Richmond County, VA - Bond: Edward J. Northen, Constable

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Bond for Edward J. Northen, Constable
June 7, 1813

Know all men by these presents that we Edward J. Northen, Martin Sisson, Robert Clarke 
and Edmund Northen are held and firmly bound unto James Barber, Esq, Governor of 
Virginia and his successors in the just and full sum of one thousand dollars the which 
payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each our heirs, executors and 
administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and 
dated this 7th day of June 1813.

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Edward J. 
Northen is appointed Constable for the term of two years from the date hereof, within the 
District as lad of by the County Court of Richmond, to wit, "the District composed of the 
Parish of North Farnham" now if the said Edward J. Northen shall well and truly 
discharge the duties of the said office of Constable within the District aforesaid in the 
said County according to law, then the above obligation to be void therein to remain in 
the full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed and acknowledged                 Edward J. Northen {seal}
in open Court                                           Martin Sisson {seal}
        Teste:  B. McCarty, Clerk                       Robert Clarke {seal}
                                                        Edmund Northen {seal}

Recorded among the records of Richmond County by order of Court the 7th day of June 
1813.

                                                Teste   George Saunders, Clerk
                                                        May 5th 1817

Transcribed from a copy of the original record by Nancy Slater Thompson 29 Mar 2002.