Lewis Pipkin to Elizabeth Davis ~ 1824

Transcribed by Joan S Dunn





NC Archives - Duplin County Marriage Bonds - Box 4
State of North Carolina }
          Duplin County }

Know all men by these presents, that we Lewis Pipkin & David Keathley are held 
and firmly bound unto his Excellency H.G. Burton Esquire, Captain-General, 
Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the said State, in the sum of 
five hundred pounds, current money, to be paid to the said Governor, his 
successors or assigns; to the which payment, well and truly to be made, we 
bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and 
severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 
17th day of Jan'y A.D. 1824.

The Condition of the above obigation is such, that the above bounden Lewis 
Pipkin has made application for a license of marriage, to be celebrated 
between him and Elizabeth Davis of the County aforesaid; now in case it should 
not hereafter appear that there is any lawful cause or impediment to obstruct 
such marriage, then the above obligation to be void - otherwise to remain in 
full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed and delivered in }          Lewis Pipkin {SEAL}
the presence of                 }          David Keathley {SEAL}
Jas. Pearsall Clk





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