Tennessee Marriage Laws

Tennessee Code ? Title 36: Domestic Relations ? Chapter 3: Marriage ? Part 3: Ceremony

Marriages during War Between the States validated

All marriages contracted and entered into during the War Between the States (1861-1865) and duly solemnized, are declared valid, and the issue of these marriages are declared legitimate.

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Acts 1865-1866, ch. 58, § 1; Shan., § 4199; mod. Code 1932, § 8424; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-422.

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36-3-308

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