Botetourt County, VA Marriage Bonds, 1828.

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Submitted by:  Angela M. Ruley <reddog@rockbridge.net>  1997


KNOW ALL MEN By these presents that we Preston Dudley and Absalom Dempsey are
held and firmly bound unto William B. Giles Governor of Virginia, in the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars, current money, and for the payment of which well
and truly to be made to the said Governor and his successors in office, we bind
ourselves, ourheirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally,
firmly by these presents.-- Sealed with our seald and dated the fifth day of
November 1828.
     THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That whereas there is a
marriage shortly to be had and solemnized between the above bound Preston
Dudley and Mrs. Eleanor Smith Widow of David Smith Decd.  If, therefore, there
be no lawful cause to impediment to obstruct said marriage, then this
obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

                                                          Preston Dudley (seal)
                                                          A. Dempsey (seal)

Teste  H. W. Bowyer

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