Amanuensis Monday - Charles Taylor and Elizabeth Potts Marriage Bond

An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts.
Marriage Bond of my maternal 4th great grandparents

State of North Carolina

      Know all men by these presents that we

Chas Tailer                                           all of

the County of Rutherford & State Aforesaid Are

held & firmly Bound to the Governor & his successors

in Office in the sum of five Hundred pound, to

which payment, well & Truly to be made & done

We Bind Ourselves Our Heirs Executors or Administration

Jointly & Severally firmly by these presents Sealed

With Our Seal & Dated the 4th Day of May 1788.

      The Condition of the above obligation

is such that whereas the above Bound in Hath

this day Obtained Marriage License to be 

between him & Elizabeth Potts of Said County

Now if their Shall not appear Hereafter Any lawful

Reasons to Obstruct Said Marriage then this Obligation

to be Void Otherways to Remain In full force &

Virtue

Witness Present                       Charles Taylor

                                                      SEAL