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Appendix I. William McAninch’s Marriage, 7 Oct. 1796, Greene County, Tennessee

William McAninch married "Doshia Dosey" (Laodieca? Ladosha? Ladisha?) (Dawson? Lawson?

Rawson? Rosson? Rowson?), on Friday, October 7th, 1796, in Greene County, eastern Tennessee.

There are two sides of the original document [A1 Notes below] [A1-1] [A1-2]

1. the outside of the document, "M L Bond” (Marriage License Bond) Numbered "416" [A1-3]

2. the document itself, Marriage License Bond of "John Newman Esq and William McNinch" (sic)

The outside of the document can be transcribed as

"M L Bond" "Wm McNinch" "to" "Doshia Dosey" "T?(word?)" "T?(Tenn?)" "7th Oct 96"

"10-7-96" (red ink, marked in the 20th century?), "7" (not the date again; small "2", letter "l",

and unreadable "p2"? "pd"?) (recording fee?); "416" (marked and circled in the 1930s) [A1-3]

And the bond document itself can be transcribed in three parts.

Heading: four months after becoming the State of Tennessee in June, the pre-printed heading

"Territory of the United States of America south of the river Ohio” has been crossed-out, and

"Tennessee, Greene County" has been written into the document (written by the county clerk?)

Bond: "Know all men by these presents that we, John Newman Esq and William McNinch are

held and firmly bound unto John Sevier, governor, or his successors in office, in the penal sum

of Four Hundred Pounds, void on condition that there be no lawful objection why Wm McNinch

+ Dorshia Dosey may not be joined together as man and wife, in the holy state of matrimony."

Signatures: "Witness our hands and seals this 7th day of October 1796."

"TEST" /s/ "William McAninch" (and) /s/ "John Newman" [Written Name, Note A1-4]

Appendix I. Notes and Sources

[A1-1] "Daniel McAninch and William Mc(A)Ninch, Greene County, (eastern) Tennessee,

1796-1797" article; MFHN v.V n.4 November 1997 p.1997-29

[A1-2] Image files of the original marriage record are available online from multiple sources:

a. T. Elmer Cox Genealogical & Historical Library, Greeneville, Tennessee

https://www.telmercoxlibrary.org > Collections & Archives > Marriage Records >

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10/7/1796 McNinch, William / Dosey, Doshea - two files

Cox.Mar.416a.pdf - bond of "John Newman Esq and William McNinch"

Cox.Mar.416b.pdf - exterior "M L Bond” (Marriage License Bond) Numbered "416"

b. different image files capturing the same two views of the document are also available online

at https://www.familysearch.org in the "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950" database

[A1-3] "416" "Each document had been given a number and recorded in a book by persons

employed by the Tennessee Historical Records Survey in the 1930’s. Hence, the number 416",

per Tennessee Marriage Records, Volume 3, Edited by Pollyanna Creekmore; Greene County,

Vol. 1, 1783-1818, by Gertrude L. Soderberg, Clinchdale Press, Knoxville, 1965, pg.115 [A1-1]

[A1-4] although indexed as "McNinch", his correct surname "McAninch" was written in the bond!

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Appendix I: Daniel McAninch and William McAninch, 1796-1797, Greene County, Tennessee

McA. Family Hist. NL v.XXXII (32) n.2 / Nov. 2024 / Copyright Frank McAninch / p.2024-21