Rockbridge County, VA  Marriage Bonds, 1840.

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JOHN W. MCCALEB AND ELIZABETH ANDERSON 9 MAY 1840

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we:  John W. McCaleb and John Anderson are
held and firmly bound unto Thomaas W. Gilmer Esquire Governor or Chief
Magistrate of Virginia, in the just and full sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Governor and
his successors, for the use of the said Commonwealth, we bind ourselves our
heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these
presents.  Witness our hands and seals this 9th day of May 1840.
     The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is
shortly intended to be had and solemnized between said John W. McCaleb and
Elizabeth Anderson daughter of the above bound John Anderson
     Now, if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then this
obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Teste                                                    John W. McCaleb (seal)
Saml McD Reid CRC                                      John Anderson (seal)

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