STATE OF ILLINOIS }
COUNTY OF UNION}   
The People of the State of Illinois to any person lawfully authorised to solemnize Marriage, Greeting-
You are hereby Licensed and permitted to celebrate and certify the marriage of Thomas Whitaker and Prudence Hutson and in so doing this shall (illegible) suffered warrant, the parties being of lawful age and the parents of the young lady being willing to the marriage--and make your return here of ? by law you are commanded.
                                                    ? Winstead Davie, clerk of the county
                                                     ? Court at Office in Jonesboro this 28th August 1837--
                                                                                                    Winstead Davie, Clerk

State of Illinois   }
County of Union}  
I do hereby certify that I solemnized the Marriage of Thomas Whitaker and Prudence Hutson on the 31 day of August 1837 given under my hand and Seal this 6th day of September 1837.
                                                                                                    Jas Mclaine, J.P.

(Note:  Thomas Whitaker, b. 1812; d. 1884; md. 31 Aug 1937 in Union County to Prudence Hutson, b. 1819; d. 1871.)