Craven County NcArchives Biographies.....Rigdon Brice
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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

13th June 1777
Rigdon BRICE
Craven County, NC

State of North Carolina
Know all men by these Presents that we Rigdon BRICE, Francis BRICE & Bazell SMITH 
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 Rigdon 
BRICE 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 Rigdon BRICE 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 Rigdon BRICE 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.

Rigdon BRICE (Seal)
Fra. BRICE (Seal)
Bazell SMITH (Seal)

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of
Jno. C. BRYAN
Chris'r NEALY
Alex. GRAY


Rigdon BRICE
Bond to Depart the State
£2000