Craven County NcArchives Court.....Sitgreaves, John 1780
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Written: 1780

North Carolina, Craven County, civil action papers, 1757-1929
Craven County Misc, C.R.028.928.11, ca. 1757–ca. 1929
Bond of John SITGREAVES as commissioner for carrying into execution an Act 
of Assembly for Consfication of Property
March Court 1780
Craven County, NC.

State of North Carolina
Know all Men by these Presents that we John SITGREAVES, Jame COOR?, John 
BRYAN, Richard Dobbs SPRIGHT and John JONES 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 —— full Sum of Five Hundred Thousand pounds 
current money of the said State to be paid to His said Excellency the 
Governor his Successors or Assigns to the  which payment well and truly to 
be made and done we bind ourselves our and each of us our Heirs Executors 
and Administrators jointly and Severally firmly but these Presents, Sealed 
with our Seals and dated the fifteenth day of March Anno Domini 1780.
The Condition of the Above Obligation is such that Whereas the above bound 
John SITGREAVES has been nominated and appointed by the Worshipful Court of 
the County of Craven & Commissioner for carrying into Execution an Act of 
Assembly of the State Intitled “An Act to Carry into Effect and Act proposed 
at NewBern in November in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy 
seven Intitled an Act for Confiscating the Property of all just persons as 
are Inimical to the United States and of Such persons as shall not within a 
certain time therein mentioned appear and submit to the State whether they 
shall be received as Citizens thereof and of such persons as shall so appear 
and shall not be admitted as Citizens and for other purposed therein 
mentioned and for other purposes. Now in case the above Bound, John 
SITGREAVES do and shall will truly faithfully and diligently execute the 
power and trust reposed in him as a Commissioner for the County of Craven, 
and in all things conduct himself, agreeable to the Act of Assembly in such 
Case made and provided and do and shall will and truly pay into the public 
Treasury of this State all monies which he or either of them shall or may 
receive in virtue of such appointment and will and truly Execute the 
judicial powers and Trusts in him vested by virtue of the Act of Assembly 
aforesaid that then this Obligation to be found otherwise to remain in full 
force and Virtue.

Signed: Thos. SITGREAVES (Seal)
James COOR (Seal)
James BRYAN (Seal)
Rich’d D. SPAIGHT (Seal)
John JONES (Seal)


Signed, Sealed & Delivered in Presence of 
Chris’r HEALY
Bishop? NEALE

(Back of Document)

John SITGREAVES
Commissioners
Bond 500000 pounds

Acknowledged March
Craven County Court
1780
Chris’r HEALY C.C.
1780


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