Sharp/Lyon Bond & Return, 1828

BOND

     Know all men by these presents that we S Sharp Alex Murphy are held and
firmly bound unto William B. Giles esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia and his successors in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to 
which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs & do 
Jointly with severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and 
dated this 19th day of March 1828

     The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage 
is intended to be solemnized between the above bound Samuel Sharp and Fanny 
T. Lyon of Patrick County.  Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the 
said marriage then the above obligation is to be void else to remain in full
force and virtue.

							Saml Sharp               Seal
							Alex Murphy           Seal

Acknowledged before me

A. Staples   Clk



MARRIAGE RETURN

A list of marriages solemnized by Bird Lowe from the 19 of March 1828 To the
9 of March A.D. 1829, viz., Samuel Sharp and Frances T. Lyon, Edmund 
Collings and Eliza Tucker, William Joyce and Betsey Bosteck, Bartlett 
Greenwood and Polly Poore, Robert Glasgow and Polly Belcher, Allen Joyce and
Sally Poore, Tyra Shelton and Rebecca Booker, Marlin Clifton and Susan 
Barrott and Jefferson Penninq and Eady Radford.


(Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from certified copies of the marriage bond 
and return provided by the Patrick County Circuit Court, Stuart, Va.)

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

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