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Maury County was created in 1807 from Williamson County, which had been taken off of Davidson County a few years before. The marriage records, dating from the founding of the county, are based on the county clerk's marriage registers, and are supplemented by some 1,250 recently discovered marriage bonds. Arranged in several sections, some chronological, some alphabetical, the records give the names of the bride and groom, the issue date of the marriage license or bond, the marriage date and, sometimes, the name of the person who stood surety to the bond. Altogether about 6,000 marriage records, and the names of the brides, grooms, and others mentioned in the text are listed in the index.