(A Copy)
North Carolina State
Know all men by these presents that we William Taburn & John Watson of Bute County in the State aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto Richard Caswell Esqr. Govenor & Capt. General in & Over the said state in the sum of Five Hundred Pounds proc. To which payment, well & truly to be made to the said Richard Caswell & his successors, We bind Ourselves, our heirs Exers. & admrs. Jointly and Severally firmly by these presents, Sealed with our Seals and dated this, first day of January 17 Hundred and Seventy eight—The Condition of the above Obligation is such that whereas a Licence hath issued out of the Clerk's office of the said County for a Marriage Shortly to be solemnized & had between the above bound William Taburn & Nelly Evans both of the above County, Now if there be no lawful cause to Obstruct, the said Marriage then the above Obligation to be Void Else to remain in full power, force & Virtue—
Signed & Sealed in presence of
Thos. Machen
State of No. C.
Warren County}
I Marcellus J. Montgomery Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quar Sessions for said County in said State, do Certify, that the foregoing is a true & exact Copy of the Marriage Bond of William Taburn to marry Nelly Evans, found on file in my office, with the exception of the dates, which is written in the above Copy, but in the Original are set forth in plain legible figures This "this 1st. day of January 1778"
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office at Office this 18th. day of July AD 1845.
M J. Montgomery Clerk
By Jno. W. White DC
