug 8, 1895      
Place of Marriage               Dickenson Co., Va
Full Names of Parties Married,  George Potter & Excer Sowards
Color,                          White
Age of Husband                  21 years
Age of Wife                     "   "
Place of Husband's Birth,       Pike  Co. Ky
Place of Wife's Birth,          Wise  "   Va
Place of Husband's Residence    Dickenson Co Va
Place of Wife's Residence         
Names of Husband's Parents,     Leaf & easter Potter
Names of Wife's Parents,        Hop & Adeline Sowards
Condition of Husband            Widow
Condition of Wife               Single
Occupation of Husband           Farmer

          Given under my hand this 7 day of August 1895
                                               Fleix Senter D Clerk

             
                      Minister's Return Of Marriage

  I, Certify That on the 8 day of August 1895 at or near Osborn Gap  I
united in Marriage the above named and described parties, under autority of
the annexed License.
  
                                         G. W. Stanley