A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Murfreesboro Girls’ Cotillion Club and their recent election of “the following new officers to serve during 1940: left to right, Miss Aynn Kirtley, recording secretary; Miss Clara...
The historic Belle Meade Plantation was founded by John Harding, of Goochland County, Virginia in 1807. Harding purchased 250 acres of farm land near Richland Creek and the Natchez Trace. He was very interested in horses and soon boarded horses...
The marriage bond was a guarantee or promise that the couple had a legal right to be married. That is to say, the couple was of age, that neither was already married and that there was no other reason why they could not be married according to law....