GUILFORD COUNTY, NC - VITALS - Marriage Bond, Robert Bell to Mary Boyd, 17 Jan 1775 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Know all men by these presents that we Robert Bell & Hugh Roberson both of Guilford County are held & firmly bound to our sovereign Lord the King his heirs & in the just & full sum of fifty pounds prod money which payment will & truly to be made & done We bind our selves our & each of our heirs jointly & severally firmly by there presents sealed with our seals & dated this 17th day of Jany AD 1775 The condition of the above obligation is such that where as the above bounden Robert Bell hath made application for a license for marriage to be Celebrated Between him & Mary Boyd agreeable to an Act of Assembly Ratified the 4th day of April 1741 Now if it shall not appear at any time hereafter that there is no just cause to obstruct the said marriage that then the above obligation to be void & of non effect Eln to Remain in force power & Virtue Sealed and delivered Robert Bell (sealed) In presence of Hugh Roberson (seal) Aba McClaran From : North Carolina State Archives ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Paula Snyder PaulaS1218@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________