Bond:  Bastardy Bond, Alexander Mays, 1856
Source:  Nelson County Will Book K, Page 365
Contributed by:  Sylvia Ray (SylviaCamdenRay@aol.com)
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Know all men by these presents, that we Alexander Mays and Jesse Mays are held and firmly 
bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the just and full sum of three hundred and fifty 
dollars to the payment whereof well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us 
and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these 
presents.  Sealed with our seals and dated this 22nd day of September 1856.  The Condition 
of the above obligation is such that whereas by an order of the County Court of Nelson 
County, Alexander Mays was adjudged to be the father of a Male Bastard Child begotten of 
Elizabeth Jones, which is likely to become chargeable upon the County, and it was further 
adjudged that the said Alexander Mays should pay to the Overseer of the Poor of this County 
for the benefit of said bastard child the sum of twenty five dollars per year commencing on 
the 23rd day of February 1856 and enter into bond with good security conditioned for the 
faithful discharge of this order.  Now if the said Alexander Mays shall observe and perform 
the above order of the Court against him as aforesaid, then the above obligation to be void, 
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

                                                Alexander Mays  {seal}
                                                Jesse Mays      {seal}

At a Court held for Nelson County the 22nd day of September 1856.
This Bond was executed and acknowledged in open Court by the parties thereto and the same 
ordered to be recorded.

                                       Teste:  Thomas J. Massie, Clk

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