BOND:  Joseph Mays, Jr., O. K. Bond
SOURCE:  Nelson County Will Book C, Page 327
CONTRIBUTOR:  Sylvia Ray  <SylviaCamdenRay@aol.com>
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Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Mays Jr. and Amos Gandy are held and 
firmly bound unto John Tyler, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 
the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well and truly to be made 
to the said John Tyler, or his successor, we bind ourselves and each of us, and each 
of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these 
presents.  Witness our hands and seals this 23rd day of January 1826.

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Joseph 
Mays Jr. hath obtained a license to keep an Ordinary at his house in the County of 
Nelson; if therefore the said Joseph Mays Jr. doth constantly find and provide in 
his said Ordinary good, wholesome and cleanly lodging and diet for travellers, and 
stabbleage, fodder, and provender or pasturing and provender as the season shall 
require for their horses until the next May term for the County Court of Nelson and 
shall not suffer or permit any unlawful gaming in his house, nor suffer any person 
or persons to tipple and drink more than is necessary then this obligation to be void 
or else to remain in full force.

Witness:                                            Joseph Mays  {seal}
Ro Cutler, DC                                       Amos Gandy  {seal}


					
						 
At a Court held for Nelson County the 23rd day of January 1826.
This Bond was executed and acknowledged in open Court by the parties thereto and 
thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.  
			
                            Teste:       Sp Garland Clk



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