Onslow County NcArchives Court.....Potts, Barshaba 1810
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Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 August 27, 2013, 5:40 pm

Source: Nc Archives
Written: 1810

State of North Carolina
Onslow County

Know all men by these presents that we Eli Ellis, Hardy Shepard and John 
Johnston are held and firmly bound unto Christ'r Dudley Esquire Chairman of the 
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County aforesaid, in the sum of five 
hundred pounds current money; to be paid to said Chairman, his successors or 
assigns. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our 
heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these 
presents; sealed with our seals and dated this 10 day of July 1810.

The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden Eli 
Ellis Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and 
credits of Barshaba Potts deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and 
perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits 
of the deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, knowledge or possession 
of the said Eli or unto the hands or possession of any person or persons, for 
him and the same so made, do exhibit or cause to be exhibited, to the court of 
the county aforesaid, within ninety days from the date of these presents; and 
the same goods, chattels or credits, and all the other goods, chattels and 
credits of the deceased, at the time of her death, which at any time hereafter 
shall come into the hands or possession of the said Eli or into the hands or 
possession of any person or persons, for him do well and truly administer 
according to law, and further do make or cause to be made a true and just 
account of his said administration within one year after the date of these 
presents, and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels and credits 
which shall be found remaining upon the said administrator account, the same 
being first examined and allowed by the court of said county, shall deliver and 
pay unto such person or persons, respectively, to which the same shall be due, 
pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act in that case made and 
provided; and if it shall appear that any will or testament was made by the 
deceased, and the executor therein named to exhibit the same into court, making 
request to have the same allowed and approved accordingly:

If the said Eli Ellis above bounden, being thereunto required, do render the 
said letters of administration (a probation of such testament, being first had 
and made in the said court) then this obligation to be void and of no effect, 
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Eli Ellis {Seal}
Hardy Shepard {Seal}
John Johnston {Seal}

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
Nath'l Lomis CC

[An inventory of Barshaba's estate dated 1811 is contained in this estate folder 
but too faded to read and include with this record]

Additional Comments:
Barshaba Potts Estate, 1810
Onslow County, NC
CR 072.508.61

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