Craven County NcArchives Biographies.....Joseph Sharp
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North Carolina, Craven County
Civil Action Papers, 1757-1929 
Craven County Misc, C.R.028.928.11, ca. 1757–ca. 
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions

Joseph SHARPE
13th June 1777
Craven County, NC

State of North Carolina
Know all men by these Presents that we Joseph SHARPE, John GREEN & William 
RAMSEY all of the County of Craven in the State aforesaid are Held and 
firmly Bound unto His Excellency Richard CASWELL, Esquire Governor Captain 
General and Commander in Chief of the State aforesaid in the Just and full 
Sum of Two Thousand Pounds Current Money of the State aforesaid to be paid 
to the said Richard CASWELL Esquire, Governor, His Heirs or Successors of 
the Use of this State to which payment well and truly to be made and done we 
Bind ourselves, Our & Each of us Our Heirs Executors and Administrators 
jointly and severally firmly by these Presents Sealed with Our Seals and 
Dated Thirteenth Day of June Anno Domini 1777.

The Condition of the above Obligation is such That whereas the above Bound 
Joseph SHARPE having been cited to appear before the Worshipful the Justices 
of the County Court of Craven as a person holding principles Inimical to the 
Liberties of  America and having appeared before the said Court. The Oath of 
Abjuration and Allegiance directed to be taken being Tendered to the said 
Joseph SHARPE and he having refused to take the same agreeable to the Act of 
Assembly in such Case made and provided Now in Case the above Bound Joseph 
SHARPE do and shall Depart this State within Sixty Days from the Date hereof 
for Europe or the West Indies, and in the mean time Demean himself in every 
Respect and Comply with the Direction of the said Act of Assembly that then 
this Obligation to be Void otherwise to Remain in full force and Virtue.

Joseph SHARPE (Seal)
John GREEN (Seal)
Wm. RAMSAY (Seal) 

Signed, Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of
Chris'r. NEALY
John FONVIELLE

Joseph SHARPE
Bond to Depart this State
£2000