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This is the bond William Carley posted to obtain a license to operate an "ordinary" or inn at his home in Hardeman County, Tennessee. The document is signed by Thomas J. Hardeman who the county is named for. The bond requires that William "not permit gaming in his house nor on the Sabbath day suffer any person to tipple or drink more than is necessary." Note the seals after their signatures and that William made his mark between his first and last name which were written by someone else. William Carley was my great-great-great-great grandfather.
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