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| Last page of 1819 RCK Tax List Inhabitants of Mt. Vernon
List of the Inhabitants of Mt Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Bowman, Tillie
Colyer, John
Crawford, John
Farris, Hezekiah
Hagerty, Robert
Hamm, John
Henderson, J. S.
Kirtley, Elijah
Smith, Wm.
Terrill, James
Adams, Wm.
Buford, Wm.
Buford, Wm. Jr.
Bright, Jacob
Bryant, John
Hill, John
Newcum, Wm.
Total of 17
Rockcastle County, Kentucky was formed in 1810 from portions of Knox, Lincoln, Madison, and Pulaski counties.
The town of Mt. Vernon was established early, but was not incorporated until 1818. There is no tax list for 1818.
For more information on the town of Mt. Vernon, Kentucky read Three Springs and a Wilderness Station by Jeff Renner, published 2008.
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
Mt Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky 1819
Sunday, October 20, 2013
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER GEORGE HARLOW 1756-1846
George Harlow had been a resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky for sixteen years when he made his declaration for a pension in 1833. He was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1756, being age 77 at the time of his declaration. He married Susan Proctor in Albemarle County, Virginia on Christmas Eve after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. The couple did not have any children. Two people gave deposition to this fact, William Proctor, Susan's brother, and Francis A. Taylor. Susan stated her husband died 13th August 1846.
Susan Harlow is listed on the 1850 Census of Rockcastle County, Kentucky, age 88, and living in the household of Mary Jane Boyd, another widow with three small children. In 1852 Susan is listed on the tax lists of Rockcastle County, Kentucky with 40 acres on Renfro Creek. Previously, George was listed on the tax lists with 75 acres on Renfro Creek. Although she is not listed on the tax lists thereafter, she did make further petitions regarding bounty land in 1855. Susan Proctor, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Proctor died 22 January 1856 Rockcastle County, Kentucky at the age of 97. (Kentucky Death Records 1852-1953, Ancestry.com)
There are over fifty pages of the pension application files for George and Susan Proctor. These pages also give names of their contemporaries living at the time. Many of the early Rockcastle County, Kentucky records were destroyed by the courthouse fire in 1873. Therefore, George Harlow's pension application file is also a valuable source of information for the time period of Rockcastle County. Other Rockcastle County names mentioned in the file of George and Susan Harlow are James Terrill, Rockcastle County Clerk, and General William Smith, two of the first inhabitants of the town of Mt. Vernon; also, Thomas J. Smith, Justice of the Peace; Mary Ann Taylor, E. J. Smith, Rockcastle County Clerk; the Honorable Judge Joseph Evans, Major Charles Colyer, George Proctor born 1742, and Daniel Boyd, Clerk; James Dyehouse, Jesse Edwards, Levi Smith, M. Boid [Boyd], Egbert L. Fish, Joseph B. Parson, Clergyman, and Alfred Smith, Attorney.
All the page images can be viewed at Ancestry.com "U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications 1800-1900" provided in association with the National Archives.
Below is the transcribed declaration of George Harlow.
HARLOW, GEORGE, SUSAN
Service: VA
W1895
BLW26703-160-5
State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County [Declaration of George Harlow]
In about six weeks after his return and not more he again volunteered in
Albemarle County, state of VA, in the militia of state of three months, the
Capt. name forgotten, but his Lt.'s name was Fowler, Ensign forgotten, the Reg't.
commanded now as he lives by Col. Armstrong. He marched to Richmond, then in
the neighborhood of Petersburgh, then back to Richmond, then down the river
about fifty miles and back to Richmond, then towards Petersburgh and in the
neighborhood of Petersburgh he was discharged by his Capt. after honorably
serving out his term of six months. He remembers on one of his terms he saw
Gen'l [La Fayette}] Fayate, Gen'l Nelson, who were said to be regular officers. He hereby
relinquishes any claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and
he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any
state. He knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his services,
except the evidence of George Proctor here annexed. That by reason of old age
and the consequently loss of memory he cannot recollect dates or name officers
names, but old as he is he knows he served the different tours in the militia
of the State of Virginia in the service of the Army of the United States in the
Revolutionary War.
[Question] 1. Where and in what year were you born?
Ans[wer]: In Hanover County State of VA, his age will show the year.
2. He has no record of his age.
3. When called into service each time he lived in Albemarle County, State
of Virginia & continued to live there until 16 years past when he moved to
KY, Rockcastle County where he now lives.
4. He entered the service each time as a volunteer on his own account.
5. As to the officers he has stated all he can remember and the general
circumstances of his service.
6. His discharges he has long since lost, by when they were given he has
described.
7. As to his veracity he refers to his neighbors, George Proctor, James
Dyehouse, Jesse Edwards (there being no clergyman in his neighborhood)
George
Harlow
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Will of Captain James Estill 1781
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| Will of James Estill 1781 Lincoln County, Kentucky Will Book B, page 242 |
The Last Will and
Testament of Captain James Estill
Lincoln County, Kentucky Will Book B, page 242
Transcribed by Professional Genealogist, Valerie J.
Thompson, August 18, 2013
The Last Will of
James Estill, May 4th 1781
First, I leave my wife, Rachel, the one half of all my
movable estate as her own property and all my slaves and the plantation I now
live on called and known by the name of the Locust Thicket, the said tract
containing one thousand acres the whole of which is to be at her discretion &
discretion during her widowhood, either death, or marriage the land and slaves
to be equally divided amongst Benjamin, Walles [Wallace], James, and Jonathan
Estill, and if my wife should now be with child, I allow an equal share [
“equal share” crossed out] Division amongst the whole not only of the land and
slaves already mentioned, but also my part of all the land [“the land” crossed
out] the other land now lying in partnership between me and Samuel Estill and
the remaining of my personal estate being one half this, I desire to be equally
divided amongst my children.
James Estill [Seal] {LS}
Witnesses Present:
David Gass
Samuel Estill
At a court held for Lincoln County 22 January 1783, This
instrument of writing was exhibited in court as the last will and testament of
James Estill & proved by the oaths of Samuel Estill one of the witnesses at
a county court held for the said county the 14th day of January
1800, the same was proved by the oaths of David Gass a witness thereto and
ordered to be recorded.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Mead Holt, son of Kennon Holt and other heirs named in Deed 1866
Previous post was the marriage record for Mead Holt and Mary A. Shannon. The following deed from Kennon Holt to his son, Joseph P. Holt located in Spencer County, Kentucky shows that Mead was indeed the son of Kennon Holt. Family lore suggests that Mead and Mary Holt died from drinking poisoned water about 1846. Their sons, Fleming and Samuel S. Holt are living with their grandparents, Kennon and Sarah Holt on the 1850 Census of Spencer County, Kentucky.
Provisions were also made for Kennon and Sarah's granddaughters, Sarah and Mary E. Holt, children of their son, Thomas B. Holt, also deceased. Harriet Crutcher, daughter of Kennon and Sarah Holt is also named in this document.
Provisions were also made for Kennon and Sarah's granddaughters, Sarah and Mary E. Holt, children of their son, Thomas B. Holt, also deceased. Harriet Crutcher, daughter of Kennon and Sarah Holt is also named in this document.
Spencer County,
Kentucky Deed Book M, page 259-261
Transcribed 28 June 2013 by Valerie J. Thompson,
Professional Genealogist
Kennon Holt to Joseph
P. Holt 1866
Page 259 Last line of the page:
We Kennon Holt
and Sarah Holt for and in consid-
Page 260
eration of the sum of Twelve thousand two hundred and
fifty-four 43/100 dollars in hand paid
and to be paid as follows, one fourth of which amount to be paid to our two
grandsons, Fleming Holt and Samuel S. Holt the only heirs of our son, Mead
Holt, dec’d, in equal portions. Viz., one third in hand paid, and the balance in one and two years
from the this date, for which notes are executed to them. The like amount and
in like payments to Sallie Holt and Mary E. Holt in equal portions the only
heirs of our son, Thomas Holt, dec’d, but said amount is to be retained in the
hand of our son, Joseph P. Holt and held by him in trust for the use and
benefit of our said granddaughters, Sallie Holt and Mary E. Holt until they
arrive at the age of twenty one years or marry, at which time their portion
shall be paid over to them respectively, The like amount and in like payments
paid and to be paid to our daughter, Harriet Crutcher for which notes are
executed to her, and the like amount to be retained by our son, Joseph P. Holt
as his portions, do hereby give grant sell and convey with covenant of general
warranty unto our said son, Joseph P. Holt and his heirs and assigns, One
certain tract or parcel of land lying in the counties of Spencer and Shelby
(the greater portion in the first named county) and State of Kentucky, the same
on which we now live and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone in
the county road, corner to Samuel Ruble, Thence North 12 ¾ East 114 4/10 poles
to a stone, thence North 21 ¾ East 116 5/10 poles to a beech, thence North 68 ¾
W 51 poles to a stone, thence North 68 ¼ West 56 poles to a stone, thence North
9 [degrees] West 13 poles to a stone, thence 71 ¼ degree E 41 poles to a stone,
and a branch, thence N 61, West 28 ½ poles to a beech, thence North 71 West23
poles to a sugartree thence North 54 [degrees] West 32 8/10 poles to a stone
and sugartree, thence North 87 West 43 8/10 poles to an elm, thence South 87 ¾
West 36 ½ poles to a stake and locust, thence South 34 ¼ West 15 9/10 poles to
a beech, thence North 68 West 55 poles to the center of Guist’s Creek, thence
South 15 ½ West 37 ½ poles to center of the creek, thence South 70 East 27
poles to a beech stump and a branch, thence South 70 East thence south 38 east
12 8/10 poles to an elm stump on a branch, thence up the same South 22 ½ East
30 poles, South 40 East 9 ½ poles South 29 East 21 poles South 14 east25 poles
south 25 east22poles (line missing from copy) 21 poles to a stone in the old
line, thence Soth 22 West 73 6/10 poles to a stone in the road, thence South 71
¼ East 174 poles to the Beginning, containing four hundred and one acres, 1
rood 37 poles, To have and to hold the same with its appurtenances unto the
said Joseph P. Holt and his heirs and assigns forever, But we hereby reserve
the family room in the dwelling house on said farm for our use and benefit so
long as we, or either of us may live with the right of engress and egress to
and from the same at any and all times, as we may think fit and proper also the
right to use firewood off of said land so long as we may use said room. It is
further understood that a lean is retained on the land for the payment of the
purchased money, Witness our hands this 6th day of February
1866.
Kennon Holt
Sarah Holt
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Marriage Records for Mead Holt and Mary A. Shannon 1841
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| Marriage Bond for Marriage of Mead Holt to Mary A. Shannon 1841 |
Know all men by these presents, That we Mead
Holt and Samuel Shannon, Jr. are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of
Kentucky in the penal sum of fifty pounds, current money, to the payment of
which well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth, we bind ourselves,
our heirs, executors and administrators jointly
and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated
this 31st day of May 1841.
The condition of the above obligation is
such, that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended between the above bound
Mead Holt and Miss Mary A. Shannon, daughter of Samuel Shannon.
Now if there be no lawful cause to
obstruct said marriage, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in
full force and virtue in law.
Witness:
James R. Stephens,
Clk Mead Holt
{Seal]
Sam’l
Shannon, Jr. {Seal}
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The consent for Mary reads:
Union County
Samuel Shannon, Jr this day came before me
the undersigned, and Justice of the Peace in and for Union County and made oath
that Mary A. Shannon, daughter of Samuel, who is about to intermarry with Mead
Holt is above the age of twenty one years, and that her place of residence is within
the County of Union.
Witness my hand this 31st day of
May 1841.
A.L. Churchill, JP
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| Peterson Wall, Minister, Marriage 1841-1843
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Minister’s Return of Peterson Wall, Minister of the Gospel
of the Methodist Episcopal Church which was returned April 1843 for the
marriages he had celebrated from 1841 to 1843. Listed are Mead Holt and Mary
Shannon. The marriage was celebrated 1st June 1841.
Records are from Union County Court Clerk and reference from Union
County, Kentucky Marriage Books 1811-1853” compiled by Peyton Heady
Sunday, May 19, 2013
LAZARUS TILLEY OF SHELBY COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Last Will and
Testament of Lazarus Tilley - April 1814
Shelby County, Kentucky Will Book 3, page 124,125
Transcribed by Valerie J. Thompson May 11, 2013
Page 124
In the name of God, Amen, I, Lazarus Tilly, of Shelby County
and State of Kentucky, being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind
and memory, thanks be given to God for all His mercy’s, calling to mind the
mortality of my body, and that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make
and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally, and
first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of the Almighty God
who gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried in a descent Christian
burial at the discretion of my exec’rs, nothing doubting, but I shall at the
general resurrection receive the same by the mighty power of God, and as
touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this
life, I give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Page 125
(first) After all my just debts are paid, I give a certain
negro woman, Milley, her freedom so far as this the said negro woman has [chosen]
my son-in-law, Richard Graves, and his wife, Nelly Graves where with the said
negro Milly is to work, and be well treated as long as she lives. It will be
understood that, if the negro woman should be afflicted, or unable to work the
said Graves and his wife shall …. her so
long as she lives without any … To the
rest of my children all the balance of my real estate such as land, negroes, … is
to be equally divided between all of my children. My son Henry has undertaken
to make a crop for me this present year. He is to continue peaceably to finish
his crop with all that was put on for the benefit of making the crop. The
balance of my negroes, except what is put in the crop is to be dealt with as
the law directs. Likewise, all of the balance of my estate, except what is
engaged in the crop is to be dealt accordingly. It is my wish that Sam’l Tinsley,
Esqr., and John Martin shall be my exec’rs of this my last will and testament,
In witness whereof I have hereunto caused my hand and seal to be set this 2nd
day of April 1814. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
Richard Rogers
George Hawkins
Lazarus Tilley {Seal}
Shelby County April County Court 1814
This last will
& testament of Lazarus Tilly, deceased was this day produced in court and
proved by the oaths of Richard Rogers & George Hawkins, two subscribing
witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly. At: James Craig, Clk.
Shelby County Court Order Book 4, page 126A
The last will and testament of Lazarus Tilley deceased was
produced into court & proved by the oaths of Rich’d Rogers and Geo. Hawkins,
Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.
Shelby County Deed
Book V1, page 74 Lazarus Tilley’s heirs to Henry Tilley
Transcribed by Valerie J. Thompson May 11, 2013
This Indenture made this 21st day of September in
the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, Between Joel Tilley
and Betsey his wife, and Jesse Simmons and Nancy Simmons of the County Stokes
County and State of North Carolina of the one part, also Aaron Tilley and Nancy
his wife, Lazarous Tilley and Caty Tilley his wife, Moses Tilley and Betsey his
wife, Richard Graves and Nelly Graves his wife, and James Richardson and Anna
Richardson his wife, and Woody Burge and Betsey Burge his wife, Henry Lisby and
Polly Lisby his wife, Aggatha Mitchell of the County of Shelby and State of
Kentucky of the one part and Henry Tilley of the County of Shelby and State of
Kentucky of the other part, Witnesseth that the above persons being heirs and
devisees of Lazarus Tilley dec’d, for inconsideration of the sum of five
hundred and sixty three dollars & 46 cents to them in hand paid, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted, bargained, and sold unto
Henry Tilley a certain tract of land lying in the said County of Shelby on the
waters of Beech creek and bounded as follows, to wit, Beginning at a Stone, a
corner of Aaron Tilley’s running N 20 E 140 poles to a beech & sugar tree,
thence N790 W10 poles to a beech and Stake, thence N15 E20 poles to a beech and
ash, thence N44 E48 poles to a 2 beeches, thence N45 W68 poles to 2 beeches on
the bank of Beech Creek, thence down said Creek N85 W58 poles to a beech and
buckeye, thence S20W260 poles to 2 Beeches on the road, thence S70E18 poles to
a stone, thence S20 E61 poles to a beech and sugar tree in Scotts line, thence
with the same N20 E50 poles to a sugar tree, thence to the Beginning containing
182 acres & 84 poles, To have & to hold the said tract of land as above
described and every part and parcel thereof with all the appurtenances
thereunto in any way belonging to him the said Henry Tilley and his heirs forever
against the claim of all persons whatsoever setting up or holding any right or
title thereto they, the said Joel Tilly & Betsey his wife, Jesse Simmons
& Nancy Simmons of North Carolina and Aaron Tilly & Nancy his wife,
Lazarus Tilley & Caty his wife, Moses Tilley & Betsey his wife, Richard
Graves & Nelly his wife, James Richardson & Anna his wife, Woody Burge
& Betsy his wife, Henry Lisby & Polly his wife, Aggatha Mitchell all
being heirs and devisees of Lazarus Tilly dec’d, Shall and will warrant and
forever defend by these presents. It is also to be remembered that if the foregoing
tract of land should be lost in law or equity that the above named heirs and
devisees are to pay the purchase money back jointly without interest. In
Testimony whereof they, the said legatees, hath hereunto set their hands and
affixed their seals this day and year first above written,
Test: Joel
Tilley James Richardson
Sam’l Tinsley Elizabeth Tilley Ann
Richardson
William Tilley Aaron Tilley Henry
Lisby
Jno G. Robertson Nancy Tilley Mary Ann Lisby
Lazarus Tilley Agatha
Mitchell (her mark)
Caty Tilley Moses
Tilley
Woody Burge (his mark) Elizabeth Tilley
Betsey
Burge Jesse Simmons
Richard
Graves Nancy Simmons
Nelly Graves By
me, R. D. Tilley, Attorney in fact
Shelby County Court Office
This deed was proven before me in my office on
the 21st day of October 1816 to be the acts and deeds of Joel Tilley
& Elizabeth his wife, Aaron Tilley & Nancy his wife, Lazarus Tilley and
Caty his wife, Woody Burge and Betsy his wife Richard Graves & Nelly his
wife, James Richardson & Anna his wife, Henry Lisby and Mary Ann his wife,
and Agatha Mitchell by the oath of Sam’l Tinsley a subscribing witness thereto
& on the 21st day of November 1817 said deed was
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Further proven to be the acts and deeds of the aforesaid
parties by the oath of William Tilley another subscribing witness thereto. On
the 17th day of January 1818 said deed was acknowledged by Moses
Tilley to be his act and deed, and on the 7th day of March following
deed was acknowledged by Elizabeth Tilley. wife of said Moses Tilley, to be her
act and deed, and the said Elizabeth having been examined separate and apart
from her said husband has relinquished her dower in and to the lands in said
deed mentioned, and on the 19th day of May 1826 said deed was
acknowledged by R. D. Tilley attorney in fact for Jesse Simmons & Nancy his
wife to be his act and deed, and thereupon the same was truly recorded.
Ja S Whitaker, Clk
Lazarus Tilley, born about 1749, first appeared on the 1797 Tax List of Shelby County, Kentucky with his son, Aaron. He sold his land in Stokes County, North Carolina to his son Joel Tilley, who remained there. He appears on the 1810 Census of Shelby County, Kentucky with his sons, Aaron and Henry. Lazarus was a Revolutionary War soldier from North Carolina, whose DAR Ancestor number is A202507. His service source records include Hann, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Journal A 1775-1776, page 166; Absher, Surry County Court Minutes 1768-1789, pages 21,22, & 30. He served under Captain Joseph Phillips, was a juror, and overseer of roads. (www.dar.org)
Sunday, April 7, 2013
ALEXANDER MCKAY/MCKOY/MCCOY
State of Kentucky
County of Rockcastle
On this 26th
day of April 1852 personally appeared before me Thos. J. Smith the undersigned,
an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State above
mentioned, Hector McKay aged 49 years a resident of the county and State
aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth state upon his
oath, that he is the Administrator of the estate of Jane McKay, deceased, who
was the wife of Alexander McKay, deceased, doth on his oath make and subscribe
to the following declaration on behalf of the heirs of the said Alexander and
Jane McKay, deceased, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisionary act of
Congress of the United States passed the 4 July 1836, or the provisions of such
acts of Congress as might apply to the following same case,
Doth declare on his
oath that the said Alexander McKay, deceased, is the identical man, who was a
soldier in the War of the Revolution, against Great Britain – From the County
of Rowan State of North Carolina, that the said McKay served a part of
the time as a private in the North Carolina Militia, and a part of the time in
the Continental North Carolina line, and is informed and [verily] believes in
some of the tours aforesaid. The said Alexander McKay served once under Captain
Pearl, and once under and belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain
Campbell, and was commissioned while in the service aforesaid a Sergeant or
Lieutenant, and acted in that capacity the greater portion of the time the said
McKay served in the war of the Revolution aforesaid, and computing the
different times in all was not less than two years, or there about, and that the
said Alexander McKay is the identical man that served as aforesaid, and after
serving out the different period for which he entered the service aforesaid
faithfully was honorably discharged in the war aforesaid, said discharge having
long since been lost, and that the said Alexander McKay is the identical man who
was married in the County of Rowan, State of North Carolina to Jane Munroe,
which took place the early part of the year 1779, and before the close of the
war of the Revolution, and is the identical parties mentioned in the annexed
Marriage Bond, that said McKay and wife aforesaid married in the County of
Rowan, State of North Carolina, after the close of the war aforesaid until the
year 1812, which time the said McKay and wife aforesaid migrated to Garrard
County, State of Kentucky, and there remained up to his death, never claiming
pension, being ignorant of his rights, his death happened in said County and State
the year 1830 leaving his wife, Jane, a widow and some children who survived
him, and shortly thereafter his said widow and children migrated from Kentucky
to Jefferson County, Indiana, and there remained a widow ignorant of her rights
to a pension, never claimed one up to her death which happened 5th
day of July 1845, leaving the following and only children who survive their
ancestors, the said McKay & wife, Viz: Alexander McKay,Jr., Margaret
Munroe, late Margaret McKay, Hugh McKay, William McKay, Hector McKay, that the
said Alexander McKay deceased having served his country faithfully in the war
aforesaid, that he presents this petition in right of his children to a pension
to the department of the United States that governs such causes at Washington City,
and reference to the North Carolina Revolutionary Rolls, and the proof in the
cause, which is herewith respectfully submitted, will doubtless award to the
heirs aforesaid their claim to a pension, as the law of the US direst.
Hector
McKay (Adm.)
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| Marriage Bond of Alexander McKay to Jean Munroe
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County of Rowan
Know all men by these
presents, that we, Alexander McKay and Robert McKay of the County and residence
aforesaid, are held and firmly bound unto said State in the just and full sum of
five hundred pounds for the true payment whereof, we jointly and severally bind
ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, and each of them firmly by
these presents, sealed with our seals and dated the 12th day of
March anno Dom. 1779.
The Condition of the
above obligation is such that whereas the above bound, Alexander McKay hath
made application for a license for a marriage to be celebrated between him and
Jean Munroe of the County aforesaid. Now, if it shall not appear at any time
hereafter that there is any lawful cause to obstruct said marriage, then this
obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and
delivered,
Alexander X (his mark)McKay {Seal}
In presence of
Robert X McKay (his
mark) {Seal]
…Osborne
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