Howard-Robertson Marriage Bond USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Below is Text from a photocopy that I think was obtained at the Barren County Kentucky Court House. Text between the slashes // is hand written. Notice how the clerk misspelled both Wade and Robertson. (Submitted by Mark Rhoads.) * * * * Text * * * * Know all men by these presents that we / Wade Howard & Wm Robirson/ are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of fifty pounds current money which payment well and truly to be made we bind our- selves and our heirs firmly by these presents sealed and dated this /10th/ day of /July/ 181/5/ The condition of the above obliga- tion is such that if there be no lawful cause to prevent a marriage intended between the above bound /Wade Howard & Nancy Robirson/ for which a marriage license has issued then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue. /Waid Howard/ /William Robertson/ /I John Robertson dow here by surtify/ /that I am willing for a marrige lisnce to/ /to issue from the clerks offise for the/ /intended marrige to take plase between/ /Wade Howard & my daughter Nancy as/ /given under my hand and seal this tenth day/ /of July 1815/ /John Robertson/ /test/ /William Robertsons/