Bertie County NcArchives Court.....Cowand, William 1843 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn McCarthy lcmcmw5761@aol.com March 30, 2014, 10:34 am Source: Papers Located At The State Archives Of North Carolina Division Of Archives And Records Raleigh, Nc Written: 1843 Guardianship of William Cowand Bertie County, NC Court Filed in papers located at the State Archives of North Carolina Division of Archives and Records Raleigh, NC STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Bertie COUNTY. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Wm L Pruden James Allen & William W. Cherry are held and firmly bound unto the State of North Carolina aforesaid, in the full and just sum of Fifteen hundred Dollars, to be paid to the said State, to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 9th day of May 1843 THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That whereas the above bounden William L Pruden hath been this day appointed Guardian to William Cowand an Idiot now the condition of the above obligation is such, that if the said Wm L Pruden Guardian as aforesaid shall well and truly discharge his said Guardianship, by taking care of and improving all the Estate belonging to the said Idiot and shall also settle his guardianship accounts with the Court of said County, as is required by law, and that he will deliver unto the same to said Wm Cowand as aforesaid, when he shall be directed by the court all such Estate as he ought of right to be possessed of or sooner if required, agreeable to the true intent and measures of the Act of the General Assembly in such case made and provided. Then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Wm L Pruden (Seal) James Allen (Seal) Justices Present S R Olivers P C Tyler Wm Morasey _______________ Witnesseth Jno S Tayloe Clk File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/court/cowand2507gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb