BOND: ELIPHAZ SHELTON TO THE JUSTICES OF THE PATRICK COUNTY COURT, 1791

Patrick County Deed Book 1, p. 347
Grantor: Eliphaz SHELTON
Grantee: The Justices of Patrick County, Va.
Date:    11 July 1791
Recorded: 1795


KNOW all men by these Presents that I Eliphaz Shelton of the county of Patrick am held & firmly 
bound unto the Justices of the County Court aforesaid & their Successors in the Just & full 
Sum of Five hundred pounds Current Money to which payment well & Truly to be made I bind myself
my heirs Exors. or Admrs. firmly by these presents Sealed with my Seal & dated this 11th day of 
July 1791.

THE CONDITION of the above Obligation is Such that if the above bound Eliphaz Shelton his heirs 
Exors. or Admrs. shall well and Truly make or cause to be made to the sd Justices or their 
Successors a Good and Lawfull right in Fee Simple To Twenty Acres of Land in the said County 
for the purpose of erecting the publick buildings on for the use of this County and for any 
Purpose as They Shall Choose and the sd. 20 acres of Land to be laid of[f] by William Banks 
Saml. Clark Charles Foster & William Carter Gent. or any three of them then the within 
Obligation to be void or Else remain in full force power & Virtue.

Signed Sealed & Delivered                           his
- In the Presence of -                       Eliphaz (X) Shelton  L.S.
                                                    mark

     Memo.  That the within named Eliphaz Shelton or his heirs &c. is to have Two acres of the 
within mentioned 20 Acres of Land Laid of[f] by the sd. Gent for his own use and at his Own 
Choice Except a Lot for the publick buildings.

At a Court held for Patrick County on the 11th day of July 1795 [sic]
    The within Written Bond was Acknowledged by the within named Eliphaz Shelton to be his Act 
and Deed and the same Was Ordered to be Recorded by the Court.
                                    Teste
                                       Samuel Staples  Clk

(Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from a photocopy provided by the Patrick County Circuit Court, 
Stuart, Va.  Note: although found on the same page with an unrelated 1795 document, this bond 
pertains to the 10 October 1791 deed from Eliphaz Shelton to the Patrick Co. Justices.)


Submitted by Mary C. Smith <carthage42@hotmail.com>

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