PATRICK COUNTY, VA - VITALS - Marriage, James Watts To Elizabeth Sharp,
6 Nov 1820
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Patrick County, Va., Marriage Book, pp. 288, 776
Name of Groom: James WATTS
Name of Bride: Elizabeth SHARP
Sureties: William WATTS
Peter CASSADA
Date of Bond: 16 November 1819
Date of Marriage Return: 6 November 1820
Know all men by these presents that we, Jas. Watts, William Watts, and Peter
Cassada are held and firmly bound unto his excellency Jas. P. Preston
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and his Successors in office for
the use of the Commonwealth in the Just and full sum of one hundred & fifty
dollars to which payment will & Truly to be made we bind ourselves and each
of us our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents sealed
with our seals and dated this 16th day of November 1819.
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above
bound James Watts hath this day Obtained a license for his intermarrying
with Elizabeth Sharp of the county. Now if there is no lawfull cause to
Obstruct the said marriage, then this obligation to be Void else to remain
in full force & Virtue.
his
Witness James (X) Watts (Seal)
A. Staples mark
William Watts (Seal)
his
Peter (X) Cassada (Seal)
mark
A memorandum of marriage Licenses Acted on by Brett Stovall in the year 1819
John Castle to Polly Gilbert
James Hopkins to Jane Gilbert
William Hopkins to Elizabeth Meredith
Clabourn Harris to Elizabeth Blanks
James Wats to Elizabeth Sharp
The above mentioned License ware lost in my pocket Book in January last.
Brett Stovall
Nov. 6th 1820
(Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from photocopies provided by the Patrick
County Circuit Court, Stuart, Va.)
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