Divers/Ferguson Marriage Bond, 1823 - Franklin Co. VA


Know all men by these Presents that We Otey Divers and Davis Ferguson are held and firmly 
bound unto James Pleasants Jr. Esquire Governor, or chief Magestrate of the Common wealth of 
Virginia in the sum of One hundred and fifty Dollars Current Money of the United States, to 
the payment whereof we are truly to be made to the said Governor or his successors for the use 
of the Common Wealth aforesaid, We bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs 
executors, and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these Presents, sealed with our 
Seals and dated this 20th day of May 1823 

The Condition of the above obligation is such that Whereas the above bound Otey Divers hath 
this day obtained from the Clerks of the County Court of Franklin a Licence for his 
Intermarriage with Terissa/Teressa Ferguson of the said County Now this Indenture Witnefseth, 
that if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage then this Obligation to be 
void, else to remain in full force and Virtue 

Signed: 
Otey Divers (Seal) 
Davis Ferguson (Seal) 
Witnef 
Ro__ Dickerson/Dickenson 


(Submitter Note: There is a crease where the date should be. What appears to look like 20 day 
of July 1823. Another source has 5 Mar 1823.)


Submitted by Bushy Hartman <mihartman@InfoAve.Net> 

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