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In most of the early states of the United States, a prospective groom took out a bond with the clerk of the county court in the county in which the prospective bride lived. This was done as surety that there was no legal obstacle to the marriage. .... The idea of a bond relating to marriage in colonial Texas, however, was a bit different. more »