Royc King News Today

March 9, 1866: The East Tennessee Union Flag, a newspaper in Jonesborough, reported about a recent marriage. “At the residence of the bride’s father, on yesterday evening the 8th inst., by the Rev. Nathan (indecipherable), Hon. J.H. Gaut, of Cleveland, Tenn., to Miss Ella, daughter of Judge S.J.W. Lucky, of this place.” Jonesborough was spelled that way at the time. “The 8th inst.” was a way of writing March 8, with the “inst.” Indicating the present month. Ma...