NASH CO, NC  GUARDIANSHIP-Bathsheba/Polly Pridgen - 1818

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Know all Men by these Presents, that we Amos Joiner, John Wells(Wills?), and
Abraham Evans  are held and firmly bound unto Michael Collins, Drew Bynum,
Alanson Powell

the Justice or Justices present in Court and granting this guardianship, the
survivors or survivor of them, their executors or administrators, & in the
just and full sum of two hundred dollars 

for the true payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and
administrators, jointly, severally and firmly:  sealed with our seal this
eleventh  day of May    A.D. 1818

The Condition of the above obligation is this--that whereas the above
bounded Amos Joiner is constituted and appointd guardian to Polly and
Bathsheba Pridgen orphans of Peter Pridgen. Now if the said Amos Joiner
shall faithfully execute his said gurardianship by securing and improving
all the estate of the said  minor orphan, that shall come into his
possession, for the benefit of the said orphan until they shall arrive at
lawful age, or be sooner thereunto required: andthen to render a plain and
true account, on oath, of his said guardianship, before the Justices of our
said Court; and to deliverr up, pay to, or possess the said minor of all
such estate or estates, as he ought to be possessed of; or to such other
persons as shall be lawfully empowered or authorised to receive the same,
and the profits arising therefrom; then this obligation to be void ,
otherwise to remain in full force, power and virtue.

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Amos Joiner (SEAL)
                                            John Wells (Seal)
                                            Abraham Evans (Seal)



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